The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-22
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The Metropolitan Golf Association has announced it's nineteeth annual golf amateur cham pionship. to be played at the Brooklawn club on june to '. The championship, as in years past, will consist of a qualify ing round at thirty-siX holes, the lowest sixty-four scores counting only Thirty-two will continue to match play for the championship and the other half of the field will be di- videa into two sixteens to play for prizes. The defeated sixteen in the championship set will play for the Presidents Cup. Golfers must re- member this. The entrance fee will be S5 and must accompany each en- try sent in, but must come from the club secretary instead of the individ ual. Entries will close May 29.
 On Friday afternoon club pairs will play in four-bal1 medal play compe- tition.. Each team will consist of two players with the hest ball only count ing. On Saturday afternoon theTe will be the regular handicap event for players from any metropolitan club. Although there will be plenty of extra daylight, no player will be permitted to start after 2:36 P. M.
 Oswald Kirkby is the present me tropolitan champion, having won this event at Nassau three years ago. He met Fred HerreshoH in the final round The latter is expected home from France shortly and will likely take part. Another good golfer on his way home is Phil Carter, who is expecting to play in this tournament. The Brooklawn Country Club is at Bridgeport, Conn.,, a little over an hours ride from New York.
 The shenecossett Country Club at New London has announced its golf schedule for the season. On July there will be a professional exhibition
 match. On July 19 there will be ladies putting tournament. On July
 22 to 26 the annual July tournament will be played with two siZteens qualifying. On Aug. 8 there will be a four-ball exhibition match among four of the leading amateurs of the country. On Aug. to g the wo-
 mans championship will be played
 with two sixteens qualifying. On Aug. 12 to 15 the annual August Championship will be played. On Aug 20 there will be a mixed put ting tournament. On Aug. 25 a mixed foursome. The usual August ringer contest will be played for as in for mer years.
 William Jabine, one of the Hud- son River Country Clubs stars, had hard luck at Garden City recently in the qualifying round. Jabine was m moving along a his customary pace.
 sinking butts for pars and beginning to wonder whether his round would I,1 T the sixth hole. Here he might have made an easy four had he taken the trouble to remove the flag or have the caddy do it. He clipped up to the cup, hit the pin, and the result was a seven with the penalty of tv O.. l This so unnerved him that he began I dropping a stroke here and mere, with the result that when he reached the home green the card didn't look pressn table, so the world will never know his total.
 A thirty-hix hole qualifying round
 proved to be a. bit too much for tho average golfer at Garden City. Many of them got by with the first round. but couldn't stand the gaff in the aft ernoon, with the result that quite few of our well-known players might have been safely in the select circle if the morning round only counted. One golfer said just before starting out: dread to go out again. If you get away with one pretty fair round on this course you are lucky, but trying to do the thing twice is too much for the nerves in one day" After all, the first sixteen was made up of about the class that should be there. There was one surprise. Henry Topping was unable to get into hls stride and fell by the wayside. get ting no better than the third sixteen. Topping won this event three years ago, the last time it was played.
 Gardiner White has picked up about fifteen pounds in weight and is sure that the extra weight has added to his distance from the tee. Anyway. he is hitting a fine ball now and otherwise playing to form. He will make some of the champs hustle. this year to keep in front of him.