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CUSHMAN MOTORS Address "the big name in little wheels" City State A Division of Outboard Marine Corporation • Lincoln, Nebraska Beyond Due Care Requirement Act of God as to make a person guilty of a negligent act liable. The Court stated in part: "Several ex- No Negligence Involved pert witnesses testified concerning light- ning and its effects. The consensus of When Sheltered Golfer their testimony seems to be that, all other things being equal, lightning would tend Is Hit by Lightning to strike a person, building, tree or any other object in open country,, where the person, building, tree or object By WILLIAM JABINE is higher than the surrounding ground Caught in a thunderstorm while play- The experts further agreed that there ing golf on a course in Tennessee, a 16- is nothing that can be done to pre- year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl sought vent lightning from striking, but that the protection in a shelter near the 16th damage done can be minimized by en- green. The boy left the shelter briefly in closing a structure in metallic conductors order to cover which will ground the electric current. their golf clubs What Is An Average Hazard? left in a cart. As , , c. . "H. M. Scull, a professor at the Uni- he was return- Le9a/ versity of Tennessee, stated that the ing, the shelter If shelter was more than an average' haz- was struck by ard because of its location. No effort lightning. The was made to define an average' hazard. girl was seriously injured and the boy "W. E. Deeds, also a professor at the rendered unconscious. Damage done to University of Tennessee, testified that the shelter (an open wooden structure the chance of a person being struck and with a gabled roof whose peak was about injured by lightning while in the shelter 10 feet above ground level) was negli- was less than that of being struck and gible. injured while standing in the open or Action charging negligence was brought on a golf tee. In either instance, the haz- by the injured girl and her father against ard was caused by being in the open the club that owned the course. Their and h,gher than the surrounding ground complaints alleged that the club was negli- Admitting that the possibility of the gent on two counts. First, the shelter had weather shelter being struck by light- been built in an exposed position higher ning, because of its location, was more than the ground immediately surround- than an average' hazard, it would still ing it,, thus creating a hazardous and be very remote as shown by the infre dangerous place as regards lightning. Sec- quency of lightning striking the innu- ond, the club had failed to provide light- merable objects meeting the test of being ning protection equipment for the shel- in the open and being higher than the ter. surroundmg ground. In the present case The trial of the two cases resulted in there was higher ground only 87 fee jury verdicts of $25,000 each in favor of away,, yet, lightning struck the shelter " the father and daughter. On a defense (An engineering drawing introduced as motion the court set aside the verdicts. ev,deuce showed that the ground cleva The plaintiffs then moved for a new trial ion of the 16th tee, 87 feet away was 7 and these motions were denied. An ap- feet 6 inches higher than the shelter) peal of the plaintiffs was taken to the Danger Is Remote Court of Appeals of Tennessee. After quoting from cases that referred Combined with Act of God to the inevitability of lightning, he Court After reciting the facts and stating that concluded: «In our opinion, after insider a lightning stroke is recognized by the courts as an Act of God, the Court of ('V1( (;n0e in case in ChZ Appeals quoted from two cases that held most favorable to the plaintiffs, the only negligence may be so combined with an reasonable conclusion to which fat minded men can arrive is that the danger WORLD'S MOST LUXURIOUS GOLF BAGS! just s H IN YOUR SHOP AND WATCH THE "STATUS-FIRSTS"

