Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-16
GOLF GOSSIP
GBy Latest NALL


! Sandwich, by one of our players bring
| ing home the French title and the sill
yer medal also coming to the United
! States However, from all accounts
even that of Ouimet himself, the class
OF golf put up in this years French
championship was not to be compar-
ed with previous tournaments.
| The British entry this time was
small, Lord Charles Hope and c. A.
| Palmer being the only two British
| players who had chance for the tro-
Lhy. Neither Mr. jenkins nor Mr..
HeZlet was able to enter, nor were
Edward Blackwell, E. A. Lassen, Fl.
d. Gillies, former competitors, able to
come this year Out of an entry of
but "a, Mr.. 0uimet is said TO have
played by far the most consistent
golf and by his defeat of Mr.. Palmer
by and made up little for Je-
rome D. Travers' beating at Sand
wich. -. -. .s.---..s-.-
There is one man who journeyed
across the Atlantic who has very good
reason to be proud of himself, and
that is H. J. Topping. Although not
heralded as the others we're, he did
splendid work, and in the French ac-
counted both for Charles Evans and
Jerome Travers. In both cases ii
was by reason of superior work on
the greens, for neither of our two
'top-notchers' seemed able to putt.
Mr.. Evans has had difficulty in this
respect before, but 1t is not usual with
the Montclair golfer. One cannot
help feeling a good deal of sympathy
for our amateur champion. He went
over early and practised hard and
carried off the Easter medal of the
Royal ST. George Club, but outside
of this he did nothing to- enhance his
golfing prestige and it must have been
a great disappointment to him.
One of the two events of the pro-
fessional world recently decided was
the Scottish championship, which
went to D. Watt of Mortonhall, bro
Their of Willie Watt, who won in 1912,
and led all the way on this occasion
until the last round. but succombed to
a brilliant II returned by the other
member of his family. However, he,
Willie Watt, had the satisfaction of
making a marvellous IS over the BurghI
course, North Berwick, where the
championship was held, which startl-
ed all, his brother professionals, in.
Guiding Bennie Savers, who could
scarcely believe the news when 1t was
told him.
David Watt is a left-handed player,
possibly the best in the world. He Is
very precise and deft with all his
shots, but for all that is long driver
and also gets fine distance with irons.
Possibly not as brilliant as his bro
Their, he has the safer quality of stead
mess with just touch of the dour-
ness so characteristic of his race.
In this we find another new name,
though through no fault of the famous
Irish professional who has held the
title for five successive years. Michael
Moran has now a position in England
which bars him from entering the
of the land of his birth.
Failing his entry one expected to see
Patrick O'Hare, the great Foxroek
man, who so nearly beat Moran last
year, finish first in 1915; but it was
not to be, and he and his brother
tied for second place. eight strokes
behind G. w. Pope of Fort Williams,
whose 305 over Royal County Down
is excellent golf and shows great |
promise for the future.
While speaking of Irish golf it Is
something of coincidence that this
is the first year in which an Irish
player has figured in the final of the
British amateur championship, al
though Irish ladies have frequently
themselves in the ladies
British. II is reported that G. O.
Hezlet said his only regret about los
ing TO Mr.. Jenkins was that his sis
ter, then Miss May Hezlet, had won
the British ladies' championship on
the first occasion she entered for 1t
and he would have liked to have re-
peated her performance, as this was
nts first championship tournament.
There seems to be little doubt with
those who watched his play through /
put the amateur that he will have a
fine chance to win 1t some other year.
The year 1914 also is memorable to
irish golfers because representative
from the Emerald Isle has at last been
appointed on the committee that gov
ems championship regulations. The
Royal Dublin Club was asked to send
! delegate to this years and future
That this is no small hon
DR. may be realized when it is known
that since the founding of the anna
.eur championship. nearly 80 years
ago, only one other club, Royal st.
Georges, has been given a representa-.
i've on the governing committee. So
/ would seem that in a golfing way
1t least Ireland is at last receiving
some recognition.
!. "a.
A good book is an excellent mind