Identifier: chickevansgolfbo00evan (find matches)
Title: Chick Evans' golf book
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Evans, Chick, 1890-1979
Subjects: Golf
Publisher: New York, Chicago, Pub. for T.E. Wilson & co., by the Reilly & Lee co., Chicago
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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hip of the WesternGolf Association began at Flossmoor and under unusu-ally pleasant conditions for me. It was realized thatif I expected to win any of the big events I must playthem under more comfortable conditions and so ithappened that for the first time I was able to have aroom at the clubhouse for the event. How I did appre-ciate the luxury of rest and quiet afforded by that littleroom. It afforded me everything I needed to keep inshape. What a happiness it was to be able to eat aleisurely breakfast, and then take a few unhurried foot-steps to the first tee, instead of rising at daybreak forthe long ride from Rogers Park to the city, then acrossthe town and far out into the country. I was paired in the qualifying round with HaroldFisher of the Denver Country Club, and made 78 forthe first half, five strokes behind the leader, WarrenWood. The next 18 holes handed me a 77—a total of155 for fourth place. Warren Wood made another 73,winning the low medal with a wonderful 146. E. M.
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Photo by Pietzcker, St. Louis. Chick Evans, jnst after winning the 1915 Western Amateur atCleveland.

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