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Shell's Wonderful World of Golf Sundays, ABC-TV, 4 PM EST. 3 PM CST, 2 PM MST, 4 PM PST • In Canada... CBC-TV, Sundays, 3:30-4:30 EST of a shelter being struck by lightning is that a club is engaging in business if the so remote as to be beyond the require- percentage of gross receipts from the gen- ment of due care. Therefore, the injuries eral public is five per cent or less of the and damages of the plaintiffs were not club's total annual gross receipts. caused in whole or in part by any negli- Members' Guests Excluded gence of the defendants. Bare possibility Club members, their bona fide guests is not sufficient. "Events too remote to and visitors who are members of other require reasonable provision need not be exempt clubs and use the club's facilities anticipated.' Brady v. Southern R. Co., under reciprocal arrangements are ex- 320 U.S. 476,64 S. Ct. 232,88 L. Ed. cluded from the definition of general 239." public. When club facilities are made The action of the trial court in dis- available to an outside group through ar- missing the plaintiffs' complaints and rangements made in a member's name, holding the club blameless for the un- the persons comprising the group do not fortunate accident was affirmed. The constitute bona fide guests. This is so re- plaintiffs attempted to take the case to gardless whether arrangements were made the Supreme Court of Tennessee, but a for the convenience of members, the club writ of certioari was denied. (Davis v. derived no net profit from the operation, Country Club, Inc., 381 S. W. 2nd 308.) the outside group was a non-profit organ- ization, or the club in no way advertised USGA Counsel Clarifies for or solicited such patronage by the Revenue Ruling Covering outside group. Use of Club by Public However, if it can be shown that 75 per cent or more of the total number of Lynford Lardner, Jr., general counsel persons in the outside group were mem- of the USGA, has announced that the In- bers of the host club, the group will be ternal Revenue Service has issued a new considered a member group and no part revenue procedure (64-36), to be used in of such group will be considered the gen- determining what effect gross receipts eral public. Otherwise, all receipts from from use of a club by non-members have the group will he treated as derived from on the club's income-tax exemption. A the general public unless the club can club may occasionally make its facilities demonstrate from its records the portion available to the general public, but re- of such receipts that came from host-club peated use of this nature may be held members. to constitute engaging in business and re- Defined as "General Public" sult in revocation of its exemption. The purpose of the procedure is to provide Non-members who pay for the use of minimum standards only with respect to a clubs facilities either by payment di- non-member use and its application pre- rectly to the club or by reimbursing a sumes that a club is not engaged in other sponsoring member are apparently con- activities that might jeopardize its exempt sidered the general public. Thev are dis- status. tmgmshed from bona fide guests whose of cl,,b If a club's annual gross receipts (de- , facilities is paid for bv a fined as receipts from normal and usual member without reimbursement from the club activities including membership fees, guests. A club will not he permitted to rely on the new minimum standards un- dues and assessments, but excluding ini- less it maintains books and records that tiation fees and unusual or non-recurring c early reflect the frequency of use of it receipts such as income from the sale of facilities hv non-members and the gross club assets from the general public are receipts derived therefrom. $2,500 or less) the gross receipts factor alone will not be sufficient to demonstrate that a club is engaging in business. Where Virginia Turf Conference annual gross receipts from the general The Virginia Turfgrass conference will public are more than $2,500 the gross re- be held Jan. 27-28 in the Hotrl Tnbn ceipts factor alone will not demonstrate Marshall in Richmond 1 J°hn WAIT! HOLD EVERYTHING! DON'T BUY A BALL UNTIL YOU SEE Burke-Worthington's New Indestructible RANGE BALL

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Palmer, with his finishing 78, and won the Every golf club in the U.S. is being mailed a International Trophy with a 276. Palmer form card on which space is provided for was second with 278 and Ted Makalena names and titles of operating personnel who of Hawaii and of South should receive GOLFDOM. Unless this card Africa were tied for third at 279. is filled out and returned, we cannot mail GOLFDOM to these people. Of the 32 nations (including Hawaii and Our circulation auditing association requires Puerto Rico), Argentina trailed the U.S. that the list of persons to whom GOLFDOM is by 11 strokes. Spain was third with 572, mailed be kept up to date. Without this up- then England with 578, Hawaii, 579, dated information we are instructed to stop Canada, 584, and Japan, 585. mailing the magazine to names on our old list. To make certain that your 1965 officials and Some day some pros from Europe, operating heads receive GOLFDOM, please fill Asia, Mexico, South America and Africa in the form and mail it today! are going to give U.S. pros some inter- If your club failed to receive this card or esting competition on the tournament cir- misplaced it — use the form on page 136. cuit and it will be due to the original impetus of the Canada Cup competition. Needs A Team of Angels Ted Makelena, with five children, needs de luxe real estate development work a team of angels to sponsor him on the together, and fanned golf interest in tour. Ted looks like he could become one Mexico. of the greats. The only post-graduate When Hopkins died and General Dy- school that develops any stars these days namics had to curtail its broad range is the U.S. tournament circuit. promotion, Corcoran and Frank Pace, In the Canada Cup tourney at Mexico General Dynamics president, persuaded City in 1958, Chen Ching-Po of Free Pan American World Airways, American China was tied with Ren Hogan at the Express and Sports Illustrated to become end of the third round and one veteran sponsors of the IGA. With Juan Trippe golf writer was so shocked he quit drink- the genius who made Pan American No' ing. Ching-Po did well in Hawaii, with 1 among the air railroads, Howard Clark a 68 among other rounds, indicating that the bright young man who made Ameri- the Canada Cup unveiling of his natural can Express the tourists' banker and help- talent showed him as a guy who, with ing hand and Sid James, the brilliant training of the American Circuit might {Continued on page 105) Tee up for better turf with NEW ARMOUR VERTAGREEN LIGHTWEIGHT with magnex* (The New Turf Fertilizer) Check that analysis: 18-6-9 it's the always present during photosynthesis, higher potash content in a balanced and that it is only formed in the presence analysis in new Vertagreen Lightweight of light and when iron is available to the 18-6-9 that pays off in sturdier, stiffer, living cell. So it's easy to see why Mag- stand-up-to-duffers turf. Greener turf, nex* is called the new green-up element too, thanks to the addition of Magnex*— from Armour. Armour's new green-up element: a com- Non-burning, easy spreading, less load bination of magnesium to help grass to handle—new Vertagreen Lightweight build up chlorophyll, that all important with Magnex* combines convenience plant pigment which is the key to health- with results. ier, greener growth—and complexed See your Armour representative now for iron, a form which makes this vital ele- new Vertagreen Lightweight, Armour ment readily available to growing plants. Armorganic Plant Food and pesticides Botanists tell us that chlorophyll is for complete course development. Watch Something Beautiful Happen ARMOUR AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL COMPANY

