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Things look different depending upon where you are standing. That is an old axiom which can be applied in many in- stances, but none more appropriately1 than to the perspective which the golfer gives himself when he chooses his spot on a tee ground. In fact it may betruthfully said that every tee groundpresents a right and a wrong spot from which the player may start his efforts at solving the hole’s par. While the rules limit one to two clubs lengths behind the markers, the scope for changing the panorama ofthe holeis sur- prisingly vast merely by moving fromside to side between the markers. Just how muchdifference this can spell to one’s score onsingle holes, and conse- quently the entire round, is hard to esti- mate, but carelessness in this respect has, at times, been most obvious. Perhaps the most recent important ex- ample of error in this regard occurred in 1938 when Harry Cooper was defending his Canadian Open Championshiptitle at the Mississauga Golf Club in Toronto. The “Lighthorse” came tothe final hole of the last round needing only a mediocre bogeyfive to win bya cool, three strokes. On the right, there was some danger of driving down a sloping rough, but this would not have been a serious error. As a matter of fact many players had been deliberately shooting that direction all week simply to avoid a greater danger on the left. A slight hook on this hole meant flirtation with a treacherous boundary. Moreover the white tee-markers were placed in such a waythat if you teed up close to the left the impression of the re- quired shot beckoned out to the compara- lowed! A slight hook on a beautiful long tive safety of the mght-hand rough. In ball carried the shot barely out-of-bounds Photographed model showing roughly the layout of the 14th hole at Summerlea Golf short by teeing up ontheleft a “push” and there went Harry’s hard-earned lead Club, Montreal. Here the positioning of the left-hand trap and the extension of was visually suggested. over thefield. In one tragic moment he trees on the right make the tee-shot a ticklish one. Moreover, the ball seen lying Had Cooper thought of this he would hadlost the advantage whichit had taken in the fairway shows the ideal approach- have doubtless retained his title, but in- him 71 gruelling holes to gain. Flustered ing spot and at the same time brings out the care with which one’s drive must be stead he placedhis ball close to the right- by this error andplaying three from the placed so as to open up this green. In the 1935 Canadian Open Championship this hand tee-marker. tee, Cooper finished with a miserable hole, just over 410 yards, was played in an average of 4.6 shot by the experts in From this angle the fairway appeared eight and that was enough to allow Sam 270 rounds of golf. Most of even the star performers read the tee grounds in- to stretch out to the left. A straight ball Snead to overtake him! Cooperfinally correctly playing close to the left instead this way wasperfect, of course, but Harry lost after a 27 hole playoff the following of to the right from which position the ideal faded drive, required here, would have left had been tending to hook all through the Monday! them in fine approaching position. last day of play. Unmindful of these con- The point is that even the greatest most always seems to “narrow down” the siderations, and with 2000 excited gal- golfers sometimes make “teeing errors’. fairwayto the ideal approaching spot. In lerites crowding along the right, Cooper Sometimes such mistakes are not costly, manyinstances the difference rests only in chose the right side of the tee from which but most holes “open up” from one sideof one’s perspective, but being human, the to play his last drive. What disaster fol- the tee grounds while the otherside al- Turn to page 14 The CANADIAN GOLFER—January, 1940 7

LEARN TO ENJOY GOLF| BH ( Vancouve;

Recognized as the greatest master of the iron Armour, as will be noted, has a very restricted but by a movement rearward caused by a “wee shot, Tommy Armour here demonstrates a Number body action, even for this full iron shot. lift of the left heel’. At the top of the swing 4 iron shot for the readers of Canadian Golfer The clubhead is started back, not by the wrists the left heel is barely off the ground and comes

