Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-29
TOO MANY GOLF
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This is q strenuous tournament
time and certainly there seem to be
as many golf championship titles as
there were colonies in the South at
one time. What with western, met.
ropolitan, eastern, southern Pacific
coast, rans-Mississippi, north and
south. Intercollegiate, league of the
lower lakes, all the various State,
sections OF States, and club cham
pionships, one almost begins to sigh
like q golf critic In one of the Brit.
ish magazines, about the profHsion Of
titles in his country and ask plant
lively as he did IL II were not becom-
ing the exception not the rule to be a
plain, ordinary golfer who had never
been champion of anywhere. Are we
not OVERRIDING II somewhat in this re-
spect? II almost every one is either
u champion or an extitle holder is it
not depreciating the value of the
word little? Do not misunderstood
this to mean that do not fully APP
preciate the value of tournaments
with all the experience they bring as
well as giving opportunities to watch
the play of good golfers ! also real.
ize that countless protests would not
reduce the present number Of titles,
but is 1t not time to call halt? The
next time some generous soul, and
there are many such in our country,
feels moved to prbesent q golfing
trophy for competition, let him do
the unusual thing and not fasten a
championship title on to the handle.
What amateur would not be proud
to be the winner of the ST. Georges
vase, or among the ladies would not
be looked up to as the holder of the
Ladies' Pictorial trophy, and what
professional is not ambitious to be
the victor in The News of the World
tournament? rs g.A ~ t"tns5e Fss.<<zs
/ am speaking of British events
which carry no title with them but
the winners of which are honored al.
most as much as the national cham
pions.. There are several other big
events similar to these that stir the
ambintion of every golfer in the
British Isles for the entry lists in.
clude the names of the most famous
players in the country, all of which
tend to raise the standard of the
games, but are not nearly so lavish
with championship titles as We are.
II their scribe who lamented the num-
ter at present we're to visit America
one wonders what he would think.
We have something which is a move
in the right direction, however; the
trophies competed for in various in
vitation tournaments, and | was glad
20 hear that last year the well-known
golf enthusiast of Philadelphia, Caleb
Fox, had given a perpetual challenge
cup. called the .Berthellyan cup, for
competition among the ladies. Miss
Dorothy |. Campbell defeated Mrs.
Fox in the final last year and the
latter was successful in winning it
this season.
What l should like to see would be
some large tournaments run on the
lines of the national which would be
open to every one and not be by in
Naturally it would be nee
eSsary to charge an entrance fee tol
the club where the COM
petition was held for wear and tear
oh InS CouISe, anu oInCl oAP0uSSS'
but if the trophy we're donated there
would be no need for other prizes.
Surely the most of us can play the
game for the love Of it, not from pot
hunting motives. The experience to-
be gained and the chance to learn as
well as the pleasure of meeting agree
abl people is worth more than silver
Probably | am dubbed
an idealist Well! then | am in good
company, for the majority of the Brit
sh tournaments are carried out on
these lines, yet in spite of there be-
ing practically no side events and
never a consolation competition, they
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