The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-09
Moran Returns From Abroad and Asks MeqvS of Jess Willard
WETWEATHER GOLF BRING|
ENDURANCE TO THE FRONT
Player OF Slight Stature and Small Strength Is at Dis
advantage When Course Is Water Soaked
Hagen Is Good Mud Horse.

y. ii. Taylor. was not harmed in any
way by the elements Taylor won. as
Ray predicted he would. long before the
start OF the last thirty-six holes.
The winning player on a wet day often
may be found In the golfer who hits his
puts for the back OF the cup and does
not try to cut the stroke. There Is a
great tendency for the bali to swerve
on on wet days when II reaches the side
OF the hole, due no doubt to the fact that
many impressions have been made by
heels and other means, and a slice or
pull on tho puttcd ball will more easily
be affected. one Is quite likely to change
his style OF putting at such a time.
thinking that II is necessary. but such
is not the case. Tn man who will go
boldly for the back OF the cup on a wet
day will find the green usually running
true to the mark. and there is no need
Tor deviation In style.
Not long ago i was talking with a
prominent professional on this subject
and he said that one thing In particular
helped him to win n sectional champion
snip. 1t was raining hard and the lies
were quite bad. Ordinarily he PLAYED
quickly. with never a practice stroke in
the whole u on this occasion he
tried out his stroke to be In a practice
swing In orucr to get the turf hit in the
exact spot essential for success, and al
though his partner at the fourth hole
said Look at the mateur :" he kept II
up and won the championship with three
strokes to spare. He laid 1t all to the
extra care. Perhaps he has the right
secret of this Observation-Disclosures
carefulness.
No longer can the members Of the
professional clan OF golfers say with
seeming bitterness that there is no ap-
probation of their talent for exhibition
purposes. nor are the best professionals
able to assert tr%uthfully that they can
make more money at home than by
taking part in the tournaments arrange
especially for members OF their profess
sion. The sums OF money which have
been donated by clubs or offered BY
state associations have been far beyond
any previous year and / feel sure when
1915 has gone the amount OF o
given for this sort of competition will
be four or five times that Of last wear.
which also was a banner year in this
regard.
The Southern tournaments began in
earnest In late January, and until the
middle OF April hardly a week passed by
without a professional venture OF some
Kind. II would be placing the number
Mt a minimum II we said h twenty
events were held. with purses for the
tried experts which averaged around
5000. ! may have placed the figures too
high. but I am sure that there have been
more h twenty such. and the total
sum OF money. somewhere in the vicinity
or $4,000. is conservative. Then came
the big anair at the Panama-Pac!fic Ex-
position, where $1,000 was given to the
professionals. and the recent open cham
pionship of the Pacific coast at Seattle
WAS worth over $500 more. Other Cali
fornia affairs of this kind have Melted
several hundred dollars TO the favored
winners. At Denver not an inconslder-
able sum was paid out 10 professionals,
while away down In Texas competitions
have been held and matches played for
purses. a most conservative estimate
therefore OF the prize money offered
south and west OF the Mississippi SO far
this year would be around $4,000.
II we add now the money which will
he offered at Glen Echo and in the
Western ope we get a sum approaching
II not SURPRISING $1,000. Turning to the
East we find that two tournaments have
been given at Shawnee. Massachusetts
gave more hundreds, In the state open
championship, and the professional tour
naments at Winchester and Common
wealth. and the national open tourney
at Raltusrol presented nearly 81 900 "a
the winners. The metropolitan open was
not far back of the nat.ona I'm the prize
valuation. but the State championship
Of Connection. held nj the new course
at Eastern Point. the Shennecossett
Country Club, set a high standard with
over $1,000 In prize money for the pro-
f~essionals. The total to date of the diff
ferent sources mentioned reaches a sum
In the neighborhood OF $4,000.