New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-22
WINTER GOLF NOW
Quite The FASHION
More Competitions than
Ever on the Southern
Courses.
INFORMAL CONTESTS
ON NASSAU LINKS
More Bunkers and Traps To BE
) Installed on Forest Hill
Club Course Soon.

winter golf has become quite the
,.,Alon. for, in addition 20 the great
,,nbr Of competitions scheduled for
-,,lou, Southern courses, some Of the
oar. Northern organizations find 1t
-.,.,nry % provide something TO do
o, thelr members. On every clear
,,7 there may be found g number OF
,..pls out for q round.
lakewood always has desired more
inter golf than It has had, which &C
united for is little tournament only
r.,sntlv. ard for the fact that sdvan-
,.-. has been taken Of the holiday to-
l,y "a stage q medal handicap, per
hitting competitors TO play thlrty-si%
ITfornsl competitions have been IN
.-5.r AZ the Nassau Country Club for
,oT,s time. ard one Of these is sched-
go for next Saturday. points being
- ~. winners. The player col
letting the greatest number OF points
gets prize.
through the addition Of bunkers'
che links Of the Forest Hill Field Club
|-yiII be stlFened In several instances
,Yistins traps will be enlarged. Dave
gonevmsn. the professional, installed
a Few new traps last fall, but the
-,rk will he continued when weather
nsrrlts. Charles L. Cameron IS the
NV chairman Of the tournament com
mittee, and 10 IS planned 20 arrange
a schedule Of club competitions TO be-
I'm earlier this season than usual.
Francis Oulmet. the national anna
,.ur champion. has been further hon
o,sd nv the golfers Of his state. The
hlbenarle Golf Club Of Newton re-
,.rtlv elected the title holder TO hon
oysry membership. {. T. Avery, who
lad been president Of the club for
fifteen years, also was accorded that
honor.
Julian W. Curtiss, OF the Greenwich
Country Club, was recently reelected
o. president OF the Connecticut Stale
Cali Association, the annual tournd-
ptnt Of which will be held over the
Greenwich links. Last summer the
meeting was held at Hartford, ana
bere was talk Of awarding the priVi-
Iege 10 the same place again, because
AZ lis central location and Of the TACT
that there had been several changes
Of importance In the course. Inc
claims OF Greenwich, however, tn
unpbed. The time is June % TO 70.
+. Mortimer Barnes, secretary OF the
METROPOLITAN Golf Association, has gone
IA Nassau. in the Bahamas, for short
stAy. OF course, he took his golf CLUBS
with him. II was Barnes who ellml-
mated Harold II. Hilton, erstwhiie Brit-
IN champion, from the National LINKS
,ournament on the occasion OF Hilton
second American visit.
No end Of interest has been caused
here by the clash between Miss Lillian
y. HYDE, the metropolitan champion
and Miss Elaine Rosenthal, OF Cni-
caro. the national runner-up last faII'
in the Florida championship at Palm
Reach These players did not meet
AZ Nassau in the national, Miss hyoe
tuccumbiug 10 Mrs Ronald Ii. Barlow,
Of philadelphia, who in turn was beat,
On bv Miss Rosenthal. The last named
took Miss HYDE 10 the nineteenth
rreen on Friday at Palm Beach.
Word from Hot Springs, Ark, is 70
the effect that Charles Evans, Jr., the
Western amateur champion, is expect
cd there next week. He visited hoi
Savings last December, and hao
slammed 70 be at Houston, Tex TINS
week