New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-22
ON THE GOLF LINKS.
Lakeycood Tournament the Nfrt At
traction -NFzcs and Notes.

Competitive golf this week will be az the Country
club Of Lakewood. where the annual spring open
tournament is to be held on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday There will be a thrty-siN-hole medal
play qualification round on Thursday. first and
second match play rounds Friday with semi
finals and finals on Saturday
As Vet IL is impossible to predict with any degree
Of certainty Just how many entries will be received.
but golfers never miss the Lakewood fixture il
they can help II J. ID. Travers. Of Montclair, said
recently that he intended to play at Lakewood. and
is quite likely that Walter J. Travis. of Garden
city. will also compete
fan was Robert Weir OF Wilmington; "h9 failed
week According to Jasper Lynch the course is
in better condition than ever this spring.
The Wykagy; Country club is negotiating for
the purchase of the entire property. consisting Of
$50 acres After this purchase has been made
work will begin on a new clubhouse. In order To
provide site for the new home II will be necessary
10 change several holes the fall hut sin main
tanning the present arrangement of the ninth and
eighteenth greens. The following officers have
been elected:
President NJ J. Condor; vicc-Fresdent, C. F.
Pelham; treasurer Winthrop Pond: secretary. J.
r Turner; captain. 7. l. Jacques Committees:
t'-ltt - ~ 20 t''S W n.
admissions, q r. Pelham. chairman.
The handicap list Of the Massachusetts Golf As
sociaton contains the of 2195 players. There
basis for handicappng the committee made
scratch score for each of the courses To be rated
at scratch golfer playing hIs average best game
under normal conditions of weather. course and
luck would be supposed 10 get round in the figures
fixed by the committee. These figures range from
6S 10 81. according to the links.
The committee has placed ". 4, Chick, the
former Harvard student on scratch with A q.
Lockwood. the English taught amateur who has
won the Massachusetts title several occasions.
No player has been rated at one. but there
nine with n twO-stroke Allowance u Anderson.
PerrIval Gilbert. Fay Ingalls, Hugo r tombstone
Richard kimball. Thayer Mcmillan. J. q. Thorp,
p. ". WhittemoTe and n. H. Wilder.
At the organization meeting Of the board Of gov
ernors OF the Oakland Golf club held recently the
following officers were elected:
President. Morgan J. O'Brien: vice president J.
Ntpond Davies; secretary. NJ. NJ. Graham, treas
The president then appointed the following
chairmen Of the various committees:
House,. G.. Arnold.
Cireen-Dr. W. s. Brown
Handicap-L4 B. Malone.
Tennis-M. NJ. Graham.
ShoOting-C. @. Meyer
Under the constitution the chairmen have the
power TO appoint their associates.
The big motor mower and roller has arrived at
the Hackensack Golf Club and Is at work on the
fair II is likely that at the meeting in May
the dues will be advanced to $50 per year. and il is
to $50
Charles lSirchner. secretary of the Eastern Pro-
fessiOnal Golfers Association, announces that the
first meeting will not be held this year in May. II
has been decided TO postpone the gathering until
june The question of links and date for the assoc