New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-10
Cup Appears Safe to u S.--Golf Faces Biggest Year
British Course
10 Stage First
Great Tournev
French Amateur. Clss.;.
Also to Attract Exper.
MauIers of 2 Cont;,,en,.
By Ray McCartbu

" e""sioh 10 the winds ~.
are wiling to go or record .s
dieting the year 1921 a recorat
ior golf. In making this statara n.eskef
are taxing as much chance 40 we
logger on Broadway. what ., q Doo'-
addition Of tens Of thousands ~ me
ers entering the lists this vsar pay
various international ma4cbe a'' tns
championship tournaments and ~, ths
dreds of club invitation .ourra, .e nun
"iil be played, the game Of Ok sha.
ENJOY IT'S greatest year Now e.. VII
secret - out we can proceed NJ ma
rest Of the story. win the
Inc first tournament Of na+;o,.
portance will be the Brjt;sb 's..ss IN
championship at Hoyiake or NJ "' 90 an
whlch, incidentally, will be cov as 20.
lrloune readers by our own inirn;.. tSs
Iraatland Rice. Rice will sail fnr SDie
land on May with a new paclaa ing
penons prepared to report the MT.
hatlohai golf, tennis and polo mst.I..
spring this
Following the amateur cbamDior.s;.
~ "hicn ~ Is expected the Ameriea,,
eeam OF Evans, Ouimet. Jones snd
otners VIII make brilliant shown.
".r Scl"e me british women's cham
pionshlp meet, May 30-June (. aa-
This tournament will be of rox.;
lar interest this year because tao =.
the greatest women PLAYERS W. ~ Of
welded q niblick, Cecil LeitcI ever
Alexa Stirling, will compete. The oI snI
OF fhls pair. if they do meet r; i' IN
well worth crossing the Atlantic To a."
Classy Meet in France.
The French amateur chamuionxh;n
Will be classy affair this year i n..
much as the American team will prohs.
ply compete. That will be held ..
June 1915. and will be followed bv ".
British open championship tourney =.
st. Andrews, June 20-21 Here acs;n
there will be plenty of action-enovrh
IN TACT. to hold the interest of collie,
OF ootn TINS country and England. For
N ADDITION to the entire coterie ~
stars of Great Britain who will be on
aand, team of twelve American pro-,
1essionals viii be striving for honors.
Next comes the French open cham.
plonship tournament at lie Toucuet in
which the British and American stars
VIII all participate. The United States
open championship at the Columh;.
Country Club, of Washington. On .Tulv
is to 81, Will be TO pnny affair tb;s
year. Ted Ray will probably come over
to defend his title, and {: DC Mitchell
and George Duncan Will also be on
hand to take part in the strife.
Inc next jump viii he the Canadian
COLI Association amateur champions
at Nunnepcg. This tournament will
be held August 22 To p. Then will
come the United States amateur cham
plonshlp at the st. Louis Country Cluh
September II to "a. And last. but not.
least, the United States Golf Assoe;a.
ton womcn's championship meet viii
be played al the Hollywood Golf Club
October :, TO 8.
These arc only the Eigh-lights. Re-
twiNt and between will be held tbe
various sectional and other tourns-
ments which Will attract their usual
classic fields. The metropolitan ANA
teur championship. for instance. is
grand little tourney that is always q
winner. This competition will be held
on tho course OF the Garden City Coli
Club this season. juno S to II.
Metropolitan Meet in July
The Metropolitan open. which always
attracts field second only to that OF
the national open title tourney. will
be played over the fine Siwanoy Coun-
try Club links July 26 to 80. The
women's Eastern championship meet
one Of the best of the lot. will be
played on the Brookline Country Club
INKS this spring. juno 6 and Z. The
y riscom cup matches will follow on
June and 10.
The intercollegiate championship
tournament, which will be played at
me |reenwich Country Club this year.
'unc 70 to July 2, will be the best
meet or TINS kind ever held. Not only
VIII ire icld Of Americans be better
man ever. but team of Oxford Cam
bridge students win add zest to tho
affair by its entry.
Then there is the Shawnee omen.
July 14-15, which always has y great
leld OF stars and which will bc the
lrst THIS season to have the ENGLISH
stars, Mitchell and Duncan. as com
'etitors; the New Jersey W estchester
team match at the Century club
IN May %; the New jersey amateur
lite meet, June I'd: the Westchester
amateur meet at the Hudson River
Sountry Club June "a; the Westchester
unlor title tournament at the Nj
Vernon club. June 2I-22: the Metro
ooiitan junior championship tourna-
nent a t the Belleclaire Country Club.
June 1929, and host of other invi
atoms tournaments, which will be an
bounced later.
Our little tour CT the South this
winter was an eye-opener as to the
progress the same/of golf is making
and the rapidity of its stride. Thou
'ands that never played any game be
ore are taking to the links ike ducks
o water.