The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-10
SEGCOAST GOLF TOURNAMENT.
PLAY At ATLANTIC CITY TO OPEN
NORTHERN SEASON.

T1Ourishing Through the sOuth-Essex
County Players Not WOrTying About
tho Polo FIeld-Odd Drives Of News.
! This has been q fine winter for the golf
| professionals In the South, according 20
Bernard Nichols, who IL just back from his
tour with win Anderson. the open champion,
Tor there has been plenty Of golfng every
| where and enthusiasts on hand 70 appreciate
q good performance on the links, The two
gave their first exhibition at Nassau, n, p,
and nterward played the best ball Of James
Norton and Baldrlok. tho Pennsylvania pro-
tessional, the visitors scoring 10 and winning
| on the homo green. Miami was the one
spot dead to tho game, the links being out
Of repair and few players about.
There was q crush Of players. on the con-
trary. throughout the entire season az Palm
Beach. and the pair had some golnng there
! before going 10 the inaugural open cham
pionship at the City Of Mexico. which VIII
smith won Then they went 10 New Orleans
| TOT four oOrnered tournament that in
cludcd Harry and George Turpie. the latter
OF the Calumet Golf Club. Chicago. and the
former resident pro. at the Audubon Golf
CLUB In the Crescent City. In the hTst round
Harry beat Anderson by up. and Nichols
! beat George by and 3, while in the final
Nichols beat Harry Turpie by up, The
south Florida open at Palm Beach next
| engaged the skill OF the two travellers, but
George Low had tho game Of games in the
| event and won the title At Ormond. imme-
diately afterward. Anderson beat Nichols
by up In a great match Anderson made
the new record Of 6s. one round being In 30,
two strokes lower than the mark for nine
holes made by Nichols In 1900. when he first
| defeated Harry Vardon
| The West Coast Of Florida open cham
pionship came next on the circuit. at Mag
nolia Springs, when Nichols showed the way
home TO the field that included Anderson,
| George Low and others. The winning score
! was 20, 72-i42, three strokes below Gil
Nichob's winning score OF last year The
! northward journey, besides stops for eG-
Augusta. Ga, Aiken and Pinehurst AZ
Augusta Nichols and Anderson, with the
Low and Dave oFiivie, of baltimore: az Aiken
| the tournament was won by James Mackrel,
the local pro. with l53, stroke better than
| Nichols, Low and ogilyie also among the
beaten, and at .PinehuIst the feature was
| Nichols and Anderson by / up.
l. Nichols Is 70 Keep on the road for spell
wants Club and putting up a strong game
Golfers, at the Essex County Country
team aars are not dist1rbed at the p TesuRption
q match Is on. fourteen holes may be used
| play after t:3O O'Clock on Mondays, Wednes-
SodaSS5nd the s t%a sshss W gsR at the
/ club without clashes. There will be COM
petition 70 classify candidates TOT the COLL
| team on April Is, and on April 20 we play
The two new holes that have been broken
| in play, and the round Will then be OF about
| 500 yards. Tho Essex Country is a member
team on is schedule.
Dates are out for the golnnF at the Ardsley
speo ea fns ' tSe game at tie
| links on the Hudson goes on forever, like the
brook, and needs no calendar. There MI
! handicaps, the winners and runners-up in
| the latter qualifying for the Ardsley Club
| The Presidents cup, EN- blematlc Of the meme
! Championship. viii be played for on May "a
S0S SSt us gov iGS Ss4j
Henry s. Brooks, Jr., i. b. johnson and
Rosster II. Worthington.
Northern golf will begin this week with
the. open tournament on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, Of the Atlantic City Country
large field. for the backward spring here
| abouts has filled the stay-at-homes with the
se Ssb Sre eeteu nam to cool on Beside
there will be cups for each sixteen 70 finish,
| with consolation events and handicap. so
| whether a player gets into the first set or
| not no may be sure Of three days Of active
| golf. IouInament entries close on Wednes-
tic city,
Fred Pys. formerly Of the Englewood Golf
| Club has been enga ged by the Sound Beach
| Golf and Country Club. Tho course will be
ready By May j, when. Louis Reno. formerly
| Of the lnnis Arden Club, will be In charge OF
the clubhouse as steward.
/
Play for 4, D. Compton's cup at the West
| chester Golf Club, offered originally for New
TOO 90 much snow to washingtons Birthday.
th. month St'S as Week end attraction ion The
play will be on April Is. 10, 22i rs, and 70. So
The course has Psen gteeaoy i9p{otyS W., Is
! against the stone fences and abuttipg rocks.
/ 20 that II Ia now better than most links within
| the drawbacks to such courses are set on by
their accessibility The sloGing OF the pre-
| cipltOus bank before the third tee. converting
! IL into a hazard to suggest the Maiden at
| Sandwich, Is particularly good change, for
! formerly a topped ball struck against rocks
! Aleck Smith has been expected for some
days az the NsssS1 Country Sin Clu6 ana his
| 10 have left California on March 80. after
cbsmpionship Of the Pacific Coast but he
| may have been temporarily bunkered on the
| way back. The Nassau course Is two or
three weeks ahead OF &c, normal condl-
/ ton. due 10 the beneficial effects OF the
/ heavy SHOWS on the turf, Inc TWO scratch
! members, Findlay 8. Douglas and Jerome
! II Travers. have both been out several times.
! but there have been no very low scores made
| Murray, known TO every golfer since tho old
| 81 Andrews IL again the Nassau steward.
| and Harry Hedges, In charge Of the Long
Island Railroad station at Nassau for three
| wears, has been appointed the club super
| intendcnt and is now In charge
Arthur a. Lockwood IL back in Boston
| after visit TO his home In England and once
| more playing at the Allston Golf club
recent COPY OF a London journal notes that
/ on March 20 Lockwood made the remarkably
] good score Of II at Weston-S Super Mare. his
] card reading:
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There are penalties TO being independent
| In the matter OF golf government, our women
| piayers who have at times protested against
| The paternAl guidance OF the u. s. g, A, should
| note for the women OF the EnRlish Ladies'
! Golf Union have to foot all their bills at tho
| championships the same as the men. Here
! the club holding the women's event usually
| gives everything free TO the women. the
| Shinnecock Hills Golf Club holding the record
! for the generous treats TO Its women guests.
| ia is different abroad. "Caddies are 10 be an
! efpensive luxury" writes Mrs. Boys 70 a
| r.,.i Get Nrorner