The sun., 1908-12-27

Is or 10 on handicap day--yot, ~ has beSn e
noted, not O slnRIe club has notlhed tne
handicap committee that q player Im-
proved bis game after the List had been
| printed.
Every handicap won by q net SCORE
under par 10 . bad handicap. Ine ony
has a chance TO win, which is not the case
when through his allowances player
beats the par score. Seven Of the eleven
handicaps held In the M. q. A. were won
by net SCORES under par. The committee
might think from this something TLon8 g
with Its system. were II not that unhstSo e Z
players treated too generously by ne
for nearly every topSy turyy flohing OF
strokes from the par SCORE. It's expresSy
stated on the handicap lists that As the
above handicap list is limited 70 hanoi.
caps ct nine strokes. on par, It follows tnat
the NJ. @. A. handicap committee can
between 10 and Is .ncs.ss;vo given by
local tournament committees at open
and invitation tournaments. Suoh COM
mittees by requiring o seoretary'e letter
from unlisted players should readily DO
prepared to do proper handioapping
But both players and committees arc
too careless about this certificate.
friends" IrSv seems to DO the on'y f''e
This neglect Of the printed RECON-
mendation is one of the hardships OF the
handicap committee. An unlisted player
caught mapping In this respect makes
often the valid excuse that his club score
tary is away or for some other reason
has not been accessible to him. 1t would
make matters easier for the players
the conditions were 90 changed that the
unlisted player need only furnish O Ger.
tificate from any official or COMMITTEES OF
his club.
A summary Of the M. @. A. handicaps
shows the winning scores and how they
compared with the par scores. Unlisted
players, for whom the tournament com
mittees and not the handicap committee
are sponsors are denoted by an asterisk;
Lakewood, spring. Par Of course. 7s--
Winner, sE. G. Fraser, 80. to-72: next best.
H. W. Brown, 81, SIS H. L. Phillips, 81.
SO.
Garden City. May. Par Of course. 7S-
Winner, Max II. Behr 70, 4-76. He won
both grcss and net prizes, the usual con-
dtion that one player may not take two
prizes not being in force.
Baltusrol. May, NJ. G. A. tournament.
Par of course, 75-Winner, r. g. Douglas
rs. Pc; W. j. Travis. 70. o-7e. The
former took the gross and latter net score
prize.
wykagyl, juno. Par Of course, 7e--
Winner. III. B. Wood, 81, us: 'E. II. Hart,
81. e-75: T. v. Birmingham. 70. 3-7o. Hart
won playoff for net prize
Nassau. June. Par OF course, 7s-'J.
n. Stearns. 50, 1i--72: G. R. Gillett, 81, e-77
Harvey Murdoch, 81. lS--72; F. s. Douglas.
s7eJ 2-7s WI. Travis, 10, 0-7e. Stearns
won playon for net and Douglas for gross
prize. '--
Fox Hills, June. Par of course, 73-
Winner. 'L. II. Graham, IS. $50; %. II.
Aver. IS. 1910: 81. E, Faber, 81, 1911;
"A. G.. Brunier. 81. 1911. Aver won the
plsyoff and j, A. Janin gross score prize.
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Apawamis Club. July--Par of course,
"a: for thirty-six holes-i4s Winner, wv.
Felloves' Morgan, Jr, iS4. IO-i44: y. C.
Fuller. 1853. I-iN. Tie not played OF as
yet. Gross score prize won by +. y. Doug
las, ISL.
Shinnecock Hills. August-Par OF course.
73: for thirty-six holes, is6-Winner. W. A.
Peli. 1853. 1s-1t0:A. ID. Swords. i5s. t2-ito;
". n. Lyons, 1853, S-I5O. Lyons withdrew
as he had won the chief cup the day before.
Pell taking the net and Swords gross score
prize.
Deal, August Par OF course, HISWinner.
II. v. Keep. 50, a-74; b. c. Fuller. 50. 7-75;
best gross. G. 7. Brokaw. 80. 3-T.
Norris County, October-Par OF course
7?-winner. j. G.. Douglas II. s-r7i; B. T.
Allen. as. 4-7i; l.. B. Garretson, 7ei $40:
J. G. Parrish. Jr,, 7s. s-H7t. Douglas won
the net and Allen gross score prize.
Lakewood. November-Par OF Course, ~
Winner. J. +, Stanley. J1. 20. e-f5;
W. X. Gillett, 81, SIC; II. c. Hardy. IS. o.
TO- Stanley won the gross and Gillett
net prize, Hardy not staying to play OF tie.
To sum up. in three handioaps the best
net was exactly at par, in one IL was wi thin
one stroke OF par. on four occasions the
winning net scores were one stroke under
par, in one handicap the winning net
was two under par and twice 1t was three
under par. As to the winning chances
of scratch or near scratch players the
season did not hold as many rewards as
usual. 1t is evident that only by an
eager and frequent assistance In forward
ing data by the minor clubs can the 1909
handicap committee do ideal work.