The age-herald., 1901-06-09
GOLF VERY POPULAR
 THROUGHOUT SOUTH
Some Interesting Facts Concerning the Ancient Scotch Game Which Has Gotten Foot Hold in the Southern States
 and is Suppaning the Other Athletic Games

ter careful instructions and practice she returned home and captured the much coveted championship.
 Miss Griscom will enter the 1901 tourna- ment, but will be opposed by a great many players from the East notably among them being Miss Margaret Cur tis. the young Boston girl. who was run ner up in the championship last year. Miss Curtis Is the youngest of stars. and all who have watched her play think she has a fine chance to take the champion ship from Miss Griscom.
 Miss Genevieve Hecker will be among the contestants for the championship this year She Is captain of the womans team of the Essex County Club at Orange, and there is not a more popular woman on the links.
 The Local Club. The Birmingham Golf Club was first or ganzed in 1S99 Shortly after the organi- zation links were laid off at North Bir- mingham but shortly after the property upon which the links were located was sold for lots for building purposes, and as the club could not secure other suitable grounds 1t was disbanded. But when players become once interested In the game they will never give it up and con- seuuently the club was reorganized. Ex- 
 near Cleveland station. and last Novem- Der an expert from the North came down and laid off the links for the club, and now the club has the finest links to be found in the state. Other Improvements are contemplated in the near future.
 The club has a membership of seventy five gentlemen and between forty and fifty women members. The officers are J. D. Kirkpatrick president; H. B. Yergason, | secretary The green committee consists | of Thomas Ward. H. B. Yergason. and Robert Baueh. On the governing board are J. D. Kirkpatrick. Thomas J. Wat son, R. H. Baugh and Thomas Ward. MT. Orso Is the green-keeper.
 Two silver tournament cups have been l donated to the club by the Bridgeport 1 Implement Company; one a woman's cup and the other a gentleman's cup, and each month a handicap is played both by the men and women which proves very inter- esting.
 Many invitations Received.
 The Birmingham club has received in- vitations from several teams to play, but have only accepted Tuscaloosa teams in- l vitation. Two games were played by this l club, one at Tuscaloosa and one on the home links, the Birmingham club winning both games.
 l It Is a hard matter to decide the best 1 golf player in the local club. At present, however. the score stands:
 R. IT. Baugh. No. 1: Thomas Ward. No. l 2: Will Ward, No 3; Tom Watson. No. 4; | P. L. Brown No 5: H. s. Smith, No. 6. l MT. John T. Hardie was known as the l best player in the club team but on ac- count of his business matters taking up all of his time he was compelled to give up golf playing for the present. | One of the most interesting games be- | tween members of the team was played last Monday between T. J. Watson and R. 1T. Baugh. The twenty-seven holes were played or three times around the links. At the completion of the first and | second rounds they were even. but at the l end of the third round Mir. Baugh was one hole up. It was very exciting game, and by winning this game MT Baugh I took first place on the score. Games will be played all during the summer at the links. and next fall many interesting tournaments will take place.