New-York tribune., 1912-06-11
NEWS FOR THE GOLFERS
Boys Who Take Part at PIainfieId
To Be Made Welcome.
CONTESTS AT SHAWNEE
First Meeting for Women There
Next Week & Montclair's
Novel Conditions.

Leighton Calkins, president Of the Plain.
held Country Club. is going out Of his
way In an endeavor to make the younpe,
golfers who will compete there shortly fee,
secure He has sent out an announcemen,
In the form OF personal invitation, which
has been mailed to the parents Of a hun.
dred or more OF the boy golfers IN th,.
district. This initial metropolitan tun,or
championship tournament, TO which ths
letter refers. Is carded for the links OF the
Plainfeld Country Club on Tuesday. Jun.
25 The invitation reads as follows:
THE first tournament for boys under
the auspices Of the Metropolitan Golf As
sociation, will be held at the Plainnela
Country Club on Tuesday. June 25. 1912. 7,
Is open to boys who are under nineteen
years OF age, who have playing privileges
At their home clubs. The entire tourna-
ment will be run of in one day. In the
morning there will be handicap, and the
best gross score will decide the champion.
ship. There will be three prizes for gros,
scores and three for net scores In IN.
afternoon there will lie two prizes IN a drIy.
Ing competition.
"We are particularly desirous OF encour.
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to come TO Plain1eld and play In this tour
| nament; that is. boys from about thirteen
years Of age and upward. We want parent,
to feel that they can rely on us to furnish
proper environment for the younger boy,
and TO take good care OF them in our
tonnes.
a number OF local women golfers ara
planning TO take in the tournament Of ths
Shawnee Country Club. June 10, 20, 81 and
%. Later on there will be two other tour
naments, one for professionals in July and
the third for amateurs early In August!
The programme announcement follows:
Women's tournament-Wednesday Juns
-. afternoon, IS holes, medal play. two
eights to qualify; Thursday. June %, morn.
Ing, IS holes, first round. match play: Fri.
Gay. June 21 morning, IS holes, seni-fnaIs,
afternoon, driving competition: Saturday.
June 22 morning. IS holes. hnal afternoon.
Is holes, medal play, handicap, mixed four.
somes.
Open tournament-Friday and Saturday,
July . and 80, p holes. medal play; sso
divided among the first eight
invitation tournament-Thursday, August
l. morning, IS holes. medal play, two sig
teens TO qualify; afternoon. IS holes, first
round, match play; Friday. August 2,
morning, IS holes. second round, match
play: afternoon, IS holes. semi-fnals, first
round. consolation; Saturday. August 8, %
holes. final; morning. IS holes, consolation,
semi-inals; afternoon. IS holes. consolation,
finals. and IS holes. medal play, for handi-
cap best ball, two men teams.
The green's committee reserves the priyi-
iege OF making any changes In the pro.
gramme that It may consider advisable.
The club offers these prizes, women's
tournament A gold medal for the qualify.
Ing round; the Lenape cup for the winner
Of the tournament; prizes for the runner-up
and for the winner and runner-up OF the
second eight: two first and two second
prizes, mixed foursomes; first, second and
third prizes, driving competition.
Open tournament, $500 divided as follows;
First, 500: second, 800: third, SIS; fourth.
so; fifth, $50: sixth $50; seventh. SIS; eighth.
In plate.
Invitation tournament, the Buckwood
trophy, which must be won three times
mot necessarily in succession) before be-
coming the permanent property OF the win
ner: gold medal for the qualifying
round: a replica Of the Buckwood trophy
for the winner of the tournament and the
custody of the trophy for the year; the
Binniekill cup for the winner OF the second
sixteen runner-up prize in each division:
n prize for the winner of the consolation
OF each division; prizes for the winners OF
the best ball handicap. net score.
Buckwood Inn. which is close by tho
course, offers splendid accommodations 10
the players, as does Park Lodge. also
close by.
The tournaments are open 20 members
Of the clubs belonging to the United states
Golf Association and 10 such other players
as may be invited to participate.
The main attraction hereabouts this
week Is the annual invitation tournament
OF the Montclair Golf Club on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. An unusual featurs
Of this competition is that players are ell
gible 70 compete only In the sixteens ot
the class TO which the competitors belong.
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