New-York tribune., 1909-09-06
GOLF TITLE PLAY NOW
CHICAGO THE MECCA.
Westerners FaUorites an Quest for
Honors Held bu TraUers.

IL tn W IL fuCClS.
Everything is in readiness for the fifteenth na- |
uon'i snateur championship tournament. which |
oeslns To-Day over the links Of the Chicago Golf
Club, al Wheaton The westerners are strong IA
vorites to win only because thew greatly out
number the Eastern entrants but also because Of |
their high class golf in recent competitions.
h Chandier Esans rounds of "A and IS in the |
Olympic Cup competition on Saturday were inn
pressive, and incidentally show that the title |
holder of 1904 and 1905 again at the top OF his
game Because Jerome d. Travers, the champion |
has played so little since his return from abroad
golfers do not look to him get far They regard
Chick Evans. the new Western champion: wal
ter j. Travis. the metropolitan title holder and
Fred Herreshoff more dangerous
Those who start to-day will find the Wheaton
course better test of the game than when the
championship was last held there four years ago.
circuit of the links now covers playing length
Of 61s7 yards something like 12s yards longer than
formerly.
The main changes and points are as follows:
Hole !. 4ss yards par Three sand pits, go yards
made on each side Of the course. The cop bunker @
guarding the green remains unchanged The hole
Hole 2. 35s Yards par 4-sand pits eighty yards
do do%n IN tne & course & ger topped ball while halfway
for sliced drives, Pulled drives are likely 70 fan
bounds: a cop bunker guards the green ard new
Pit has been Installed to the left OF this. making
u q dlrncut matter 10 run Up by the left OF the
bunfer. The hole has been heightened twenty
@ aG are 49, 6cSted gsf boaf a5sT g So1 as o. 10 @ @
he fence T6S green. which 6 near the Corner q
a cop bunker on the near side, with a sand pit for
Hole !. Ns yards, par as~This hole remains the
side pits for Sliced Balls ST SxSsn been tnsi ADDED f5eT
Is ccp bunker TO catch topped drives and another
Hole Hole ; 80 yards. par This hole remains pn-
higher one guards the ree g Is 'oe o zee f anq s
highest part OF the course.
aGls @ 2Ssts par hqs has Do2s 6ssR
6f B64n line the Rf fd and balls q
ground dips allowing down hill run for the ball,
the tee. The thirteenth fair green parallels it, and
there are sand pits and high mounds TO stop sliced
at the top Of small hii necessitating' Careful
Hele :; 80 yards; par NO change has been made
70 this hole, which runs along the north boundary
TO catch sliced drives and cop bunker the
cen fb 70 stop low dryes Another cop bunker
about five feet sioping from the roadway into the
wf H9g 16 % SSHGT Es5ds M naT ~ IL As sand pit gard the
! green The green which Is double one. contains
| The eighth and tenth holes, is reached BY long
Hole = III yards. par aS sThs has Undergone the
greatest change OF any Of the holes being preyi-
| pond 1t formerly took pitch over the pond to
green gInguarded except by the rough The tee has
forty yards from the edge of the pond, while the
A
has been constructed on the far edge of the pond
! and the green Is surrounded by sand pit, With
! pit
Hole 10. lso yards. par 3.-This is the same dis
| tance as before. The tee is the edge of the
pond Formerly it vas comparatively easy pitch
have Sp "6eh bsen fa pG n eh on bofh 6f sss
Hole II. 2s7 yards par 4-This hole has not been
changed. Three bunkers have been put in on the
left to catch low pulled tee shots; cop bunker,
/ go yards from the tee. guards the green, which
| IS part OF the one on which the seventh hole is
Hole 1a. $50 yards, par s.-Nor change, \ stiff
! bunker crosses the course $50 yards from the tee
| the ,soping side Of hill, requiring we'll judged
green rises gently upward to the hole A small
| chain Of high mounds runs along the right side
| OF the fair green, TO stop sliced tee shots. and
| there two sand pits on the left. a cop bunker
the green =. guarded BY high =" mound making :"
blind approach to the hole. which is on big green
the right and left with two high mounds guard
| ing The green; pot bunker has been put in 70
! the right Of the green finds trap
has been made. A cop bunker guards the green,
@ sand @ bit hd q q S Of f IT on t the in LEFT rd
! tran bunker nlsced level with u the right
! Hole 1s. 31S yards; mar 4--Fishteen yards have
! un To the edee Of the green and a mound 20 the
.st OF & he gre and s9T@ 5+ tits on the other two
is NJ chance for eo ov"rapn-oc-h 70 escanA.
been aAae4 he-e a high r-orn1 crosses the ,o,,-se
| F-cr, too The green. which Is sight
" r1Av"+e'. 's euardA@ three sides by pits and
/ a tIa H~cL Nv . r~oUrd
417 v~-zs 5-No chance in Ier~rh
| ~ Nv~"--s. 4 100o low r"0ter -''~s at an a7~'A
! ac-~es 'hA course. -N~1'-'-~ r-N+-v 1o7~ CIV
A$+Ar that " ie ~1a'- ~"'''re +NA v~r7~h
| 's v'So ore1 A~ce~- T-"+ -""@rav c~0<ses the
| fair green about eieh-v ~"-as from the hole.
Beginning with to-day competitive activity viii
| be resumed al the Dvker Meadow Golf Club. The
Labor Day handicap consists OF eighteen holes.
medal play On Saturday. September Is the sixth
raonthly handicap for first and second prizes will
! be In order and during this month members may
! PLAY as often as they desire TO qualify sightsen
holes medal play handicap eight lowest net scores
! to qualify 10 play OF at match play.
The qualifying round for the club championship.
with thirty-two men qualify in stxtAens.
with cups fer the winners and In sacn
Will keep members OF the SaeskilI C-ot Club. Yon
J kers busy TODAY best hall tour-ball handicap
, pIaved On Saturday was won by E. A. Fitch and
David Iirduuist with ss-21-Ss: 2. Ratcheller and
! T E Jewett with a2-21-T1. next. and II. e.
waring and 9. v. n. Benton. with 7s-S-H. were
third.
Glass A. and C handicaps vs.. bogts will
keep the Greenwich Country Club members busy
to-day TO say nothing of the club championship.
This win consist OF thirtv-six holes medal play
Practically all other clubs IN this vicinity have
arranged for contests to-day.
The 1909 copy OF the Official Year Book and
Directory" has been sent out by Golf and Auto
nnobiling" The book is complete as usual and
Will doubtless be of service TO those interested.
In selecting September %. "a and 2S for the
annual Staten Island golf championship tourna-
rent clash in dates with the invitation affair OF