Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-18 | Page 8 | Nation's Outstanding Golfers Begin Rich Coast Tourneys Wednesday

0 I NATIONS NATION'S OUTSTANDING DING GOLFERS GOLFERS RICH COAST COAST T TOURNEYS n iT X FIRST MEET AT CATALINA WORTH 2500 Six Important Link Jousts Hold Combined Value of LOS ANGELES Cam Calif D Dec c. c 18 AP AP Technicians of the ancient and honorable game who have been foregathering for tor many w weeks els in southern California tomorrow will tart start a cycle oC or golfing that will willI I not oJ wane until the tho fairways s 's of six courses in this section have been covered and md a n. treasure pot of 26 has divided 1 mo cream of the nations nation's tournai tournament tournament i ment nt players both professional and andI I amateur has come to match strokes i jn in a four tour weeks' weeks golfing duel that wilt will be climaxed by the Los Angeles I open OIen with a purse of for forthe th the pros and ad a dazzling an-a an array of or trophies Atrophies for the amateurs Such leaders of or the clan as Walter Vatter Hagen holder hold r of the tho British open championship cham cham- Leo Diegel DIege national P. P G G. A A. 1 champion and Tommy Armour will tr trudge dge the fairways s in company S with stellar golfers from froth every sec- sec flea QUALIFYING ROUND OPENS WEDNESDAY rhe The tre trek WI will vilI 1 get under way tomorrow to- to morrow with tho opening qualify qualify- S ing round or of a 2500 open tournai tournament S S m ment i nt on the sporty nine hole course of- of Santa ot Santa Catalina Island lying a S Core oro of miles off the California S co coast st st. More than one ono hundred prof professionals pro pro- I f and half as many amaS amateurs ama ama- S thurs have entered the Island event ent eventS S Two I. I oda days s of qualifying play will cut cutS S tile the large entry list down to players for the tho tournament proper scheduled for Friday Saturday and r. r Sunda Sunday S SS S Approximately yards in length the Catalina course set back backS S in the hills of the Island stands I I ns ns a test of the short game All AU Allbut Ally y but two of the nine holes can be reached with the tho driver buc but the c course urse is so laid out that trouble troubleS S is always lays lurking around the corner Armour ranks as its the favorite In the event because of his iron shooting ability S PROMINENT GOLFERS ON ENTRY LISTS S Other tournaments prize mone money dates ates and places follow Long Beach Deach open December December Decem Decem- ber 27 28 29 and 30 La Jolla open 2500 January 2 and 3 San Diego open 2500 January 4 6 5 and andS S S G 6 Los Angeles open January Jan JaI 55 uary 9 0 9 10 11 12 and 13 Riviera S Country club Los Angeles and I. I Pasadena sadena open 1000 1000 January 15 and arid 16 S The Tho lists also include entry in Wild Bill 1 winner of of the re recent recent recent re- re cent Honolulu open Harry S Cotton London's latest sensation sen sen- sati n Al AI and Abe Espinosa of Chicago Roland Hancock Hancodk k youthful N N. C. C player Harry Cooper of Buffalo Burtalo N. N Y iV Nell Neil Christian of Portland Ore Al Watrous of Grand Rapids Mich Joe Kirkwood of Albany Ga a and andS d S MacDonald Smith of New York Smith won the Los Angeles S open la last t year I