CHAMPIONSHIP CONDITIONS.

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 54, 6 March 1922, Page 10

CHAMPIONSHIP CONDITIONS.

1 (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPTRIOHT.i LONDON, 4th March.; This has been' an important week in connection with legislation relating tc the sport of golf. The Royal anc Ancient Championship Committee has been holding one of its rare meetings ir. London. . , It considered a, petition which has heen much canvassed in recent weeks urging a radical alteration in the con ditions of the amateur championships, j? preponderating body, of top-notchers, in eluding Tolley, suggested the substiitutioi iot the present knock-out.of a preliminar; thirty-six holes stroke competition, onl; the best thirty-two in which should re main for the thirty-six lfble match pla; knock-out. The committee decided no to alter the conditions for 1922,' bn undertook to consult the wishes of com petitors in regard' to the future substi ■tution of , thirty-six for eighteen-hol matches throughout the competition. The committee decided to accept ai invitation to send a team to America. In connection with the open champion ship at Sandwich, a driving competitio will be arranged, the results of whic will form the basis for further investiga tion of the standard ball question.