Weekly journal-miner., 1920-05-12
TOURNAMENT OF COUNTRY CLUB
 IS BEGUN

Play in the first spring tournament of the Hassayampa Country club is starting in five flights, and it is hoped that by the end of the month enough attested score cards may be on file to enable a handicap committee to place the players.
 The gratifying round IS over and 38 players are off for the five prizes
 The following rules hvea been made by the tournament committee:
 l. The tournament shall be played by match play. Each hole shall count one point and contestants shall play eighteen holes.
 l. If both balls are on the green, the ball nearest the hole must play out before the farthest ball plays.
 5. Each bali shall be allowed fair lie on the fairway, but balls must not be teed up on the fairway.
 4. A bail may be removed two club lengths from trees or rocks on or off the fairway and dropped with out penalty, but not nearer the hole
 ,. In the rough, the ball must be played as 1t lies except for removal two club lengths from trees or rocks.
 6. A ball driven off the club prop erty or over a fence shall be con sidered out of bounds, and if driven from tee, player shall tee up and drive another ball with penalty of one stroke. If driven out of bounds from the fairway. player shall drop another ball and count one stroke for the ball driven out of bounds, but shall continue play
 z. A lost ball loses that hole. After searching in vain for five min utes ball shall be considered lost.
 s. Ditches shall be considered haz- ards as follows:
 On No. 1--Thc ditch near No. 1 green.
 On No. 2-The bridged ditch near No. ? green.
 On No. 3-Tho ditch near No. 5 green.
 On No. 1.-The ditch near No. 4 tee.
 On No. 5-Two ditchcs, the first in the flat beyond the second small hill after leaving No. 5 tee, the second the cross ditch near No. 5 green.
 On No. 6-Two ditchcs, the first in the flat between No. c tee and the bunkers, the second the ditch run uing from the right of the fairway westward, and then southward ill front of No. green.
 g. Player shall have the option of picking up balls in hazards and drop ping on the side of the hazard away from the green with loss of one stroke, or the option of playing the ball out Of the hazard without pen atty.
 10. If played from the hazard balls may be laid out of tracks, ruts and | or from among rocks without penalty, but cannot be laid out of the hazard without penalty.
 Il. When playing ball out of hazard the players club must not be grounded. Grounding the club in ad- dressing the ball shall be counted one stroke.
 F. Players are requested to play put the full eighteen holes during each match and to turn in their cards with full scores for the benefit of he handicap committee in arranging future handicap tournaments.
 B. All cards must be dated, signed ,y both players and turned in to the committee.
 IA. The players matched in the 'arious flights are requested to com nuuicate with each other and ar angc to play off their matches at heir own convenience, the first matches to be played and reported O the tournament committee not ater than the evening of Sunday, Jay 10th.
 Is. The survivors of the first matches will play the next match not ltcr than Sunday May 5rd, and the inals will be played not later than 1