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Show Amateur Golf Tourney To Start Next Monday i International Interest Will Be Centered c.i the 1920 Tournament; Tourna-ment; Qualifying Round to Be Played on Two Courses of 36 Holes Each; Team Match Set for Next Saturday NEW YORK. Sept 2. International interest will be centered on this year's national amateur golf championship tournament which will begin next Monday September 6. at Rosiyn, Long Island. The United States golf association asso-ciation officials hae arranged that the qualifying round of 36 holes will be played over two courses, the new links .3 the Engineers' .lui and the better known circuit of the North Shore Country clul which are scarcely scarce-ly a mile apart The field of entrants en-trants will be divided so that hose playing the first half of the round on either Course will play over tho other links In the afternoon. The subsequent match play rounds consisting of 36 holes each day, will be contested over the Engineers' club course which was laid out by Herbert Strong only three years ago On Saturday, September 4. a team match between tho United States and Canada will bp played over the Engineers' Engi-neers' links and on Sunday there will be the annual competition for the. American Golfer trophy. All of the Canadian players who take part In vhl.s Inti rnatlonal mutch w ill be eligible to compete for the national championship champion-ship Among the Dominion representatives represen-tatives will be the veretan golfer George S. Lyon, who came close to winning the title many years igo; C-B. C-B. Grler, the Canadian amateur champion cham-pion and William McLuckle. who formerly held that honor. Great Britain Brit-ain may be repreuented bj Cyril Lol-lcy, Lol-lcy, who recent 1 won the British amateur ama-teur title. Lord Charles Hope and J-H J-H Wethercd while Thomas Armour, the Scotchman, who holds the Ercnch amateur title will be one of the com-1 com-1 petltors for the United tSatcs Golf association honor. S. Davidson Horror, j of Pittsburg, last year's winner, and Hobby Jones, of Atlanta, Ga., whom .lie def'-ati (1 in the final round, will bo In evidence again this year and so will sev r.il national champions Including Charles Evans Jr., Robert G. Gardner und Francis Ouimct. To revert to the Engineers" course. It Is said that It Is doubtful if any con- tender for the title will be able to break records there At present the! low mark is a 7 4, made recently by Max Kiarston. Par l 71, c out and 86 home und It 13 tho opinion of Charles Clarks. the R,OBlyn professional thuti those golfers making 170 for the 36 hole testing round over the two courses, will qualify for the match plav stages ATTRACTS COMMENT There is probably no hole On any ' link In this country which has attracted attract-ed more comment than the fourteenth at the Engineers' known as the ' two! or twenty hole " The green Is but 105 yards from the tee, but a deep ravine j I Intervenes Any shot which docs not ' drop on tho green will roll down Bteep ; ''embankments and may not atop until lit Is at least 15 feet below the green, 'where there are a series of sand traps thlrtv feet down at the bottom of, 'the ravine. Two traps are built across the front of the green so that the tee shot must be nil carry and pitch In order to get Bafely on. The green shaped like the stern of a battelshlp Is perched on a hill Par for the hole Is 8 but when the Professional 'Golfers' 'Golf-ers' association championship was held at the Engineers' a year ago, a good many of the contestants considered themselves favored If they got a 5 there while many of them took two or three more. Following a brief description of the holes and the best method of playing them. Hole No, 1,415 yards, par 4 This Is a two-shot affair uphill and it is better to play for a safe I than a possible pos-sible 4 or a probable 6. Several deep traps lie In wait for the errant tee shot. Hole No 3,325 yards, par 4 An uphill, up-hill, dog-legged hole of great character charac-ter A spoon or Iron is advised off the tee. as the bunker Is right In the line of the perfect drive, and this is a case where the best driven balls are penalized The second should be pitched right up lo the hole u.'id not played ;hort. as the green Is big and. the d.stance deceptive. The green Is wonderful trapped, but if properly! plavcd the hole Is not a difficult 4 and It is often made In ' bird" 3's- Hole No. 4.406 yarcTs, par i- This: calls for a long drive and a high cut Iron or mashle according to the wind but under ordinary circumstances good golf should result in a 4 It is a uog- I leg hole, where more 5 s will be rec- orded than 4's because of lis difficult, shot. The drive Is over a small bush to the right of the direction pole and1 even a slight hook will leave the solf- ' er In the rough. The second to he1 plaed perfectly, should be siw 1. 