The New York herald., 1921-11-01
LAKEWOOD IS LAST
EVENT FOR GOLFERS
Metropolitan Linksmen Get
ting Ready for Closing Tour
ney Among Pines.
by KERR N. PETRIE.

Fir the first time in its history the
Lakewood Country Club has issued a
schedule that not only takes up the last
threads of play in the northern sector for
the year but. working right over into the
new year. lays the plans for the early
play of 1922. BY this 1t would seem that
the officials of Lakewood believe it Is
about time that their course got some
recognition by those who do not believe
1t Is time to put away the golf clubs
when the leaves of autumn begin to litter
the putting green.
The big event on the Lakewood calen-
dar for the immediate future is of course
the annual autumn tournament on Mo-
vember II, Is and 10. an event to which
metropolitan golfers now are looking
forward since the railroad troubles have
been satisfactorily smoothed over. In
former years the closing event of the
Lakewood season invariably has been
associated with Thanksgiving, but this
time there Is to be another Thanksgiv-
ing feature on November "a. Play in this
competition will be by handicap, with
prizes for gross and net scores.
Other holiday attractions will be the
Christmas bogey handicap and the New
Year handicap against par. Then on
Lincoln's Birthday there will be best
ball competition against bogie and on
Washington's Birthday o tombstone
handicap. Elaborate plans also have
been laid for the spring play, as there
are to be two big events in addition to
the regular spring tournament to be
decided May 4, and 6. These are an
Easter tourney. with eights to qualify,
on April IA and is, and the Shanley
memorial cup meeting for seniors 90
years over on May 2 and 3. The veter-
ans will be quick to note the change
made on their behalf, as the Shanley
memorial trophy heretofore has been de-
cided in a single day, over eighteen
holes.
Pinehurst has added two new events
to its schedule this year, the more I'M
portant being the first annual Carolina
tournament for women on December .,
7. s and 8. There will also be n tourney
for juniors on December p and %. In
the women's event the contestants will
qualify in divisions of eight
With the recent mild weather the
Northern golfer has not been giving
great deal of attention to the coming
Southern season. but the fact of the mat
ter Is that the first tourney at Pine
hurst begins on November 3. And
while the players are holding forth at
Lakewood amateurs and professionals
will be taking part in the second mid
South amateur professional best ball
match. The dates for this meeting are
November IS and 10.
A lot of golf of high quality was
played recently in the annual title tour
ney of the Westbrook GOLF Club by n
rroup of golfers who appear TO have
long since lost their keenness for open
invitation competition. The title finally
fell 10 Edward S. Knapp. the secretary
of the club. who with a 10 in the first
eighteen holes stood z up on w. r.
Simonds and then only had to hold his
advantage in the afternoon to win by
S up and 6 60 play.
Those who qualified for the match
play were Malcolm McBurney. III. Il.
Hollins, Jr Quentin Feitner, Edward S.
Knapp. w. r. Simonds. Alfred S. Bourne,
J. B. Cornell and Charles Morgan. In
the first round the only close contest
was that between Simonds and Bourne.
who won the Cherry Valley tourney this
year for the second time in succession.
The match finished in Simonds's favor by
1 UP. McBurney beat Morgan, 4 and 3;