The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-02
Committee in Charge Of Coming
State Golf Meet Issues Pro.
gram for the Big Event
MANY MATCHES SCHEDULED
Kenosha Golfers Plan to Give Cordial
Welcome to the, Golfers of the
State and Hundreds of
t Them are Expected

The coming tournament of the Wis
consin Golf Association to be held on
the links Of the Kenosha Country Club
/ July 80, 81 and August l, will be the
greatest gathering Of golfers ever held
in Wisconsin and the plans for the
annual gathering which were completed
yesterday Show that 8 it will be the
most interesting. There will5be fifteen
clubs represented in the tournament, the
local club being among the number.
Secretary w. L. Yule has received as
surances that the number Of entries for
! the tourney will be considerably over
the hundred mark and there will be
something doing for every state player
every hour from the opening Of the
tournament until the close. The trop-
HES to be offered at Kenosha will be
/ the finest lot of trophies ever offered
for Wisconsin golfers. There will be
twenty cups valued at more than $500
and in addition to this there will be the
usual number Of medals. The mem
bers of the club have made arrange
ments to offer all sorts of social pleas
ures for the visitors during their stay
in Kenosha and an abundance Of hotel
accommodations have been provided.
The links of the Kenosha Club are
among the finest in the middle west and
they are being put into first class con-
dition for the reception Of the state
golfers. At the recent meeting of the
directors of the state organization on
the Kenosha links, the final arrange.
ments were completed for the tourna-
ment.ss The fSheboygan Club was ad-
mitted as at1member Of the association
at the state tournament this year. The
program as arranged will offer, golf and
lots Of it and it is the plan of the
local committee indeharge of the tourna
ment to make it go down ina the golf
history of Wisconsin as the one tourna-
ment in the state that will not have a
single dry minute in it. The first three
| class matches will take. up the time of
| the golf experts, but the most handsome
trophies of the tournament will be of
fered for the matches for the less ex-
perienced players. Special stress is
laid by the committee upon the match
for men over fifty years of age. and
| it is planned to make this match one
of the big events Of the tournament
Frank w. Jacobs of Madison, the present
state champion will be on hand to de-
fend his title and all of the former
champions will contest the honor with
him. This will include Hamilton Vose
of Milwaukee, who won the first state
championship, Fred Petit and R. P.
Cavanagh and W. HI. Yule of the Ke-
nosha Club, E. L. Buchan of Racine
and George Hewitt of Oshkosh. $780,
This will be the eighth annual tour
nament of the Wisconsin Association
and will be open to all Wisconsin
golfers, who are members Of the various
Wisconsin Clubs. Entries for the state
championship and the other events on
the program will be received by the
secretary of the association up to 6
p. NJ, July 20. They must be sent in
through the secretary of the various
clubs in the association.
The committee in charge Of the tour
nament will be composed Of the fol
lowing well known Wisconsin golfers.
J. M. Hlxon, Lacrosse; George H. Rus
SELL. Milwaukee; W. L. Yule, Kenosha
Hamilton Vose, Milwaukee; H. H. Cut
Ter, Blue Mound; Stewart McGifin,
GAINESVILLE; S. D. Wyatt, Fond du Lac;
a. B. Morris, Madison; H. o. Fair
child, Green Bay; F. FL. Graham, Eau
Claire; John Stevens, Jr., Appeton; c..
IC. Chase, Oshkosh; J. S. DeMoss, Green
Lake; R. T. Robinson, Racine; and H.
E. Barrows of Sheboygan..
The following is the detailed pro-
gram Of the three. days meeting:
Program
Thursday, July 80, 1908-S:00 a. M
| Qualifying round at Is holes, medal
play. The first 16 qualify for the
championship. The second 16 qualify
for the presidents cup. The third 16
qualify for the directors cup, A cup
will be given for low qualifying score.
200 p. anf-+First round match play,
championship cup. First round. match
play, PRESIDENT cup. First round
match play, directors cup. Consolation
cup tor those not qualifying in any of
above flights at Is holes, medal play
handicap.
Friday, July 81, 19o8-8:oO a. M
Second round match play, championship
Second round match play, president s
cup. Second round match play. direc-
tor s cup First round "Choice Score y
handicap. P. M.-Semi-inals. match
play championship. Semi finals, match
play president $ cup. Semi finals, match
play director s cup. Second round
l"Choice Score" handicap. First round
age limit (5o) handicap. Two ball
foursome handicap at Is holes, medal
play.
Saturday, August, 1, 1eos-S:oo a. M
Finals, SO holes match play, cham
pionship. Finals, So holes match play,
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