Piute Chieftain | 1918-01-10 | Page 3 | Place Age Limit for Golf

PLACE AGE LIMIT FOR GOLF present championship tourney conditions held unfair to young players in service when the western golf association last season voted to do ns its it pleased anent the holding of a championship tournain tour tournament nain ent interpretation of an ama tour abolition of the stymie and so on it came in for more or less adverse criticism irl in the east it now looks as though the W G A might back up a trifle in at least one phase of its radicalism there being a growing sentiment among the directors that the amateur championship event sh should 0 uld have a minimum age unit of forty years this of course would te re in the nature of a wartime war time substitution as it has been pointed out that tournaments rl under present conditions tire are unfair to the younger men in service A suggestion has also boon been made to divide the field into classes according to ages say forty to fifty fifty to sixty sixty and upward tills this in a way calls to mind the annual seniors gathering at one other contemplated change Is to limit the western junior championship to junior members of the western golf association clubs ar to sons of members of those clubs this suggested move Is the outcome of goings on of a high jinks nature during the last junior meeting at tzi emoor noor