Chapter 21

GOLF IN AMERICA 232

Good golf in the United States--My tour through the country--Mr. Travis's victory in our Amateur Championship--Not a surprise--The man who played the best golf--British amateurs must wake up--Other good Americans will come--Our casual methods of learning golf--The American system--My matches in the States--A good average--Driving well--Some substantial victories--Some difficult matches--Course records--Enthusiasm of the American crowds--The golf fever--The king of baseball takes to golf--The American Open Championship--A hard fight with J.H. Taylor--A welcome win--Curious experiences in Florida--Greens without grass--The plague of locusts--Some injury to my game--"Mr. Jones"--Fooling the caddies--Camping out on the links--Golf reporting in America--Ingenious and good--Mistakes made by non-golfing writers--Lipping the hole for a hundred dollars.