Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-07
Qualifying Round Over
36 Holes Successive
Unique in Golf Annals.
Shots of Team Bouts
By SANDY McNIBLICK

NNHE announcement of Frank L. Wood
i ward president of the United States
Golf Association, that both the east and
west courses of the Merton Golf Club would
be used for the qualifying round in the ma
tional amateur championship to be held in
September is triumph to the enterprise
of the Merton officials.
So far as can be CLEANED from statistics
at hand, this will be the first time in the
history of golf that the qualifying round
of a national tourney of any country has
been played over SO different golf holes.
The plan as reached by the Executive
Committee of the u. S. c.. A, in session at
the close of the open tourney at Mime
apolis, is for all the entrants to play over
both courses. The tourney will start on
Monday instead Of Saturday, as heretofore,
and all will qualify on the one day. The
match play will then go forward on the
east course at Sc holes for the rest of the
week. o-slsy,t
Experts Like Plan %
The committee hopes that the entry list
will not exceed 1870, but 1t is probable that
many more than this will flock to the
Philadelphia course, which has come in for
such wonderful praise in the last few
months.
The committee was Influenced partly to
its decision to play over the west course by
the glowing accounts of its prime condition
that came to II through the inspection OF
It by Donald Ross, Doctor Harbin and
other experts
Some fans expressed disappointment at
the shortening of the event and the spread
ing Of the play over the two courses. Many
had hoped to have the chance on the first
Saturday afternoon to witness the play of
all the entries. This, however, should not
prove serious since the probability is that
most of the players will be hard at II prac-
ticing on that afternoon and the next day.
One objection to the play over two courses
was that 1t would require just twice as much
practice to get in shape but this is overcome
by the fact that there are two more days
now open in which to become familiar with
both the courses.
The Merton committee Is now preparing
to go forward with it's work on the courses
with redoubled vigor. A large amount OF
work in the way OF renovating and re-
modelling the holes has already gone for
ward, and II is hoped that the west course
will be in splendid condition by September.
1t Is as good a test Of golf as the east
course.
Team Title Tilting
The Huntingdon Valley Title Trust, Inc,
started out with rush in the struggle to
hang on 10 its championship crown when
1t began boarding up a monopoly of points
and squeezed dry for itself the first four
matches of the four-ball play. 1t has won
the blue ribbon 12 times out of the IS IL
has been offered,
The course was baked as hard as asphalt,
but the fairway was not burned so that
there were few excuses for not holding the
shots.
Many shots that hit Just on the edge of
the green that looked TO have a good kick
bounded all the way across. But. on the
contrary many shots pitched held with
kick that bore witness to the fact that the
greens were in prime shape
q. Arnold Service, Country Club, sank