The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-23
BRITISH GOLFERS INITIATE Us
THEY BEAT OUR CHAMPIONS.
But BOW TO OUR SYSTEMS.
Qualifying Round 10 Precede the Amateur
Championship Next English Women
Snub Royal and Ancient Committee
American Team Ripe for Canada.

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championship eNt-EnEllsh Women
Snub Royal and Ancient Committee
American Team Rip for Canada,
They usually beat us playing golf, as the
fate OF Byers revealed at the amateur cham
pionship, but the Britishers are taking UP
one by one the methods of America in con-
Quoting tournaments. Only the sixty who
qualified in a preceding thirty-six hole
round could start in the recent open cham
pionship at Hoylake, the innovation being
based on American ideas. and now the
five clubs that rule the game and the anna
teur championship abroad have taken
steps TO weed out the starters in that CON-
petition. The delegates were instructed
at st. Andrews to get the opinion Of their
clubs on two suggestions. One is to limit
the amateur championship to scratch
players. the other to have a qualifying
medal play round. The delegates will
come TO the next annual meeting, which
will be at Sandwich during the amateur
championship, prepared 10 vote on the two
propositions. The action they take will
influence the amateur championship Of
1909. for they do not rush things over there.
There we're 200 entries at st. Andrews
and there will be as many at Sandwich
next May, 30 that the necessity Of a wedding
out is apparent. To permit only the scratch
players of clubs TO enter will hardly be
feasible. for the bane OF championships
lie the pulled up scratch players from small
and easy links who would get six or eight
strokes at a good course. The qualifying
round ~disposes OF these misguided candi-
dates and caves in a quota OF golfers com
petent to wage a good fight for the title.
To adopt a qualifying round will take the
wind from the sails Of certain leaders in
American golf legislation who have fought
the preliminary score PLAY as bad and
pernicious. In 1908 they prevailed and
our amateur championship OF that year
was at match play alone, and a dreary
tournament IL WAS for the first two DAYS.
The many changes in our ~method-for
hardly a year has passed without some
different plan being tried-has been due
to the efforts Of these match play enthusiasts
to kill of the qualifying round. S. Y.
Heebner Of Philadelphia has done more
than any other committeeman to have the
qualifying round retained. He has sup
ported it through thick and thin for ten
years as the most practical way Of wedding
out a cumbersome number OF entrants.
The argument that they arrange matters
better abroad will be lost to the American
m~alcontents should the Britishers take up
a qualifying round.
II Eben NJ, Byers is to defend his title
in the amateur championship next month
at Cleveland IL is time he was on the scene.
1t will be held during the week Of July s
at the Euclid Club links. A wet spring
has hindered work on the green's, yet the
course will be found R worthy champion
ship test, and as in going TO Cleveland
the worthy policy Of seeking fresh fields
and pastures new has been carried out
no one will kick over any imperfections
found at Euclid. The distances will he,
in yards;
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