At the Gleneagles golf tournament, which will begin on Monday, July 6, the proprietors of the "Glasgow Herald" have agreed to present prize money to the amount of 1,000 guineas. The amount is the largest ever given for competition. Last year for the same townament the prize money wag £650, which up to that time constituted a record prize money in golf; and: there were other three tournaments in which prize money between £500 and £600 was competed for.
Some huge stakes are recalled by this announcement. For an individual match the biggest ever played was for £400, when J. H. Taylor and Harry Vardon met James Braid and Alex. Herd; and now the first prize at Gleneagles which last year was £150, is likely to be increased, and may equal the side stake in the above historic match.
In the Gleneagles tournament in June the American professionals who will be competing in the Open Championship at St. Andrews are likely to take part, and doubtless the huge sum offered will secure an entry representative of the professional golf of the world.
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