The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-24
METROPOLITAN GOLF RECORDS
DATA COLLECTED BY THE GEN.
ERiL HANDICAP COMMITTEE.
Par Figures on FOrty.four Of the Links.
With Amateur and PROBES sional Marks
Travis Leads tho List At Eight
Courses --Seely and Reinhart Next

With Amateur and Pr0fes si0nal Marks
Travis Leads tho List At Eight
Courses --Seely and Reinhart Next
In preparing the general handicap list
of the Metropolitan Golf Association this
spring, the committee-Lionel H. Graham,
chairman; Devereaux Emmett, F. w. Men
zies and l.. P. Ba.ard, Jr.-requested the
clubs in membership to send in their lists
of players rated on the par score, but only
twenty-five of the clubs complied, sixteen
more rating on the clubs DOGGY and the
others handcapping on the clubs scratch
man.
The par scores Of forty-four Of the clubs,
however, have been gathered up by the
committee, with many new details regard
ing the amateur and professional records.
When the request is made for the August
revision Of the general list the committee
expects to have all the clubs use the par
system. for by that time all concerned
will have mastered its intricacies. The
list of records does away with many hearsay
performances that have had currency as
the actual records and is valuable con-
tribution to golfng statistics. aside from
the use it has been to the committee in
compiling the handicaps. At no less than
eight links W. j. Travis holds the amateur
record--at Lakewood Garden City, Nassau,
Shinnecock Hills, Tuxedo, Country Club
of Westchester. Oakland and Baltimore,
the latter made on last Monday. G. Il.
Seely holds the mark at Fox Hills and Wee
Burn and +. O. Renhart. with Il at Hillside.
also has the record for Knollwood and he
is tied with Pyne for the Princeton record.
These three are the only Adouble-headers'
among the amateurs in the record line.
Among the professionals Harry Vardon's
records still stand at Morris County, Rich
mond County and Oakland, not because
we have not men here who could equal
or beat them under the present conditions.
but for the lack Of opportunities in the
competitive way among the Metropolitan
Golf Association clubs for the professionals.
The records stand because since exploiting
Vardon the clubs in question have not
offered any opportunities for the profess
SIGNALS to play. David Hunter holds the
record at Baltusrol, Hillside and Flushing;
Low Mt the Crescent A. c, and Dyker
Meadow: Norton at Deal and Lakewood;
Jack Park (for the same reason that Var
don's stand) is record man at Essex County
and Mont clair, although he has returned
to England, and Isaac Mackie heads the
list at Fox Hills and Harbor Hill. At Hill
side and North Jersey the amateur record
is better than the professional mark.
At Wee Burn the par score and the anna
teur record are tie saTe. erd at Weet-
brook and Princeton the records beat the
par. The par is based on perfect Pof.
allowing two puts on each green. and 1t
may be beaten by run OF tha ruiis
is based on 3 for holes to 200 yards. 81? FOR
holes from POI to $50 yards. for holes from
PSI to 1915 yards. ~? for holes from 376 TO
425 yards. for holes from APO to $40 yards.
81. for holes from 5li TO GOO yards and 9
compel ion Of Mr. Graham. who regards
it as the perfect par for handicapping as
our courses are now. He admits that for
absolute par TIE fractions might be
dropped and the distances heightened: For
the rating of amateurs on one general table
it il a more satisfactory bafis thana par
that would be too formidable for all hut
tie professionals on their best game. The
Graham par table has been adopted by
a number Of the State Golf associations
and 1t may he established in time as the
national basis.
The mr. scores and records of the eigh.
tee,-hole links In the Met ropclitan Golf
Associate ion. except Scarsdale, follow:
Anw'gs S s. As,f r # n.v; d
De VII cochrane, -. Professional record Twill
nu s. Ams,sSr F,cG,aT Tv,,.; !
conn,gy cn q LssewG.1 son aS.ssr Iscor aar
V j. Travis rs. Professional rccord--Will Norton.
crcsce,, \. C.. 3d. s2-o5,5. amateur record
.o s s,.S5,a G Amsn r. Pra,essons
reI Emrcwooa tcn'arged links. 81 sa-7s No
record, cCHrs S Ss' ON "id I 1eS5
and Fred ys the nrotr,,sionsoI record OF y.
Essex Gonm'y $50 rsco
% g; AsIeHy T'? Smith and
Isaac MnciNr, 49, go, , ,
anT'' r Ss as' % %Si %s"Ss
r. H r F FsE. 81 f'ro;"ssonsi ssso.d isaac
recori i'I +, O. Rslnhar,, II. Professional record.
D,y a%, Mun,rr e. e. ,,s-7o Amateur record
r. O. Rcnuart. 10 Professional record viii
Es M".'GS,ri yssord jazz P.rk q
Morris County ST. @ Am Iscor rf noIrx
Gogps s ccolG asek s%'
Worth J-rs-y. as'1 Sill? Amateur record;
M R,chmond County, 30, so--7o. Amateur record.
C. w Taintor 20. Professional record. Harry
Scahreht 81 $40. Amateur record p, A. Proai.
"a proi.S s,on, record, j. Andrews H.
Shinn"cork -Hl'is. 81. a." Amateur record
vs." 81. AT.ircws s 20, sra-7cs Amateur record.
TT" Tu1cdo. s''l, sCa-7l. Amateur record. W. J.
'youn,nxah. 81. 1916. Amateur record. NJ. ".
Mchac, II. Professional record. John kohens. -
The par scores Of TIE nine-kole links
reported, with the records, read in this
order:
R,ooplnwn $751;. Amateur record, 4. G. Wheeler.
two rounds, H. Professional record John Hhr-
''T Pcdiord. ar,, AMATEUR record; DWIGHT Part
rtdcc as Professional record Robert Dow 81.
COUNTRY Club o. Wcstchcs,cr 37'1. Amateur
D"Icr Meadcw. ~. Amateur, record. Daniel
Fsstcrn PARKWAY. 81 Amateur record. John
NJ w'a~d and C. {. Mason. 49, Professional record,
A. pAt-r,-, ~.
F,irA",d ~. Amateur. rrcord c; Trussdalc.
~ p-ofr ,s,nnal rrco-d los"nh Dochlc-, &
Flushing SO. Amateur record l.. ". Richmond
Two rounds. 50 Professional record. David
Hnn'cr rs , .. 49,,
sim, Al rcro-d n W. Sinpsor 81
Inu,s Arden, 87i, Amatcu- record. T, s. DOUG.
las. two rounds, 50. Professional record Fred
'' Jcrsc" civ. s,,s Amateur record C. H. Bow