Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-05
GOLF NOTES.

new eighteen-hole course is soon to be
laid out by the Waterbury Golf Club. Sew
eral well-known professionals have been
asked to go over the grounds and draw up
plans. The present course at Waterbury
consists Of nine holes. George Turnbull is
the greenkeeper.
The good people of St Andrews are al
ready talking of the amateur championship
tournament of Great Britain, to be held
there the week beginning May 81. When
last the amateur championship was held at
St. Andrews in 1901, there were 116 entries
In the last championship at Hoylake 166
names were received, but it has been pre-
dicted that this record number will be
eclipsed at st. Andrews.
James Lang, who has been the pro- ession-
al at the Forest Park Golf Club for several
years, has decided to accept the offer of
the Huntington Valley Country Club. near
Philadelphia. The contract calls for an all
year round engagement. Lang expects to
enter upon his new duties December Is.
Occasionally one hears the query, What
will be the future of the Eastern Profess
sional Golfers Association? If 1t is mani
aged properly there seems to be no good
reason why 1t should not meet with the
same success as the o--e in Great Britain.
Over there the professional body has grown
SO rapidly that 1t has been found neces-
sary to appoint sectional committees to
tiers. Today the membership numbers
more than 500. The objects of the asso-
citation are Ito promote interest in the
game of golf, to protect the mutual inter-
ests of its members, to hold meetings and
tournaments periodically for the encour-
agement of the younger members, to in
stitute a benevolent fund for the relief of
deserving members, and to act as an
agency for assisting any professional golf
er or clubmaker to obtain employment
One of the most peculiar golfing incidents
of the season happened recently while
Messrs. Tying, Sullivan. Geary and Low,
the professionals, were playing match at
Baltusrol. Tying, whose approach had
rolled back off the green, pitched the next
shot and the ball went plump into Lows
bag, carried by his caddie. The latter at
that moment was trying to take the flag
out of the hole. Low clearly lost the hole,
but there was considerable doubt as TO
how the shot affected Tying, who was play
ing against the other two amateurs, as
well as against Low
Word has been received of club IN
Ireland where the rules of the Royal and
Ancient are treated In most hperaI
spirit. A casual visitor on reading the
local rules might well imagine they were
the work of some practical joker. 1t has
been claimed that the handicap limit Is
tor can go around and keep his own score;
that he can play on competition day
without entering, and that If he does better
than $50 he can then enter and stand a
good chance of winning. There the cad
die can dance as much as he likes on the
line of the put while almost anything and
everything can be done to improve the lie
through the fair green.
The PinehurSt system of qual1hcatlon Will
attract considerable attention this winter.
The divisions are to be made up from the
scores and handicaps of the players instead
of by the usual medal play round. The
aim is to have divisions of evenly match
ed players and to do away with the posi-.
bilfty of first sixteen man, through ac-
cident or otherwise, getting into the sec
ond division where he enjoys a walk
over" The outcome of the experiments
at Pinehurst will be awaited with inter-
est.