Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08


w courses on which nearly all of
the important golf champion
shins of 1914 will be decided have
been selectedr by the governing bod
les controlling them, and in all but a
Few cases the dates for the champion
ship tournaments have also been
CHOSEN. The 1914 list of champion
ships will be a long one, and in the
principal events on both sides of the
Atlantic the promise of international
competition adds to the interest.
Before the season in the United
states is fairly under way the big
events II the year in Great Britain
will be over, for the British amateur
championship is to be held at Sand
witch in the middle of May, the la
dies championship at Hunstanton
will be decided during the previous
week. AMI the British open at Prest-
wick will be played about one month
after the amateur.
Az the United States is to be rep
resented at Sandwich by Jerome d.
Travers. four times amateur cham
Mon; Francis Ouimet, national open
champion Fred Herreshoff, Heinrich
schmidt and possibly one or two 9TH
ers. the first big cham pionship of the
wear gives promise of being the most
interesting of all. Our champions Will
be pitted against such great golfers
as Harold H. Hilton, the defending
champion; John Ball. Robert Max
vel and host of others, who will
make the task of the Americans
most difficult one and one that will be
all but impossible of success.
Play for British Title in May.
The tournament proper will begin
on Monday, May IS and will run
through the week ending on Satur-
aay, May %, when the 36hole final
round Will be played. If the field is
TOO big a one it may be necessary to
play off a preliminary round on the
last DAY Of the preceding week, IS
the conditions of the British cham
p'onship provide for nothing but
match play from start to finish, and
there is no qualifying round TO re-
cute the size of the field to the prop
or numerical proportions at the out
SCI Of the tournament. All but the
final round will be at eighteen holes.
Whether America will be strongly
represented in the British open
championship in June is still mat
'er Of doubt, but even if none of the
eaGlng American professionals en-
ter. the results of the event Will be
awaited eagerly in the United States.
for it is IObable that the leaders IN
the British open will come to this
country on a quest similar to that
which brought Harry Nardon and Ed
ward Ray 70 these shores last year.
Owing 20 the changes in the condi-
tons made recently the tournament
viii be stretched out over period or
nearly two weeks. The qualifying
rounds q, PrestwiCK st. Nicholas and
Troon will he played off on June II
and r. any ties for last place Will be
decided on June 10. then Will follow
severa days allotted to practice for
the 100 golfers who qualify, and the
= hours of play for the champion
snip Itself viii come on June is anc
ls. 1t is long program that seems
likely 20 test the patience of both
players and officials.
The list which follows shows the
courses selected for the champion
ships, the dates set except in the
casese where no dates have as yet
teen chosen, and the holders of the
titles involved
Here Are the Dates Selected
May l-l6-British ladies' cham
ponsnip. Hunstanton. England; Miss
Muriel Dodd. Moreton.
May 1s-23-British amateur cham
uonship. Sandwich. England; Harold
Il Hilton, Royal Liverpool
May 23-Metropolitan amateur
championship. EngleWood; jerome D.
IraYers, Upper Montclair
May 25-29-Womens metropolitan
championship, Essex County; Miss
Marion Hollins, Westbrook.
MAY 2j-30-French amateur cham
u.9nshlp. La Boulie; Lord Charles
Hope. England
June l-3-Women's Eastern cham
gonship, Greenwich; Mrs. Ronald H.
Barlow Merton.
Jnne 4-6-New Jersey champion
snip Morris County; Jerome d. Ira
F4rS Upper Montclair
June 2-6-Southern championship
Memphis Nelson Al. Whitney, Audi
June S-l3-Trans- Mississippi cham
ronshIr Kansas City; Stewart G..
S.ekneN St Louis.
June British open qualifying
rounds. Prestwick, St. Nicholas and
June 1S-ls-Brisish open cham
r''snlp, Prestwick Scotland; J, H.
+''E. ~ i--f TenCH open champion =
T-'h lie Toquet; George Duncan,
July 27-August Western anna
C g4r championship, Kent Country
.1o Grand Rapids. Mich; Warren
rs. Wood. Homewood.
august 12-13-Metropolitan open
lampionship, Scarsdale; Aleck
Algust3l- September 5-National
"ateur championship. Ekwanok
'3nlry Club, Manchester Vt; Je-
rome b. Travers.
september 14-19-Women's national
ampionship Nassau Country Club.
'',H cove, L. l.; Miss Gladys Ra-
|en7aroft, England.
Dates Undecided.
lthonal open championship Mid
~, IN Country Club, Blue Island.
francis Ouimet. Woodland
estern open championship Inter
men Country Club. Minnea polls.
''t'.' John j McDermott