The New York herald., 1921-12-03
LINKS SOLICITORS
NOT YET DECIDED
Clubs VIII Have Little More
Time Than Formerly to Pre-
pare for Journeys.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

| Notwithstanding the decision arrived
at last January at the annual meeting
of the United States Golf Association
that hereafter courses for the national
championships should be selected a year
or even two years in advance, SO as TO
enable the clubs receiving such assign
| ments to have their circuits In the best
possible shape. no award so far has
been made beyond that OF the amateur
tourney. This event. it was announced
away back in the summer. will go next
year to the Country Club of Brooklne,
Mass. Brookline, them has been given
an additional six months to prepare for.
the amateur-a very necessary six
months it might be remarked AS for
the open and the women's champion
ship it would appear that the selection
committee does not see that there Is
any need to give the clubs holding these
events additional time.
Events of the past season have denf-
onstrated, however, that the necessity
is just as urgent i'm the case of one
championship as in the other. And YET
here we are drifting along toward an
other annual meeting without anything
having been done about the selection OF
the venues save the bare business OF
thinking it over. Skokie, of course has
been mentioned as liable to get the open
meeting. but until something definite
has been accomplished Skokie or any
other club Will not be in a position TO
do anything toward making improve
ments on its links or extensions to its
clubhouse should such happen to I've
necessary.
No blame can be laid at the door Of
the U. S. G. A. The national body, 1t
is understood. long ago turned the mat
ter of selection over to the committees
which usually render a decision as to
the eligible courses for the women.s
open championships. Robert A. Card
ner and his committee have done their
duty. In the case of the amateur they
acted with celerity. It seems, however.
that the committees named by the u. $.
c. A. should be reminded Of the new
ruling and OF the necessity for prompt
action. AS matters now stand the clubs
receiving the women's and open tour
neys for 1922 will have no more time 10
prepare than have the clubs selected
for the honors in previous years.
Heretofore it has been customary for
the delegation at the annual meeting of
the u. S. G. A. to make the final selec-
tion from list of three courses for each
championship drawn up before hand by
the national executive committed Only
one course lOr edCn tourney Will De
named this year, but as the annual meet
ing Is now little more than a month
away it would appear that it is about
time that some definite announcement
was being made in regard to all three
championships.
While it generally has been under
stood that as the women's championship
this year was held at Hollywood, N. J.,
it automatically becomes the turn of the
West for this event Recent utterances
of some of the fair golfers on this sub-
ject indicate that it is not so certain
that this line of procedure will be OBJ
served and this notwithstanding that the
choice all along has seemed to lie be-
tween the Allegheny Country Club or
Pittsburgh and White Sulphur Springs
The latest is that voices have been
raised in favor of awarding the tourna-
ment to New England and preferably to
Providence, the town which has been put
upon the golfing map by the wonderful
playing of Miss Glenna Collett.
But In the final analysis it is doubtful
il the women's national championship
for next year goes to an Eastern club.
White Sulphur, 1t has been declared.
runs ahead of Allegheny for the reason
that the Pittsburgh club has not the ac-
commodations for championship field
and championship crowd. Still IL should
not be surprising IL Allegheny is named.