The San Francisco call., 1909-01-10
OUTLOOK FOR GOLF
BRIGHT TN THE
BAY CITIES
Home and Home Contest Be.
tween CIaremont Club and
Local Men Is Interesting

The outlook for golf during the
present year hereabouts is certainly
bright and unless all signs fail the
coming season will prove record
breaker in every way. The game
which has not fiourished In the last
year or two as 1t did three or four
years ago, is gaining recruits every
day.
Many events are scheduled for the
various courses in the bay counties
and both the women and men will be
kept busy weekends from now on. At
present interest centers chiefly in the
home and home contest between the
Claremont country club experts and a
picked team from this side of the bay.
The first half of the contest was held
at Claremont yesterday and the sec
ond 18 holes are scheduled for next
Saturday at the links of the San Fran
cisco golf and country club at Ingle-
SIDE
The contest will bring together the
best players from both sides of the
bay and settle the question OF suprem-
acy between them. The eight players
from the Claremont club will deserve
great credit if they can beat the best
eight players from the San Francisco
and Presidio golf clubs.
The challenge of the Claremont club
to meet any eight players from San
Francisco in home and home contest
Francisco golfers have finally gotten
together and accepted the def of the
transbay experts and the big match
The ladies of the San Francisco golf
and country club will hold council
cup tournament on the Ingleside links
on the 25th Of this month. It will be
the fifth SeriHH of SI1ch
ments for the three time cup, which
has been won twice by Mrs. ]. r. Clark
and once each by Miss Florence Ives
and Miss Edith Chesebrough.
MEET FOR SPECIAL CUP
On the 30th of the month the IL win
ners Of the mems monthly medal play
handicap tournaments held in 1908 will
meet in a playoff for special trophy.
in which the contestants will play
with their usual handicaps.
Owing to the fact that. next Satur-
day. will be taken up with the record
the San Francisco golf and country
club links, the regular monthly mixed
and will be played on the fourth in
stead of the third Saturday over the
Ingleside course.
The first event of the Northern Cali
fornia women golfers association will
be held about the 10th of next month
at the San Francisco golf and country
cluD. II Will Do du 10 uOlS udnQlcaD
medal play event. The association wifi
hold an event every six weeks there
after until each member has held a
tournament on it's links. The second
event will be held at Claremont and
the third at Burlingame. This is as
far as the schedule has been arranged.
The members of the association are
the Presidio golf club. San Francisco
golf and country club, both of San
Francisco; Claremont country club.
Burlingame and Menlo golf clubs of
San Mateo county, San Rafael golf club.
Sacramento golf club and Linda Vista
golf club of San Jose.
The annual championship of the
California women golfers association
will be held on the links of the Los
Angeles country club some time in
April The last event was held here
and as it is customary to alternate the
battle ground between the northern
and southern part of the state, the con-
test will be held below this year. The
mems championship will be decided
this year at Seattle, the exact date not
having been settled upon.
At the San Francisco golf and coun-
try club next month the fourth tourna-
ment for the A. Chesebrough cup will
be played This artistic trophy, which
must be won three times, has been won
by a different player each time. The
three names on the trophy in their
order are Mrs r. Gilman Brown. Miss
Florence Ives and Mrs. ]. r. Clark.