Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-09
U. s. q. A. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Tournament to he Held on MyOPia
Links his Month.

out for the fourteenth open championship
tournament Of the United states Golf as
ISOLATION. to be held over the links of the
Myopia Hunt club, Hamilton, Mass, on
August q and q. AS usual, the competi-
ton will consist of seventyetwo holes Of
medal play, thirty six holes on each day,
but contestants whose scores at the finish
OF Thursdays play exceed by fifteen
strokes the tenth place. will not be allowed
to 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, $3.50; third.
500; fourth. $50; fifth. $40; sixth, 500;
seventh, $50; eighth, $40; ninth. $40. and
tenth, $50.
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 en-
tries are subject to the approval OF the
executive committee OF the association,
and any entry may be rejected by the
committee. Any player who fails to APP
pear at the tee within fifteen minutes OF
the time he lie called shall be disqualified,
unless reason satisfactory to the officials
In charge OF the tournament be given. The
tHNTdHCt ice IL 20 anu must De received
by w. Fellowes Mongan, secretary Of the
association, at arch 8. Brooklyn bridge,
not later than 6 p. m. Wednesday. Aug
ust 10.
AS may be readily understood. this COM
petition each year resolves itself into a
struggle for supremacy between the lead
ing professionals. Occasionally an amateur
breaks through and finishes In the money,
but with the one exception of the 1902
tournament at Garden City. when Walter
j. Travis, OF the home club. tied for sec
ond place, the professional monopoly has
never been seriously threatened.
Alec Ross OF Brae Burn is the present
title holder. In the tournament a year
ago over the Philadelphia Cricket club
links Ross won, with a seventy-two-hole
score of 1902. The first time the open
championship was held at Myopia was in
1898, and that occasion also marked a
change in the conditions from thirty-six
to seventy-two holes. Fred Herd led in
that competition with S2S. The next time
the pros gathered at Myopia was in
1901. when win Anderson, who had been
knocking at the door for several years,
won with a score Of 335. On that occasion
the adverse weather conditions were mainly
responsible for the high totals.
When the field again visited the Hamil-
ton course, in 1905, the redoubtable Ander-
son proved equal 10 the task by leading
the field of seventy-eight starters, with q
score OF S14. That Anderson's fourth and
last winning Of the title. and there are
those who are already predicting that he
will take a lot of beating on this. his
fourth Visit TO Myopia. For the last two
years he has been in the employ of the
Onwentsia club at a high salary.
There is practically no doubt tina 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 championships there
have been in the neighborhood Of eighty
starters each year. At Garden City in l9O
the list reached an even ninety, the high,
water mark. At the Onwentsla club In
1905 Alec Smith won, with a record score
of 296.
Thus far the home-bred professionals
like the amateurs, have cut little figure
but as the ranks Of the former are con
stantly increasing, 1t seems only a ques
ton of time when some American will
succeed In having his name inscribed oil
the tablet of fame.
The list of the past open championship
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