THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK
GOLF COURSE CHANGES.
Short Kine-Hole Conrss Lengthened One
Thousand Yards.
Capacity of the Golf Club House
Nearly Doublecl-Other Important
Improvements The Seasons
Tournament Program,
The Pinehurst Golf Courses are now
generally recognized as not only unques
tionably the finest in the South, but the
equal of the well-known Northern
courses as well, and because of this the
number of golfers drawn to Pinehurst
annually is "legion," The United North
and South Amateur championship, held
Golf Club House, are delightful social
features of the season.
Year after year, to provide for the de
mands made by the constantly increasing
popularity of this game, which is now
National in its character, have been
necessary. The management has been
equal to the occasion and the re3ultin an
equipment more than adequate to meet
the demands of the hundreds who daily
spend more or less of their time upon
the courses.
In this particular this past summer has
been a notable one. Among the most
important of the work accomplished has
been the lengthening of the nine-hole,
or what was formerly known as the
"short" course, and the result is a
splendid course of 2,750 yards in length,
replete with novel and interesting features.
around three sides, with a seven foot
width at the north.
The new tennis courts have been built
at the front of the house, which promises
to be popular.
The Pinehurst Golf Club has organized
with the following Board of Governors :
President, Leonard Tufts, Boston ; Treas
urer, Thomas B. Cotter, Pinehurst ; Sec
retary, Herbert L. Jilison, Worcester,
Mass. ; H. W. Priest, Franconia N. H, ;
VV. T. Jenney, Medford, Mass.; A. I.
Creamer, Damariscotta, Maine; Frank
Presbrey, New York City ; George Dut
ton, Harry Dutton, Boston; Charles
Warren, Gardner Perry, Dedham, Mass.
Application for allied membership in the
United States Golf Association will be
made, so that in future members of the
club will, be permitted to play in tourna-
each class to eighteen.) Two classes,
A and B, with cups for winner of each
class.
February 6. Handicap, match play,
tournament for The Village trophies.
(Open only to those holding season Golf
Club tickets.) Cups for winner and runner-up.
February 13. Handicap, match play,
tournaments for The Casino trophies.
Events for men and women, with cups
for the winner and runner-up in each.
February 20. Handicap, medal play,
mixed foursomes, tournament for The
George Washington trophies. Cups for
best net scores.
February 27, "Kicker's Handicap,"
medal play, tournament. Cups for best
net scores, men and women.
March 5. Pinehurst Golf Club cham
pionship, handicap, match play, tourna-
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"THE TROPHIES OFFERED THIS YEAR ARE THE FINEST EVER GIVEN."
each spring, is a contest of National im
portance, one of the big tournaments of
the year and the first of the spring sea
son, and the weekly tournaments draw
fields of entries ranging from fifty to one
hundred, A conspicuous feature at Pine
hurst, is the liberality of the manage
ment in the provision of trophies, and
the cups offered this year make up what
is without doubt, the most extensive and
finest collection ever given under similar
circumstances.
But golfing at Pinehurst is not con
fined alone to expert players. Interest
in the game embraces all classes, young
and old, men and women, sportsmen
and non-sportsmen. In fact, a large pro
portion of the winter colony find never
ending pleasure and satisfaction in the
game. The various matches are followed
by large galleries and the Saturday
afternoon teas and other semi-formal
events, held from time to time at the
Important changes have also been
made in the eighteen-hole course and as
a result opening of the present season
finds this course in superb condition
throughout. Many players are already
here, enjoying the many beauties of
early season. The informal fixtures will
begin in the course of two weeks and
will lead up to the stated program which
begins Saturday, January second, and
continues through the winter, being in
tersperced with many informal events of
which mixed foursomes are always an
interesting feature.
The Golf Club House has been in
creased to nearly twice its former
capacity. The lobby has been enlarged,
a waiting room for women added, and
one hundred and twenty-five new lockers
built. A fifteen foot piazza extends
around three sides and a twenty-two foot
balcony opens up from the observatory
loom on the second floor and extends
ments conducted under the auspices of
the National Association.
The program of stated fixtures for the
season is the most interesting and varied
ever provided, in detail as follows :
January 2. Inauguration handicap,
medal play, tournament. . Cups for best
net and best gross scores.
January 9. Handicap medal play,
tournament for The Harvard trophies.
Cups for the best net and best gross
scores.
January 16. Handicap, match play
tournament for The Berkshire trophies.
Cups for the winner and runner up.
January 23. Handicap, medal play,
tournament for The Holly Inn trophies,
(Handicap limited to eighteen.) Cups
for best net and best gross scores.
January 30. Handicap, medal play,
tournament for The Pinehurst Out
look trophies. (Handicap limited in
ment. (Open only to those holding sea
son Golf Club tickets.) Cups for the
best net and best gross scores in qualifK
cation ; "Championship" cup for winner
and a cup for runner-up. The first six
teen qualify for the match play rounds
in the championship ; second sixteen for
Consolation trophy.
March 12. Handicap, medal play,
tournament for The Carolina trophies.
Handicap limited to eighteen in each
class, A and B, with cups for the two
best net scores in each.
March 19. Annual, consolation,
match play, handicap, tournament, open
only to men and women who have
played in one or more previous tourna
ments and won no prizes. First and
second cups for both men and women.
March 26. Spring, match phiy, handi
cap, tournament. Two classes, A and
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