The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-24
EASTER STARTS GOLF STRIFE.
Lakewood First. Then Tournaments Each
week 20 July.

Easter week usheu In the round OF open
and invitation tournaments and champion
chips 10 the Metropolitan Golf Association
territory. a circuit TO close only with Thanks
giving week In November. The formal
opening will be At the Country Club OF lake
wood on Thursday. Friday and Saturday.
with tho tenth spring tournament OF the
semI.annual series that began In the fall OF
1895, so that the gathering IL the twentieth
OF the competitons-proot that American
golf is making history OF its own. Last
spring W j. Travis was at SANDWICH, making
ready for tho golf Of his life. and II. Chandler
Egan won the hrst cup after hard match
In the FINAL with Findlay Douglas. The
entries do not close until Wednesday night,
but il il known that both Travis and Douglas
will play and possibly Walter Egan. There
ia a rumor at Lakewood that II. Chandler
Egan may return from abroad In time TO play,
but this lacks confirmation. twih be lravss
tournament debut with his feet inch shAited
drivers and brasseys. clubs that helped him
TO beat George s. Lyon on fTluhy AZ OaIueh
City and do ali ST.
The qualification round 10 10 be al thirty
six holes, with a score medal and team prize
on the side and tho respective slXteens gam
ing eligibility for the Country Club, Metede-
conk and Carasalj 10 cups and runner up prizes
There will be two handicaps on Saturday
The course has been officially measured to
AZ the par score as required by the VI. q. A.
handicap committee. The dlstapces re-
turned are: out. 2,697; in. 9.255, and total.
B,es2 yards The amateur record is 70.
held by George I. BrokGw. and the profes-
slonal "A, made by Viii Smith when he won
the New Jersey open championship there
last fall.
After Lakewood there IL but Que week
untl July in which dates have not been
claimed Tor q mems tournament. he blank
week is that beginning on May 3 Whloh may
be a hint 10 some enterpTislng greens com
mittee Tho dates for mems tournaments
TO follow IakeW ood, are.
Garden City Golf Club. May T. and 9. Inter.
~ and 20. MttTopolli6n championship. al Fox
Hills Golf Club MAY "a. 25 20 ana "a. New Jersey
Juns T. and 3. ves,6rook Golf Club. June L. is.
10 and II, EngewOOd Golf Club, June p, -, p
at Kingston June Is, 70. 80 aud July /. ApaWamis
Colt Club, July 8, and S
In addition. the Women's Metropolitan
Golf Association will hold a series OF one day
open tourpaments, one at tho Plainhcld
Country club, on May ~. and their cham
DOns6O viii be az The ESbtus Sts So svSh 5ao
which will this year contain In each instance
an American representative. viii begin at
Prestwick on May % with the amateur cham
pionship, won last year by ". !. Iraris. TIC
women's will be At Cromer May -, and the
open at 81. Andrews June and :.
Tho Massa ohusetts Golf association handi.
cap committee has prepared two brondsheets
Of the rO5i PLAYERS Isted tnn spring, one
gIouped in caIsos from scratch 10 eighteen.
they ore intended to be. displayed on tho
bulletin boards Of the clubs and give all the
information needed at glance. This note
In red ink appears on each sheet This list
Is furnished as guide Tor clgP copmltteei
except upon reliable information that the
rating Is negotiable. 4 word TO the wise
Is sufficient.
W. l. Gunther has heen elected captain OF
the Ardsley Club and quite an extensive Hat
of events have been arranged iPr the season t,
qualifying round. The sixteen who qualified
have been drawn for opponents. n fact,
pIsved f. O. Thatcher beat H. 5 BROOKS
by q ard :, \. H. Bal beat ) y. WitmaT nv
up H. ysoTaSy Sr peat Nv. W. u Ls, " ~ 6isy
arc. r. o. Ayraunt vs. +. A. Mccullough.
4. F.. Robinson ys. +, FairG2hild. F. R Syps
yi 8oqffBs b HaTsy vs. h Sanord y L.
PLAgxrGsln, tp5iI '25s ~, John YcCgtCs;
INFLAMMATION took the honors for tho presi-
dents cup at the Park Coli club yesterday.
s St. John Mccu,cheon. lot, i2--sl the Rev. o. J.
u.s. 77s l. Watson i25 % q 'hs He r., c pr IL
W. McCutcheon. 49, s-iol.
Twenty-slx players took part 10 the open
ing day handicap az the Highland Golf Club
on saturday. r r. Van 1assel being the
winner The course was in splendid shape.
and the greens give promise Of being very
fne this year The cards Of the first seven
follow.
y n Van TasseI n, 10 ~: 2. r. Sldmore. iO7.
ts-sa. " H. Scibtu, los, ls-pO. c. Joost Jr., i03.
i2-qi. r Schnllng. 100. 1871; J. II Hobbs iO4, ~
vi. r. s. Girng, il2. 20-92.
A schedule Of mems competitions at the
Nontclair Golf Club has been issued. cover
inE the seasons play barring July and August.
foT which here sill be n special notice later.
There will be week end and holiday COMPETE
tions under varying conditions from this
SATURDAY 10 Nov. 8. ON the latter date and
also on May there win be, matches between
man and /. T. Reid. the losers 20 dine the
winners. at the clubhouse the same evening.
risyed for and individuals 10 give cups in
dude Arthur Il. LoSkett, G.. Z; Mcmahon,
and John NJ Ward. The clubs dates in the
New Jersey Golf League appear In the sched-
ule the opening match heinR with Morris
County on May IS At Montclair.