In my last article I explained the necessity of getting the right mental attitude towards learning golf, and in this article | hope to clear up a little of the mystery surrounding the golf swing and to show that practically everyone can learn to play the game well enough to get some real enjoyment out of it. I would like to stress a point here which is sometimes over- looked;- the pleasure you give to those with whomyou play. This should be as important as your own enjoyment of the game. It can best be attained by learning to understand the golf swing, to have good style and to look as if you knew how to hit a ball. It must be recognized first, that all those who take upgolf, no matter how good the instructor is, or how muchpractise they put in, will not reach the samestandard ofefficiency, any more than all thdse who take up the piano orviolin, etc. But in the latter case as most people can learn to play well enough to enjoy these instruments, so with the golfer all may

not be champions but should expect to do well enoughto thor- back to the ground immediately upon the start Armour has a distin« 4 oughly enjoy the game, and play it intelligently. of the downs-swing of the shot. swing. Note the { i Now perhaps thefirst thing to get clear on, is the long ac- would have observed that most top players arrive at approxi- cepted theory that there are so many different ways of playing mately the sameposition at the top of the back swing. In fact golf; making it difficult to decide which is right and what is practically all good golfers arrive in the samerelative position. the best style for your particular build and general physical and ‘The swings of course may bea little shorter or longer; that is, mental make-up. If you will inspect any three varying low- however, a matter of individual style. handicap golfers you will see that despite many other differ- There must be somedefinite reason for these similar fea- ences they all arrive at a point just before contact with the club tures, so first let us consider what the underlying principle of in exactly the same position fundamentally, although there may the golf swing is. In other words, what is an average golf be slight differences in style. swing madeoff Nowlet’s observe the essential features of this position; you I think most experts will agree that a sound golf swing is will notice they all have straight left legs, straight left based on the principle of centrifugal force, and if this is the arms, right arms well back and still bent, relaxed right knees case we must then decide wherethe centre of the circleis. It and delayed wrist action. These outstanding features may be is quite obvious that the left shoulderis the point of the body on observed in the swings of practically every expert golfer. Ap- which the swing hangs, although the center of the whole op- parently then it must be important to approximate this posi- eration is the spine, around which the swing revolves. tion if you expect to hit your ball well. It is also quite obvious For all practical purposes, however, let us accept theleft that these players must have used approximately the samepri- shoulder as the point that we are going to swing theclub from. mary movement before this position was arrived at. Remember, It is necessary then, to decide what we are going to swing the position described is the result of the movement used from it with, or in other words where is our main source of power the start of the down swing. Going back a little further you to come from. 8 The CANADIAN GOLFER—January, 1940

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You see‘up to this point our reasoning is perfectly clear This is probably where experts differ, but I feel it is largels and it is obvious no one should attempt to hit a ball before a question of how each individual reacts to certain thoughts. these questions aresatisfactorily answered. As we are working on the principle that the body movement 3 The study of the main source of power is a very important always keeps ahead of the arms and hands on the downward i one, as your whole game depends largely on your impulse to swing, it seems only reasonable to’ start the back swing in the ‘ hit the ball, and it is necessary to direct this impulse to where same way. By this method you maintain the sam sequence of you have decided your main source of poweris to come from, moves both going back and coming down; i.e. body, arms, and qi and this is not usually the natural thing to do. wrists. I do not claim that this is the only way to eet the club Obviously the accompanying Armour pictures show the into the correct position, nor is it perhaps the most natural at source of power to have been developed from the muscles of first, but I do believe it will, in the end, produce the most um the back, through an unwinding movement of the body, The form results. position of the left armstill well back against the chest shows It is interesting to note that Vardon, Braid, and ‘l'ayloi that the hands and arms havenot started the downward swing. started the club back in the same way that Bobby Jones does It is also shown quite clearly that whatever wrist and hand Tommy Armour starts with a “wee lift of the left heel” and action there is should be left until the last. the clubhead definitely lags behind in the same way as. the players just mentioned. But why should this be? You should Ournext problem then, is to decide on the best way to get the club into the position where your main source of power can always know why. If the body movement is first and the wrists be applied most effectively. not held rigid the weight of the club will cause a little lag of the clubhead. In starting the work with the hands and. wrists there is always danger of tension being produced all over the body and you get away from the underlying principle of swing, with the left shoulder as the center of the circle Now by revolving the shoulders with the head steady, the club will be swung in a natural are into a good hitting position. ‘The downward swing is a combined lateral hip shift to the left and an unwinding movement of the body. This produces the wrist action with no conscious effort on thei part, and is one of the most important things to be clear on if this method

is to be adopted, The wrist action should be delayed as long as possible and produced by a proper timing of the shoulde movement, the wrists acting as well oiled hinges. Study carefully this line of reasoning and start to get th iction described, with a No. 6 or 7 iron. You will have a defin ite plan based on a sound fundamental principle and your improvement should be steady. There are of course, many details of the golf swing that distinc ise at the top of his does not maintain this cock as long as do many should be learned, but these will gradually come as you get he co the wrists. Armour other leading players. In other words, he hits ' sooner with the hands Turn to page 14 please

