New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-25
ON THE GOLF LINKS
Spring Tourney at Atlantic City
to Begin on Thursday.
BYERS AMONG THE ENTRIES
Date Fixed for Annual Metropol-
itan Open Championship
Matches.

r-ror, VaLevood TO Atlantic City IS the
zbIat which golfers have in prospect this
week. On Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day the annual spring open tournament
win command attention at the South Jer-
sey resort. and high class field Is already
assured Among the early entrants are
Eben NJ Byers. OF Allegheny. former
national champion. and w. C. Fownes'
ir.. the Oakmount amateur. who has
gained several noteworthy victories over
Walter J. Travis There Is some doubt as
vet whether the last named. as well "a
Ffndlay Douglas and Fred Herreshoff. VIII
be able to attend.
Conditions call for an eighteen-hoie
medal play qualifying round on THURSDAY
contestants TO classify themselves INTO SIX
sixteens. according 20 the merit Of their
scores. There will be beaten eight sets IN
all divisions, and on Saturday the usual
eighteen-hole medal play handicap VIII De
decided Entries for the main event VIII
close on wednesday evening with Walter
F.. Edge, the secretary, Of the Country CIuD
of Atlantic City.
As suggested IN this column some time
ago. II has been decided to hold the metro
poIitan open championship tournament
over the links Of the Deal Golf and Coun-
try Club on August % and rs. The date Is
not likely TO conflict with any other at
traction. which is more than can be said
Of the last metropolitan open at Wykagyi'
which took place the same days as the
Western omen. This course at Deal covers
a pIaving length In the neighborhOod OF
s. 400 wards. and Is recognized as the most
difficult scoring proposition in this part OK
the country.
The executive committee OF the Metro
politan Golf Association announces several
other sanctions for tournament dates, such
as MAY 5. and : at the Garden City con
Club, programmes for which have ALREADY
been published. On July Is. IA. 10 and 10
the BROOKLYN Forest Park Golf Club VIII
hold a tournament. while on October o. .
and s the Nassau Country Club will enter
tain. Last season Nassau ran it's tourna-
ment off in the spring
Although the season has hardly begun.
the rearranged course Of the Inwood Coun-
try Club. at Far ROckaway. is In excel
lent condition. The eighteen-hole circuit
now covers a playing length Of SSH yards.
and the par Is Is. The third hole. mat
ter of a hundred yards. has been pro
nounced as one OF the best One-snot holes
TO be found anywhere In the East IL Is
an island hole. or nearly so. as water sur
rS,Inds the green on three sides.
Unless something unforeseen happens the
Rumson Country Club viii have It's new
eighteen-hole course ready for play some
time in July The club IS the outgrowth
OF the seabright Golf Club. the RumsOn
Polo Club. the Meadow Yacht Club and the
Scabright Tennis Club. II owns its own
property and any quantity Of extra land
in the vicinity of Seabrtsht. with ample
water frontage ON the Shrewsbury.
The course Will measure about 5,SOo
yards the outjourney being more than
z 300 wards and the homevard q trihe more
than $500 yards. There are three water
hazards on the course, a pond 70 be
crossed on the approach TO the fourth. an
other going 20 the fifth and still another
10 the home hole. A wide sand hazard at
the eighth hole furnishes a pleasant vari-
ETY.