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Lincoln Werden, got! writer of New other of the first 25 money-winners . . York Times and former president of the Player played in 19, Palmer in 21 anc Golf Writers Assn. of America, was rush- Nicklaus in 26 , . . Championships that ed to Methodist hospital, Indianapolis, mean the most to the people who want to f [hiring Speedway "500 tournament, with see the players {and hence build up the attack of pancreatitis . . . Jack Nicklaus' TV demand, too) are the National Open suggestion thai PC A tournament sched- and the Masters . . . PGA Tournament ule be cut to about 30 engagements to committee has been wise in not messing "guarantee" sponsors a good field, and so touring goffers can play exhibition match- es and take part in unofficial money com- petitions in between scheduled tourna- FRONT COVER ments has golf writers wondering if a head-on clash between PGA Tournament The eleventh hole at Big Cypress G&CC, committee and Mark McCormack, man- Nap lei, Fta., was reclaimed from the Big ager of Nicklaus, Palmer, Player, et al, is Cypres! swamp, which 1i the largest section imminent. of the Everglades. Architect William Diddle devised this hole, which ii 170 yards from PGA officials and lesser lights of tour- nament circuit maintain the PGA lias one tee that juts into a small lake, and 135 done the work of making tournament golf yards from another peninsula tee. One of big business and shouldn't and won't take the trees bordering this picturesque hole is an inferior role as a caddie for the liig topped by an eagle's nest. Phil Darbythire is Wheels . • . Television interests of tour- professional and Pout Nevers is supt. of Sig nament promoters, golf associations and Cypress. individual players are big. complicated and a source of potential brawls . . . The "unofficial money competitions" between in these events although it has been prod- tournaments, to which Nicklaus refers, are ded to declare itscli part-owner of the regarded by many as synthetic champion- two top championships . . . The tourna- ships . . . Following the PGA champion- ment situation right now calls for fore- ship. the big money winners aren't eager sight and for consideration for the goose to play for the taxman so the circuit at that lays those big golden eggs. times gets to be too much minor league mid-June, to please or profit sponsors . . . The Car- Through Mickey Wright had won $11,132 on the Ladies PGA circuit ibbean minor league circuit in winter is ami six of ten events in which she com- accented heavily as a distiller's publicity peted ... At that rate, she was running gimmick. well ahead of 1062 . . . Marilyn Smith, There are 51 tournaments plus uncount- having her best season, was second with ed pro-ams on the journeyman pros' cal- $8,133 and two victories . . . Deadline endar . . . Bruce Crampton played in 38 for the seventh Brunswick-MacGregoi tournaments last year -— more than any newspaper writing competitions is Oct.

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ME 1-850 2 FL 1-6878 Rancho Bernardo (Calif.) GC has set The Original 5-in-l Combo aside each Tues., Wed and Thurs. as a free golf day for persons 50 ur over . . . DOUBLES Golf Fun! Senior citizens started moving into the • Pull) Ea»ier Rancho Bernardo community in June , . . • Smarter Design Hotel Sahara Invitation, to be played in • "Rainbow" Color Choice Las Vegas, Oct. 17-20, is to be a $77,777 t • lighter Wheelt event with I3Gs going to the winner . . . Pockets for gp to Sponsors say its the fifth richest tourna- ment on the 1983 card . . . George D. VVidener, better known as a horseman, is the honorary chairman of the Whitemarsh Open, to be played Oct. 3-6, at White- marsh Valley CC, Philadelphia . , . Robert Stuck is Gerald E. Hall's assistant at the Santa Ana (Calif.) CC pro shop . . . He succeeds Rich Merkel who is pro at Dominguez Hills Par 3, near Santa Ana.

Southern California GA's 64th Amateur ( will be piaved July 25-28 at HOlcrest t .C * in L.A. . . . Par 29 muny course is part of * the City of San Leandro's shoreline recre- ation development area . . . California city * has hired Ev Roonev, fturner assistant at Spokane (Wash.) CC, as its pro . . . Third IL Children's Memorial Hospital pro-am to 1 be played at Onwentsia Club, Lake For- 4 est, 111., July 29, will pair 150 amateurs with 50 touring pros . . . It costs $500 for an amateur to enter the benefit com- 637 E. Center Si. • Milwaukee 17. Wii. petition . . . Hollywood Hackers, com-

