The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27

The tourney last year was held in Dal- las, Tex, and was won by Reuben Bush of New Orleans. Over 100 were en- tered. Thus, with reduced entry list, playing on much better course, the man who wins the championship of Dixie this year will possess an honor which he can justly be proud.
 RULES FOR TOURNEY
 The following the most important rules for the tourney:
 Rules of United States Golf association to govern, with such exceptions as the governing committee may announce dur ing the week of the tournament. The tournament committee will inter- pret the rules and decide disputes, it's decisions to be final, subject to right or appeal under the governing rules.
 The tournament committee reserves the right to require ties in qualifying round to be played off, or adjusted by lot as time and prevailing conditions may war rant
 Special ground jules, If any, will ap- pear on official score card and also be posted on the official bulletin board. j. Entrance fee of s to be paid at the of 4ice of the secretary, or his representa- tive, at the clubhouse of the Roebuck club.
 The annual meeting will be held at the clubhouse, p. m. Tuesday, June 5. Dele- gates are respectfully requested to be prompt in attendance.
 Most of the entries are expected to be in the city on Monday, June 4, for prac- tce. Alabama will probably furnish the largest number of the entries. Birming- ham will furnish more entries than any other southern city. Visitors from Texas to Virginia. however, are expected. BEST IN TWENTY YEARS The committee in charge made the fol- lowing statement for the public yester- day:
 tThe sixteenth annual southern golf championship tournament will be held on the golf links of the Roebuck Golf and Automobile club under the auspicies of the Southern Golf association, June 5-9. This is the first time this tournament has evei been held in the city of Bir- mingham and promises to be one of the best from the standpoint of good golf ever held by the Southern Golf associa- ton.
 ''As this Is to be real championship tournament, it has been decided by the directors, to allow only those to enter who have a handicap of IA or less over par on the club course, of which they are members By doing this it will elimi- nate all those who have no chance to who enter will be allowed to qualify, thereby wedding out the poor golf players and not crOWd1ng the course Tor the best players. However, that all play CTS in the city and golfers rom orner cities whose handicaps would not allow them to enter the championship tourna- ment, as well as those who fail to qualify, the Birmingham Country club has ar- ranged for a tournament to be held on their links during the same week, where every golfer who is not eligible to enter the championship tournament can play in this tournament,
 "So every golf player member of either of the clubs in Birmingham, or any other club in the south. is cordially invited to Birmingham during this week and par ticipate in one of the golf tournaments.
 Those members of the Birmingham Country club. who are not members of Roebuclz club. whose handicap is not higher than IA, and who will enter the championship tournament, the Roebuck golf course will be open to such neffl- bers Saturday, June 2.
 III K. Smith, president of the South ern Golf association, and the father of golf in the south, will be here few days before the tournament begins, to see that everything is in readiness.''