The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-21
PLAYERS view COLI BOLDLY
LOCAL LINKS GETTING QUICKLY
INTO FINE SHAPE AND TRIM.

why ooms nssSre Cups Nay only Ne wen
~ niGA alsn-rsarnAmsat Dates Ftll.
ne Fass ana Asl1neis Clsy nFangs
Cot Rull 9CAnauao WIN Many Prizes.
After WHINING &C the game eli winter.
dodglnG casual water and havtns 20 seek
AID IN mud or enow rules. tho players are
nov able 10 look golf full IN the face and 70
Glory in clean turf. True. it 10 noe 90 dry
and free running a. 70 viii b later On. but
when they think Of the cad plight % their
bSothsrs In places further north the Met
rop0liean Golf Association players should
b resigned. They are having better solf
down south, but 10 costa more. which II
also the situation In Southern California.
This h especially true Of the tournament
golf &C some sun tinted resorts. where Il
costs as much 70 an the cup that n wOn
a. would keep a big insuT anos policy paid
up-s Only . millionaire can afford 20 win
out and whom the play reaches the last
few rounds Il h an Interesting study In
human nature 10 note by what Close but
always certain margias the less wealthy
Opponsnts fall by the waysids.
On Saturday with the exception Of tho
courses where the soil 10 heavy with clay
and closed until the frost ID out Of the
around. thers was very good Eolnng
ton district. Al the spring advances IL
10 evident the heavy snowfall has been .
tonic 10 the turs. AZ the Atlantic city
Country Cub. drst cousin % the NJ q. A.
clubs; the Country Club Of Lakewood.
Garden city Golf Club. Dyker Meadow
Golf Club and tho Forest Hill Field Club.
tho soGgtness TO be expected at this seaso
is not in evidence. That is. not enough
10 mar the aport. Conditions were also
-. r.. al kaN
are still using winter greens. and Isaac
Mackis h making the rounds In O. TO IS
~ easy a. coughing.
The Fox Hills Golf Club members are
pleased At the selection OF A. II. PogSon
10 the n. q. 4. handicap committee. for
they are very fond OF him and believe he
10 the right man for the place. As mem
Der Of tho Fox Hills Golf Club committee
they coneede that he has for the last three
years done more toward its sOcceas than
any other member. The annual tourna-
ment Of the Fog Hills club has been liked for
May this season. coming before the NJ. q. A.
championship. and IL h planned to make
10 a tryOut for that event.
These are the sArly spring and summer
dates a. announced for the National. the
Ekwanok. which some regard as semi
national. and the NJ q. A. tournaments
for men
~ %
April ~ - and ~ Country Club OF Atlan nc City:
May s. and :. Garden city Golf Ciab: May y.
"a and "a Pos HHls Golf CiIos May =. n. = and
- Metropglitsn Golf Association championship.
Morris cssa,y Go,s Ciae. Juss ;. 20 ssS 81. wyks-
EyI Colt club. New RocheIie. June " aud a.
national open championship. Philadelphia Criekei
club. Juns IL ~ and ~ hoatclair Golf club.
June "a Is and ~. TaeOoie cups Ekwsnok. June
n - ana - Apawamis Ciub. June 40. July and ?.
Ardslsy Club. July :, team match. Massachusetts
~ CouneeucuL Grren~tch Country club. July 4
Ind~psndsnoe nav eup- Hkuanok.
A. the Country Club Of lakewood the
programme Of the tournament has not been
Issued II has 6eSn customary to have
Guns for the four ni1teena to return the
lowest scores. with various minor prize.
and this plan will he followed - to the
main ld:a ' ;. probable an in m or
lAsf season . handirap for senior pls eF~
opened tho competition and u NAV no
~ Ter q certain standard Of piay. SS S
pone may take part Who has not existed
TOT =, Iess, sfty 1--we yesrs 20 this mundane
The Country club ~ A,ls.s.- 'isy b.
-eSt Ogi iis prosrag,Taea, and they y ~ he d,s-
pltyea TO-DAY On nc w., o1nc 'r oosra ~ yer
there are match play cnp~ for siN -iA'e~rs
10 play re-pecttVslN for the xovernors
president. Atlanti" 'tiy, NOrthneld. ~
-rcOn and Chelsea cip- There - q low
Aors prize IN the dnalifVinE round aud run
nerup prize ~ each s,1,een; ti-o ogn.
battle royal for al IN the way "i an eighteen
hole handicap or the saturday 1h-r~
!. to he Won no oT,rsTh' the one condition i
that excepting los sore medals 'Ou-
tsstABi MAY ~ln hut ono prize during the
20 s,msrr- ~ he cISs- sslo"s,ns ~ phs
limited States t1OlT Association and 20 such
other Pays.. az MAY =" ,n',,sd to psr,ici,
April u and for the handicap on the 'es
April 10. hat not later Than - o'clock IN the
The iourna n1ent Commitlss The others are
. HAlnea IAppen'ott. '. ,. sherman and
y. q. Robbins
There b no support among the profes-
SIGNALS who are back from heir iaunt-
abroad - the assertions In the Brush pres
,hss fb.v ~srs INSTRUCTED - 90 over lannon's
hols- and hazards there with = measuring
tap@ With the Wow % reprOduring some ~
idea originated With & b Macdonald for
the national golf course on Peconic BAY.
,.d o ss % s e ssb .s... 10 y.P hi Lam srs
q know ledge and alNayr have had NJ The hest
holes in the British Eolhng Wounds. and
sought 20 in,roduce such f@aiure~ here
found shls 20 mi the hlli Willie Dunn and
1.eDrge Strath pvt In trap hazards and made
would often have been more daring IN The
.
constructor y rurbed by rhe Rolhng skill.
or lack Of skill. ~ hts membsr~. and slso
thaf the liui Of Coat must not be ~, eed~d
The change in goldnR ideas. by the way. has
cau-ed the abandonment OF the famous
Maiden hole at Sandwich.
Regarding the fourzOvne IN preferences IN
the four hall tnstshe- in the lesley rup
intsrctty MATCHES and the ~, from The
New Work players that " h hybrid Ralph
lrarknrll writes IN he bos ION CfobS
Let the rTy from tbe Ne~ Nork golfers that
ne fOursorrs IL . hybrid rnetncd ~ pis y'uS the
ysm~ Dc again heard IN the land II might aiso ~
pota ted out hat the Professionals colt Nssocta
nOa Of Great britain IL considering ~ -theT
toe f0ur.oVns snal ~ Play ed 1rst In the luserna
tiOnsl match b~t0e~n England ami Scotland
Surely these professional Rolfers would ~ duirk
W detert anything hybrid sbpat The iouTsorne.
~ Deal England. lass yer ne Hnghshm~u
TN NJ the singles matrnee IN ths morning
out of twelve played. rhese results made ths
Issue certain and the fourvomes acre played AZ
. bye match. In she four~grues the Srotsnen
tha1 held tnefr ssh. Sornf aid mat the
Rngli.h men havtng me uat~h DID not bother
" play thetr bess In me fOuTsome. hut u " not
often the that golfers play their best when
nothing = at staks aud their worst whsn much
derends the naerh'
81 philadetphta last year IN ne HnaI Of Ire
Lesley cup niatrhes the nletropotitan diatrtct
won efsht ~ the zen singles Matches. 20 the four
soulcs shi~h al we're Won ~ Pennsylvania lrft
the Nee YORK men winners b. prints " Now.