The San Francisco call., 1904-08-13
AN OPEN EVENT
FOR GOLFERS ON
DEL MONTE LINKS
WOmen's and Open Cham
pionships Postponed Until
Later Date in the Autumn
MAUD WILL TAKE PART
Competitions for Del Monte
Cups Will Be for Amateurs.
Match Play, With Handicap

The annual tournament OF the Pacific
Coast Golf Association will be held at
Del Monte next week. beginning on
Thursday and lasting as many days
as may be rendered necessary by the
number Of entries On the first day
there will be an open event. which may
be entered by amateur or professional
players. for which prizes In money,
amounting at least to fifty dollars and
probably to a larger sum, will be
awarded to the professionals. Tho
competition will be over thirty-six
holes. medal play, eighteen being play
ed in the morning and the remaining
eighteen in the afternoon. Entries
should be made at the Hotel del Monte
not later than the 18th inst
The fourth annual competitions for
the open championship and the
wOmen's championship OF the Pacific
Coast Golf Association have been rOst-
poned by the executive committee 70
some time in the fall Mrs. E. T. Per
kins formerly Mrs. Jean W. Bowers
Of Garvanza) of the Los Angeles COu1-
try Club. who won the wOmen's cham
pionship in 1903, still retains 1T.
The annual competitions for the Del
Monte cup for men and for the Del
Monte cup for women will be the prtn-
cipal contests Of the tournament. The
competitions will be at match play, Il
the number Of entries is not 80 large
as to preclude this manner OF deciding
them. In order to induce as many
competitors as possible to enter, han
dicaps will be given. The competitions
will be held under the management OF
the Pacific Coast Golf Association, the
executive committee Of which urges
that the secretaries Of the associated
clubs earnestly endeavor to secure as
many entries as possible Entries may
be made at the Hotel del Monte not
later than the 17th inst. All amateurs
are eligible.
Among the entries for the Del Monte
cup for women will be Miss Smith Of
San Diego, who won the women 5
championship Of Southern California
year or two ago; Mrs. r Gilman
Brown, champion Of the Pacific Coast
Golf Association in 1902; Mrs H. II.
Sherwood the strongest woman player
of the Oakland Golf Club. and Mrs.
Herbert Num-
Among the competitors for the Del
Monte cup for men viii be Captain j.
S. Oyster, j. W. Byrne and G. T.. Maud
Of the San Francisco Golf Club; A. c..
Harvey holder Of the mems amateur
championship Of the Northern Cali
fOrnia Golf Association. which he won
in 1903 and retained in 1904. both con
tests having taken place on the San
Rafael Clubs course; r Gilman
Brown, f. H. Beaver, J. j. Crooks, W.
]. Casey, r. B. Hellman and r. ].
Davis Of the San Rafael Golf Club.
An estimate has been made OF the
number Of golf courses in Great
Britain and Ireland The figures are
only approximate and are said to be
rather under than over the mark.
There are many private courses and
some club links that are not included
There are more than one thousand
courses in the United Kingdom. about
$50 of them being Of eighteen holes.
The total male membership Of the golf
clubs is nearly 900. The golfers play
over IS, 200 acres OF land and pay rent
amounting to about 100000 per an
num-
The late Lord shand was an emin-
ent British lawyer who was also an
enthusiastic golfer. He was largely
instrumental in securing the Braid
Hills as a public course for Edinburgh,
being the mover OF the principal reso-
luton at a meeting convened in Edin-
burgh in 1855 to consider the matter.
He played on some Of the courses near
London and presented the Shand
medal, which Is competed for annually
on the Biarritz links. On the famous
Musselburgh course a bunker bears the
name Of ''Shand," but whether It ac-
quired this title from the frequency OF
his lOrdships visits to it Is not GER
tain.