The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-20
GOLF.
Nassau Country Club 10 Hold N. @. A
Championship.

Championship.
: II has been decided to hold the amateur
championship Of the Metropolitan Golf Assoc
citation the third week in May at the Nassau
Couptry Club. The NJ. G. A. executive COM
mittee met yesterday to choose the course
for this contest and to talk over m Eastern
open championship as a substitute for the
open championship. A vote disclosed the
new executive committee to be unanimous
for an open championship. but according
to the instructions OF the annual meeting
the committeeman voted to get the views
OF the Massachusetts and Philadelphia or
carnations on the Eastern tournament
Some OF the members thought that the
new tournament would entail too much
work. To be worthy OF the name other
associations. such as the New Jersey. Hudson
River. Connecticut. Rhode Island and Central
New York.. would have to be asked to par
ticipate. and besides all the correspondence.
the details OF the course. conditions and
prizes would have to be arranged. 1t was a
question whether the game would be worth
the candle. and as the open tournaments
had brought out good sport at Fox Hills and
Hollywood they reasoned that il would be
as good for the game and much easier simply
to run OF the third annual open champion
ship.
Any idea that the Eastern Professional
Golfers Association would regard the pro-
posed open Eastern championship as an
interference with the Eastern championship
for professionals it instituted last year was
set az rest by a letter from the secretary.
Charles kirchner. He stated that If an open
Eastern championship came into existence
in which the professionals could play the
professional tournament would probably be
given up. The professionals only sought an
g leave the management 70 the NJ, q, A;
The committeeman thought the letter a loyal
one and IL removed the fear that the pro-
fessionals might think their field would be
broken in upon. Yet the committeeman as
feel that they have now burdens enough,
were more united for the NJ. G.. A. open than
for an Eastern open tournament.
The plan TO enlarge the territorial limits
so as to take in the New Haven Country Club
will come up as an amendment TO the constitu-
ton at the next annual meeting. The senti-
ment OF the committee seemed TO be that the
door should not be closed when a large club
on the borders knocked for sdpission Yet
will become unwieldy. The amendment will
come up in the form OF a resolution to enlarge
the territory from a radius of fifty-fve miles
to one of seventy-hve miles from Manhattan.
Reports read at the annual meeting of the
Montclair Golf Club on Tuesday night showed
a satisfactory condition Of affairs. There has
been a large increase in the membership dur
ing the year and the limit for resident mem
officers were elected:
Govemors-H. II. Spies, president; T. W. Stcph
treasurer; w r. Cross, captain: c. i. BSckSs. W B.
Perley. Paul Wilcox. G. r. DrOste and ], A. Kelsey.
Green Committee Paul Wilcox. W. T. Cross and
House Committee-w. B.. Pcrey. c. =. Droste
Membership ConmIttce-C. D. Backus. T. Y.
Stephens and ]. \. Kelsey.
Tournament Committee-W. 7. Cross, Pau! WI
cox and W. Brown.
Three bali match play handicaps are n new
and interesting form Of competition. but
the element Of luck enters into them very much
more than in u medal or DOGGY handicap,
They are therefore recommended only for
an uuimportant event, such as golf ball
sweepstakes. or sone such small prize, L. J.
Phillips, who dug up the form Of game from
old books and has had il tried with success
at Dyker Meadow. has received many in
gulries as 10 the exact rules TO govern this
form of contest. He has prepared the fol
lowing schedule.
Handieaps are based on the players medal play
club handicap. each player to receive, or concedc
three quarters Of the difference bstween his handi
tbrcesomc. \ fraction OF u half or over TO count a.
The scoring Is kept by points. At each hol,
six points are apporiioned among tho play ers Il
each match in the following manner: For eacl
winning of "A hole a player scores TWO points, fo
each halving a hole. one point, and for a loss, moth
ing, II a player wins the holcfrom both opponents
he scores two points for each win, or four points
n the other two halve II between them each getl
one point. II one OF the two wins from the 9TH.
he gets two points, and the loser 10 both gets moth
ing. ~ the two best scores halvc the hole, thu
each get three points, that Is, two points each To-
beating the poorer player and one point each 70
halvinC with ono another. N all three halYc thu
hole they each get two points.
II \ wins from = and halves with y he gets three
points. two for the win and one for the halve
IN p halves with both 4 4nd c he gets one for each
halvC. or two points. {, losing 10 a and halvtng
viii r gets ono point for the latter.
These allotments cover all the conditions which
will arise IN play. and while At FIRST reading they
may seem complicated, in actual play they sOot
become easy 10 remember. The player who w"r'
the highest total Of points for the eighteen hole,
Is the winner. As six points src given at cacf
Of the eighteen holes. the total points for th'
three PLAYERS IN each match must be los. II 4
well 90 keen a score OF the actual strokes for each
hole. as well as n tally OF the points.