New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-16
GOLF.
OPEN TOURNAMENTS AT THE SOUTH
WILL FOLLOW vARDON's ARRIVAL.

With the prospects of visit from Harry Var
don. the open champion of England, the Southern
golf clubs are preparing for an unusually attrac-
tive season. 1t is expected that Vardon will sail
for this country the latter part of this month, and
will proceed Immediately to the genial ell
the larger tournaments now being arranged there.
Vardon will probably remain in that section
through February and March, and then make his
way slowly northward. playing at Philadelphia,
Baltimore Atlantic City and other golhng centres
before coming to New-York for the opening of the
season here AS the amateur championship Of
Great Britain is to be decided Sandwich on May Z,
it is not believed that Vardon will prolong his
visit much after the middle Of April
In anticipation of the crowds that will be at
tracted by his presence, the East Coast Golf Club
Of Florida will begin series OF tournaments on
March l. which promise to be productive of some
Of the best golf of the season. The opening tour
nament is to take place at the Nassau links, in
the Bahamas. and will last three days. Similar
games will follow at Miami. March s. Palm Beach,
March u; Ormond, March 16, and st. Augustine
March o. Each Will have thirty-six hole qualify
ing round in which two sets of sxteens will quail
ify for the first and consolation cups respectively
A handicap match will also be held on the last day
of each tournament and at the end Of the series
the annual championship of the association VIII
take place at st. Augustine.
Already the Southern links have begun to take
an appearance of unusual activity. Robert c.
at St Augustine. where he has smashed the previ-
Gus record of the course by a stroke. ''W' Smith,
the open champion. and George Low, professional
at the Dyker Meadow Golf Club arrived at Jack
sonville last week and have given several ex-
hibitions for the visitors of that resort while at
Palm Beach and Ormond the winter season has
begun in good earnest. In eighteen hole bogie
contest the St. Augustine links Saturday A.
NJ. Taylor the prize with score of up, while
c. NJ Miller. of the Mount Pleasant Field Club, of
Sing Sing, came second. at down:
Reports from the Pacific Coast indicate that the
golf season there will attract cOnsiderah'" atten-
ton from local players before the ends.
The Californans especially have gone INTO the
held out to Eastern professionals have already re-
suited in the presence of Willie Anderson for
merly the professional at Baltusrol; Horace Raw
Inns of Lakewood: Alexander Smith, brother OF
time in charge of the course at Ardsley The
opening tournament of the season occurred
Saturday at the Oakland Golf Club when Horace
Rawlins won first place and purse or 800. smith
second and William Stephenson, professional at
the Oakland Club. third. On January q the Pasa-
dena Golf Club will hold an interclub tournament,
in which most of the going organizations in Cali
fornia will be represented by teams of four men.
The amateur championship of the Pacific Slope is
to take place at the Los Angeles links on Febru
airy o. % and a. and the open championship on
the links March 81
The Nassau Country Club, Of Glen Cove has
decided apply for associate membership in
the United States Golf Association. The move is
not made, il is said, with any view of securing
representatives TO vote in the annual meetings-a
right which is denied all allied clubs.
The Laurence Harbor Country Club has elected
the following officers for the year: William Free
NJ. Singer treasurer; Frank NJ. Clarke, secretary,
and John NJ. Ward captain.