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She is the first woman ever clever plastic golf ball cap does admitted to the British PGA , . . Gary it! Handy 4-oz. size, convenient Player is Arawak's traveling pro . . . Ac- to carry. Longest-lasting protec- cording to an article in the June issue of the USGA Golf Journal, clubs in many tion against most every insect states run the risk of losing liquor li- except the "golf bug." List—$1.25 censes if Calcutta pools and other forms per can. Cost to pro — 75c per of organized gambling are conducted on can. Conies 6 in handsome dis their property . . . Bob Wilke won the fifth World Entertainment championship play carton, two cartons and 12 at Long Beach (Calif.) recreation park in cans to a box @ only $9.00. Tune with a 146, beating James Garner Expands pro's market for home by three strokes. use. And the 6-pack is the newest Since we started covering U.S. National gift for the golfer. To be sold Open championships in 1922 we don't re- exclusively through pro shops. call one that got better handling than Orders to us will be filled from Boston's veteran golf writers, Joe Looney of the Herald, 'lom Fitzgerald of the your nearest distributor Send Globe, and Nick Del Ninno of the Trav- check for $9.00 to cash in on the eler, gave the Open at Brooktinc . . . "buggy" days ahead. They got the stories that happened inside the players' heads . . . TV comment that added something to what everybody could see made big (and smart) grabs from reporting of Fitzgerald, Del Ninno and Looney . , . Eddie Ervin of the USGA Sales-tested and Doc Griffin and Jim and Lois Gaquin display carton holds six cans, of the PGA did great things in the press starts coining room with work somewhat equalizing the "pro" profits edge TV gels from the USGA (or w'hat it the day you is paid for television rights. put it on your counter. Golf is one of the toughest sports to cover . . . 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The women scorers and the club wom- en who drive cars at the National Opens Replenish are immensely valuable and never ade- quately recognized or thanked . . . With- out them the Open would be set back Your Inventory many years . . . They are the reason tlu Open has it over the Masters ... I nevei with the NEW have seen or heard of one of them being incompetent or disagreeable . . . The Country Club presented a bunch of stars as scorers . . . They are good and careful MCLAUGHLIN golfers and the USGA could have them put the Bartlett box score data on their reportage ... It would help a lot in Driving Range Balls such cases as that of Bob Gajda, pro at Forest Lake CC, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., With the following features: who led the first round at Brookline with 69 . , , Bob and his companions, Don if Three compressions — each one Collett of Coronado (Calif.) CC and Gene Thompson of Bluefield (W. Va.) CC, had tailored for maximum durability. a gallery of their caddies ... 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When the Moose won the Flint Open the way he putted and You can pay more — hit shots without diddling around scored with TV golfer viewers . . . He added to but you can't buy belter that fame by his efficient manner of per- forming without tedious delay on Open Write for lull information, trade for cutj, or TV . . . Boros knows how to play shots rebuilding your cut*. with a wedge out of short rough near HUGH J. MCLAUGHLIN & SON, inc. Box 317, Crown Point, Indiana (Continued on page 76)

July, 1963 Swinging Around Golf (Continued from page 19)

greens , . , Others haven't teamed that yet although such rough has been the mowing pattern at the past 25 Opens. Got to hand it to Jack Nick la us for the fine way he handled himself in the inter- view after he had failed to make the cut . . . Public favor of Nicklaus, Palmer and Player has been built up by their good judgment in their individual publicity . . . Some ballyhoo about their operations has l>een too close to the Dr. Ward-Christ ine- Mandy accent on strictly business. Possibly the biggest achievement at the If your fairways, greens end tee* bear any indication Open was in getting the course in top of Brown Patch or other grass diseases, act now! condition after it had been seriously dam- We offer a complete line of eiceftent fungicides. aged by winterkill and recovery had been Don't wait until your tvrf troubles increase — write delayed by a cool spring . , , Supt. John end give us your problem. We can help you! Kealty and his staff were aided in a big greens, fairways and tees re sodding by John's fellow members of GCSA of New England who contributed their own time and expert ability to the job . . . Aeration didn't boost the recovery program fast enough . . . Realty's program included some light discing and seeding with bent and Penncross on greens . . . Kcaltv, who has been with The CC since 1932 and its sunt, since April 1, 1932. got through calmly , , . He's got a staff of reliable RUBBERLOCK SPIKE RESISTANT and competent men and in Charles L. Pierson, a chairman who supports him . . , INTERLOCKING FLOORING A chairman who keeps the supt. and mein- tiers from blowing tlie ir tops at the same Coif Hubberlock is time when adverse weather kills a course a new interlocking is valuable at any club. splke-ie*ijtant rub- ber flooring with CC of Brookline general manager, Har- resilient built-in old T. Hueber, and his staff handled a body. Tough •Dur- vast amount of clubhouse restaurant and able. Withstands bar business in the old clubhouse . . . sharp pressures of goll spikes — re- Stauffer's did the catering . . . Pro Russell covers original sur- Hale had shop and tents well organized face without cut- and stocked for supply of headwear and ting. other apparel, etc. lor spectators , , . Fred W. Anders, caddiemaster, had his team APPROXIMATELY Vt" THICK 24' x W so selected and trained that players often SQUARES commented the 19fi3 Open caddies were BEVELLED EDGING (INTERLOCKING) AVAILABLE the best they had seen in a tournament CHOICE OF BEAUTIFUL MARBELIZF.D for years. COLORS Caddying at The CC of Brooktine EASY TO MAINTAIN-EASY TO INSTALL should lie in the high tradition . . . Eddie NO CEMENT OR MASTIC REQU1KED- INTERLOCKING FEATURE HOLDS bowery, the 10-year-old kid who caddied FLOORING SECURELY for Francis Ouimet in 1913 when The Hoy Also available lit runners, 38* It 56" wide. Next Door won the Open, came back to Send drawing or blueprint lor free estimate. the field of glory and during his home- MITCHELL RUBBER PRODUCTS, INC. coming made a $40,000 gift to ihe Fran- 2114 San Fernando Road. Dept. G-J* cis Ouimet Fund of the Massachusetts Lot Angeles 65, California Coif Assn. . . . The Country Club's pres., The Florentine Touch This photo shows the main room of the clubhouse of Golf dell 'Ugolino in Flor- ence, Italy, The snack bar, colorful table fittings and furniture, and the gay color-

