The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-23

is at the old and popular course OF the
Morris County Golf Club. 1t is a favorite
with both Ryers and +. Oden Horstman,
and should they be in the country they
will probably timber up by attending it.
There will also be an open tournament this
week ut the Nashville. Tenn. Golf and
Country Club, while three individual local
championships will be in progress respec-
lively at st. Louis and Philadelphia for
amateurs and the open championship of
the Western Golf Association at Hinsdaie,
Ill. Aleck Smith now holds the the latter
title.
The identity Of the J. Paterson who put
out Byers in the second round at St. An
drews has been revealed, He is a Watson
ian This is a club made up of graduates
Of Watson's College, Edinburgh. 1t is an
itinerant body, holding it's matches at in
tervals on any of the courses about that
city. Regarding the championship match,
Paterson began poorly by getting into
one up, but Paterson squared matters
at the tenth and by gaining the heather
and the hole a cross he took the lead.
To the corner Of the dyke Byers made a
to do, so that Paterson had the match by
3 up and 2 TO play. Byers had played very
well going out. but he failed in putting on
the homeward journey.
Sunday golf is absolutely Itabooed at
st. Andrews, and indeed quite generally
throughout Scotland, Imagine, then, the
CONSERVATION of the policeman who saw
two women playing a match there on a
recent Sabbath day. They wore very
modisR golf suits, carried their own clubs
and hit of the ball with dash and precision.
There was nothing TO do but TO arrest the
daring invaders, but or the plea hat they
were strangers the bobby did not Jail them.
il appears that they we're a couple of the
committee appointed by the Lady's Golf
Union to inspect St. Andrews and report
IL the course was suitable for their cham
pionship next year!
Four years ago the Royal and Ancient
Golf Club Of st. Andrews refused very
bluntly to let the women have the links
for their championship. When the news
leaked out there was a hubhub among the
golfng femininity Of Great Britain, which
did not worry the st. Andrews bigots at
all, but there was a fine row at home to stir
them up. II was a protest from the towns
tradesmen and hotel keepers that the turn
ing away OF the women had cost them a
pretty penny, besides spreading abroad the
impression that st. Andrews lacked modern
enterprise.
Now, while quite supreme in the game,
the Royal and Ancient may by no means
hold up the worthy st. Andrews aldermen
by the throats. The links is a commons
and the Royal and Ancient only a tenant by
privilege. Consequently when some OF
the women intimsted that they would like
their 1908 championship at ST. Andrews the
Royal and Ancient sent 10 them an olive
branch in the way Of a Observation-Disclosures
But the women are first going to inspect
the course before they accept lis use. Mere
man may boast OF st. Andrews and it's
PROJECTIONS, but the women are not going to
buy a pig in a poke.
Yet there has been a short course for women
at st. Andrews since 1858, and before that
they used the few holes made by the caddies
at the back of Pilmour's links. II is only
a putting course and the golf has been
second in interest TO an annual ball held
IN the clubhouse Of the Royal and Ancient.
On his account 81. Andrews has never
had a woman golf champion and should the
championship be held there il may start a
revolution against the monopolization Of
all the true golhng country there by the
men. The Lady's Golf Union has hattled
parts OF Great Britain and 81. Andre WIS IA
the only citadel Of selhshneos 20 be