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VOL. V., NO. 18.
PINEHURST, N. C, MA1JCII 14, 1002.
PRICE THREE CENTS
SECOND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.
Arrangements Practically Completed for the
Principal Event of the Season.
OTHER GOLF NEWS OF INTEREST.
The great tournament held at Pine
hurst last April for the united North and
South golf championship, met with
such unqualified success, approval and
appreciation that it has been decided to
hold a similar tournament annually here
after. The unquestioned superiority of
the Pinehurst links over any other in
the South makes the course a particu
larly desirable one for championship
events, and expert tournaments in gen
eral. The excellent turf and uniformly
smooth and even fair greens, the always
perfectly rolled, level and generally
billiard-table-like putting greens, the
variety of cleverly placed bunkers, and
withal the constant care and attention
which are given to the entire course, all
tend to equalize, if not to almost wholly
eliminate the elements of chance and
huk, in so far as an imperfect course
may be responsible for them, and to
afford to experts opportunity to contest
over a decidedly sporty course under
conditions that make success possible
only in direct ratio to the actual skill of
the player.
These facts are all very generally
known and only repeated here for the
information of golfers elsewhere, some
of whom have never played over this
course. It is this ne plus ultra course,
along with the truly ideal climate of this
immediate section, that makes Pinehurst
what it has often been called, "The
Golfers' Winter Paradise," and it is for
the same reasons that this place is the
mecca of golf experts and enthusiasts
and the scene of the best and "biggest"
tournaments of the winter and spring.
But all this only by way of introducing
the principal topic which is "The
Second Animal Tournament for the
United North and South Championship,"
along with other events open to all golf
clubs in the United States and Canada.
Friday, Saturday and Monday, April
11, 12 and 14, have been selected as the
dates for this tournament by the govern
ing committee, arranged to follow close
ly upon the tournament at Ashville, N.
C. It is expected that arrangements
will be made to provide special Pullman
cars direct from Ashville to Pinehurst,
over the Southern Railroad, on Account
of this event. lu addition to this Pine
hurst is easily accessible from all Flor
ida. Georgia, Carolina and Virginia
resorts, over either the Southern Rail
road or the Seaboard Air Line, and a
"gathering of the clans" is anticipated
that will gladden the hearts of the
devotees of the old Scotch game fully as
much as did the gatherings of their sup
porters bring joy to the hearts of Bruce
and Wallace in other days in the land of
the heather, and who will dare say
that Bruce and Wallace never played
golf.
Every detail of the forthcoming tour
nament has been carefully planned, and
among them it has been decided to offer
the following prizes :
1. United North and South Cham
pionshipSolid Silver Loving Cup.
2. Runner Up in Championship
Solid Silver Cup.
3. Best Net Score, Handicap Round
Solid Silver Cup.
4. Best Gross Score, Handicap Round
Solid Silver Loving Cup.
5. Consolation cup Solid Silver Cup.
G. Runner Up, Consolation Loving
Cup of Mexican Onyx.
7. Best Net Score, Ladies' Handicap
10.30 a. m. Ladies' Handicap, 18
holes, medal play, handicap limited to 18
strokes ; competition to continue with
out interruption until 18 holes are fin
ished. 2.15 p. m. Second round, for the
Championship, 18 holes, match play, by
the eight winners in the forenoon.
2.30 p. m. First round for Consola
tion Cup, by the eight losers in the fore
noon ; 18 holes, match play.
During the forenoon, driving contests.
During the afternoon, approaching
contests.
MONDAY APRIL 14.
9.30 a. m. Semi-finals. The best four
of yesterday afternoon, both in Cham
pionship and Consolation round, play
18 holes, match play, in the forenoon.
During the forenoon, putting contests.
2.15 p. in. Finals, for Championship
Cup and for Consolation Cup, 18 holes
match play.
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Solid Silver Cup.
8. Best Gross Score, Ladies' Handi
capLoving Cup of Mexican Onyx.
No player can win both best net and
best gross prize.
Prizes will also be given for driving,
approaching and putting.
