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Show Utah's Greatest Golf Season Expected; State to Bid forU.S.G.A: Division Meet By BILL MeCREA Take it from Utah's golf pros. " low handicap players and what's most Important the dubs this region re-gion Is going to have one of the greatest golf booms since the palmy days of 1929. The annual meeting of the state association moguls will be held the first week in February, at which time a complete program (as far as tournament golf goes) will be outlined. out-lined. Speaking of tournament golf bringa up the question of too many minor meeta which In recent years have had a tendency to take some of the color and Interest away from the stale open aad lailnf More intraclub tournament and fewer misnamed state and lnter-mountain lnter-mountain events seem the best remedy . . . Already the state women's association is considering concellatlon of the city tournament, leaving the Fort Douglas invitation invita-tion and state meet alone on the calendar. For the first time In U. S. golf history a player can not compete In both national amateur and public links tournaments in the same year ... Ordinarily this ruling wouldn't affect anyone In Utah, but this year it may place several player in a tovgh opee-tt- Rd Klngsleyi eoe of amateur golfers In this territory, would like to compete in both events, but he will naturally choose the more colorful amateur slated next August In Portland . . . The public link affair is in San Francisco. Fran-cisco. In the first place, before a player can enter the natfbnal amateur he must be a member of a club affiliated af-filiated with the U. S. G. A. . . . The Utah Copper club association is planning to Join the group, rhorehv maklnff Urn mtmiwn igibl to compete in the big meet . . . Abel Larson, Jack Robbins and Klngsley are the big three from the Magna course. Fort Douglaa and the Country club are already affiUated with the U. S. G. A. Officials of the state association will make a formal bid with the U. S. G. A. to hold the sectional qualifying trial of the national amateur in Salt Lake City . . . John G. Jackson, president of the national organisation, has Informed local golf leader that because of the city's proximity to the sit of the national tournament It might prove advisable to have the trials here. Although It has only reached the talk stage. Forest Dale's golf association as-sociation ia planing to join the U. S. G. A. Many of the state's best amateurs play at this course and would be deprived of any chance to qualify for the national amateur unless the club Joins the U. & G. A. In Salt Lake the same flva professionals pro-fessionals will all return. Alex Mc-Cafferty Mc-Cafferty and Tee Branca at the Country club and Fort Douglas, respectively, re-spectively, and Tom McHugh, John Geertsen and Harry Borg at the three municipal courses . . Although Al-though contracts have not been awarded the "muny" pros as yet, action Is expected to be taken by city commissioners shortly. George Schneiter, Utah open champion, ia expected to return to Ogden Country club, although he haa been considering several offers of-fers on the Pacific coast where he ia competing in winter tournaments . . . His brother, Ernie, will probably prob-ably serve another year at El Monte ... A third brother. Earl, will again be In charge at Logan. With the resignation of Bill Willes at Provo, the Garden City course is seeking a new director . . . Mickey Riley, former Nibley and Dale pro, and Harry Webster are being considered for the poet. . . . Golf haa grown in Provo by leaps and bound. I xiniiit toiymie; nusseu. cnatrman of Utah's rules committee, 1 vacationing vaca-tioning on the Paciflo coast . . . If you ever want to start an argument argu-ment with Russell, tell him the stymie rule should be repealed by the U. a G. A. Hank Is an ardent booster of the present stymie system. sys-tem. Norm Shults has succeeded Harold Har-old Ruch aa president of the Bonneville Bon-neville Golf association. Ruch has moved to Akron, Ohio . . . Norm I beginning to think he's a better bowler than golfer. Roy Von Elm i oountlng the day until hi amateur status will be restored. The former Boise and Salt Lake pro haa 18 more month to go before the U. a G. A. wiU act on hi application. |