New-York tribune., 1907-12-09
ON THE GOLF LINKS.
Seasons Handicap Contests ON Far
Rasis Worked Ont Weu.

,,. hack over the records shows that at
four OF the fourteen golf handicap tournaments
held in the metropolitan ds'rc1 us se .1Sm ,or
net score was exactly at par AT three other eou.
r,a ne, the net score came within stroke of par.
and at one within two strokes OF par oi'IS ..
Deal and Van Cortlandt were the net scores oeiO"
par .. .b,+ tho rauy plan o
oAiciaIv rating the players up to nine strokes "t
-, -, onaration and the handicap committee VI
.ho Metropolitan Golf Association Is OF the opHlio
that the new plan has worked out Wen oiuos , 81
ing tournaments have generally 1oHo"eu INC - -,
tion list and required letters from unra'eu
players >, -..x .,,,hs IN the
association would do well to exercise more p,op , u
ness in sending in their reports rms year tne ~ NJ
TICS we're sent out to the clubs early in January
and were returnable January % Only 'IirtS cic
responded the remaining tnlrlS Ciuo0 "'''o "
fault on February D. ~ts
Al the annual meeting of the Metropohtan con
Association be held tomorrow night at DeLloii .
cos the question of course for the next d,lh INC -,
ha,,,rioneh;n tournament will undoubtedly DC
brought I'D The first association championship We We.
held at Garden City in 1S99 and again IN I9o4
Nassau Country Club has also had 1t twlce- VIII
other clubs that have been favored are ApaWt,S' i
Tnxedo Deal and Fox Hills. With the excep'ion' %
of Fox Hills, Tuxedo and St Andrews aii 'N0
courses mentioned are fairly long -,.
T-onsidering the prominence of the Baltusroi con
Club and the number of important compel -
have been held there. it seems odd that TINS cou.
has never been the scene of a metropolitan chanl-
pionshIp Other nearby organizations posssssLLis s:
good eighteen-hole courses are fountahdn. H-t,
S-ouptv Essex County. Piainfield. MontcIalr ~"
Jersey. Englewood. Dunwoodie' "ykaeSi anu 'i'-N'
ensack. --., -,5;+io,
Most Of these courses are in fairly good conaiton d
in the sprfng the time of year invariably selecteA
hv the association Following is summary OF VIZ "
handicap winners the last season WIFI d 'aDto VI
previous championship winners and runheI9uP
HANDICAP WINNERS.
Garden City April-Par. "a NJ X smith aoTrss
COUNTY 81, 80 second J. NJ Rhett. Dyker Meadows
crickst So s7s second b seaST'sht So l.
Princeton. May-Par. 49, c Hunt Princeton o. 10
n G A. Nassau. Mayfair. 70; l. TayioT' 20 P'ker
Meadow So "a. and II. F. whltney& IN Nassau ttrkSv ~
EngIewocd. 20 4I5; Kirkby pay-oa for best guess
fIaInsd June-Par 10 Esinhars RIanfGIdf p 7f
'7iT; wybrg e, ilnirar 7s G. K Msit6y wykagI. 1875
| wysaEyI. 1874 cO-l34; second e. L. Conley siWanoE
Four ball handicap
play-oa With g. D. wordsworth and g Psarson, e,.,-
eT ShinasCo Ia5s isl 4 ss econd H. W perrin IL
1ss: ". y. Lyon isi = I2IIi' e.uus,u,, s. Paur.
school, 81; 1o.o7l: second N W. Anthony. = SO
l. Morris county september-Par 7c-John Reid tr; s.
Andrews. 7e. 81: second. d r. Barro"s Plainiieia
Montcair october-Par. 7s-M whitlatch. Montelair
rs 50 second. T. Harrison. ST. So r ~ har'
Isitusrol ocObeEPar f. r Fisk BaltasrV y sss s
hitchcock won piay-or- Third. D. II BaTro~s- s.
lakewood November-Par T3-oliver Perrin. Baltimore
70 6-7S W e shackeltord. Atlantic City So 10 60
775: 2lEeq P. S!s' r Kmbaii int III So 1475 D'''
| GROSS SCORE WINNERS
NJ Forest Tr o S. sfSii fs 55s SILVER Perrin 70 Garden
| r. S. Douglas. 81; Nassau. O. Kirby and H r Whit
Tfs nrsve1s 1s hsinsa I5s: ae9 I9 Tr.ny ny a
9qny gatasroI 'oPh F,k HaiS and Fiji icheocs @ '4S s.