The Washington herald., 1916-08-13
GOLF NOTES..

The BsnnoCkburn Golf Club has prac-
ttcally decided to hold an invitation tour
nament during the last week of Septern-
her or some time before the Columbia
Country Club tournament which is
scheduled for the middle OF October. This
decision was reached at recent meet
ing of the board of directors, as many of
the members of the Cabin John Club are
of the belief that this will prove a good
workout for the players that enter in
the Columbia event as there has been but
little tournament competition during the
summer months
Great improvements have been made on
the Cabin John links during the past few
weeks, a 5 the greens under the care of
Dave Burgess have been stripped of the
crab grass and the course is now in
Sreat playing shape
Because great many OF its members are
out Of town but very little progress has
been made IN the August tournament of
the Washington Golf and Country Club
Only three flights have been made in
this months tourney instead of the usual
four and the committee is in hopes of
rapid progress during the next two
weeks.
It appears now that the professional
golfers of this vicinity Will be compelled
to wait until next year to decide an issue
In a championship tournament as il is
almost impossible to get all the officers
Of the District together 20 make a de-
ision. II will no doubt ne brought up
at tho md-wnter meeting and then be-
Tome permanent fixture in local ranks
Howard F. Whitney. the secretary Of
the United States Golf Association, last
week sent out the programs OF the two
national championships for the men and
women to the various clubs. In the mems
championship the program provides that
4 thirty-siX-hole qualification round will
be rlayed. On Monday. September J.
thtrty-two players will qualify for the
title. The championship will be played
over the course Of the Merton Cricket
Club of Haverford, Pa. on September 4,
y. 6. : and $. After the qualifying round
the golfers will be compelled to play
thirty-six-hole match each day. bringing
the tournament to a close on Saturday.
September Q
An cightcen-hole qualification round
will start the women's tournament on
Monday. October ., at the Belmont
Spring Country Club. at Waverley. Mass
The first thirty-two players in the quail
ftcation round will qualify for the
championship which will be held over
this beautiful course on the 3rd, 4th. 5th
9Th. and 7th. One eighteen-hole match
will be PLAYED each day and every after
noon excepting Monday there will be
special competition.
The list follows: Tuesday, October g.
consolation handicap for nonQualifiers:
Wednesday, October T. handicap VS.
bosey; Thursday, October 5. driving ap-
preaching and putting contests; Friday,
October s. best ball foursome (scratch) {;
Saturday. October I, mixed foursome
(handicap).
Walter Ragen. the Metropolitan cham
pion- topped a classy and brilliant field
last week in the open tournament OF the
Shawnee Club. Of Shawnee, Pa His
score OF 75-75-150-beat the brilliant
player. Jim Barnes, by one stroke. GIL
Nichols. the winner of the tourney last
year, was a trife off color on the green's
and did the course in 14.
Golf is the ageless sport; the one game
where extreme age or extreme youth do
not act as a handicap.
Two years or so ago, Francis Ouimet,
just out of knickerbockers, entered the
national open Championship-and won
He beat all the crack players in America:
he triumphed over Vardon and Ray, the
great English linkists. And Ouimet then
was still in his teens.
A short time later Walter Travis far
along IN the mites, competed against the
best players in the Metropolitan district
and Travis won the championship.
Harry Vardon was 26 when he won his
first title: he won his sixth at the age Of
"A. Jimmy Braid, also Of England. wasn't
champion until he became 81 years of
age. Since then he has won five cham
pionships-the last at 49, And Braid's
playing at 4e. an age considered far be-
yond athletic prime. was more brilliant
than he displayed at 81.
j. H. Taylor, another English wizard.
was only % when he first took unto him
self title. He was 42 when he won
his fifth. Tom Morris, ranked as one
of the greatest golfers England ever
produced, was II years old when he be-
came champion, while, on the other hand,
old Tom" Morris was 40 before he an
nexed his first crown In 1861.
And so 1t has gone throughout gofing
history; stories OF championships that
Show that age has nothing whatever to
90 with the ultimate outcome; that an
old man has as much chance for victory
as the callow youth; that age doesn't
figure at all in the playing Of the grand
old game