1 the entrance is really at right antf to the line of the hole. Hole No 6,310 yards, par 4. An up! and down hole, wnere tue golfer who cannot reach tho green on his drle should keep slightly to the right. The ; entrance to the green Is narrow anil i surrounded by bunkers. This green is very fast-Hole fast-Hole No. 7,350 yards, par 4. This hole is a sporty affair where perfect golf must be played to avoid trouble, the drive should be played to the' right and If the golfer has any doubt about his second shot, he should playj deliberately short of the bunkers, eveni if he can carry them. In this manner' the player Will more often get a 4 than b hitting lor the green j Hole No. 8. 213 yards par 3. This Is a one-shot hole and in most cases, if! the player doesn't reach the green he is liable to take a 5 or Pew golfers' will gel par figures here. Hole No 'J.Sbo yards, par 5 This Is one of the only two pur hides on the course It Is of dog-leg formation and any doiatlon from the straight j and narrow means trials and trlbulu- tlons aplenty The golfer is advised to be up with his third. This Is probably the best hole of the eighteen. A huge carry is required for the second shot, after a perfect drive. Hob No. 10.155 yards, pai 3 This Is a difficult onc-shotter to an elevated green and unless the golfer knows how J to play a sliced ahot, hQ should drive short und chip his second on Hole No 11.408 yards, par 4. A fine hole with an elevated green. Th' dri e must Mrt the right Fairway, but if the player has the confidence to hit a high ball bang up to the hole. It does not matter if he goes a bit to the lefl He should be up with the second, as the green will hold th. ball all right. HOlC No. 12,260 anls, pur 4. Here I the golfer should drive to the leit as fur as safely permits and If the wind is against him, pitch the green but ilt is difficult to hold even when 1 strong cut is Imparted to the ball ; Local c iri umstanecs must entirely gov-( cm ihe second shot Hole No. 1 o. 413 yards, par 4, Ini Ordt r to g'l a .'-cor'- under two figures j at this hole, the golfer must ' ivew" i to' the line There is rough on either! side of the narrow fairway and traps I for an over-approach. The green is large and undulating. Hole No. 14, 105 yards, par 3. Thls hole has been described above andl I nothing more remains to be said save I i that the golfer who gets out in pari ' figures should go away breathing a j thanksgiving tnat he did not take a thirteen or thereabouts. Hole No. 15, 415 yards, par 4. A really fine hole, with the entrance to tho green at an angle of forty-five degrees east of the line. Hole No. 16. 366 yards, par 4. This! culls for a terrifying drive ov r and I against a hill with trees, with out of bounds to the right. If the bull Is sent too much to the left, the playoi must negotiate a large clump of trees before the green Even with a good drive, there is a ast trap In front of the half -sunken green to beware of There are seven traps at this hole, i placed at Just the right points to b( most effective. Hole. No. 17, 340 yards, par 4. A large hill must be carried with the drive here and a well hit cut-shot must In played to hold th-- green. This is a dogs leg und has a trap or a plt for e v ry variation from the line of the fairway. Hole IS, 430 ards. par ". This last, hole Is a two-shotler. with the green In a valley near the clubhouse. About! 276 yards away the fairway enters a I narrow cutting through dense woods A sllci er hook will cause the player to be 9tymled by some of the old oak j tre.s that abound there The rlxht, shot from the lee is one that stops' perilously close to the limits of the, I woods on the right. I |