It will be seen also that Armour’s’ body moves what, we believe, for his control of direction Finally, note the action of Armour's hands in the forward with the down-swing so that he is drag- and for the crispness of his downward and eighth photograph, and his perfect relaxation at ging at the ball at impact. This accounts some- through the the finish

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LONDON’S PUBLIC Golf's ALWAYS Bost IN und COURSE A SUCCESS One of the cries which has arisen from time to time has been against the rather Gis inept condition of public golf links across yy |e Canada, Sharp contrast is pointed out be- \ tween facilities which the Canadian work- ing manhas at his disposal for play and those found close at hand in manyparts of the United States and Great Britain. Forinstance golf at 50 cents a round on week days may be had at the beautiful ® Parkway courses in and around New York. Nobody supposes that Canadian cities can support such facilities in great numbers or at quite as low a price, but generally our Municipal courses are woe- fully unimpressive as compared with the fine standards of private clubs across this

country. However, we reprint a most encourag- ing item which appeared in the Ottawa Citizen also in the London Free Press. This article has to do with the splendid record and achievement at the London Municipal course, Thames Valley. As in- spiration to those interested in municipal golf club promotion this clipping speaks for itself. Those in charge of Thames Valley would undoubtedly be happy to explain more fully their business methods to anyone wishing to communicate with ANADIANS want bright, warm, respite on the fairways this that club. Herewith the clipping: winter. Pinehurst is the place. The Pine Crest Inn, Homey, “The Public Utilities Commission has Reasonable, close to things—is the Ideal Hotel. made the last payment on the Thames The PINE CREST INN offers all the pleasures and comforts of Valley Golf course. This municipal enter- Mid-South resort life at most reasonable rates. prise has a remarkable record. It was Three Golf Courses — Fine Grass Greens ——- Tennis Courts — Gun started 13 years ago and has not cost the Club; Skeet, Rifle and Pistol — Hunting; Quail & Turkey Horses; Two Stables, Fine Saddle Horses. —-Hundreds of Miles ratepayers a cent. All costs of the land, Natural Bridle Paths. the laying out of the courses, the club- house and the manyincidental expenses have been paid byfees. The ThamesValley course, which to- day consists of 27 holes, is one of the fin- est, if not the finest, municipal course in Canada and certainly one of the most beautiful. It has brought golf within the means of all. Hundreds of Londoners, who could not otherwise afford the ex- pense of golf, have had an opportunity to play Scotland’s national game. Many Roomswith Private Baths. players have graduated from the Thames Excellent Cuisine. Automatic Steam Heat. Valley course to the private clubs. It has, likewise, developed some of London’s Desirable Clientele finest golfers. — Reasonable Rates — The municipal club is an asset to Lon- don and the Public Utilities Commission me PINE CREST INN is to be congratulated on its success. It was with considerable doubt that it ini- W. J. MacNAB, manager Nov. to May. Write for Literature tiated the enterprise 13 years ago, and it Situated in Pinehurst, N.C. 600 motor miles from New York was feared it might become acivic white

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LOTUS BLOSSOM GRAND SLAMMER

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When Bobby Jones made a Grand was 277, one stroke behind Ghezzi, the Slam, the competent critics said it would winner. Tony Penna tied with Toda for never be repeated andit is entirely pos- second. sible that this is the truth as far as the In a match at Atlanta, Georgia, ‘Voda British and United States open and ama- and Chin played Bobby Jones and Char- teur championships are concerned. ley Yates, even, in 18 holes of bestball But Japan had a Grand Slam King play at East Lake. for 1939 in Torchy Toda, of Kobe, who ‘Toda is a great artist and is evidently played in a number of exhibitions and being kept away from the war in China. events in America several years ago. This writer would go a long distance to

