Judge, 1922-07-22 · page 19 of 36
Judge — July 22, 1922 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page documents the opening of an upscale golf club, likely in the 1920s based on the styling. It's not primarily satirical—rather, it's a society/sports feature showing prominent professional golfers of the era: Jim Barnes, Tommy Armour, Walter Hagen, and Butchart competing in a match. The "satire" is gentle: the text asks "Is there any greater fun than eating out in the open?" while showing the exclusive terrace overlooking three golf courses and Long Island Sound. The 19th Hole reference (the clubhouse bar) jokes that the facility "lacks just one thing for perfection"—implying alcohol, likely a jab at Prohibition-era restrictions. The match itself (Butchart-Armour defeating Hagen-Barnes despite Hagen's eagle) provides sports content for readers interested in golf's professional scene during this period.
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Is there any greater fun than eating out in the open? At left is the terrace just outside the sports house. Just inside is the 19th Hole —which lacks just one thing for perfection. Jim Barnes, in right foreground, is about to putt; Armour to his right (in white). Walter Hagen is leaning on his putter (back of hole ; marker) and Butchart is leaning on his putter, just off green, at left. ii I . Tea on the terrace, y overlooking three ( 4° olf courses, and a Pei te forty-mile sweep of Long Island Sound. —> Watching the Hagen-Barnes-Butchart-Armour match on the day of the formal opening. Butchart and Armour beat Hagen and Barncs, 2 and 1, in spite of brilliant play, and an “‘cagle 3" on the par 5 eighteenth by Hagen. comicbooks.com