The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-01-15
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Amateur Goif Championship Tamrna
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VII lAf~k et'h th ~tffA ANN*As
III rare hoeor SAYS 'be New
York sun, that the United States
coli Association has conferred upon
Inc ERwanok Country club In aend
ing the amateur champs uship q
1914 10 the course among che Grcen
Mountains IN the early days u
the game IN Amerlea the champion
ship was held a. Far away from onc
81 the big cities as Shinnecock IIlis
but for the last fifteen years the
amateur tourney mover has besn on
i course moro than few miles
distant from one Of the great cities
New York and Chicago clubs have
had almost a monopoly Of il Ia fast
though II has been sent TO Boston
and 10 Cleveland
Even though EkWnnok Is far away
from the centres Of population aud
has grown up as esort course, il
always has been tho unquestioned
leader IN its class and for many
years has been considered as a
championship possibility. Back IN
1900, when American golf was stili
In It's formative period, Ekwanok
became member OF the United
States Golf Association aud since
that time has become known among
golfers the country over.
AS is to be expected OF moun-
tain course, Ekwanok is hilly ID
the hills are so taken advantage OF
that the best of golf is required
from the first tee to the home
green. The par of the course gem
orally is considered to be 20, equal
ly divided between the outgoing
aud incoming holes The amateur
record for the course is also 70,
though the mark was made under
unusually favorable conditions.
For number of years Fred Her
eshoff had held the amateur re-
cord of "a, but in August, 1912.
Henry w. Stueklen of Boston
went up to Manchester 10 play In
tournament and made 73 in the
qualifying round, In discussing the
record breaking score a number of
the golfers who We're playing In
the tournament declared that If
the holes had beeen more fairly
placed and the greens not cut so
close an even lower score than 73l
would have been made. With his
usual willingness to oblige, James
l.. Taylor, the presiding genius Of
told the golfers that in
the Saturday handicap he would |
have the cups placed as nearly as
possible in the centres OF the
green's and would keep the mowers
off on the previous day
On Saturday Francis Olimet, now
he open champion but then a golfer
hardly known outside Of Massachus-
sttsl appeared on the scene and
made the round In 20. His mark
IT'LL stands, and most of the golf
RS who play at Ekwanok find that
t is a mark that is hardly likely
o be equalled even when the anna
eurs gather at Manchester for the
championship in September
Probably the best known holes al
lkwanok are the seventh and tenth,
10Th long holes. The seventh
measures 537 yards from tee TO
.reen. 1t begins with a downhill
rive that must be accurately placed
D avoid trouble, and then comes
most difficult second shot over
Ugh ridge, with bunkers guarding :
he way. The rest of the way to
he green it is less difficult going
he tenth has been described as
he best two shot hole in the coun-
~ If not in the world. The narrow
iirway and sloping green make II
ticklish proposition on the long
econd shot that must be played, for
no hole is an even 500 yards in
myth.
There are four holes on the I
purse but they are all hard ones. r
he fourth, sixth, eleventh aud thir- I,
zenith are the holes on which the !
offer is expected to reach the green
ON the tee.
As far as accommodations are con 3
srned Manchester is all that can {
. desired. The little Vermont {
,wn possesses one large hotel the
quinox House, and in the village
Iere is a smaller hotel as well as
number of places where the golf =
. can be accommodated. 1t Is the ?
,pe Of the U. s. G. A. officials that
% list of entries Will not number
'er eighty, and If 1t is kept down
that figure there will be no
DIVIDING at Manchester
The size Of the galleries in a
ace so remote as Ekwanok will n a.
ubt establish a new record, for
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