Toda, the artist of Japanese golf, during see ‘Toda play eolf unde competitive Cit=

1939, won the four major championships cumstances, to note what improvement of Japan; the Japanese open, the West- has made since he was last in America ern Japanese open, the Japanese profes- 1936. He looked then to have the sional and the Westernprofessional. possibilities of becoming one of the game’s In the open, played in June over greatest, Toda’s home course in Kobe, the Japan- Ed, Note: Vhe Japs visited Canada dur- ese star won with 73-71-70-73—287. ing their stay on this continent. ‘Vhey played at the General Brock Open He had five stroke margin over Chin, championship and also in team matches whowas in America with Toda in 1936. TORCHY TODA, in which they placed third behind United ‘Tommy Miyamoto, who was in United Japan's “Bobby Jones” States in the spring of 1935, finished States and Canadian stars. O third with 297. The course measured 6,773 yards with a dif- ficult par of 72. In the Western Japanese open, a 36 hole event, held in For DUB or CHAMP The most helpful, practical bookon golf ever published October, Toda won with 69-68—137. The course is 6,620 —a photographic yards and the par 70. He was eight strokes in front of the Quick Wayto second man. ‘Toda won the Japanese professional championship at match play defeating Miyamotoin the final 3 and 2. He wonthe BETTER GOLF Western pro championship at match play, when again in the SAM by the greatest natural golfer since final he defeated Miyamoto 5 and4. SNEAD BobbyJones, and the biggest money

winner in golf history — It appears that war with China hadlittle effect on the 247 Japanese golf championships, all of which were held with the ACTION PHOTOS familiar pros in the top spots. Show You— SAM SNEAD Toda greatly impressed critics when he came to America How to grip your club. for AKEuse of your own natural ability with for the first time in the spring of 1935 with a six man Japanese better shots this easiest-to-follow of all books on golf! team. Inthefirst match the Japanese team played in Portland, Howto use all Cuts down your score fromthe initial tee to the types of clubs last green! Driving, on the fairway, in the roughs Ore., against six Northwest professionals, Toda and Chin, Correct stanea sand traps, putting, us’ of every type club—all with a better ball of 67 beat the two Zimmermanbrothers, 2 and balance, explained briefly and simply and made doublyclear How to follow by 247 remarkable, large-size action photographs! through and pre- A book no golfer can afford to be without a and 1. To say that Portland golfers were surprised would be vent slicing vivid, 18-hole course of information andinstruction putting it mildly. The Japanese wonall three bestball matches. Positions and forthe experienced } movements 0° This team toured the United States by train from Portland body, hips, legs player as well as } the novice and } to Los Angeles, to Kansas City to St. Louis and fromSt. Louis The proper way drive, make priced at t he un- } good mashie and usually low} east, via bus. It was a rocky voyage part of the way, but the explosion shots price of ~ Japanese players and their manager enjoyed it. They played How to play a ball up-hill or F 42 matches, winning 25, losing 12 andtying four. The oppo- down-= hill, out £ o” roucth sition was P.G.A. sectional teams. sand-traps, Things to In a final match at Skokie in Chicago, the Japanese won avold on greensand ¢ three matches from Chicago’s leading amateurs. Chick Evans, fairways. Bob Gardner and Russ Martin were on the Chicagoside. ‘_—_____

——~ 9 ot a ee cee ee ee } Nakamura, the Japanese open champion of 1934 holds the f CANADIAN GOLFER “| } distinction of being the first Japanese professional to win prize 1434 St. Catherine Ww. Mtl. Please send QUICK WAY TO I f money in America. He finished in the moneyin the Western | BETTER GOLFby Sam Snead at Open at South Bend in 1935. | I enclose check or money order Best showing ever made by a Japanese in America was by | Name Toda, who finished in a tie for second in the Hollywood, Address Florida, open in the spring of 1936 in afield in which prac- tically every class American professional was entered. Toda | The CANADIAN GOLFER-—-January, 1940 13

Sieutenant 0. Ross Somowtle, PLAYING OUT THE BYE Continued from page 3 TEES OFF AGAINST ADOLPH their own limited numberandto their “closed-corpora- tion” tournaments. John Q. Public is’nt interested or concerned with the fact that a bunch of 70-shooters are finding the gametoo easy! John finds it difficult enough to get the ball into the hole with all the modern gadgets. Hence speaking for golf generally we say, “Go ahead and take the sandwedge out of Open championship play if you wish!” If duffers have sandwedges which make any- thing easier for them, you'll never get ’em out of their bags. As a matter of fact one more morcel of such leg- islation won't change the scores of 99% of all golfdom even a small fraction anyway!

