Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-19
Perry Adair to
Defend Title at
Southern Events

Atlanta June 1.-the 10Th annual
Southern Golf Association champion
ship tournament which opens here
Tuesday morning with what officials
expect to be enc of its largest lists of
entrants Will find Perry Adair defend
ing his title of Southern amateur
thoroughly familiar.
The title holder plays from the
Druid Hills club, Atlanta, but also is
member of the Atlanta club and has
played numberless times over the lat
tiers East Lake course where the
Southern amateur title will be decided
III the tournament starting Tuesday,
June 20.
The meet is open to members OF
clubs Of the association, whose home
club handicap based on par OF the
course is not more than IS and en-
trants are expected from throughout
the territory from Virginia to Texas
and Oklahoma. There were 16S play
ers in the qualifying round on the
Belle Meade course at Nashville, last
year and local club officials are maxi
ing preparations for more than that
number this year Entries which are
mailed to Horace I. Smith, Nashville.
president of the Association, may be
made up to the final day.
II. r. (Jac.) Wenzler of Memphis.
runner up last year. and number of
former title holders arc expected to
contest again. Among them are Nell
n,I1 -11n hlS
held the title more than any other
PLAYER. and c. L. Dexter, Dallas, Texas,
another former champion Bobby
Jones. who won it in 1920. is not eX-
poctod to contest this year because of
having recently undergone slight
operation. He plans to save himself
for the national tournament later.
Many of the South's leading anna
teur have played over the East Lake
course here, which was among the
!. first established in Georgia, but en-
trants in the 1922 meet Will find
number Of changes both in distance
and location of holes. Athletic club
officials say the course has been made
one that will call for scientific golf
of the highest grade and that it has
been put in perfect condition for the
tournament.
/ Under the changes, mono of which
are radical, the distances of the holes
were given approximately as follows;
No. ]. 900 yards; No. ,. $50; No. 3
$50; No. 4, 40. No. ), 5S5; No. c, 10;
No. :. 500; ~. s. ESQ: No. 9, 565; No
( TO- 4o5; No. II, 175; No. l., $50; No
is. $50: No. Il, 49, No Is, SO; No
Is. 400: No. Il. 900; No. Is, 195.
! The qualifying round of is holes
medal play will start Tuesday morning
and the 81 lowest scorers will qualify
| for match play III two divisions of 81
each. out of which four flights of 1G
each will be formed by a preliminary
round of IS toles Wednesday. The
team match and the low medalist will
he decided in the qualifying round
and the fnal 1ampio ship match will
be PLAYED Saturday. Matches Will be
for is holes except the second round
championship aid the semi-tinals and
finals in all flights. There Will also
lie n seniors flight in two classes. one
for men between 50 and 81 years of
age and the other for mon over Ga. In
addition the Druid Hills club will con-
duct an invitation meet for those who
fail to lie plac d in the first g.
Among players who are expected to
compete for he championship this
year. in addition to Adair. Wenzler'
Whitney and Dexter are Alex Bush.
Louisville: Pol'ak Boyd, Chattanooga;
Fred Laxton Charlotte; l. L. Graves
and W. II. Rom, Knoxville: Frank
Godchaux, Nashville: 7. NJ. Palmer,
Tampa; Louis Tachaud. Louisville: J.
A. Kennedy. oklahoma City, and Mike
Thomas. Nashville the latter one Of
the few good lcft-handed golfers in
the South.