The New York herald., 1922-01-26
GOLFERS OPEN NEW
MID-PINES COURSE
Arthur Yates, With 70, Makes
Best Gross Score in Tour
ney at KnOllwood.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
PINEHuRsT, N. c.. Jan. 25.-The Mid
Pines Country Club. at Knollwood, was
formally opened to-day with blaze OF
hospitality for the golfers of the Sand
Hills neighborhood, II not In a blaze OF
brilliant golf. Mid-Pines Is tho new half
million dollar private golf club on the
boulevard between Pinehurst and South
ern Pines, and the course Is by odds
the most difficult in the sand hills OF
North Carolins.
The members held open house to-day
anl invited all amateur golfers TO try
out their course, a Donald Ross produc-
ton. and. according to competent critics.
as severe q test as Myopia, at Hamilton.
Mass, and other Eastern championship
courses. Many wagered that no one
In to-day's field would break eighty,
and but for Arthur Yates OF the OAK
Hill Club Of Rochester they would have
won.
Yates saved tho day for the Pinehurst
delegation when ne struggled around In
the afternoon in 41-3s-79, and 1t was
the result Of some fine golf. for a terrific
northeast wind chilled the players and
carried shots off the line. Tho boundary
lines on the fairways had all been
marked with "out Of bounds" signs,
which made the going all the more dfff-
cult Many ran for the clubhouse after
playing nine holes and others did not
even start =.
Five prizes were offered. and had II
been allowed Yates would have gone OH
with three OF these. AS 1t was, ne Sc
lected the prize for the lowest net TOT
thirty-six holes. He was Ss In the morn,
inl. and 79 in the afternoon. and allowed
one shot handicap for each round. HIS
ss was the lowest gross In the morning
and his 70 was eleven shots better tnan
the second best gross In the afternoon.
He was the only player to break 20 In
tho morning and the only one to break
either so or 30 in the afternoon.
TIE amateur record for Mid-Pines is
II. and was made by Parker Whitte-
more Of the Country Club, Brooknne'
but he played this round when condi-
tions were much better than they were
to-day.
w c. Hunt Of Dallas. Texas. won the
prize for low gross In the morning with
an even 90, and John d. Chapman or
Greenwich was next to Yates In the az
ternoon and took the low gross silver
waro with a 90. The Rev. T. A. Cheat
ham OF Pittsburgh won the low net for
tho morning round with 9e--12--S7. ana
ID. III. Chandler OF Baltusrol in the af-
ternoon, with Sb-lo-U. Ihe scVrcS :
MORNING ROUND.
Rev. T. A. Cheatham. Pittsburgh. ee-l2,
81; Arthur Yates. Rochester. sell rs; ".
c. Hunt, Dallas. P0-2, SO: II. O. Buckmin-
ster, winchester. 1oo-is, IS; L. =. Adams.
white Marsh. 1ol-is, IS; L. y. Adams
Ardsley, ffo-fs, o2: T.. J. Barber. Englewood.
fo7-i5, o.: w. v. Mills. Brookside. i04-ll.
a3 Sheppard Homens. Englewood. ioom,.
a3 J. II. Bowter, Woodland. 1o5-12, e3;
IT, N. Marshall, Charles River. io!-i.. %;
| r., Gardner, siwanoy. 1os--12. ee; William
harlow. Jr.. Plainfieid, 1o4-s; 90; g. =.
FOwnss. RittsSursh; iis-is, s1; w; C, G
| Tuffaio. iis-i4, 90: v. L.. p. schriver
Philadelphia, fii-ii, 100; p. " Covert
| Lockport, iie-i7, 1of; w. T. Barr, Pine
hurst, iti-10, 10i.
AFTERNOON SCORES.
n IT. Chandler, Batusroi. oo-ls. a.
| Yates. To-f, Ts; w. o. Wittpenn. Ardsley
iios~22. 81 hpckmlnster. se,iss; 81 pr
Adams. 10o-13, 81; g. II. Fownes. p2-a
s7 chapman. a0-2, ss Heating, "a. 80
Mills. i0i-it, 90; Homans. Do. s2; Har'
/ low, 1908, o.