New-York tribune., 1908-02-03
GOLFERS FIND FAULT.
DON'T LIKE CHEVY CHASE.
Women and Pros Complain OF
Cham ponshp Selections.

There are rnurmurings of discomfort among the
golfers over the of for two OF the
national championship tournaments to be heid thls
year The Boston, Philadelphia and Ne" fork
women have not yet ceased to discuss the action Oh
the United States Golf Association efhc1ais In
awarding the women's tournament to the CheVs
Chase Club. of Washington They refer 10 the
action as slap In the face.
80 far as can be learned the only persons VINO
preferred Chevy Chase to the Philadelphia country
Club were few Western women who had curl
osty to visit capital of the United States theS
argued that the awarding OF the tournament 10
Chevy Chase would give them an opportunity 10 hi
two birds with one III the annuai team
match between the womens associations Oh 'he
East and West is decided immediately prior 10 Tue
national contest and aver the same COURSE, '
chances that the Chicago distrlct VIII 'e '-'
we'll represented.
AS for the women living along the Atlantic sea
board II is difficult at this time to make preuie
ticns with any degree of certainty For 'he pfese"
at least they certainly do not appear much i'iene
to attend Possibly however. after tney nave h"u
time to think ii over calmly wiser heads VIII pre-
VAIL which will result In the entry at CheVy Chaa
comparing favoTaby with previous ones "u''
present some of the women are talking Oh vi s"'~
ing a national association OF their own Appar-
emily all that is lacking to bring the matter 10
crisis IL the want of a leader courageous enough 10
make the first step.
Even IL the women are piqued over their cham
ponship outlook their feelings are as nothins
time the national open tournament was DECIDED
at Myopia a number of pros declared they wouio
compete there again. They complained Oh 'Ao
treatment accorded them by the hunt ciuD oiiciiS-
1t extremely improbable that the na'ohai
organization will take any action In the matter
further than to hold the tournament on the oates
scheduled in August and over the Myopia hnhs'
There those who claim that the pros "heh
the time comes. will hasten TO enter ana that theS
will gather at the Hamilton course in their aceus-
toned numbers.
What of the ideal golf course the millonaires
paradise. the dream Of Charles B. Macdonald!
At various times stories have been puolshed con-
cerning this undertaking. this so-cailed nationai
course, which extends along the shores OF Fecohic
Bay where the best holes of the world are being
reproduced. The latest news about the links
comes by way of London and appears IN Country
Life In the columns edited by Horace Hutchin-
He writes follows:
The success of Mr. MacdonaId's great scheme OF
national golf course ip America, with holes COPIED
from the best known in Europe. is more than as.
sured. for. although play has not yet begun upotn
itt is said that it will be ready for play though
m be said that success is aiready achieved 1t is
course in being The creators own account OF IL Is
follows from private letter.: rr
The whole plan is working out wondeTfuny.
OF course We have not yet put ii IN tha tae hax
been put in where must put them in because
we have copied from the other side.
Our Alps is finer hole than the Alps at
know. Our fourth hole which is a duplicate
of the eleventh at st. Andrews, az regards contour
of ground and placing Of hazards. is really peter
hole for the reason that you cannot take puttef
a there is little arm of the sea about ten or
fifteen feet wide which we bridge over about thirty
yards in front of the tee. and there Is also about
eighty yards from the tee. quite steep shoulder
before to the shoulder which at the
eleventh mole at St Andrews crosses the front , OF
the green. The putting green is exactly the same
and. of course, have placed the bunkers exactiy
as they are there. Another point IS that the put
ting green proper will have very much better IuT1
Before put in the trap Dunkers we Will 90
some playing over 1t year. although 1t is not
my intention to open the course TO the public until
JULY 1909 We have been wonderfully SuccessfuI
with the fertilizer and grass seeds which We nave
put in. With good spring. 1 believe our putting
greens will be in good shape next fall. which VIII
be extraordinary