The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-04-28
COLFING SEASON
OFFICIALLY OPEN
Some Changes Made in Tournament
Arrangements at Barre Golf
Club Course.

Barre was officially "pried' off Tuesday
when professional Frank Leith OF the
Barre Golf club opened the greens 70
the members. Until that time tenn
porary greens had been prepared, and
many members and their guests took
the opportunity to loosen" up after q
six months tie-up while "Old Man
Winter held sway.
Already much interest has been
aroused in the game and while the
season Of 1921 broke all records in
membership and interest shown in the
ancient and royal game, 1922 opens
fully as auspiciously. The club already
enjoys a membership of nearly $50. the
| limit placed at recent meeting Of
club members in revision of the by
laws. At the present time the outlook
would seem that the quota will be soon
taken up and that many names will
be added to a waiting list.
An important meeting of the tourna-
ment committee held Monday evening
! brought out many radical changes in
the present method Of holding tourna-
ments which tends to increase the in
ferest for every member and TO furnish
a real contest for the many prizes to
be offered.
The old weekly handicap tournament
is to be abolished. 1t had appeared to
the committee that a prolonged con-
! test in the summer and fall tourna-
ments had outlived its usefulness so
| far as furnishing amusement for the
members was concerned. In its place
will appear two separate tournaments,
the first known as the monthly handi-
cap tournament and the second as the
monthly match tournament. Each tour
nament IL expected to produce results
which the old weekly has failed TO do.
Dates for the monthly handicap tour
nament have been arranged as follows:
May tournament, May to Is, inclu-
siye: June tournament, june TO lU,
inclusive; July tournament, July 10 to
| Is, inclusive; August tournament, Aug
Ia to ~, inclusive; September tourna-
ment, Sept. III to Is, inclusive. Handi-
caps for this tournament have been as
signed by the committee for every
member whose ability has already been
ascertained. Others, who have not been
rated and whose handicap will not APP
pear on the club bulletin board, will be
asked to furnish cards to a committee
man as soon as possible so that the
Nav tournament can be opened with
every member participating.
This tournament will resemble Tor
| the most part the old weekly tourna-
ment. II will be conducted on the basis
of medal play with the low net score
winning the monthly prize. Practically
the same rules which governed the old
tournament will apply TO the new one.
However, one important change has
been made. Instead Of one prize TO be
awarded 10 the high scorer in the mid
die and end of the season, there viii
be six prizes awarded every month, so
that a new interest viii be created
with every tournament. Tournament
must be played within the dates men
toned above.
The second feature OF the change,
the monthly match tournament viii
be conducted along the following lines.
Teams "A" and "B,p representing ev-
ery member of the club regardless of
their merits as golfers, will be chosen
once a month 10 participate during the
week specified in a match. Players will
be paired of as nearly as possible ac-
cording to their handieaps. Every mem
Der of the winning team for the month
is TO receive a prize. In contrast to the
handicap tournament where no entry
fee il charged, in this small fee viii
be charged each Of the contestants to
insure the giving Of prizes 10 the win
ners. It is hoped that through this in.
novation an interest may be created
in match play and a source may be eff
fected whereby members can be more
competently placed for team matches.
IL may be said that if any case
should arise where one man may be
opposed to another who j. entitled 20
either a larger or smaller handicap
provision will be made-by the tourna-
ment committee through the arranging
Of match handicaps whereby the match
viii be made as even as possible.
The dates Of the match tournament
follow: May p to "a, June 10 to "a,
July p TO 20. August 81 TO 20, Sep
TENDER Is to 30. Names Of each man
and his opponent viii be published on
the club bulletin board a week ahead
OF the tournament and il will be the
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