Atlanta [ ARMOU R ^Georgia Speakers at the 13th turf conference held at Keokuk (la.) CC in October, and sponsored by Leon Short & Sons, Inc., turf supplier included (front row, I to r): Leon Short, Fred Grau, Hercules Powder Co • James Brandt, Danville (III.) CC supt.; Atlee Stephens and Vern Goering, Cushman Motors; and Walter Fuchs, Jr., Upjohn Co. (Second row) Dean Peterson, Hercules Powder Co.; James L. Holmes,'USGA green section rep; Roger Brown, International Mineral Chemicals; Charles Weile, supt., Flint Hills CC, Burlington la.; Ron Eckhardt and Ken Weill, Jacobsen Manufacturing Co.; and Oscar Miles, supt., Quin'cy (III.) CC Other speakers (not shown) were Leo Cleary, W. A. Cleary Corp.; Stan Frederiksen, Mallinckrodt Chemi- cal Co.; Robert Martin, Goodall Manufacturing Co.; and Frank Komisarek, John Bean Co. More than 200 persons attended the two-day clinic.

Turf Clinic Roundup suggested that supts. buy only U.S. har- vested seed because foreign growers make little or no attempt to winnow weed seed Latham Tells Why from the grass seed they sell; re-check their mowing, aerating, watering and fertilizing methods; and keep abreast of Improved Weed Strains the new literature and research in their field, especially as they pertain to weed Are Being Propagated control. More than a dozen agronomists, supts. James G. Latham, Milwaukee Sewer- and others connected with age Commission agronomist, one of the operation appeared on the Medinah pro- speakers at the two-day turf clinic of gram with Latham. These included Carol the Midwest GCSA, held at Medinah McCue, James L. Holmes, David Gill (111.) CC in November, declared that Charles Eckstein, Gene Conway Mike there are at least a half dozen reasons Britten Roger Larson, Gerald ' Dearie why people who are paid to grow grass John Ebel, Tom Burrows, Howard Baer- wa d do such an excellent job, in many in- j '^rt Williams, Richard Trevathan stances, of propagating weeds. To be- and Ed Wollenberg. gin with, Latham said, every time grass Trace Element Deficiency seed is sown, some weed seed is planted Larson Madison, Wis. supt, who has with it. Thereafter, the weeds are fertil- been working the last three years with ized and irrigated. Following this, soil Dr. James Love on minor element de- is allowed to become hard and crusty ficiency research at the U. of Wiscon and in many cases little effort is made sin, said that the withholding of iron to improve its drainage. If this isn't manganese, molybdenum, zinc, boron and enough, some supts. in an effort to eradi- copper from grass is generally marked by cate weeds with a single application of a color deficiency, although in some in herbicides, concoct a "witch's brew" of stances plant tissues disintegrate or leaf perhaps a half-dozen chemicals that can't blades become speckled with what re- help but have a violent reaction that may sembles a salt-like solution. Researchers harm the soil for years to come.

As antidotes to these practices, Latham as to what happens when trace elements