The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-07
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OFFICIALS of the Forest Hills
~ Country Club in Richmond are
adding the finishing touches to their
course and clubhouse this week pre-
paratory to entertaining the thirty
fifth annual Indiana Golf Associa-
ton State Amateur championship
over that links next week, Aug. II
to II, inc .uSive.
G. A. Young, West Lafayette, Ind,
association president; Homer l..
Flanagan. Charlottesville. vice presi-
dent. and J. j. MosSler. Indianapolis,
veteran secretary and treasurer, will
arrive there Saturday afternoon
along with an advance guard of
players who are anxious to set in as
much practice as possible over the
championship layout before the
opening shot of the tournament is
made Monday morning.
TOHN INQUIRE, Speedway course,
- Indianapolis, defending cham
pion, will be on hand early getting
his game in shape after several
weeks of inactivity. Mcguire took
part in big pro-amateur tourna-
ment there last Sunday and teamed
with Chuck Garringer, Speedway
pro, to score a SO best ball and
take second place.
Also among the early arrivals is
expected to be Fritz Cox, Terre
Haute, runner-up last year, and
Phil Talbot of Bloomington, several
times runner-up but never able to
get under the last wire a victor.
The Forrest Hills camp, that has
been open for practice all this week
without fee. offers the state simon
pureS" a test they have not en-
countered in recent tournament
years. 1t demands exceptionally
straight tee shots to escape heavy
wooded boundaries on the fairways,
really tough rough, and demands a
perfect touch on the fast greens.
TINE course is long, a par u test,
i So out and the same total
back. There are four par three
holes, four par SIS and all the rest
Is, some of which can be negotiated
in brides and where bit of wild
ness means a six or a seven.
The desire of the players to get
in as much advance practice as pos
sible comes because of a change this
year to an l8-hole qualification
test. The 81 players with the lowest
18-hole totals on Monday will quail
fly for the championship flight and
begin match play on Tuesday. Here
to fore the qualification test has
been SO holes, 10 on Monday and
the same number on Tuesday, 80
to qualify.
There will be two rounds of 10
holes matches Tuesday, the first to
reduce the field to 30 and the sec
ond in the afternoon to cut the field
to 16. Wednesday morning SO hole
matches will begin, to reduce the
field to eight. The quarter-hnals
Thursday also will be So holes to
reduce the field to four, and the
semi-flnals Friday repeater of the
program. The final match Satur-
day will be So holes.
TNHERE will be prize for the
i medalist of the 18-hole qualify
ing round Monday; also prizes for
the winner, runnerup and losing
Semi-finalistS.
In anticipation Of a large entry
the officials have arranged for three
consolation flights of Is each for
the players who do not make the
select 81 in the championship flight.
They will play 18-hole matches, and
one round a day.
In addition there will be a special
flight Thursday for all players who
up until Wednesday night have
been eliminated from the cnam-
pionship fight. 1t will amount to
an 16-hole medal score round in
the afternoon. Trophies will be
awarded to the winner and runner
up in each flight.
Entry fee for the tournament will
be S. per player. Of course, it is
necessary that the player be from a
member club Of the state associa-
ton of which there were A paid up
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nouncing the program was mailed