New-York tribune., 1920-02-26

Ai'S Soiiihi'tSc leiU lengthy r
he dates and conditions of the chan
seeded on. No announcement will
appointment of a committee to con
~ be taken up at later meeting.
following the open title meeting the
Jlateur championship will take place.
Ms will be held at the Engineers Club
s Roslyn. l.. l., from September 6 to
/. The women will compete for their
Iationai championship laurels over the
nurse Of the Mayfeld Country Club
Il Cleveland from October to 9.
This arrangement Of the CHAMPION
ftlps is sure to be satisfactory to
%'rybody. and means that, beginning
iariy IN June, we are going to have
season of international competition
ne like of which has probably never
,een staged The placing of the omen
htle meeting for the middle of August
means that the best golfers on this
nde VIII be able to cross the water to
sngland: that the greatest British
PAYERS VIII be here in force, and that
here probably will be also a galaxy
u French stars on hand for the event
Greatest Season Expected
This summer will see international
matches follow in rapid order. Interest
mould be keener than ever and for a
Nnger period, and the standard of NAV
'hould be higher than it has been in
fears, II not since golf was originated.
several changes have been made in
The manner of playing the open cham.
plonshlp this year. For instance i
Eas decided to have the competition
sxtend over four days instead Of three
Ind TO have qualifying round. This
qualifying round will take place on
ship. 'N''
The entire field will play an 1s-ho>e
round then those making the sixtv-
tour best scores and ties will comoete
On 12-hole circuit for the title. The
tes, scores will not count. but viii
simply qualify the contestants for the
chan plonship proper.
This was the manner in which the
open title was decided in 1915 and !,
lslo, but last year the scores of the
CONTESTANTS counted from the first dav. |
IN England 1t has been the custom, par
tlcularly in recent years, to EMPLOY |
the qualifying round. The same svs-
tenn VIII be used in the title meeting
abroad this June.
Prize Money Increased
The committee also decided to raise
the amount of prize money to be given
the contestants, as follows: First. $500 |
ana god medal to the winner OF the |
e. amplonship; the winner is also to
have custody of the championship cup.
but must, if required, give security for
its safe keeping. The second prize will |
be 500 third 5000 fourth S15o fifth
sl0O. sixth 500 seventh $50, eighth SIS. |
ninth $50 tenth S65. eleventh $50 and |
twelfth S55. ''''N'
This is an increase over former
ord. $3.50; third. $50, and down to
tenth in the order finished. s25. In
NIX ng these changes the committee
considered the increased expense to
WI en- contestants are put, and the
amounts were increased more toward
tie bottom of the list than at the TOP.
The committee felt that the successful
contestants could reap the benefit of
their showing in the tournament, and
that 1t was wiser to make the increases
further down the line and to give two
more money prizes.
The placing of the open champion
ship IN August shows that there is no
SCI time for this meeting. When Var
don and Ray came here in 1913 to par
ticipate in the United States cham
ponshlp the tournament was held in
SepJemoer. Last year it was staged
In June and the amateur cham pionship
was held two months "a .er. The wom-
en IS meeting this year comes only
week later than last season.
Last Years Winners
The winner of last years open cham
ponship was Walter Hagen of Detroit.
Mike J. Brady. of Watertown. Mass,
finished second and Jock Hutchinson.
Of Golf, H.. third. On the pay-off
Tor first place Hagen defeated Brady
~ to 10 at eighteen holes. The tour
ney was held at Braeburn in Boston
The amateur championship, played
at Oakmont c; c., Pittsburgh on Au-
gust %, was won by S. Davidson Her
ron of that city. Heron defeated
Robert Jones jr., of Atlanta in the
final by and A. Miss Alexa Stirling,
o. Atlanta. was the winner of the wom-
ems title, played over the course of
Shawnee on-Delaware, Pa She de-
feated Mrs. w. A. Gavin, of Bay Shore,
L. l., and 5.
With the dates of the national title
tournaments settled, it is expected now
that the Metropolitan Association will