Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22
.0U|MET, TRAVERs AND
EVANS IN CHAMPIONSHIP
liant Field TO Enter National
Amateur Golf Contest.
STARTS IN DETROIT AUGUST %
More Than 80 Contestants Expected
TO Enter In Qualifying Round.
Course Pronounced by Vardon to
BE Finest in This Country.

BE Finest in This Country.
DETROIT. MICH. August ol.-wiu
the now Eolf champion be Evans. Oui-
met or Travers-or v:M he he some
one else7
These three stars. each of whom is n
champion, have been picked from n
pr.i"ant heId by majority OF Aneri-
can enthusiasts. 10 furnish the winner
OF tho twenty-frst national Amateur
goif Championship tournament. TO be
He!d here from August 2s TO Septen
Der 4
More than $50 contestants are OK.
rooted TO compete in the qualifying
round August 2S on tho Detroit Coun
Try Cub course. Harry Vardon. tho
famous English golfer. who shot n
game on these grounds two FEARS ago.
pronounced the course the finest he
mad seen In America. Other noted
students OF the Scotch ras,ime have
declared that no course in the coun-
Try demands more skill from star per-
formers III championship competitions.
since the links were complete in June,
l?l2, no one has turned in n score
better than -.
All Amateurs Entered.
30 1ar as known the great PLAYERS
from the East. Middle West. south
.ho tactic Coast. who entered in
INC national struggle. are mostly Of
me opinion that no championship nos
sioii!ty VIII bo greatly favored or So
NOUS n3onsN n,sandicapped by the require
mems IN s .. the c9nse On the other hand. it
IS prooahiy their unanimous view that
nc two shot star will be left hone
iessly hehind before the preliminary
rounds OF medal play have been com
pleted. %
Nearly all of the amateurs who
competed in the championship rounde
IN the 1919 tournament are cnterad
Nhlcago viii have more than q dozen
PAYERS or national Importance In adj
a1uon to the Western champion.
enc Coasts hone. and Nelson Whit
heE. OF New Orleans often referred n
as the peer of Dixie PLAYERS" scnt
their entries in carly. Through the
EFFORTS OF the United States Golf As
ISOLATION. tho field is certain IN he "a
markably strong for the ouaIifvinr
rounds After Monday. the tourna.
ment is expected TO resolve Itself into
battle OF giants
COZ experts. who for months have
zen "!ltns OF the tournament have
delighted IN again referring "a ,bo
contest struggle hctwoen 49,,
East and West. with about ton tom
notcheFs on each side Their ar,;c,os
hSowe'er; Feemingiy have hcen neon
p.ete without reference to the open
champion. Jerome Travers: the n,
Nonal amateur titleholder and former
open champion. Francis Ouimet ana
nha'tes hfans, Jr.. long Westerncr OIL
tHe 'rlo' who, for the past two sea
Sons, hns peen invincible In tho West,
trn amateur tournaments These thee
players. II has been comnutad ho
won twenty-three golf titles C,,,r;r
thc past eight years These bonore
90 not include foreign or scboIast,o
irarers has been most sue
eSs'" he has been winner of ,Lo
INA match in fourteen chamnion.bi,,.
OF dist!nct Importance
Course Is G.615 Yards Io,.
ne !act mat Travcrs and Ouine,
naEe no' PLAYED much golf in the IVES,
ana Evans has been unsuccessfn, ~ - ~.
pig matches in the East has $50, - ms
thus!asts 10 study the pcc,,liori,ios -,
me Detroit course with unusual c,rn I
nc sFouhds were designed and bull; bv
nh EhFhshman and arc. pcrhnDs. more
No. a.m we OF British links and the
more oi'hcu!t OF the Eastern coursns
man OF those nearer the Nisstssi,,,t
River ''iss!Sslppi |
ANnough the country is prac,ic,u,
nay: !he designer produced an endless
variety OF hazards. diaronai "ros
hunkers, Elusive trans ana md =, cross rross-
!nounos Nearly all of the green's ,r7
banked and are large. giving nn,ni I
pMe.efs an opportunity for spectacular !
The course is e,el5 yards long and in.
cludes six holes that are 800 Va ,' rIs III
more apart; three that are 500 varIs |
four "% or ,L mve r. ~ dhe 200 yard class and
scr.pt'on OF the grounds follows.
NO I. 40 yards--Tho tee Is on = ri,o
a,n' carry OF $50 Yards is required to !
ger ONTO the clear Two large trana
guard tho green. which is banked ma
traps gre arranged to catch slicco ~
hooked second shots. Par 4.
no z 40 yards-It IS this hole Var
1L'!eu me pest OF It's kind In Amor
a fn.1
close TO the green. which Is on To-
II is well guarded by traps. as n,sn :.
ne green, the front Of which. howevcr
Is open. Par. 8
No g., ass yards-For this hole an
absolutely straight drive win no rocns
sarT 4 diagonal bunker makes bon,,
or sNce costly. y long shot 10 thc VAR
opens up the holo considerable Ttis
ho!e = splendid test for accnrar,.
and power. Par 9.
No i. al yards-A dltcb ,,,s ,.
ohh!!| across tho course, protcc,inr
Otherwise well-guardcd green ,hn.'
-" yards from the tee on tho rirbt T.;
Trap and there are several otbc, trons
on i"o sam" side and at the rear Of ,hn
green Hooks and slices ON ,hIs $40
are costly. To play A mar VII, '".e
Qu!re great accuracy. al ~
NO. .. ~ yards-A ditch ,,,rs, ha
,.rSsGo by c:iNe from an elevated tee
fu!!ea OF short tee shot. here mcan
trouble. The green IS we'll Guarded nv
traps at the right FAR. 2.
No. 6, 4of yards-A sNon1 DIVE ,
discovers n ditch \ wcll-placcd it,
however gives an easy secoud sbo, -
cross me o'ch The green Is raised ara
euardcG by "A mound ~ the r!sh, and 10
'ahkee al INC rear. Par
One Picturesque Hole.
No. :. 90 varls-Tbe 5i,ch :,
counterod liagoraiiy ,,nii.a en-
" ..:'I-''' VII IND the creek. while