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

= ClSFEhS are noteo TOT ioho
r ness for collecting data and in
teresttng facts and souvenirs OF
clubs. babe with which great matches
have been won. newspaper clippings
and pictures. all serve TO recall
famous monuments in the history OF
golf MANY n time have ! shown a
man the different shots that 7 use
while stenographer has taken down
es1h stroke IN detail as | stood before
hirn
The other day = most interesting
little book came 10 my notice II Is a
very tiny rcd leather bound volume
with the word Golf In gilt scrip,
trailing carefully across the upper
left hand corner II belongs 10 u
Scott Chisholm, a well-known golfer.
II is a collection OF record scores or
memorable scores by the great play
ers ~ the world and II has already
travelled three times across the At
lantic. and II will probably make
many JOURNEYS more This little rec
ord Of the players at their best IL a
pleasant ides | have always thought
there should be some way OF pre-
serving these best scores. for they
serve as monuments OF certain line
~ action. think course record
should be hung In q prominent place
in the clubhouse. and only destroyed
when new record has been made,
IN tine case of championship rounds
nf great Importance II would he in
'cresting TO see a little description OF
ne weather at the time they were
rayed and the score should be pre-
elvcl whether q record or not
Evans Stars on Chicago Course.
nave chosen my record Of IS, made
~ Chicago Golf club in July, 1912
as the best eighteen holes ! ever
made but the n in the qualifying
round at Garden city last year. per
hons should have been given, as the
last nine in that round Included a
successi m OF holes that We're partlcu
isriy good.
. The FIRST score In the book wa.
made BY James Braid playing In tn,
open championship OF the world at st
Andrews June 26, 1910, He won thai
year as he has done on four other oc-
casions. but apparently this round
stays in his memory have no doub
he could tell YOU where every sho'
landed although 1t was four YEAR,
ago Many OF US have made rs, bu
not al a critical time.
His score was
Out ....... "a a. 4 & as
In ...... 3344 As & 5-3S-7l
Harry LADDERS Score Good.
Page No. sees record score bl
II II. Barker at Garden City. bu
since then the course has beer
changed. His two on the sixteenth
would mean a 200 yard shot holed OF
the present course.
The score was;
out ........ 4 3 ; IS SIS
In ........ S445 3 2 4 3-32-6
Harold Hilton comes next with hi
last half of the qualifying round II
he 1911 national championship a
Apawannis We were all very close t
him. but the following remarkably
round gave him the medal:
ont ......4 a. 3 s 3 3 4 $50
In ..... s A s 4 3-S7-7
There is score ny Harry Lauder
playing in the Wappenshaw tourne.
1t NbnCourtlandt Park, New York
and it shows him to be an excellen
PLAYER:
out ...... 5 4 h--sS
In .......44 IS 4 s 6-42-s
Warden and Massey Tie.
John Ball comes next. out OF thou
sands of fine rounds he chooses thi
one. and ! should like TO talk II owe
with him Ii was made at Hoyoks
on the edge 81 when course he ha
lived all his life.
out ....... & 3 4 s : 3 SIS
In ........ $50 & a 4-Sb-7
Harry Vardon and Armand Mass
" ere tied FOR the worlds champion
ship in June. 1911 was there an
saw the following score---a missed put
here and there, hut every long sho
rerfect
Out ....... t4S4 StS $50
In ....... as 49, 4 5-S7-7
Alec Herd presents 7S on the sam
course. He led the field after tina
round. but lost his advantage
out ....... as 4 3 3 $50
In ..... 8 go 4 4-s7-I
Findlay Douglass, an American am
steur, signs fine Il at Apawannis
out ....... 4 1 4 3 3 6 6-S6
In ........ 44S4 443 5 4-35-7
Rays Record Wonderful.
Archibald Graham. former runner
up IN the National presents II o
q prominent Jersey course
out ....... a 3 4 3 So
In ....-... 454 3 g 49, 3-S6-7
Edward Ray won the open world
championship at Mulrfield in 1871
isn't his score a oeauty2 To one VIII
uas played the course II is marvellous
out ....... 3 4444 544 $50
III ....... 44344i SIS
Al the time made my record chi
cIeo Coli covered nearly $500 Yard
nd / averaged a stroke for ever
lndred yards
put-,...... 834 3 s - S-S4
In ....... 3 9 4 a 8 3 4-34-t