feV4W "1 PACE gSlg THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK "MADE IN UNITED STATES" Pinelmrst's Sixty-Holes of Golf Superior To the European Product War's Xnibarg-o Brings Villa? Into Promincncf an World' Leading Exponent of Ancient Game THE WAR'S embargo on European golf has no terrors for Ameri cans, bringing Pine hurst as it does, into preeminence as the world's leading expo nent of the ancient game. K Sixty holes twelve miles of golf three eighteen and one six hole course, is the equipment which claims an army of golfers annual ly. Scouts on the field in October, skir mishers spreading out for action early in November, companies ,now on the firing line; reinforcements of regiments and batallions hurrying Southward as Dec ember advances. H First big battle scheduled for early in January with never a sign of truce until the last gun of the " United" Championship in April, t Regulars and recruits; combatants and non-combatants; signal corps and red cross; commissary and ambulance; all intent from breakfast prophesies to nineteenth-hole good nights 1 COUNTRY CLUB ANNUALS " Engineers ' ' busy all summer with "fortifications," extensions, and im provements of the battlefields which are dealt with in a separate article. The tournament program begun with infor mal November events, includes the follow ing annuals: Eleventh Annual Autumn Decern ber 2, 3, 4, 5 Sterling cup for best qual ification score, President's and Govern ors' cups to division winners, sterling cups to first division runner-up and con eolation winner, silver medal to second division runner-up and consolation. Eleventh Annual Holiday Decem ber 28, 29, 30, 31 Gold medal for best qualification score, President's, Govern ors' and Secretary's cups to division winners, sterling cups to first and second division runners-up and consolation win ners, silver medals to third division runner-up and consolation winners. Twelth Annual Midwinter (Pine hurst System) January 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Gold medal for best qualification score, President's, Governors', Secretary's and Treasurer's cups to division winners, 'sterling cups to division runners-up and, consolation winners, sterling cups for division winners in consolation overflow tournament. Eleventh Annual St.Valentine 's (Pinehurst system twelve divisions) Feo ruary 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Gold medal for qualifi cation score, President's, 'c Governors', Secretary 's, Treasurer 's, tCaptain 's, Club and two special cups to division winners, sterling cups fo the firsts second and third division runners-up and consolation winners, silver nedals to division runners-up and consolation division winnej in the remaining eight divisions, steVmig cups for division winners in consolation overflow tournament. Ninth Annual St. Valentine's (Women) February 10, 11, 12, 13 Gold medal for the best qualification score, sterling cups for division winners and runners-up in divisions of eight. Eleventh Annual Spring (Pine- hurst system) March 1,2,3,4,5, 6 Gold medal for best qualification score, President 's, Governors ', Secretary 's, Treasurer's, Captain's, Club and six special cups to winners in twelve divi sions, sterling cups to first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh division runners-up and consolation winners, sil ver medals to division runners-up and consolation winners in the remaining five divisions, sterling cups for division win ners in consolation overflow. Thirteenth Annual United North and South Championship (Women) April 1, 2, 3 Gold medal for best qualification score, Championship, Gov ernors', Secretary's, Treasurer's, Cap tain 's, and Club cups to division winners, sterling cups to division runners-up and consolation winners. Seventh Annual Mid-April April 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Sterling cup for best qual ification score, President's and Govern ors ' cups to division winners, cups to first division runner-up and consolation win ners. Silver medals to second division winner and runner-up. Special Rulings All tournaments will be in charge of and any dispute must be settled by the Tournament Committee (appointed annually by the Board of Governors) whose decisions shall be final. In six day tournaments the qualifying will occupy first two days. The order of play in all five day tournaments will be qualification round on the first day, first P- ..,-,-1TT,.. 7 , COMBATANTS AND NON-COMBATANTS March 20, 22, 23, 24, 25 Gold medal for best qualification score, Champion ship, Governors', Secretary's and Treas urer's cups to division winners and ster ling cups to runners-up in eights. Fifth Annual ' ' United ' ' Open Ama teur Professional (Four ball, best ball) March 26 Cup for amateur in leading pair, one hundred, fifty, and twenty-five dollars for leading pro fessional scores. Fifteenth Annual "United" Open Championship March 27 Champion ship gold medal and one hundred dollars to winner, fifty dollars to second, and twenty-five dollars to third with special prize, of twenty-five dollars for the best eighteen-hole round. Fifteenth Annual "United" Ama teur Championship March 29, 30, 31, round of match play on the second day, second on the third day, semi-finals on the fourth day and finals on the fifth day, thus leaving the courses clear half of each day. The order of play in four day tournaments, will be qualifying round the first day, first round of match play the second day, the second and third rounds the third day and the finals the fourth day. The Tournament Committee has the power to extend any event or any round, also the right to decide as to which of the eighteen hole courses the tournament shall be played on. The Tournament Committee has the right to annul or postpone any days play if in their judgment the weather conditions make it expedient. Special or outside events or tournaments can only be held by application to, and on written per mission of the Tournament Committee. Many of these are features of the season. The Tournament Committee reserves the right to reject or accept any entry. In case the entry is too large to qualify in one day, two days may be used for quali fying. If the field is too large to quali fy on one course numbers two and three courses will be used. Requirements In sending or making entries, please be careful to give full name, club membership, and city or town address. Kindly make entries as far in advance as possible. Post and telegraph entries are both accepted. The charge for the use of the links and courts is one dollar by the day, five dollars by the week, fifteen dollars by the month and twenty-five dollars for the season. Special Divisions In addition to the listed trophies special prizes will be given in many of the various tournaments for additinal divisions providing for the overflow. TOE AOVJEIITIS1IVO CiOLFEItS Full U'k of January Elfvfnlli Will II t Thvlr Vry Own The full week beginning January eleventh, belongs to the Winter Golf League of Advertising Interests the advertising golfers and, mark, 'twill be going some! If The program will be a full one, all sorts of tourmament com binations for both men and women, with socially, teas, entertainments, dancing. The climax is the big ball, annual dinner, and a minstrel show which ' 4 Lew ' ' Ham ilton, Guy Pierce, and II. It. Mallinson are arranging; not to mention Scotch foursomes and the portable nineteenth hole! U"Pop" Freeman is again look ing after tournament details and Pres ident Walter W. Manning and Secretary 11. R. Mamlok are picking up loose ends; thus early prophesying the largest and most enjoyable outing in the history of the Association. Tli Other Fellow Colt fttorj "In golf as in bridge" says James Montgomery Flagg in the American May sine," the fascination lies in the post morteming. It speaks well for the self restraint of men that there are not more cases of manslaughter, mayhem and homi cide in golf club cafes than are on record. Surely no man can listen to the detailed account of another's shots without a growing desire to take human life. ' ' And yet no man who has ever played eighteen holes can refrain from cornering another golfer who is trying to slink off the porch, and telling him how lie made the eleventh hole in two, how he foozled his approach on number twelve and just missed holing out in three, and how his caddie stepped on his ball on the thir teenth and tried to sell it to him for a dime and bla, bla, bla. . . The other golfer doesn 't give a whoop in Idaho. He only listens because he has lost his breath tell ing another man about his round ! ' ' Thrill, Heart Ita rolia, and Smiles! The reopening of Pinehurst's moving picture theatre is announced for early January, with thrills, heart throbs and smiles on every program. A

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