ENJOY GOLF Continued from page 9 the fundamentals clearly fixed in your mind and can execute these movements with a reasonable degree of confidence. Re- member there is always more to learn, a greater degree of accuracyin timing etc. andthereal pleasure of the game comes when youbegin to hit your ball with the confidence born of a genuine knowledge of the swing.

BILL THOMPSON Continued from page 5 had to beat the dark, handsome young Montreal product with excellence all the way, for despite spectacular shotmaking by C. R. Somerville, London, Ont. his opponent throughout, Thompson never once indicated any weakness in his game nor lack of a fighting heart. Horne won Canada’s Sandy Somerville was last in England in 1938 on confidence and terrific power. Thompson at no time beat when he went to the semi-finals of the British Amateur cham- himself. After his battle with Horne, Thompsondeclared that pionship. Lieutenant C. R. Somerville of London, Ont. is he was through with the golf professional business unless he again in the Old Countryat the present time doing his bit with s n e could obtain a better post than that which he then occupied. m

the First Canadian Active Service Corps. In a recent letter eee i d

A short conversation with him denoted that there was no doubt s e i

from London’s star player and Sandy’s golfing pal, Jack Nash, e n of his sound ideas concerning golf. This plus a pleasant per- e we were informed that nothing has been heard from the sonality should make him ably suited to teach. Any club “Silent Scot” except a wire at Christmas to his family reading, would find such a young man an asset, Whether or not he “EVERYTHING PEACHY”. “Jands” the post we maysafely say that in Bill Thompson, Incidently two other well-known Londongolfers are in the Montreal has produced for Canada a player capable of devel- service at present. They are Charlie Keene and Colin Brown, oping into first magnitude “tournament timber.” both stationed in Halifax as sub-Lieutenants. Doug Wigle, O another outstanding London athlete who was recently mar- ried (to Miss Sis Holten) has been in the R.C.A.F. for three CAN YOU READ TEES Continued from page 7 years. O golfer generally hits straightest when he feels the widest fair- U. S. AMATEURS RE-DEFINED ways beckoning. Narrow-looking fairways unconsciously bring The Definition of an Amateur Golfer has been changed by about tension and inaccuracy. This matter of reading tee i grounds has, however, much to do with one’s personal golfing i uniformly fixing the 18th birthday .as the time limit for ex- | cusing prior violations of the Definitions. habits and judgment. For instance “‘controlled” hookers and Heretofore, the 16th birthday was the time limit for certain slicers are likely to be influenced, whether theyrealized it or violations and the 18th birthday for other violations. not, in picking a side of the teeing ground. Each player should However, anyone of any age who violates the Amateur be able to size up the outstretched fairway to suit his own par- Definition is ineligible for amateur competition unless: ticular tendencyin driving. 1. Prior to his 18th birthday he ceases such violations and There is such a thing as choosing the side of tees so as to so declares himself, whereupon he automatically becomes an “lay percentages” on courses characterized by narrow fair- amateur golfer; or ways. Yet even a resolution to adopt this sort of plan maybe 2. After his 18th birthday, he is formally reinstated to foiled by wily greensmen who,desirous of making their courses amateur standing by the Executive Committee of the United seem difficult in tournament play, will deliberately set tee States Golf Association. markers subtly in such a wayas to induce a chance-taking line The Supplement to the Definition of an Amateur Golfer to the hole. This little trick is responsible for many errors has been changed to the effect that one who becomes auto- among the unthinking. Even carelessness in setting up mark- matically reinstated to amateur standing prior to his 18th ers will lure manyto play toward a narrowpart of the fairway. birthday, as provided in 1. above, maynot again bereinstated Hence the motto should be to more or less disregard tee as provided in either 1. or 2. above; a player maynot be re- markers; use them only as general guides—not as indicators instated more than once. In short, a player may not change of actual direction. The best thought is always to tee up on from professional to amateur status more than once, no matter that part of the tee from which the fairway ahead appears the what his age maybe. widest. 14 The CANADIAN GOLFER—January, 1940

