New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-29
NEWS FOR THE GOLFERS
Professionals Flock to Buffalo
for Open Championship.
AMATEURS ALSO TO PLAY
orrin Terry Shows Excellent
Form in Practice on Canoe
Brook Club Links.

cIampiCnship and an invitation tour
.aYDeut in progress simultaneously will
,old the attention Of golfers this week
md Al the Buffalo Country Club a hun
,rsd-odd professionals and few Cour-
,ceous amateurs DESTROYS Of seeing just
VOW. they compare with the masters Of the
,ame will Struggle on Thursday and Fri
a., ia the eighteenth open championship
tournament Of the United States Golf AS
notation. while on Thursday. Friday and
saturday al the shawnee Country Club
we'll known players from the Philadelphia
md metropolitan districts will gather.
In this tournament provision has been
made for two siXtecns. but il is under
,,ood that q cup will be added for a third
.jyisior. That the Philadelphians are
,oinc 70 Try and carry Oft the CHIEF
.rophv is shown from the fact that al
ready such well known amateurs as How
ard ". Perrin. George 4. Crump and Witt
L. Thompson have entered From this
section there IS a chance that Oswald
Kirkbv Of Englewood the New jersey
champion. may start, also Gardner w.
White Of Oakland. provided his rheumatic
hack IS sufficiently improved 10 permit OF
MIS- p!aying again. Devereux Lord win
ser OF the Brooklyn Forest Park tourna-
uent on Saturday, is another probable
,.arter. and so is s D. Bowers OF Brook
bwn
Professionals entered for the open cham
Norship tournament are already headed
,ovard the Bison City. 50 a. 70 be early
m hand for a few practice rounds at tho
country Club OF Buffalo. There is hardly
i. player of prominence in the profes-
ronal class who has not entered. and as
most OF the favorites have been reellnS
III scores close 20 record figures over their
home courses, they will nave no excuses
70 offer II fortune fails 20 smile their way.
Although flat. the Buffalo course is quite
ong, and II IL were not for the numerous
raps placed about the greens during the
last few months the scoring would be Ger
lain 10 lean 10 the low side.
The fact that ia entries were received
siyes an idea OF the unusual interest he
ing taken In this present tournament.
gell known professional who PLAYED Over
The course recently ventured the predic-
Hon that rounds Of e or less would be
lev and far between. By Wednesday. in
Ill probability, the followers OF the game
will he able 10 get a pretty fair line on
what may be expected in the champion
khip, as there is generally quite a similar
lty between scores in practice and those
made in actual contest This, Of course,
holds good more with the old staSeTs VINO
have been through the mill for years.
First money viii consist Of 500, and in
addition to this the winner Will receive
gold medal besides having the custody
" the championship cup for one year.
There VIII be nire other moneys. 30 taF
rs the amateurs are concerned, Walter d.
travis OF Garden City, and John c. An
aersou. of Boston, will claim most at
lentior, although II. = Lee, the Michigan
Champion. MAY reel off good rounds.
year 0eo, A. Wheaton, he took oG for the
reventv-tvo holes. but he will probably
laN, 10 20 considerably faster than tEdt
sreu 70 get in tCe money a. Buffalo.
n Orrin Terry the homebred profess
sioral Of the Canoe Brook Country club,
continues TO play the same kind Of golf
that has marked his recent efforts at
home he may make the Scots ana Brltons
step some at Buffalo later in the week.
4 few hours before starting for the
scene Of the championship Terry. play
went out in 81 and home in 80 Tor
total Of s.. This was two strokes better
than the previous record also held by
Terry. His card read as follows:
out .........8 ) ! - g.