The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-05
TOURNEY COURSES TO
Be SELECTED FRIDAY
National Events Expected to Go
to Detroit. Baltusrol and
OnwentSia.

pHNfnlSld.
The courses for tho three chanpior-
ships Of 1915 will be selected and tho
huch discussed amateur rule question
probablN Will he settled At the annual
meeting ~ tho United States Golf Asso.
citation on Friday evening ~ tAis wcel,
at the Waldorf-Astoria. Delegates from
golf clubs In all parts ~ tho country
VIII attend the meeting. and most Of them
VIII he present at dinner which will
prccede tho business session.
Although the membership roll ~ the
I. 5. -. \ contains tho names Of more
than 400 clubs less than 100 Of them
will have q part IN the actual business
~ tho meeting. only tho delegates
from active clubs, ~ which there ar,
now about ninety. are entitled to vote
In the selection Of courses aud the trans.
action ~ other business The allied
clubs are not allowed to vote The dis
tinction between active and allied clubs
is almost entirely a financial ono the
active clubs paying dues of $50 a year
and the allied clubs only $40
Detroit for the amateur. BIltusrpI for
the open and Onvcntsa for the women'q
are the faNorites Tor the three tournCvs
which thc L. : - y will hold this
year. II is probable that on Friday nIght
the delegates viii select ,hcu MS the
three championship courses 81 1915.
What. u anything. win be done about
altering the amateur ruiz is an open
question though the chances are that
II any alterations are made tine, viii %,
OF minor Charactc~ There has been
no hint lately Of any drastic Legislation
on the subject. and although tho discus.
sion on Friday may wax warm the rule
Is likely 20 he left much ~ It is. Certain
distinctions may Nc drawn A. little more
finely than they are in the present dcGui-
ton. hut no radical changes are likely.
The meeting will mark tho retirement
from official position Of Robert {. Wat
son, who has been president Of tho asgo"ia 10
ton for the last two years and who
served as secretary for four years before
he was promoted 10 his present position.
The new president will ba Frank l..
Woodward OF Denver He has been a
vce-president of the association for the
last two years and served on the executive
committee for the first time In 1912. He
Is now the president of the Western Golf
Association. a position from which ne will
retire within week or two The meet
ing on Friday evening will be the twenty
second annual meeting of the national as
ISOLATION.
A. W. Tilughast. the Philadelphia
golfer. states !u no uncertain fashion his
views on the proposal 20 dchar from the
amateur ranks course arch .te'ts who &C,
cept pay for their services. T.limghast
attributes the desire to professionally
the paid course architects 10 Robert G
Watson and Charles y Macdonald. The
statement Of Tjllughasts views contain,
a frank admission that he designs courses
'or pay and hopes TO continue 20 do so
lie says.
ITO Ice sure there are bounds which
the amateur may not overstcp w.thou
invading the realm Of the professional
and undoubtedly such trausErassionl
should he checked. hut curiously enough
the professionals themselves have not re-
scented the writings OF the amateur. an,
most Of them are free 10 admit that thelI
work in the designing and construction
OF golf courses Is excellent. The profes
siona,s are not raising this question POI
| Il may be traced directly b. a compare
lively small coteric. headed by Mr. Wat
son and Mr. Macdonald. Certainly the,
have a perfect right to their opinions, a
We all have. but 7 will miss my guess b,
wide margin II they succeed tn con
v.ncing the national body that their view
are desirable"
Favored by good weathe the FIRST met
ropoitan tourney OF 1915 at tho countrl
/ Club OF Lakewood on the last two days o
officials were agreeahly surprised by tn
fact that enough golfers appeared % NJ
all four Of tho lights fpr which provision
| had been made and that the tourney ap
pealed to golfers from many clubs is ~
tested by tho fact that only on" m'wb'r .
the club qualified IN the first eight an,
only two IN the second.
George A. Ormlston If the Oakmon
! Country Club has been appointed O. IN
rather unenviahle position OF official han
dicapper by the Western Pennsylyanii
Golf Association. Ormiston IL one o
the most prominent golfers IN the Pitts
burg district and In well known abou
New York. az he is usually found on IN
Pennsylvania team In the annual Leslie
cup competitions.
In Los Angeles the city authorities ar
trying out a scheme that probably woul
meet with favor among the golfers VIII
use the public links in New York II
were tried here Los Angeles IS talNn
care Of some Of It's unemployed men b
putting them T. work on the public gol
course, which they are getting into splen
did condition
Butte. Mon, boasts or or rattle
apologies for. It's golf course whic
manages to get along without blade O
grass on either fairway ur green. ChemI
cal fumes are said TO be the cause OF tn
bald condition Of the Butte links.
Columbia Plays ON own Ice To-day
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