WE OBSERVE Continued from page | ANNOUNCEMENTeontinuea from page | POUT ehoDLaeCL Te was the last round of the year and moved the Quebec Willingdon Cup team on him into this prominent position in the several occasions and serving as Honorary nick of time, Snead won $20,000 in Secretary Treasurer of the Province of | 1938-39, his greatest season. Picard won Quebec Golf Association. Heis also one $10,303 this Age of the outstanding ski-runners in the |

get seat Laurentian Zone. | Spend your winter vacation in m, the invigorating, pine-scented, dry, kaif Todd Takes Overin Guldahl’s Place Mr. Taylor’s efforts on behalf of golf | warmair of Pinehurst — “Two \. Jimmy Todd, rated two years ago by during the past nine years have been | Months Nearer the Sun’, 8 fa- L mous golf courses with velvety many and Canadian Golfer joins with his grass greens. For details phone CANADIAN GOLFER as Canada’s Mr. Mignard, Hotel Ambassador, numerous friends across Canada in wish- N.¥.yC.C.— Plaza 38-9320, or write No. 2 amateur golfer may well illustrate Pinehurst, Inc. , at Pineh urst, N.C , ing him “par or better” in his future | A the boy who made goodin the shortest business connections. | possible time. The Victoria left-hande1 = who turned professional under Ralph |

Guldahl last year recently took over SOUTHS Guldahl’s post at Braeburn Country Club BEST N=. Jimmy’s quiet personable manner GOLF FIREPROOF Ss and keen insight of the gameput him in AT Prom GOLFWITHOUT STEEP HILLS, AUGUSTA.GGAA..*t"he ?Bast line for this important job. Next to Cana- HOTEL dian Roy Bronson, Toronto product who D OOR Superb ’ is professional at the smart Brae Burn 18-HOLE COURSE a m Grass Greens — Green Fairways 8 2 < Club in Boston, TVodd’s appointment is 5 a Driving Range for 16 Players—18-Hole Scotch } undoubtedly the highest tribute which Putting Cou rse—18-Hole Putting Green— has been paid in such a manner to a 9-Hole Pitch and Putt Course CYanaaddi:an prao. I cide ] . © zl Weekly Gues ts aoe Horseback Riding With- Incidently Bronson suc- out na! Sear Many Beautiful Trails. Excellent Shooting. Fine Airport (1 mile). ceeded Denny Shute, former British LoePasved Roads in All Direct ions

