Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-18
BANNER YEAR FOR GOLF
State Tournament Booked for
Local Links Next Month.
waubanakce Club Well Prepared Il
welcome Guests July % to 25-
Program for Three Days Play
Announced.

With a steadily 1ncredblHS NUMBER VI
players on its links and the State cham
pionship contests to be held here July
% to 25, the Waubanakee Golf club looks
forward to what has every promise Of
being It's banner season. The member
ship list has been materially enlarged by
those anxious to play and among these
enthusiasts are several officers from Fort
| Ethan Allen. For the benefit OF be-
| ginners the club has engaged the serv-
ices Of professional, Hugh Gordon of
the Barhead Golf club Of Glasgow. Scot
land, and his instruction is proving very
satisfactory.
| When the State Golf association decided
| on Burlington as the place to hold It's
18th annual competition and elected
| George L. Whitney Of this city president
| Of the association, with F. w. Elliott
secretary and treasurer. plans were at
once begun by the officers and managers
| Of the Waubanakee club to provide suit
| able accommodation for it's guests. 1t
was determined to enlarge the club house
| and this has been done in most sub
| stantial manner.
| without marrng the picturesque archi-
tectural lines of the bungalow an ell
| has been extended to the east with the
| broad veranda continued all along its
south side. The old locker room has been
converted into a mems lounging room
and the entire addition is devoted to a
commodlous locker room with shower
baths that are up-to-date in every
particular.
Although the number Of lockers were
increased last summer there are not
enough to meet the demand and more
are being made so as to supply the mem
bers' wants for several seasons to come
The women players have not been for
gotten in the clubs improvements and
their locker room has been enlarged and
the number of lockers increased.
STATE TOURNAMENT.
The following announcement has beer
sent to the various golf clubs regarding
the State tournament:
The 18th annual tournament of the Yer
mont State Golf association will be held
at the Waubanakee Golf club, Burlng-
ton Thursday, Friday and Saturday
July %, "a and 8, 1914 open to amateur
members of Vermont State golf clubs
Prizes will be given to the winner Of the
championship and the runner-up. to the
| winners of the second and third six
teens. to the winners of the losing eight
| of the first, second and third sixteens
for the best score In the qualifyine
round and for the best gross and net
! scores In medal play handicap on July
%.
The Governor Mccullough cup.
presented by the Mount Anthony Coun
try club for annual competition. viii
be competed for under the following
conditions; Four members of each clut
competing shall be designated by it:
secretary. and their names handed t.
the tournament committee before s:0'
lp. m, July %, to the club whose foul
representatives thus designated make
the lowest aggregate score in the quail
flying round will be awarded the cup
Entries properly accredited by clut
secretaries must be made to JOSEPH
T. Stearns, secretary of the tourna
ment committee, before 800 D. m, Jul,
20 The secretary will be at the Var
Ness House on that evening to receiv,
entries.
A fee of two dollars will be charged
for each entry. payable when entrie.
are made. Any resident OF the Stat,
OF Vermont, not affiliated with a club
|
by paying the sum of five dollars.
Rules of the United States Golf asso
citation will govern.
The annual meeting of the associa
ton will be held at the clubhouse or
Friday, July "a at 500 p, m.
The program for the three days play
will be as follows:
! THURSDAY, JULY "a
$50 a. m.-Qualifylng round, Is
holes medal play. Players will be
paired and time drawn. First Is quail
flying for championship.
1880 p. m.-First round. match play
Is holes, first, second and third six.
teens.
FRIDAY, JULY "a.
$40 a. m.--Second round, match play
IS holes. Losing eight of three sixteen.
continue to play.
2:30 p. m-Semi-fnal round, match
play, IS holes
SATURDAY. JULY %.
$50 a. m-Finals. Match play. 80
holes for the championship. Match
play. Is holes all other matches. Han
dicap. is holes. medal play. Prizes fol
best gross and best net scores; bott
cannot be won by the same player. TIL,
handicap match will be played Saturday
forenoon
The tournament committee request.
that the club secretaries, in sending II
entries for the tournament. state tn,
handicap of each player entered, on hi!
home course, together with the number
os strokes considered as scratch" or