Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-19
NATIONAL OPEN GOLF
TOURNEY BEGINS TODAY
Play Starts This Morning mt $50
Over a>i,InS,vn
Links.
COURSE IN FAIR CONDITION
Pathways Almost Perfect, hut Long,
Dry Spell Has burned Greens.
Change Mrtl.ud OF Playing Next
Year.
Ilsy AssocintcL rrnss.l

WASiilNGToN. July iS-plav in
M" National open Golf Tournament
VIII begin a. the Columbia Country
'luh tomorrow with half OF tn. 2Ga
entrants IN an eighteen hole qualify
ing round. 'i'ho thirtN-SiN lowest
scores and all ties for thirty-siNth
place viii he entitled To start in the
actual championship round Thurs
day. Wednesday viii Ia. given over
Ia the qualifying" efforts of the sec
"nd half "f the field
tn" opening pair. consisting Of
Robert White. Wykaeyl and John 4
;owc. Germantown. IA. are schcd-
ul"d to tee off at N.25 y. NJ. Eastern
standard time. and subsequent pairs
Viii follow at iivc-minut" Intervals.
-Four changes were announced to-
half "f the icid. 4. j, Bush. Jr.. the
Nudohon amateur. Withdrew and
James -. Lawson. %; Kansas city.
replaced him In the pairing with Tom
BOYD. Of Fox liillS: u T.. Kelly. Of
''rernhriar. Ia. replaced g. Hughes.
Of Lancaster, in the pairing with
lack Bowling. Of Scarsdalc. Peter
Walsh. of Hraisyillc. IA. takes the
viii play around with Al Watrous.
Max Marston, tn. Philadelphia anna
icur. also was obliged Ia withdra "
on account of business, ana his place
IA the pairing with Jack Burke. st.
raul. has been taken ny j. X. Me
Nulty. I.aGran@c. IL Chick Evans.
who was drawn in the first half of
the qualifying round. asked for moro
time. and Will not take part until
late Wednesday,
\ majority Of the entrants were on
the course during the day and while
none "Gual"d In" remarkable 90. OF
lid scores w"r" made during the
practice. Joseph Sylvester. Of 81.
Adams. was on the eighteenth green
In 60. hut took three puts for "A 60.
Abe Mitchell tn" English profession
al. Was next best With II, while
William Leach. Al Watrous. Mike
l'rady. j. y. Kennedy and Joc Stein
reported 72's.
Tho cours" is in fair condition. the
fairwaNS being almost perfect. bu;
The greens are showing the result OF
tn" recent dry spell. Whil" there *
e wild" diT"r"nC" of opinion regard
mig the probable winner. Joseph
Kirk wood, TIN" Australian; Nh"
liutchiSon. recent winner "f the
English opcn championship, aud Leo
pcigci appear t" hc as near con-
s"nsus of favori'"s rs could hc cN-
peCt"d in such q large. field.
~ q meeting uf tho Professional
Golfers Association for rcorcaniZa-
iion and election Of officers, a formal
protest was planned against the sys-
tenn OF "A qualifying round of only
eighteen holes. larc" majority OF
The professionals are strongly in fn
vor of a ihirty-siN hole qualifying
round. Whit" il was realized that IL
was too late To change the method
mis- season. a determined stand VIII
b" taken AGAINST a repetition Of In"
oighir"n-h"l" round In succeed iig
years It was pointed out that til"
ijrSt thirty-siN players Ia finish in tn"
open We're qualified to enter the l..
- ~ championship, and il was fclt
mat an eighteen hole Qualifying
round was not u 'alr preliminary test
&" determine" tn" best professionals
Of the nation.
MI the old officers or tho rrufcs-
Sionai Golfers Association were re-
elected AT the annual meeting Of tn"
association h.r" tonight. as follows:
G"nrG" sargent Scioto Country
tluh. Columbus. Ohio president.
Gicore" Mclean. Grassy strain y. Y.
vice president: MILFORD Reid. Will
minrton, vicc-pr,sidcnt and Ernest
Anderson. Now York. sccrctary-trcas-
ur"r
The association dccIdcd to hold it's
annual championships as Il was held
laS' year. with tn" nrst thirty-siN
/ plaN"rS in TIA" open championship
/ automatically GualItyiug for the
! Nanamak'r trnphv NrXt year. how
/ eyer. tn" tournament will revert to
/ IA" conditions "f 1919 with sec
I Li"nal qualifying round as tho basis
l ia" aSS"rHriru declared itself in IA
N"r "i u thirty Six hole uuuliCyin.
| round o. 'i.r open championships
II" nHiuh'r OF yards per hole and
! n" par Scor" per hpi- COR the course
! =" Do" played over during the quail.
| Tying and TIA" championship rounds
| "uriur n" next four days. follows.