Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-26
EVANS TELLS OF
BEST SCORES IN
G0LF|NC HISTORY.
Chick Says Each Club Should
Keep Record Of Remarkable
Plays by Members,
Bv Chick Evans.

~ cLPERS ere noted for fond p
n ness for collecting data and in
ter~sttns facts and souvenirs Of
ciuhe. balls with which great matches
have bean won. Newspaper clippings
and pictures all serve TO recall
famous monuments in the history Of
golf Many a time have ] shown a
man the different shots that J use
while a stenographer has taken down
each n roke IN detail as ! stood before
nim
The other day most interestin z
little book came 10 my notice II Is a
very tiny red leather bound volume
with the word Golf in gilt script
trailing carefully across the upper
eft hand corner II belongs to -
Scott Chisholm, a well known golfer.
II is collection Of record scores or
memorable scores by the great play
srs Of the world, and II has already
travelled three times across the At
lantic, and II Will probably make
many Journeys more This little rec
nrd OF the players al their best IL a
pleasant idea. ! have always thought
there should be some way OF pre-
serving these best scores. for they
serve as monuments OF a certain line
n action. think a course record
should be hung In a prominent place
in the clubhouse. and only destroyed
when a new record has been made.
In the case Of championship rounds
Of great Importance II would be in
terestlng to see q little description OF
the weather at the time they were
PLAYED and the score should be pre-
served whether a record or not
Evans Stars on Chicago Course.
! have chosen my record Of 6S. made
10 Chicago Golf club In July. 1912
rs the best eighteen holes ever
made. but the II in the qualifying
round at Garden City last year, per
heps. should have been given as the
last mine in that round included a
succession OF holes that we're particu-
larly good
The FIRST score in the book was
made BY James Braid playing in the
open championship OF the world Mt st.
Andrews June &c, 1910 He won that
year as he has done on four other oc-
casions, but apparently this round
stays in his memory. I have no doubt
he could tell you where every shot
landed, although II was four years
ago Many OF us have made 70, but
not at a critical time
His score was:
Out .... 4444s 4-3s
In ....... Ss4454 8 5-SS-76
Harry LADDERS Score Good.
Page No. . sees a record score by
H. III. Barker al Garden City, but
since then the course has been
changed. His two on the sixteenth
would mean a 200 yard shot holed on
the present course.
The score was:
Out .....4 S4b : 45l t-36
In ....... 3445 ga s-32-6S
Harold Hilton comes next with his
last half OF the qualifying round in
the 1911 national championship at
Apawannis We were all very close to
him. but the following remarkable
round gave him the medal.
Out .... 443 3 3 5 6-s7
In .... s 434 - 5'3-37-74
There is score by Harry Lauder,
playing in the Wappenshaw tourney
st VanCourtlandt Park, New York.
and Il shows him to be an excellent
player:
Out ....... 45454 43t 5-3S
In ..... CAS- $40 a b-42 so
Vardon and Messy Tie.
John Ball comes next. Out OF thou
sands of fine rounds he chooses this
one. and | should like to talk II over
with him. II WAS MADE at Holyoke
on the edge Of when course he has
lived all his life;
Out ..... 54b s4SS s as
In ........ 3 4 3 5 a 4-S5-1S
Harry Vardop and Armand Massey
were tied for the worlds champion
ship in June, 1911. | was there and
saw the following score--a missed putt
here and there, hut every long shot
perfect
Out ....... 44s45 b-S5
In ........ 445t 40 "a 5-37--72
Alec Herd presents 70 on the same
course. He led the field after that
round, but lost his advantage:
out ......4 3 54S 8 $50
In ....... 5444 4-S1-13
Findlav Douglass an American am
steur, signs fine II at Apawannis
out ......- = 3 8 4 6 5-36
IN ........ t4S444S IS 4-S5-7i
Rays Record Wonderful.
Archibald Graham, former runner
sep in Tho National presents a II on
prominent Jersey course
out ....... 4i35 4-5b
Ia ...... 543 5444 S-Ss-5l
Edward Ray won the open worlds
hampiolehip at Muirheld In 1912.
Isn't MS $, ere a beauty To one who
us PLAYED the course it is marvellous
cut ..-..-. 3 4t44 544 $50
In .......- 4s44 - 4-35--71
Al tine time ] made my record Chi
so coli covered nearly $500 Yards
ud averaged q stroke FOR every
ajudrei yards
sat ,,...- 8 Seas "a S-Sa
In ........ 4--s4 -SS