Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-04-17 | Page 6 | Finch to Open Nibley Park Course

J fiNCH TO m OPEN NIBLEY PARK C COURSE Driving and P Putting Contests Contests Contests Con Con- tests to Mark MaN Open I ing Day Harry L. L Finch comm commissioner a of he the local public parks and a a gr great at lover over of at the great national pastime in in n Scotland and will wl officially open open the the Nibley park gol nex next Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- Sun day afternoon at 2 o'clock according accord accord- Ing ng to reports given out by the luny links officials Saturday night Commissioner Finch will wi tee a off first in the driving open to all al golfers in itt the state Finch who is well wel known in the political circles by his long record needs no Introduction to the golfers on the links UnIts He lIe visits the course daily daly supervising new Improvements improvements Im inn- suggesting new Ide ideas s and sponsoring the game in every way possible He plays a m mean aD game himself himsel and not like many opening ceremonies he will wl be able to spank the ball bal a a. good distance down the fairways The driving contest is the first of many events event which will mark th thi opening of the course First of 01 al alf alif alif v if f weather permits th the players wil wilbe wl be permitted to make the rounds playing on the regular greens geens The regular greens have been used before before before be be- fore this year but only for fOt the te Harry Cooper exhibition match Besides the driving cont contest st which by the way is the second ever to tobe tobe tobe be held in Utah there will wl be a putting and approaching contest and an exhibition starring staring the four tour golf gol professionals o of the city The only other driving contest ever to be held In Utah was won by Alex Alex Hutton Country Countr club pro The event was staged on the salt talt beds at Salduro Utah In an at attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt to break the worlds world's record of 45 yards held by a Colorado golfer goler Bad luck was against the Utah bunch as a previous rain had had wet the salt sal and the driving field feld was not solid and made for no roll rol at all Hutton Huton won the contest but Paul Bassett Basset of Spalding Brothers was the only one to lilt lit three balls bans within the stakes and down the fairway The contest Sunday should at attract attract at- at tract plenty of boys who have a reputation of socking the tile ball bal for tor fora tora a good distance from the tees The Th event will wl be open to all al and of ot course Mick Riley and Alex Aex Hutton Hutton Hutton Hut- Hut ton Country club pro Tom McHugh McHugh McHugh Mc- Mc Hugh Ft Ft Douglas pro Lewis Crook Forest Dale pro are rated as having a good chance but with such fellows as C. C E. E Foley Al AlFisher AlFisher AlFisher Fisher Phil Phi Purcell Walt Wal Daw Doctor A. A Arnold Len Von Yon Elm Steve Love A. A Jenkinson Mark ark Murphy Roscoe Gwilliams Ralph Gwilliams Da Dave Dare ve Todd and Johnny pros will wl have to strut Prizes for the driving diving contes conten be awarded ed by the Boyd Park elry V off the four To Jo top the day daJ of four of the the city will wl stag stage stage- a nin and possibly an an eighteen hol Riley and paired against Crook and lie Mci Prior to the exhibition mate goler golfers will stage a wl on the ninth hole The Salt Sal Telegram will award the win prize An approaching contes I be staged on the first hole hoe the winner getting 8 a Boyd BO trophy 3 1