The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-28
M. G. A. ANNOUNCES
LAKEWOOD MEET
Thanksgiving Golf Tourney
Among Pines to Be Resumed
ON Remodelled Course.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

From his new office at $50 Broadway
A III. Pogson. secretary OF the Metro
politan Golf Association. makes forma
announcement of the dates reserved for
the tournament 10 be given by the Lake
wood Country Club. These are Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday. November 20
rs and 81, and although for several
weeks 1t has been known that the
Thanksgiving meeting of the club among
the New Jersey pines is 10 be resumed
this year the event now receives the Of
ficial stamp.
That Lakewood should have taken the
trouble to consult the NJ. G. A. at all
Is rather interesting and TO be regarded
only as q renewed pledge of loyalty TO
the governing organization In this dis
trict There cannot possibly be a clash
between this fixture and any other. but
Notwithstanding this the Lakewood
Country Club desires that announcement
of it's tourney should be made through
the office OF the governing body In the
metropolitan district, the Metropolitan
Golf Association.
Quite in accord with the changed
nature of things Is ii that instead of the
Country Club of Lakewood the club now
is to be known as the Lakewood Coun-
try Club. The new name has come with
a. new course for The circuit down there
in the pine trees has been so changed
about. revised and remodelled that not
even the oldest inhabitant or those who
have not missed a meeting since the
serni-annual scheme of tournaments
down there was first devised would
know IT, To say that the old Lake
e~nI HuI fDfl he
hind the times is putting 1t mildly. The
old circuit was out of date and out OF
balance. with a succession of moderately
good length holes outgoing and tumble
of short ones coming in. that made a
difference of several strokes in the av-
erage card between the two mines.
Walter J. Travis has had charge of
tho reconstruction work at Lakewood,
which is tantamount to saying that the
course now will stand comparison with
the best, for the Garden City veteran
has golfed at Lakewood practically since
the game was played there. and knows
the exact requirements OF that partic-
ular course and its habitues. The state
ment by Travis that not hole of the
old circuit has been utilized for the new
layout leaves linksmen who have not
visited Lakewood since the semi-final
tournaments were suspended to allow
of the remodelling of the course all at
sea. Naturally there Is a good deal of
speculation as to what has been accom-
plished. and Thanksgiving cannot come
too soon.
II Is known for certain that one of the
biggest improvements Of all has to do
with that part of the course across the
stream which formed the water hazard
for tenth and eleventh holes Formerly
forest of pine has backed the tee shot
for the tenth Now into these trees
Travis has cut a swath, and on the
cleared ground he has laid out two new
holes that are unlike anything that Lake.
wood ever has known.
With players in membership such as
Miss Mildred Caverly. Miss Clarence
Vanderbeck and Mrs. Caleb +. Fox
Philadelphia Country Clubs annual
championship tournament generally rises
to heights OF excellence far beyond that
seen at most other purely club events.
The annual title tilt is on again, and all
three women are back in the lists play
ing as Justify as IL the national cham
pionship depended on the result Miss
Caverly, who was national runnerup In
1916. appears to have her home course
down pat, for in the opening round of
inhtcn play sne returned an 81, gong
out in 45 and coming back In 49,
In Miss Maria de Kosenko the Philadel-
phia Country Club would seem to have
another champion in the making. This
player has come TO the front only this
season, but the fact that against Miss
Caverly she went around In 90 indicates
that the big three of the club are liable
to have their work cut out TO keep her
down before the end of another season.
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