The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-07
WESTERN GOLF DATES OUT
CHANGE IN CONDITIONS or
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP.
Naassa ehslseets Rsas Alss q LAst % FIxtnres
Handicap Committee at WorA
-Plaanfleld Country Club PToBperSua
Professional meturnlng HSme.

Pro1esaoaaas neturusng Meme.
This time the western Golf Association
h an insurgent on the open championship
conditions Instead OF the traditional
seventy holes OF medal play the Western
open championship will this year begin
with an eighteen hole Qualifying round.
10 90 keep 90 at match play. The match
play will be &C 10 hole rounds except the
final. which will be at ~ holes. In accord
ance with petition presented at the annual
meeting the Western amateur champion
ship will be according to the method Of
the Tinted States Golf Association cham
pionship an u hole qualifying round on Mon
day, % to qualify - holes medal play again
on Tuesday morning. ~ to qualify nr~t
match round of ~ holes On Tuesday after
noon and al subsequent match rounds ~
% hOle- The Tom Morris memorial inter
cub team match against par will he played
under the same condit ions "a last wear.
except that the half stroke has heen abol-
Inhed special committee has been
appointed "a prepare . ne~ scale of distance
figures on which to compute the par scores.
Possibly the new par table % the Metro
politan Golf Association may be adopted.
The Western open Championship vii
last from Tuesday to Friday under the
changed conditions These are the dates
given out az Chicago ON saturday Tor the
western amateur ehAmPlonssIp.. Nluitahas
clys M!ssssVSlls; July 8 20 olg|g.s eur S,s,
chsmpseashlp, Rsver,y County club August y
70 september :. Westward 10 Goif club opcn
;sSras%eS,. Juis !: "a: SsoIle CoGn,r, Ciap 10
Nitssloa tournament. jub 10 y. Tom Norris
memorial trophy. June ~
The amateur championship Of the Massa-
chusetts Golf Association viii ccnnict Nth
,Ss Ssr% ,ss cuSsr o S CUB
will do An amateur With national aspira.
lions must foreEo hts homo attraction. but
" - not easy to waive s"tiop in such en- en-
jovable time for golhng and leave the week
free for the professionals. These are the
Masssc husetts date~
Ams,sur champtenship. Bvs. Burn coan,ry
Club. Jun. IS W. team match WITH oonn 2. '
~ team nS az 0 S,,s RhSd. isisna couuiry
CiOb, BrooEHae. September a l-sley cur Trinity
match. Myopia Hunt club. september NJ TO
Al The annual meeting ~ the Oakland
Golf Club an amendment tn the constitution
ts TO be voted on limiting the morn hership
20 3sO exclusive % honorarv members and
iS~ Owns vii 81 Re eirr,.d 10 he board q gov
erpors 10 serve two years John y NcDon-
shit siS .Sa sns sRs.r.r :" fhs aG %s.,in< viii
be at DelmOnico's ON the afternoon Of
We remind YOU ths, there are many
rlu he in the association and Ne Canno, hop~
90 succeed in our work unless tho reports
circuiar sent by the Metropolitan t'olf
/ Association handicap COMMITTEES 20 eH' h
par table and he information in detail a.
! to how " should be applied 10 hNinR the
individual ratings. which must be based
on The average be@t game ~ each player
| Zach club must furnish the names NJ all
players from scratch to eleven strokes.
rha onenfry ~ the p,ainNsld Covntrv
club on Sunday afternoons. an innovation
of the last season has been a sucVc~a. aC-
cation II had been @snci ioned SOLELY in
order To provide an opportunity for rea-
sonabls recrsatton snd exercise for The
resident mem hers and not for any purpose
family club for Piatnfeld aud North Plain
ciG ShoIss cost ss.i. -. or sssIss bsyond
msn' showed . soarins debt Of only tSoc.
on income over eIpendiiures Of SySS o.
The statement " copied a. . sideliRht on
the financial side Of country club manage
Expenditures IN iEo Green committee
$3.50 golf commi,N-s $50 .. caddie mA.,sr
=. 80 u building and grounds committee sSs -.
.,amSs p;S.,ss and =. I ,s ,a:1 :. ,gR a.
aIaols, ssi 50. interest on nr.t mortgage bond,.
ss i9sT.sS on sr a.. rei1na,nS rnT ~:
ssereary of'cs: 50 ~ rsdsnp,ion nrst ugrt
come for t.s year. sAH % Total. tiases s'
Income N lsD Dues active, t1Asr dus~.
rssidsni siso: ,ranSsnt sisH iocksr rsn,. $50
is.sss 'ss & nF;s' IS On s sssS- I'M
house charges, 81 sass entrance fees. a. trnni>
sS%;iss s.s 81 sorsts ' a. f'ssa
St 10 Total. SLASH o..
Isaac Mackie Of tho For Hills GOLF Club,
John Pearson. formerly % the RichnOnd