of the business at night. At 10 most The Board's plan also involves interest- mornings his range is fairly well crowded. ing insurance companies and individuals He has free golf clinics for women to buy clubs that want to sell and operate every Thursday at 2 p.m. and the park- the courses on a guaranteed income to ing of baby carriages while young county basis. Courses acquired under this mothers are learning golf gives a preview plan are to carry 4% per cent interest and of business for courses that have facili- amortize themselves. ties for caring for children while young On that basis A. T. Jergins, oil magnate parents are playing rounds. and golf enthusiast, agreed to buy Ingle- McDonald also has free junior clinics wood CC for approximately $900,000. The and that's paying off in day-time pay Golf Advisory Board is working on a deal business of youngsters. It's a good thing to save Western Ave. GC from subdivision. for community recreation, too, as parents First of four courses to be built in Sepul- of the kids are pleased to know their veda basin of San Fernando valley has sons and daughters are around a range been graded and watering system is being where conduct, supervision and safety installed. Course should be ready for play are always in the operator's mind. in summer, 1954. Second and other courses Funny thing about this kid play {and of the project will be constructed as profits a good thing for golf promotion) is the from L, A. municipal courses become avail- way kids will act like grown-ups on able. courses and give free advice to some other kid who is hitting balls. McDonald's range is lighted every 50 ft. with each of ten poles carrying 3 PGA Names IS as Ryder 1,500 watt Westinghouse glass-covered Team Candidates floodlights. The parking space has a Points gathered in tournament victories lighting installation of 7000 watts. have determined 15 candidates for PGA He uses special equipment for insect of America Ryder Cup team which plays abatement and plenty of yellow light the British PGA team at Wentworth, Eng., bulbs around the place to further dis- Oct. 2-3. courage bug attendance. A fairly high percentage of players Sam Snead, Jack Burke, Jr., Lloyd Man- bring their own clubs to the range. For grum, Ted Kroll, Cary Middlecoff, Ben them Dan plans a coin-operated club Hogan, Dutch Harrison, Ed Oliver, Jim cleaning machine. He figures this gets the Turnesa, Dave Douglas, Fred Haas, Jr., users more conscious of club care and Jerry Barber, Johnny Palmer, Lew Wor- more quickly aware of their need of new, sham and Marty Furgol are the 15 names. late model clubs. The display of new From them nine will be chosen for the clubs in the shop does the rest. Trade-in team. As the PGA champion automati- allowances spur business and the market cally becomes a team member, Walter Bur- among beginners always is good for the kemo is in without having played any of trade-ins. the circuit events to qualify on the point system. Fred Corcoran will manage the team Los Angeles County Has Plan abroad. Joe Novak is going across as to Save Courses PGA executive representative. Maurie Luxford of the Los Angeles The team will play a warm-up match at County Golf Advisory Board advises that Reading, Pa., Sept. 18-20 against a team the Board is progressing in achievement of U. S. pros not eligible for the Ryder of its objectives, which are (1) to save Cup team. courses in distress mainly because of tax A team event against continental Euro- situation, (2) to save golf clubs facing pean pros is slated for Paris after the sale for subdividing, and (3) to purchase Ryder Cup matches. vacant tracts for future golf development. Captain of the Ryder Cup team is to be Los Angeles County owns a large piece selected by the players. of land at Passaic, on which there is an Ben Hogan has not definitely decided honor prison farm. The county receives whether he'll go to Britain and compete. approximately $900,000 annually in oil roy- After his victory in the U. S, Open he said alties from wells at the site. This money- he wouldn't make the trip as two trips to has been ear-marked for the golf pur- Britain this year would be too much of a poses previously stated. schedule for him.