The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-16
TOURNAMENT GOLF
WILL Be RESUMED
National Links Invitation and
New York Golf Club Event
End Lull, This Week.
WHITNEY TO THE FORE

After the usual midsummer respite,
tournament golf will be resumed. this
week in the Metropolitan district. The
programme for the week includes two
tournaments. and although they on
eIc, in point Of time. 1t is not likely
tina, they will Interfere with each other
in any material way. They are the
Invitation tournament OF the National
Golf Links of America on Thursday.
Friday and Saturday. and the New York
Golf Clubs annual tournament at Van
corlandt Park on Wednesday. Thurs
cay and Friday.
The tournament at the National Links
will be the ffth annual tourney OF the
big Long Island organization and should
attract a good field. Many golfers will
use il as a training period Tor the ma
tional championship at Detroit which Is
close at hand, -, -. ~.
Play will begin on Thursday with an
eighteen hole qualifying round, M
match play will not begin until Friday.
match rounds including the Anal at
eighteen holes. Three sixteens and al
equal number of beaten Fights have been
proytded for by the club and there will
be an eighteen hole handicap on Sat
urday. o~pen'tolall except the fnattsts.
Although the invitation tourney at the
National Links has been a fixture only
since 1911, It's history includes the
names Of many famous golfers. Harold
H. Hilton. fresh from his triumph at
ApswaInis, won the first tourney in
1911. defeating Chick Evans I'm the Anal
round. and in 1912 the winner vas Fred
Herreshof. who bea f. Mortimer
Barnes in the final, after the Englewood
golfer. had eliminated Hilton. McKim
Hollns won in 1918. the rune up be-
ing Henry ]. Topping and last year
Fhiiip rarttr triumphed owe Max
MarstUn. -
By beating Philip Carter at Shin
ncock Hills on Saturday to the tune
a, 7 up and g TO play In a thirty
six hole match Nelson whitney OF New
orleans has shown that he will be a
cgter TO. be reckoned with at De-
trut Carter is recognized as n OF
the rest golfers in the Metropolitan
district and those VINO watched the
match on Saturday ssy that he never
had 4 chance TO win. Whitney was
playing IAN unbeatable game and his
plsy Is the one topic OF conversation In
the big golhng colony at Southampton.
A few days ago he made a ~ over the
National Links, and hat kind OF golf
will carry him TO victory in almost any
company.
An odd incident cropped NJ In one
81 the early rounds Of the Shinnecock
Huls tourney. Morgan j.. O'Brien, Jr..
played his. hall into a trap on the eighth
hoe. and taking out his nibllck popped
OUT clearly I o within ten feet OF the
pdn-
Much elated by his escape from dim
Guilty he walked over prepared TO hole
the ten foot putt, but on eaching the
ball found that II had assumed the
shane OF an egg. II took just I'VE
puts to induce the quondam sphere to
enter the cup. DR., Col,n Carter, father
o. Phillp Carter. Is now the possessor
~ the egg shaped bail. as O'Brien de-
cded that he had seen quite enough OF
(, 'vnen Il toppled into the cup after he
hid hat II FOR the Attn time.
Only. eolfcrs VINO are bona fde resi-
dents ~ New York city are eligible
"a, play in rhe New York Golf Cluo's
touyra which begins on Wednes-
day on the public links in Van Cort.
lard. Park. Thirtv-two golfers Will
qualify on Wednesday morning, n
the if&s. match round will he played IN
the afternoon. All match rounds viii be
az eighteen holes the hnal coming on
Friday afternoon.
Tho winner Of the tourney will obtain
possrsySn Of the Herald cup Tor one
year. II q now held by J. II. Buckoee.
The sixteen golfers beaten on Wednesday
afternoon viii continue at match. play
for a cup given by the New York COLI
Clue, Entries s,ould be sent to Harry
F. Black. ~ Walker street, New YORK
city. not later than to-day. Each en-
trant must state his legal residence,
NaSy Metropolitan golfers who are in
New Enaland probably will play In the
ANNA teIrnameut OF the Stockbridge
Golt Club at S~tockbridge, Mass, on
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day. ofthis week. The Stockbridee tour
rament has been an annual event for
many years and this weeks tourney
wi, BE OF more than usual interest as II
VIII he played over the recently length
encd course, which was opened only a
few days ago,
Out In the West the main event Of
the week will, DO, the Western open
champion ship at the Glen Oak coun
Try Club, near Chicago, on Wednesday
and Thursday, The championship will
ee preceded by two special competitions,
m amateur-professional match to-day
and a th!rty-six hole medal play compe-
t''on Tomorrow A number of East
EN- professionals, including James ".
Barnes Of Whitemsrsh Valley, near
Philadelphia, who Is the present holder
~ the. Western open title. probably will
pay at Glen Oak this week.