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Woman's Amateur Golf Championship hits year three - Ardsley on the Hudson River...
Woman's Amateur Golf Championship hits year three - Ardsley on the Hudson River...
Item # 699170
October 03, 1898
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, Oct. 3, 1898
* 3rd USGA Woman's Open announced
* Amateur Golf Championship - Ardsley Country Club
* 2 years prior to the first woman's professional championship
Page 5 has: "GOLF - WOMEN TO PLAY FOR CHAMPIONSHIP HONORS AT ARDSLEY", which is a lengthy article providing considerable details regarding women's golf, with a focus on the coming National Championship (Women's Open) to be held at the Ardley Country Club on the Hudson River. The article states in part: "...it may be confidently asserted that in point of golfing interest, and importance the contest will be the most successful meeting of women players ever held in this country...", with considerably more. See photos for details.
Other news of the day and advertising are found throughout.
Complete in 10 pages, very fragile, small edge tears, a few archival mends, a bit of roughness, and loose at the spine - must be handled with care. Since the issue was already loose at the spine, we placed the page containing the article on top to minimize handling. The issue comes with a clear-front folder at this price.
Category: Post-Civil War
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