The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-14
GOLF TOURNAMENT
AT BRATTLEBORO
Annual Meeting Of State Association
to Be Held During Second Week
in AUGUST.

Brattleboro, July 14-The 18th an
nual state tournament of the Vermont
State Golf association will take place
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Aug
IL, 1S and IA, over the Bratteboro
Country club course. 1t is the first
time in the history OF the organization
that the state tournament has been
staged in this town and local golfers
are planning to make the event as sue
cessful as they know how. The an
nual meeting Of the association, OF
which l.. L. Dunham of this town is
president and Joseph G. Estey secre.
tary and treasurer. will be held at the
local club house Friday, the second
! day of the tournament.
The tournament Is open to amateur
members of Vermont golf clubs. Prizes
will be given to the winner of the tour
Inament and the runner-up, to the win
Iners of the second and third sixteens,
10 the winners of the losing eight Of
the first, second and third sixteens,
for the best score in qualifying round,
and for the best gross and net scores
in medal play. handicap on Augl a. '
The Governor Mccullough cup, pre-.
lcented by the MT. Anthony Country
club for annual competition, will be
icoinpe ed for under the following CON
ditions: -Four members Of each club
competing shall be designated by It's
secretary, and their names handed to
the tournament committee before s ?.
M Aug. 11th to the club whose four
representatives thus designated make
the lowest aggregate score in the
qualifying round will be awarded the
cur.
Entries properly accredited by club
secretaries must be made to Joseph
G. Es.ey, secretary of the tournament
committee, before p. M. Aug. II. The
secretary will be at the Country club
on that evening to receive entries.
All regular members of the clubs OF
this association-acocrding to the mos
bership rules OF the club to which
they belong-are eligible to compete
provided they have been so qualified
| during a previous season or for thirty
days before the competition of the
current season, upon payment OF an
entrance fee Of 50 each, Residents
OF the state of Vermont, not members
OF such clubs are also eligible to com
pete upon payment Of an entrance
fec o. IS each
Rules of the United States Golf as
socation will govern.
The schedule is as follows:
Thursday-Aug. 1850 m, Quail
| fly round, 18 holes medal play. Players
will be paired and time drawn First
sixteen qualify for championship
1.3O D. m. First round match play, Is
holes, first, second and third sixteens
Friday, Aug. 1880 a. m. Second
round, match play, IS holes. Losing
eight of three sixteens continue to
play. 2.3O p m. Semi-final round
match play, IS holes.
Saturday, Aug. 1880 a. m. Fin
ais. Match play, 36 holes for the
championship Match play 18 holes
all other matches. Handicap, Is holes
medal play. Prizes for best gross and
best net scores; both cannot be won
by the same player. The handicap
match will be played Saturday fore
noon. The Tournament committee re-
quests that the club secretaries, in
sending in entries for the tournament,
state the handicap of each player en-.
tered, on his home course, together
with the number of strokes consider
ed as scratch" on such course.