The sun., 1909-02-28
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the Three Tor the National Events Coed
Tests and Near B.g cities.
Now that the national amateur golf
championship again Is to be played over
the fine course Of the Chicago Golf Club
at Wheaton the value OF shots from rough
grass is topic among followers OF the
game. In other words. Is it great luck
or great skill repeatedly TO drop the ball
on the green from out high grass. II.
Chandler Egah did this on every round
at Wheaton when he won the amateur
title in 1905. the last time II was played
there and the last time the Western ANA
teur was the winner. A Harvard gradu-
ate and former intercollegiate cham
pion, Egan always was an honor to Amer
ican golf and a student Of the games 8
principles. He once wrote to London
Golf on his shots from the rough:
For some reason which / cannot explain
my tee shots for the last two years have
shown strong tendency to be wild In di-
rection and have been given to slicIng and
pulling on the course at most embarrassing g
and unexpected moments. have tried
every remedy could think Of. bat AS yet
have met with little success. A q natural
rience in playing out Of trouble, especially
from the long grass and clover which border
most OF the holes on American courses.
Thus was obliged to get out as best could
and have had to make O sort OF study OF the
shot.
During the championship at Wheaton
many men who had watched the play asked
me what club used to get out Of the grass
with. They are the type Of player that
carries q heavy mashie or patent iron Of
scme sort, which they always Use In long
grass. whether the lie be good or bad or
whether II Is so or 200 yards away from the
green 1t really astonished them when
answered that i used every club in the bag
for long grass shots. including driver and
putter. tho selection OF the club depending
on the conditions Of the shot to be played.
or course some lies in the long grass are so
bad that 1t Is necessary to play a tearing
shot with a niblick for the nearest fair
green. but have found the average long
grass shot to be far from the bugsboo that
It Is supposed to be. do not know another
shot in the game that rewards skilful play
better than the long grass shot.
Egan classified into various shots what
reward at Wheaton, aided by clever put
ting. was often TO hole out in par and to
win or halve with the player who had made
no mistake through the fair green.
Theoretically, play on the fair green
should penalize the player one stroke and
at Wheaton the long grass 80 punished
all but Egan. Some thought him too
lucky. and 1t was a common saying at
Baltusrol. when Egan won his first cham
pionship and was very often playing his
approach shots from the rough. that the
Westerner on account Of his wild direo-
ton from the teo never would be able 10
win a title on a championship course in
Great Britain. The par Of the eoes yards
at Wheaton Is rs. but Egan has had 70
there. There are sand traps now along
the fairway and in the borders Of long
grabs. yet care has been taken that |
player may usually get out in one.
This Is the theory Of the hazards of |
the fairway at Baltusrol and Myopia. but |
at Garden City to get into some Of the |
hazards means TO give up the hole. or at
m edal play to sooil the card. Whether !
the course is too severe on a long but err
ratio driver is still under discussion. A
New YORK newspaper writer has codified
the ideas Of many players in this recently
published comment: -To the game Of
Walter J. Travis. not over long from the
tee but deadly accurate regarding direc-
ton at all stages, Garden City is perfect. 4
To me. with a shorter game but bit less
it is highly interesting and
but to Jerome ID. Travers,
Fred Herreshoff or Chandler Egan IL is
/ freak. while To q beginner or duffer il
q an utter tm possibility The crow ming
glory OF Travers's championship last fell
1t Garden City is that he beat Travis on
he latter's personally conducted" course.
This September they may be rivals again
It Wheaton with long gre.ss AS e factor.
ournament are now complete and delight
Nll. as a contrast TO the first champion
hip there in 1897. The house Of the
'hicago Golf Club is spacious and we'll
there is a hotel near by for
hose crowded out Of the clubhouse,
md besides Wheaton is only thirty min
ties from Chicago by railroad or electric
rolley. The latter Is rival 10 the rail- |
Dad and lands its passengers on the .
curse, so that II is not necessary to
rsvel by stage between the station and
he links. The passenger who pays :
N the trolley fifteen cents extra for a
'arlor car seat receives a coupon which ~
5 worth that amount in drinks. food or
mokee. In other terms. you get treat 4
or taking a reserved seat to Wheaton. :
he induoement is made to seduce to
through travel from the railroad, but
surprises the Fasteners.
At the Merton Cricket Club course,
Thich is 10 be the scene Of the women's :
in October, the Griscom
amily atmosphere prevails. Their sum
1er home is near by and those who take
art in the w0man'R tournaments fra |
uently played there or at a national
'omen's championship are often guests
I Miss Griscom On different occasions
iiss @Pansy' also has entertained two Z
oted golfers from Great Britain. Miss L
.hona Adair and Miss Lucy Dodd. The =,
liter when she played here at Merton y
the women's championship. won by
olfng queen Of Great Britain In the
Ighteen hole qualifying round at Merton T
Iiss Dodd was tied at % with Miss L.
anderhoh and Miss Harriet Curtis, hot
match play she faded away. leaving
lie final to Miss Georgianna Bishop d
nd Mrs. E. F. Sanford. Miss Margaret W
urtis last fall did the course in s3. II y,
he clubhouse is very we'll arranged, d
]. NJ, McCawley being the house COM tc
ittee's chairman. La
Rev. Lesley. donor Of the tricity CUP
nd president Of the Philadelphia Golf =,
ssociation. lives near by in an Italian u
lila and is president Of the Merton Sc
ricket Club. The golf course is about "
20 miles from the railroad station and h,
"a club proper, cabs making frequent :,
Ups. The old club has a noted crease al
which international cricket has been "
aged; lawn tennis courts, q baseball
amond squash and racquet courts =,
The national open championship is to :,