New-York tribune., 1906-07-09
FAST GOLF BY TRAVERS.
Makes NesO Record for the Amateur
Cham pionship Course.

way at the national amateur golf championship
tournament, be held at the Englewood Golf Club
this week. was furnished by the favorites in prac-
tice rounds yesterday. Between fifty and sixty
entrants for the tournament which will begin to-
morrow morning were on hand for practice Je
D. Travers, the Metropolitan Golf Association
title holder was the hero Of the day, with record
round Of "A in the afternoon.
This feat was accomplished in a four-balI match,
in which Travers and Fred HerreshoR were OPP
posed TO H Chandler Egan and D. z. Sawyer the
champion and runner up respectively in last years
championship The first named pair defeated their
Western rivals hv up and to play, with best
ball of 72 Herreshoff helped Travers the sec
ond and sixth holes otherwise Travers's score was
the best ball.
The "A made by the Nassau player breaks the
amateur record for the rearranged course.
pulled second shot to the long grass going to the
second hole cost him stroke and a hooked second
at the tenth prevented him from getting a 5.
Travers drove beautifully. and made all his shots
with the confidence Of professional
Egan displayed flashes of brlliance in the latter
part OF the match. For instance from the seven
teenth tee he caught his drive just right. and the
ball never stopped going until It reached the
bunker 800 yards away This is of the longest
drives ever recorded by an amateur in this coun-
try. From the bunker Egan recovered so well
with his mashe almost to hole out in q The
ball stopped within less than yard of the cup.
and then the amateur champion missed the put
His drive to the home hole made the edge of the
green. but he brought off a S0-footer for @
Traverss record card was as follows:
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Although Egans individual not good in
the afternoon, he made 76 in the morning. Trav-
ers also had 70 in the forenoon. and his total of
$50 for the day is exceptional. year ago in the
qualifying round Of the championship at Wheaton
Dr. D. P Fredericks. of OIL City, led the field with
l55 Yesterday DIR. Fredericks made 7S. Il. NJ
Byers returned 76 in the afternoon c. j. Sull-
van made 50 and IS in the afternoon. Charles H.
Seely scored 49, F. Oden Horstmann also had 79.
A number Of others returned scores between 80
and s..
The Englewood course, it will be played dur
ing the championship. opened on July l. and
the principal changes made were combining the
old sixth and seventh holes and splitting up the
former eighteenth into two holes. The amateur
record for the old course was 70, made by Ralph
Peters in competition. but it has been demonstrated
that the recent alterations have not made the links
more difficult. A in point the 75s made
by Walter ]. Travis and c. ]. Sullivan a week ago
IN practice.
In actual playing distance the eighteen-hole cir
cult up to all requirements. 1t measures
62OS yards, thereby comparing favOrably with the
classic links abroad. 1t is about 100 yards shorter
than St Andrews and Hoylake. but more than 200
yards longer than Prestwick and N1uirfeld. Nor
man Hunter has made "a at St. Andrews, while
Harry Vardon has been round Prestwick in 72
Alec Herd a Y at Muirfeld. Par for the Engle-
wood has been computed at II, and close
followers of the game would not be surprised TO
see these figures approached during the coming
tournament.
Before completing round of the Englewood links
the golfer is likely to have for every club in
his bag From the first tee. which is directly in
front Of the clubhouse, the drive is down hill with
the second shot to the green over brook. The
slightest mistake will be punished, as there is
trouble all sides.
To avoid trouble at the second hole one must
drive brook and a road and then success
fully negotiate a cop bunker and ponds which
guard the green. Woods and rough stuff await
the wild shots from the third tee The green is
guarded by a sand trap. 1t requires a good second
to carry the stream, which winds its way in front
of the fourth green. There is tall grass and a
ravine to. catch a topped short club drive from
No 8. A long drive gives decided advantage.
the blind green is rather difficult to hold
fairly long carry is required from the sixth tee
while the approach is uphill to a terraced green,
There is tall grass and a sand trap to be cleared
on the drive from the seventh tee. player get
ting away short drive will have difficulty in
rying the ditch guarding the green his second
1t Is only mashie shot to the eighth green, but
there is long grass, ditch and a sand trap TO be
avoided, making it capital two-shot hole.
To the tenth hole ditch should be carried
the drive and there is a wide sand trap which the
long player will nave chance to clear his sec
the green is protected three sides by long grass
More tall grass rises to catch topped drive from
the twelfth tee. There is road guarding large
green. The same road will have TO be carried from
the thirteenth tee, and the approach to the green
is uphill, with woods the right to penalize a
sliced second shot
To the fourteenth hole II is drive down hill with
a cop bunker guarding the green. A long drive is
required to carry the sand trap from the fifteenth
tee, and there is a cop bunker to catch a topped
second shot All is clear in front OF the sixteenth
tee but the short driver will be unable on his Sec
ond shot to carry the bunker protecting the green.
The Seventeenth green is we'll guarded by high
''circus' bunker. II is full iron shot to the
home green, which is terraced affair and guarded
by double road.
Conditions for the championship call for thirty
six hole medal play qualifying round eighteen holes
Tomorrow and eighteen Wednesday. The thr-
ty-two with the lowest scores Will qualify to
ttnue at match play for the title. All the match
play rounds will be at eighteen holes the hnal
which Is TO be thirty-siX holes.
In selecting the middle of July for the blue rib
that the United States Golf Association executive
committee made wise Practically all the
amateurs entered now at the top Of their game,
which means keen golf from start to finish. Di-
rectiOn will count for good deal in this tourna-
ment. for the wild shooter is going to severe
ly penalized at Englewood. Following is table
giving the distances OF the hoes with the bogie and
figures:
Hole Dist Par, Hole Dist Par.
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