The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-17
UNEVEN TEES LAST
WORD FOR GOLFERS
Coursc Architects to Decide on
Innovation to Make Play
More Difficult.
MANY JOURNEYS on TAP

TOO that IL not level. but which
,,o,es or has ridges in 1t. The main
,,,sop for the advent OF the new crea-
,tor IL tho fact that the course archi-
...,s have run out of other Ideas. and
,..o architectilre would not be course
...stecturc II il did not produce some
,,v lad or fancy every once In a
,bre such new ideas are necessary to
Oh, course architect. for otherwise club
o,rnit,ccmen and others might learn
III. trade and try to get along without
the experts.
~ course other reasons are assigned
Oar the invention OF the new kind OF
.,,, nv tho men who lay out golf courses.
rb.y say that the present scheme of
having eighteen fiat tees is most mo-
,o.onous and does not provide the
anxious golfer with sufficient opportuni-
GO, N show his skill. Tees with irregular
.~p-f,ces will make driving a real art,
The, say. and not the simple matter
that II Is now.
10 lHf kbAA'l "N' ~ ~
believe that driving is a simple matter
f-om the smoothcst. --LATEST sort Of sur
lace the new idea will not be welcome,
and certain portly golfers will cross OF
such courses as sleepy Hollow from their
visiting lists II the tees are no longer
10 10 nat. for in that case there would
n. no haven OF safety at any point In
the round.
"A for the good golfers. they will have
10 get used To them just as they have
had 10 get used to all the other innova-
lions that the course architects have
produced proudly from time to time.
\, present the new tees have not in
yaded the metropolitan district. but with
,ne course architects backing them 1t
will not he long before they begin to
crop up here and there. and once on the
srere they will he all the rage until the
links architects bring forth something
else.
This week will be one OF the busiest
OF the golf season from a competitive
standpoint. Some kind Of tournament Is
scheduled Tor every day In the week
The golfer who cannot find some com
petition to his liking will be hard &c
please.
Although 1t is not first from a chrome
logical standpoint. the Garden city in
yitation tournament will be the big even
o. the week. The Garden City tourna'
ment always attracts "A good field an
nearly all the prominent golfers wh'
played at Oakland last week will b.
on hand at Garden City on Thursday.
III. .,,.tlfAfpa ,nppI u.t1f hn ninNaf
on the morning OF hat day II will b.
eighteen holes. four siNtecns to qualify
in the afternoon there will be a fou
ball handicap and the match play vii
Mt begin until Friday. when two round
viii he played. The semi-hnals an
finals IN the -four siSteens and fou
beaten Fights will he played on Saturda!
and there also will be the usual handicap
on that day. Always "A purist in go,tini
matters, the Garden city club Will no
perm, the semi-inalists in any divlsio
10 play in the handicap.
Entries for the tournament will clos
to-day. so golfers who wish to pla
should send in their names at once
Walter J. Travis probably will he o
hand, hut as before stated. provision ha
been made for four sixteens.
Al the Greenwich Country Club o
Wednesday the novel competition ar
nounced two or three weeks ago will /
played. Walter Hagin. Aleck and MAJ
donald smith and Tom Mcnamara wi
play an eighteen hole round in the morr
inE. and in the afternoon four profe,
sionals will draw lots for their partner
IN an neutrality-suspicious. best Ia
competition. The four amateurs fo
whom the lots will he drawn are Jeron
y Travers, oswald kirkby, Fred Hel
reshon and Henry j. Topping.
The Greenwich tourney surely shou
ho 4 treat for the golfers and the ide
probably viii be copied by other clubs.
Another Wednesday event will he II
University club Golf As uciation
spring tournament at the Ardsley Gu
TIE University club contingent VIII .
10 Ardsley on "A special train. which W,
hdye Grand Central Station at ) =
A VI. The field will play thirty-s
holes OF golf for a varied assortment
prizes.
The University club Journeys ha'
been S~'Wi-auuual events for n gre
many year,. For a long time they we
played At st. Andrews. but "A year
NO ago the former collegians began
wander and have visited several otf
courses. This will be their first II
10 Ard,ley. however. and as usual tn
Will play rain or shine.
Tho Eastern inter.cholastic champio
thp VIII begin at Wykagyl this NOR
lng and viii continue through Wedn'
DAY. rhilIp carter, the present hold
or THO f.f'4 uhp ,Inn tho Oakland tOl
rameUt ON saturday, has left school.
a rev champion Il assurel. Filmt
Il R0hosou, who won the United MOI
and South tourney at Pinehurst Ii
month. vii be the favorite with Car
Our NJ
Tho chief interest. however. will
IN M" new material that appears, for
N''r'rh0Ils 3, championship always
ht"'y 20 produce som" unheralo
l.unR.''r NuO Is destined to pcrfo
great t,t,s.
The Moments Metropolitan Golf
~s'.a'.uu also viii ave "a busy We
I"" tn'I round of the series of han
cap team matches. which haV" met "
such married success. will be played
h'nfrI". Ia glewood and Tuxedo are
t"dl,s', and hey Will settle In" qu
Ton OF supremacy over the neut
green ot the ArCOla Country Club.
mat. W,l begin at 10 o'clock.
On Thursday the women golfers
pay Their second one day tournament
ihe season a. Apawamis. Al Montcl
laSt week a field OF over one fund
'Hrned on Apawamis IL such "A 20
"r course that the attendance mi
may be- exceeded on ThursdaS' at rye
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