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Looking For and Aft Old Rule Losing Ground WITH AMERICAN PROS. NEW YORK DROPS STYMIE 1940 Offers $175,000 Whenthe United States Golf Association at its last annual meeting intimated that for another yearat least it intended to Tournaments offering prize moneytotalling $175,000 dur- ing 1940 are on the United States Professional Golf Associa- continue its modified stymie rule it seemedto implythat golfers tion schedule. Under newpresident Tom Walsh the U.S.P. of the United States were thoroughlysatisfied to play the shot whentheball to be hurdled was six inches or more from the G.A. seems likely to continue its splendid course through an- other year. “Straight-shooting” George Jacobus, president of cup. It seems, however, that while there has been no open the Association during its formative years, has resigned in favor conflagration anti-stymie fires are smouldering. Even in NewYork State opposition to any kind of stymie of hard-working Tom, who hies from Chicago. Jacobus is has been growing apace. Along the Mohawk Valley and as far Honorary president. Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen are Honourary Vice-presidents. as Buffalo there were many who did not care for the rule even as amended. Iwo years ago the U. S. G. A. decided to Jacobus Succeeded by Walsh call it a sytmie only whenthe obstructing ball was six inches The change in presidents was percipitated as an act “for from the cup in addition to six inches from the stymiedball. the good of the association” following the mix-up which oc- The newruling said nothing about the self-laid stymie, which curred when DennyShutesent in his entrance moneyfor the manygolfers felt is the only condition warranting a penalty. 1939 P.G.A.tournament late! The Committee voted to up- Stymie Ruled Out hold rules and keep Denny out. The professionals decided to At its recent annual meeting, the New York State Golf “Walk out”? on the tournament which was to be held in con- junction with the World Fair if this was done. This would Association decided to take the stymie by the horns and tossit have given the Association a “‘black-eye” with the sponsors and out completely. A motion to this effect made by John A. Ahearn, of the Wanakah Club of Buffalo, seconded by the the world generally. Jacobus, however, broke the impasse, took newstate president, William B. Stark, of Syracuse, was carried the “‘bull by the horns’, overrode the Committee and allowed unanimously. the twice winner of the event to play. This act, while in the Association’s best interest at the time, made “wo-fisted” George It does not follow that the stymie during the coming season will be on the run from Niagara to Montauk. The Metropoli- feel it was best to “Jeave” the Chair and thus erase any chance tan Golf Associationstill keeps step with the U. S. G. A. But of future friction through the precedent he hadcreated. upstate many memberclubs will follow the lead of the state Leaves Fine Record body and, in any event, there will be no stymies this year in They mayfind better men in the future than this same the state championships. O Mr. Jacobus in the U.S.P.G.A., but never one whowill leave more accomplished behind him, nora finer record for having WILL THEY LAUGH Continued from page 4 held the Association first at all times. New prexy Tom Walsh So, yousee, old and young just hadto learn the gameasbest is a splendid organizer; excellent golfer and certainly the logi- they could. It is remarkable that the three players just referred cal man to follow Jacobus. to, broke nearly every one of our accepted rules for the cor- Picard Top Man in 1940 rect method of playing golf; but it is equally true that these Henry Picard,.won the Vardon Trophy this year “nosing three, among them, managed to win more than a dozen out” Open champion Byron Nelson. He also was 1939 top Championships—Open and Amateur. money“taker” and winnerof the P.G.A. title. The unplayed Surely golf is a strange game! O Ryder Cup matches did not stop U.S.A. from naming their Winter Circuit Dates in Toto. team. Five men, Jacobus, Hagen, Ed Dudley, Leo Deigel and Dec. 14-17—Miami $10,000 Open, Miami Springs, Fla ..... $10,000 Olin Dutra sent in ten naminations each. The following were 1940 picked onthis basis being judged onthelast two year’s records. Jan: -5-8—Los- Angeles} Open ait a2 0).:20 ces oe Rati tree tterye as 5,000 Vic Ghezzi, Ralph Guldahl, Dick Metz, Byron Nelson, Henry Jane 1i-14=—@akland: Opens tisce, acuyoene Se tee te 5,000 Jan. 12-14—P.G.A. Seniors’ Champ., Saratoga, Fla...... Picard, Paul Runyan, Horton Smith, Harold McSpaden, Jan. 17-21—San Francisco Match Play Championship ...... 5,000 Jimmie Hines and Sam Snead. Jan. 27-28—Bing Crosby Invitational (Rancho Sante Fe) .- 3,000 Keb; 3-4—Phoenix-A nize rn icc ceo ea nee 3,000 Important Dates Announced Feb. 8-11—Texas Open xChampionship, San Antonio, Texas 5,000 The following are the dates of the winted Circuit tourna- Feb. 16-18—Western Open Championship, Houston, Texas 5,000 Feb: .22-25—New. Orleans: Open’ 54:0 sc) eee era tee 10,000 ments on the U.S.P.G.A. schedule. Incidently, the dates for Feb, -28-29—St:. Petersburg (CRlas)

R.C.G, A. ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the Royal Canadian Golf Association will be held on Wednesday, February 7th 1940 at the Windsor Hotel, Montreal, at 4.00 p.m. Representatives of as many clubs as possible to attend are invited, whether delegates or not, appointment of delegates must be certified by secretaries of clubs represented or they will not be entitled to vote at the meeting.

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TOTAL $765,582 mY More MoneySpent on Golf, Tennis and Badminton than Six Other Leading Sports Combined For Accessories

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