New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-06
ON THE GOLF LINKS.
Several Tournaments Offer RiraI
attractions This Week.

This Will be a busy week FOR the golfers. chief
IN local interest is the first invitation tournament
attempted 10y the Princeton Goig club. be
held Thursday. Friday and Saturday Il is n
ready practically certain that Fred HerIeshoff. Je
rome =. Travers and "a host OF other well known
amateurs viii take part.
Then there IS the annual tournament Of the Prod
the links Of the IluoIiwood Country Club. Thurs
DAY May . y large entry h9S already been re.
the expected riYary between the membcrs repre-
sentns ne Ola depaTtnleHts Of the exchange anG
elected Among the latter are golfers who plan 10
iiT t ISL SJfGag OH tar ne pres, s,, ,,
second and tbirJ rrzsg for C,ass a ana frst Soc
Will be cups for four ball foIrsomes and so-caErd
'kickers' cups. The committee IN charge
gists Of Walter Moore, Frank N, Wilson and C. e.
Getting further away. there Is the open tourna-
nent Of tho Chevy Chase Clul Of Washington on
THURSDAY Friday and Saturday. while ~ Boston
way me annual omen tournament Of The NoiIaston
Golf Club viii take place on the same dates
championship tournament Of the Ladiea Golf
Union Of Great Britain Will be played tho
represented by Miss Harriet Curtis and Miss Mar
garet Curtis. o. Boston. The former won the ma
has been runner-up on two OCCASIONS
SHOWN Of the Two 40 ATr v -. m ~ c
the County Down links straight play Is a
cessty Poor shots, especially from the tee. are
costly, and in many instances It is practically i'm
possible TO recover The field mat gathers VIII be
May Hezlet' who Will ne on her home links.
The unusual success which has marked the efforts
of Fred Herreshor in open tournaments this sea-
son has got the golfers talking everywhere. After
v inning az Einehurst the sand. the New Yorker
moved 10 Virginia Hot Springs and again went
succesfillly through his field. The greens there
were covered with thick turf ana slow.
1t just the opposite at Lakewood, but for
all that the Garden city representative found
way to cope with the different conditions. lie not
Gmy dg gq a If as Well At ham civ last week
Herreshoff continued the same caliDre OF play.
10 al so himself q q
trouble The sliced shot from the bunker 70 the
green going the seventh hole while playing in
The anal round on Saturday was pronounced by
many persons in the gallery as the greatest they
had ever seen. Herreshon himself declared after
ward that he considered IL tho best shot he ever
The defeat of Jerome d. Travers was In "A
measure unexpected following closely It did
observers It could be seen that the Metropolitan
Golf Association champion not at his best
throughout the tournament there q lack Of
proper timing IN his drives, while his mashe APP
piay With Alec Smith at Nassau just now would
probably do Trayers a world OF good.
Several OF the foremost professionals in the coun-
try have entered for the open championship
nnent of Massachusetts to be held Brae Burn on
May q and "a. They include Alec Ross the title
Ross. Entries or the lgadlug amateurs or the state
are also anticipated. The programme will be sew
enty-two holes thirty-siX each day. Four prizes
have been announced. $50 $40, $50 and SO
The Myopia Hunt Club has announced its open
golf tournament fixtures for the season. On Thurs
day. May 80. there will be Glass A medal play
scratch competition at thrty-six holes and Class
prize for the scratch contest and a best net prize
In the handicap. Entries must be marked Glass
Wishes 10 enter. This same arrangement viii be
repeated on Saturday, September rs.