The following schedule of events, sub
ject to slight changes, which, if they
should be made, will be announced in
advance, has been adopted by the com
mittee :
FRIDAY, APRIL 11.
9 a. m. Handicap, medal play, 36
holes, qualification round; handicap lim
ited to 18 strokes for the 30 holes ; 18
holes to be played in the forenoon.
2.15 p. m. Qualification Round con
tinued, 18 holes; the sixteen players)
making the best gross scores during the
day to qualify for the Championship.
SATURDAY, APRIL 12.
9.30 a. m. First round for the Cham
pionship; the sixteen players who qual
ified on the fu st day to play 18 holes,
match play.
PRIZE MEDALS FOR TOURNAMENT.
There will be no entry fee and entries
will be received up to the hour of start
ing the different events. Players must
furnish the committee with their club
handicap, otherwise they will play
scratch. All members of all golf clubs
in the United Stated and Canada are
eligible, and all who desire to enter, who
have not already done so, are requested
to correspond with "The Tournament
Committee, care of Donald J. Ross,
Pinehurst, N. C.
A ladies' handicap medal play open
tournament took place on the Pinehurst
links last Saturday, in which several
contestants made very good scores. The
cup prize was won by Miss II. L. Bars
tow. Following is the score :
Gross Il'cap Net
Miss IT. L. Barstow 90 12 78
Mrs. A. Valentine - 98 15 83
Miss L. K. Priest - 103 18 85
Miss T. C. Bradbury 104 18 8G
Mrs. St. John Smith 93 0 93
An open bogey tournament was held
Tuesday and proved to be one of the
most interesting matches of the season.
That imaginary and only perfect golf
player, Colonel Bogey, made the course
in 79, and all his competitors, with one
exception, E. A. Freeman, were given
an advantage over him in the shape of a
handicap. The handicaps were fixed in
the usual way on the strength of what
horsemen would call "past perform
ances," and the handicap strokes were
distributed over the course according to
distances and amount of handicap. The
cup was won by C. II. Bartlett, who,
with a handicap of five strokes, out
played Colonel Bogey and won by 4 up,
at the same time establishing a new
amateur medal play record of 7G. Fol
lowing is the score :
H'cap. Result
C. II. Bartlett 5 4 up
E. A. Freeman - 0 1 up
C. L. Sheppard - 6 1 up
M. II. Rochester - - 11 1 up
G. II. French 4 2 down
W. II. Sides 20 2 down
A. N. Mayo - 25 2 down
W. E. Butler - 9 3 down
G. Dutton 4 4 down
J. W. Yrashburn - - 20 4 down
I. C. Bates Dana - - G G down
In the bogey tournament last Tuesday, .
without realizing it at the time, C. II.
Bartlett, the winner of the cup, made a
new amateur record for the Pinehurst
links, playing the course in 76, and
breaking all former records for amateurs.
Prior to this match the amateur record
had been held by E. A. Freeman, at 77
who, by the way, played scratch in the
bogey tournament and finished one up,
with the excellent medal play of 79.
Mr. Bartlett, who is a golf enthusiast
and a thorough sportsman, modestly
says that his success on last Tuesday
was not wholly due to his skill by any
means, but that the fairies of good for
tune, who guide the lucky player's ball,
were with him cordially in the game.
In all the game he did not have a single
cuppy lie, and one or two balls were
holed from a considerable distance from
the putting green in a manner that
pretty nearly took the caddie's breath
away. A glance at his score card shows
that holes 8, 11 and 17 were all made in
2, a really remarkable showing. Mr.
Bartlett is a guest at the Carolina from
Westfield, Mass., a member of the Tekoa
Golf Club of that place, and also of the
Country Club of Springfield, Mass., one
of the largest and best clubs in New
England. He plays second on the golf
teams of both clubs, and last Spring
established the record of the Tekoa Club
links, both amateur and professional,
which has not since been broken. Fol
lowing is Mr. Bartlett's medal play
score in Tuesday's bogey tournament:
Yds Bogey Bart Yds Bogey Bart
1. 1G8 3 5 10. 311 5 5