Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-04-23 | Page 2 | Golf Officials Amend by-Laws

GOLF OFFICIALS AMEND BY-LAWS New York, April 22 The executive committee of the United States Golf associatiou announced today the adoption adop-tion of the following amendment of the association by-laws referring to open champlouship prizes: "Strike out Mn the event of an amateur ama-teur winning any of the above prizes, he shall be given an equivalent in plate' and substitute therefore: " 'If the score mad by an amateur 9hould entitle him to any of the above prizes, he shall be given a suitable trophy in plate, " 'The entire amount of money prizes pri-zes shall be divided among professional profes-sional contestants and in determining the award thereof, the scores made by amateurs shall be eliminated.' " The committee also voted to add to the "etiquette of golf" the following new sections: "Players who do not continue in the match play rounds of a tournament should be considered to have forfeited forfeit-ed any prize they may have won in the qualifying rounds."