The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-20
GOLFERS ON THE
OAKLAND LINKS
NEWS HANDICAP CONTEST is
NEARLY CONCLUDED.
Miss Duff Wins the Ladies Competi-
ton in Approaching and Putting.
The Preside Links.

O,,,ir, IN their elevation and the sandy
.,o+,,ra ~ tho soil. the Preside links dry
1-erv randy and can be used for play the
dav after a heavy rainstorm SeNerdl
nlavers were out on Friday afternoon
aroona, them being J. w. Byrne who Went
aro,I,1d the course twice, in So and So; H.
p. Chase, who registered scores OF ~ anu
mn and w. B. Bowen, whose returns were
101 and 90. E. j. McCutchen, c. Page, Z.
p Eells. j. w. Byrne, Leonard Chenery'
Mr. GAYLORD and several others were out
for practice on Saturday afternoon. Inc
connections in driving and approaching,
for men. set down in the programme Ior
Saturday, did not come of.
There were many players out on the
links at Oakland, some of whom were
taking part in various club competitions,
while others were playing friendly match
es or getting into form for the next meet
ing with the. picked team OF Inc the e san
DetitiOn eighteen holes, with handlcap,
which was begun on March II, reaching
the third round has now adyaf e fi,r q
stage further. The results in the thlrd
round were as follows: G: d. GreenWood
(scratch) beat D. r. Belden (scratch),
Up; r. Cooke (scratch) beat W. A. Magee
~ 6 up; A. GoodaH 20 beat T. Richard
n l up: w. P Johnson 90 beat j. c. Nc
Kee scratch, ) up and to play
In the fourth round G. d. GPee1rw Vo{oa
(scratch) is drawn against r.. Cooke
(scratch), and w. p. Johnson 60 has de-
feated Arthur GoodalI 90, up. The win
ner of the GreenwOOd-COoke match VIII
play in the final heat against w. T. john
son. ... :.
putting and approaching among the ladies
were Miss Agnes Duff and Miss Eleanor
NJ Davenport. The competition in the
same departments of the game was en-
tered by the following gentlemen: L. X.
Hutchinson r. NJ. Fitzgerald, E. R. Fol-
ger and Arestes Pierce. The ninth green
was marked by cOncentric circles, like a
target, the outer circle having radius of
twenty-five feet and the next one radius
of twelve feet. In the putting competition
the player had eight shots for the hole
from any point on the circumference of
shot counted 100 points; II he putted II
within the inmost circle he received 70
points; the third circle counted 80 points
and the fourth %.
In the approaching competition the con-
testants played for the green from dis
tances of 100, 70, 50 and 25 yards-one ball
at each distance. II the contestant played
onto the green from the 100-yard or 10
yard marks he scored 10; if he played his
ball within the 12-fOOt circle from the 80
yard or 25-yard marks he scored 10 points.
The points made in both the putting and
approaching contests were added togeth-
er. The ladies' prize for the highest ag-
gregate score was won by Miss Agnes
Duff, and the gentlemen'S prize for the
highest total fell to T. r. Hutchinson.
The match play competition, eighteen
holes, with handicap, will be played off
as may prove convenient to the contest
ants. Next Saturday, March %, there will
be a ladies' competition, match play, with
handicap.
In the mems foursomes, match play,
with handicap, begun on March A. the de-
Gliding foursome still remains to be played.