The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-02
Season Opened in Mid
winter, With Course
in Good Shape.
PLANS ARE MADE
TO BOOST SPORT
With Three Country Clubs in
Operation 1t Is Believed
Richmond Can Be Made
Centre Of Interest
for Visiting
Players.

With the course lin fair condition
and weather conditions all that could
be desired, the 1910 golf season was
opened at the Hermitage Club yes
terday in an efghteen-hole handicap
medal score tournament. There were
5twenty-three entries, which was much
larger than for the opening event OF
last year, and considering that the.
players have been out of harness since
fall. good scores were made.
The golf committee, which has in
charge tho arrangement of future,
tournaments, has planned to have the
golfers out every holiday. and to en-
courage interest prizes Will be award
ed each day the special programs arc
carried out. In summer, tournaments
will be held regularly each month. and;
the players. who perhaps number
more than hundred, will be urged
TO make challenges among themselves
to arouse and encourage interest in
IA sport which attracts many Northern
visitors to Southern climes.
Play the Year Round.
Richmond is ideally situated for
golf" said one of the Hermitage CONF
nlittee members yesterday. There are
very few weeks in the year that the
green is not in condition for play,
and when 1t is considered that the
recent spell has been the toughest of
the present season. it seems remark
able that we could have carried out
our plans fos the New Years tourna-
ment.
Golf has never attained the popu-
slarity 1t deserves In Richmond. and
/. the reason Is. L believe; that plans FOR
challenge meets have not matured. and
there has been nobody to boost the
game. Golf issa game that has gained
ronown all over the country. and IL
we could get our players to take more
active interest. 1t might not be lonS
before some Ricllmonder might be
heralded as worlds champion
VIII Boost tho Sport
With the opening of the Country
Club of Virginia about two months OH,
1t seems that the future for COLI IL
brighter here now than ever before.
The new club will have. it is said, one
of the most perfect courses In the
country. and the management has an
nounced that the game will be one OF
the features of the outdoor program. Z
There are at least 500 men in the
clubs that play golf in preference 70
tennis and although the latter game
Is not to be neglected, those most tn
terested see no reason why both games
should not flourish.
Announcement was made at the
Hermitage yesterday that the best
golfers OF lnal CluD VIII LILO
players of the Country Club OF Vir-
ginla as soon as that organization Is
prepared for play. and the golf conl-
nittee at Lakeside is determined that
neither of its rivals shall take away
any prize without competition There
is little probability that either Lake
side or Hermitage Will be affected by
the opening of the new club. at least
not for many months.
For seasons past Lakeside golfers
have been recognized as the equals of
those OF Washington and Baltimore,
and annual tournaments have been
held between the representatives of tho
cities. 1t may be- now that Richmond
is to be represented by three country
clubs. that application will be made
sooner or later for admission to the
National Golf Association, and with
this effectsd the plans will take more
definite shape, and Richmond will be
| recognized as Golting centre
Morgan Wins the Prize.
Play at Hermitage began yesterday
at 3 o'clock, and from then until dark
ness the course WAS alive with con-
testants. George d. Morgan. with 6S
net, won the prize, but his place was
not decided until the scores had been
carefully altered and compared.
Following are the scores in yester.
days tournaments: