New-York tribune., 1912-04-15
TOURNAMENT GOLF AGAIN
Seniors Open fl3W Season Al
Lakewood cn Wednesday.
SHAWNEE CLUB IN LINr
Invitation Meeting for Wome,
To BE Followed by Open Com.
petition for Pros"

On Wednesday of this week N. 49,.
petitive golf season IN the rnetropol,,sr a.
trict will get under way Occupvtre q.
usual place at the head % the pro..,,,,'
comes the Country Club ~ Lakewood a..
Its annual spring tournament scnedul.d o..
Thursday. FRIDAY and Saturday TIT. Z.
really a tour-day meeting. when ona q.
cludes the seniors handica, lis,Aa -.
Wednesday. ft has become almost a can't.
ment with a large number of golfers >.
start and end their Northern tournamsn,
season ar Lakewood That Is why .ha.,
spring and fall affairs above all others a.
tract q goodly proportion - cldtimers. r,.,
prominent I'm golf way 4 decade or NOV.
ago.
The team competition co,ncdert With -.
testing round invariably lends zes. 10 Lsts,
woods opening day. So as net 70 cham.
the possibility OF being swer rlred bv a
heavy entry, the committee confines its.l.
70 handling nothing but medal play n,
April IS. The qualifying round will be q,
thirty-stx holes, contestants 70 classic
themselves into four slxteens. according I,
the merit Of their scores. IN the club eor.
petition there will be teams Of four. ard
conditions stipulate that ths team with Ii.
lowest aggregate thirty-SiX- -hole total viii
win. As 2 general thing. such crgani,a.
tions as Garden City Wykazyl. Nassau
Montclslr, Atlantic CITY and the home club
enter
After the first day all match rounds vii
consist Of eighteen holes, ard this ccud.
ton also holds good with regard 70 IA
handicap or Saturday. Those who hsys
played al Lakewood recently say the cours,
is in excellent condition.
Those who play IN the invitation sourns.
rlent at Atlantic CITY next week will ird
that the course has be n considerably
changed. The small ditch IN front OF n.
fifth green, along the meadows. has beer
greatly videned and the bank or the tar
side has been raised, making the approach
much more difficult. on 'ue side next ,hs
fairway the edge Of the water hazard VAS
been s!oped back about four fsat making
il risky business TO top tho second shot
The sixth green, which Is also along To
meadows. will De an Island IN tire future.
This green has always been protected Il
front and on One side by small, deep
bitches \ gang OF men is now building
the ditch on the other sides OF the green,
and widening il 10 about twice its former
size. with a slope 10 the edge ot the wate-.
Additional hazards are % 70 cons;-uct..
ar the ninth green, and the seventh will
also be changed.
Work on an addition 70 ths clubhouse $
under way. When completed, the addition
Will provide about rwice the present locke.
space, while there viii be greater shower
facilities and considerably more room e.
the workshop OF the professional, John J..
McDermotL
II looks as If the game ot gclt has aoou.
passed through the long course craze. In
ouestionably, there are many lorg eighteen
hole circuits, considerably in excess % ths
so-caued s.oN-yard standard. although
when one gets down 70 hard and East meas.
urements the question arises how many
ot these long holes are real and how many
are fictitious?
Furthermore length up 70 certain point.
matters little when the turf IS baked 70 =
fintl,ke hardness, as IS the case with many
courses hereebouts in midsummer. Even
SO. It is not uncommon 70 hear q golfer
say: DID you listen 70 tnat nlHelec"ts'
hole yarn of so-and-so the other day.
Made the long hole at his home links With
drive and an iron. You know the hole u
question is supposed 20 be i've hundred
yards Well, the hole On cur course
is less than FIVE hundred yards, but III bet
him d box Of balls any time he wants 20
try thar he can't get home in two, and hes
welcome 10 use wood for his second shot
Mrs Lawrence Swift formerly Mss
Elizabeth Hurry, is living here aga.l atter
a year in Canada Mrs Swift has started
in TO play golf OF Englewcod most Of n'r
rounds being in company WIKI Mrs. u p
Paterson. president of the WomaG's Metro
poltan Golf Association. Both women :
practising hard 20 Get into Trim for ~
interrity ma atches.