The Washington times., 1908-07-30
j. S. c. A. NATIONAL
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Programs Out for Four
tenth Competition, on
Myopia Links.
SKETCH OF EVENT
AND ITS WINNERS
Alec Ross, of Brae Burn, Present
Champion-Walter J. Travis
Only Man to Threaten Pros.

Programs are out for the fourteenth
open championship tournament of the
United States Golf Association, to be
held over the links Of the Myopia Hunt
Club. Hamilton, Mass, on August q
and q.
As usual the competition will con-
Bist Of seventy-two holes OF medal play.
thirty-six holes on each day. but con-
testants whose scores at the finish Of
Thursdays play exceed by fifteen
strokes the tenth place. will not be al
lowed 10 continue in the competition nor
play in Fridays rounds.
The United States Golf Association
has offered $500 to be divided into ten
moneys as follows: First, $500; second.
$50; third. 500; fourth. $50; fifth, $50;
sixth. $50; seventh, $50; eighth, $40;
ninth, $50, and tenth, $50.
Entries Closely Scrutinized.
The winner Of the championship will
also receive a gold medal and in the
event OF an amateur finishing in the
money he will receive the equivalent in
plate All entries are subject to the ap-
provaI Of the executive committee Of
the association, and any entry may be
rejected by the committee. Any player
who fails to appear at the tee within
fifteen minutes Of the time he is called
shall be disqualified, unless reasons sat
isfactory 10 the officials in charge Of
the tournament be given.
The entrance fee is s. and must be re-
ceived by W. Fellowes Morgan, sscre-
tary Of the association, at Arch 5, Brook
Ign Bridge, New York, not later than
p. m. Wednesday, August 10.
Travis Tied For Second
As may be readily understood, this
competition each year resolves itself
into a struggle for supremacy between
the leading professionals. Occasionally
an amateur breaks through and finishes
IN the money, but with the one eXcep-
ton Of the 1902 tournament at Garden
City, when Walter J. Travis, of the
home club, tied for second place, the
professional monopoly has never been
seriously threatened.
Alec Ross. Of Brae Burn. is the pres
eut title holder. In the tournament a
year ago over the Philadelphia Cricket
Club links Ross won, with a seventy
tWO-hOle score Of 302- The first time
the open championship was nelC at
Myopia was in 1898, ana that occasion
d
from thirty-six to seventy-twO holes.
Fred Herd LED in that competition with
S&. The next time the pros" gathered
at Myopia was in 1901, when Will An
derson, who had been knocking at the
door fer several years, won with g score
OF SIS On that occasion the adverse
weather conditions were mainly re-
sponsible for the high totals
Anderson Four-Time Winner
When the field again visited the
Hamilton course in 1906, the redoubtable
Anderson proved equal 10 the task OF
leading the field Of seventy-eight start
ers. with a score of ga. That made
Aaderson's fourth ard last winning of
the tile, and there are those who are
already predicting that he will take
q lot Of beating" on this, his fourth.
visit TO Myopia. For the last two years
he has been in the employ of the On
wentsia Club at a high salary
There is practically no doubt that the
professionals will turn out in force, as
the strained relations between them and
the Myopia Club officials have been
patched up. For the last few champion
ships there have been in the neighbor-
hood OF eighty starters each year. Al
Garden City in 1902 the list reached an
even ninety, the high-water mark AT
the Onwentsia Club In 1906 Alec Smith
won. with record score of 295.
TEus far the home-bred professionals
Ike lie amateurs, have cut little figure,
but IS the ranks Of the former are con
stahtly increasing, II seems only a
question OF time when some American
viii succeed in having his name inscrib-
co on the tablet Of fame.
Record to Date.
The list of past open, championship
winners follows: