The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-18
GOLFERS IMPATIENT
Eager to Get Out on the Links This
Spring.
THE ENTHUSIASM is UNDATED
June Tournament Causes Increaaed
lnterest-PreparatfO
at MfnnetOnka.

More interest will be taken in golf in,
Minneapolis this season than ever be-,
fore. Golf has stood the test of time,
and, having been stripped of it's fad phase
lines. It's hold on the public is due very:
largely to the fact that it offers business
and professional men a desirable yet not
too strenuous form of vigorous outdoor
exercise. A middle aged man who has not
been used to hard exercise can take up the
game Of golf and by steady exercise can.
fairly master the details OF the game.
Golf Is largely a matter of nerves. Once.
having mastered the stroke and DEVELOPED
the bump of location, it is the cool. self
possessed player of good Judgment who.
keeps closest pace with Colonel Begey.
Some Of the best players in Minneapolis
to-day belong to that class When such
a man gets fairly started in the game 1T
appeals to him and demands more OF his
attention than of that of any one else
who gets in the game. a
Already golfers are casting longing eyes
toward the links, and in spite Of the no.,
tees posted at the Minikahda and Bryn
MaWr clubhouses to keep off the links
while they are in the spring formative
process, several enthusiasts were SKIP
ping about the greens and tearing up 500
during the balmy weather which preceded
the present cold snap. When spring opens
I'D in earnest, a stronger attempt Will be
made to enforce the rules. The feet sink
deep in the sod when the frost is thawing
out. leaving links in bad shape when the
ground hardens again. Much damage is
also done to the sod when the roots are
beginning to expand. FL. IS
June Tournament. ~"
Interest in the game in Minneapolis
will be stimulated by the annual tourna-
90 t1n cfa}n a
will be held in this city early in June at
the Minikahda links. The indications are
that Minikahda will have much stronger
team this year than last, and as the Bryn
Mawr team will make an equally good
showing a goodly share OF the honors
should remain at home. g.fs.:.-,
Last year saw the development at the
city and lake links OF some very speedy
Young players. Should they buckle down
to the game in earnest this season it
would not be surprising if they were
heard from in the national arena. Some
of the players made a creditable showing
at rhe Chicago meeting last season-an
Indication of what they can do II they
devote more time to the game.
Among the players at the Mlnlkahda
club who came on rapidly last. season
| Mercer, Sewall Andrews, ALI P1ilspury' v.
H. Hood and Charles Albert. -
At the Bryn Mawr club Billie Law
head perhaps showed the greatest de-
yeloprnent in all-round form for the sea.
son. He defeated c. T. Jaf1ray in one OF
the sensational games of the season
At Minnetonka-
! Preparations are being made already TOT
the season at Lake Minnetonka, where
golf became such a popular attraction last
wear. The games at the MlnnetonKa ice
Yacht club and at the Lafayette cAuo'
| will be features Of this season. ..,.-
| Rev, NJ. D. Hardin, of Andrew Prespy
terrain church, will still be familiar ng
ure at the Lafayette course, where he sw VOL
such renown last season by defeating pne
! hitherto inyincible Jaffray. --
There will be few changes in any OF une
kssthis season, as most Of them unoer-
Went extensive improvements last season
! The Town and Country CLUB. ,of ~.
Paul which includes several Minneapolis
members is preparing for an active sea
son in golf Up to date this clup mas
rather the best of Minneapolis in team
and individual play and the rivalry be-
tween twin city players. promises TO De-
come intense. r.