Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-03
GOLF GOSSIP


Just beginning to sit MP and take
notice of the fact that the royal and
ancient game will soon be in season.
Tie more fortunate club swingers
have gone south with the swallows
and the baseball teams, and have been
playing on the Florida and California
courses during the winter, but the
great army of American players have
been enforced stay-at:homes. and for
them Old Man Winter has been going
lis round with laggard legs.
Some interesting gossip Of the
Southern courses, together with the
getting outlook for the season proper.
is given by Steven Armstrong in the
Christian Science Monitor.
The well known golf critic says:
Here we are almost half way
through March and golf looms up
again in our horizon. Already some
events have been carried through,
among them the women's champion
ship Of Florida. We offer our con-
CALCULATIONS to the successful candi-
date who is well worthy of the honor
and whose satisfaction in winning
must be enhanced by the fact that
Mrs. Filter also competed. Mrs. Filter,
as most people know, had won this
title on every former occasion that
she had entered the tournament, and
vas beaten in this last one only at
the nineteenth hole, upholding the
standard of Boston womenis golf. for
though she now lives in Philadelphia
we do not forget that she learned her
fsfne here before her marriage. In
the last three years her golf has i'm
proved wonderfully, and she has grad
ually won recognition worthy OF 1t. till
now she is Acknowledged as one OF the
best women players in the States.
Mrs. H. c. Phipps is much to be con-
graduated on disposing OF so formid-
able an opponent.
The open championship of Florida
has also been decided. the title going
to Charles Thorn of Shinnecock Hills,
whose victory was well deserved, for
in the first 10 names there are those
of national champions past and pres
ent-W. ]. Travis, McDermott, Alex
Smith and others almost equally IA
nous. Thom's total was five strokes
better than that of W. J.sTravis, his
nearest rival. and he also had the best
score for single rouEd--68.
Z Previous to these events was the
victory of Miss Louise B. Elkins in
the st. Valentine tournamentsat Pine
hurst Miss Elkins Is an ex-holder OF
the championship of the North and
South, having won that event In 1911.
She is one of the best players of that
strong golfing organization, the Oak
mount Club of Pittsburgh. Miss Ell
Lins' swing is easy and graceful and
her short game very good.
The season may therefore be said
to have opened most auspicious1y.
One cannot help wondering what il
will hiring forth. We are going TO
send worthy representatives to both
the British amateur and open cham
pionships. Every one regrets that
there seems but little chance of our
amateur champion going over there.
hut, at least It seems likely that the
runner-up will compete. He Will be
warmly welcomed by the many friends
he made on his previous visit, and
every one will be curious to see what
difference there is in his game. May
the best of good fortune go with him,
and as all who are personally ac-
uuainted with Mr.. Evans know, we
could have no finer sportsman nor
more popular golfer to represent us
abroad. We trust that others will ac-
company him, and number of we'll
known players have been reported as
likely to do so.
Then McDermott, Alex Smith and
several others are intending to enter
the open, which means we shall be
worthfly represented in this event
also The British papers are full OF
complimentary things in regard to the
courtesy shown by the u. S. G, A. IN
rearranging the date OF our profes
sional championship so as to make it
possible fer Ray and Vardon to COM !
Cete. There is no doubt about it that
it is going to be a great year for golf
in this country. .....: -, :, 81
/ wish only that some of our lady
players were going across for the l..
G.. u. championship. l should very
much like to see what Miss NJ. Curtis
could do over there now that she has
improved. her game out of all recog
milton of what it was on her previous
visit. However, rumor has it that |
there is a chance that Miss Raven
croft and some others may come out |
to America in the autumn hope
they will ~ ~.
valuable player cannot be persuaded