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LAKEWOOD'S PLANS SHOW
YEAR
Four Sixteens Provided For by Programme of First
Metropolitan Course-Changes Made at
Salisbury-Other Gossip Of Links.

That the opening OF the golf season
is close at hand was indicated yesterday
by the issuanc OF the programme for
the annual spring tournament OF the
Country Club OF Lakewood. The con-
ditions for the tourney on the course
among the Jersey pines arc much the
same AZ those Of the Lakewood spring
tournaments OF the past, which for years
have begun the competitive season In
the metropolitan district
Four sixteens nave been provided for,
with a cup for the winner Of each
division. Play will begin with an eighteen
hole qualifying round on Thuraday.
April %. the arst pair being 20 away
at = 80 In the morning. No match play
will be- attempted on the frat day. The
first and second match rounds will he
played on Friday. April 90. and on sat
urday. April "a. the semI-flnals Will he
PLAYED In the morning and the finals In
the afternoon. The usual eighteen hole
handicap also will be played on that
day.
Entries for the ment close on
Wednesday. April II, at . = NJ. and
entries for the handicap close at > i. NJ.
on Saturday. April -. Entries and APP
plicatious tor rooms should he sent to
the Country CAub OF Lakewood, Lake
wood, y. J
Golfers who use the Salisbury LINKS
AZ Garden city will have TO accustom
themselves to n new starting point this
wear and a consequent ~carranRement
/ " the numbers Of the holes. Instead OF
starting with n shot across the road AZ
in the past. the old fourth hole will he
the first. ms king the first tee behind he
clubhouse. The old fifteenth hole he
comes the new eighteenth. 30 that the
/ course ends In front OF 'he clubhouse
instead of AT the side. The new a.
rangement is likely 10 prove more popu-
lar thai the Old. as the Old flrst mole
proved rather unsatisfactory on GAYS
when the course was crowded.
To Jonr-. Sweene-- new member oi
the executive committee Of the United
states Golf Association. has been on
trusted the nerve racking and resron'
-ihle task OF getting the course for this
national amateur championship into first
class condition this summer. Mr. sweeney
has been made chairman OF the greer
committee OF the Country Club OF De
,roit. and from now until August ~
when the championship tournament be
klNr, ne Will Db buSy III NV "'N'S
ing in order that the aspirants for Fran
els Ouirnet's title may ind nothing e
criticise when they play over the lonI
Detroit course made famous by the un
sttnted praise accorded II by Harry Var
don in 1918.
The grooming OF the chanpionShil
course IL no easy task. and even though
the weather he favorable throuEh tn
summer Mr.. Sweeney will have hi
ha nds full. He knows Ms Job. however
as he has been one OF the leaders OF hi
club for years and in "a measure wa
Responsible for the selection of the Ian
at Crosse Point Farms, where the splen
did Detroit course was laid out "A feV
wears aro To assist him in his tasI
Mr. Sweeney will havc three fellow com
mitteemen, J T Mcmillan, George Y
Lawson and Murray sales
The University OF Pennsylvania sol
team IL tho first college golf team :
!, plav a match this season. or Saturda
+. las, the university golfers. a doze
. strong. played and vanquished an equa
number OF the members of the spring
. haven Country Club on the S~pringhaN"