ing of the curtains and wall give the sim- ple loom something that shows a touch of genius. A large porch surrounds the clubhouse. NEW It is decorated with flowers for evening 50 lb. parties. The men's lockerroom and bath BAG accommodations aren't elaborate but at European clubs they never are, by Amer- EASIER ican standards. The European pro shops TO usually are so small, dark and untidy an American club wouldn't have them. HANDLE But this bright, small though adequate room at fabled Florence, gives some ideas of how good taste can be substituted for money in a small clubhouse. TOUGHER TURF Samuel H. Wolcott, Jr., club's National fertilize with Open general chairman, Joseph A. Erick- son, and their teammates, men and wom- MILORGANITE en, ran the Open about as well as a tour- Tt>< NATURAL ORGANIC FERTILIZER nament could be conducted . . , They • LESS DISEASE worked hard for nothing and acted gra- • FEWER NEMATODES ciously as hosts and hostesses to the manor • REDUCES WILT born. Long fasting Mitorganite provides soil with Friendly Valley, senior citizen commun- everything necessary for strong, vigorous grass ity north of Sari Fernando, Calif., build- growth. It promotes a healthy root system that ing course . . . Building $100,000 club- resists drought, insect pests and disease. Mil- house and pro shop at Wichita Falls, Tex., organite is easy to opply, too: It's dust free, Weeks Park course . . . Building nine at free flowing, and does not cake or deterior- Qtlincy, Mich, . . . Umlding 18 municipal ate in storage. Use Spring, Summer and Fall. course at Owensboro, Ky. to plan of Alex- If you have a Turf Problem, consu/f ander C. McKay . , . Raneho Sierra nine Turf Service Bureau in Antelope Valley, Calif., opening soon THE SEWERAGE COMMISSION ... It is owned by John Roseinger and MILWAUKEE I, WISCONSIN Sain Fogo. Napa, Calif., pushing for a muny course . . . Jimmy Nichols now pro at MILORGANITE the new Hillendale Bridgeport, Conn, . , . ijht NATURAL ORGANIC FERTILIZER Rainmastei Cuts Costs Most.^^i^ Specialized Automatic Julius Boros (center) it congratulated by Johnny Farrell (I), 1928 Open winner, ond Sam Snead fol- Sprinkling for Golf. lowing his victory ot Brookline. Julius ond Johnny werfr served worm rations ot this get together, but since Sam never has captured the USGA title, he had to eat cold turkey.

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Open first nine of North Redoubt Club, Garrison-on-Hud- son . . . Dick Wilson designed it. John Handwerg, Sr. and John, Jr., open their Park Vale CC 18 at River Vale, Fast, Efficient Seedbed Preparation N.J, . . . Larrv Barry is pro . . . Expect to open Duplin County Club, Kenans- THIS ONETOOL... The ideal attachment for • Scarifies ville, N.C., soon . . . Jim Simpson is pro- • Grvdei construction or rebuilding snpt, . . . Open Alexandria Hay (N.Y.) • Livtlf of Jces and greens, for GC in Thousand Islands area . . Open . Till« grading badly compacted Rocky Ridge CC, St. George, Vt., 18 . . . • Sproads and rutted service roads • Pulverise* and parking areas. First nine of Sugar bush GC, Warren, Vt., • Finiib KaVci open . . . Second nine to open in Sept. George Evans who won the British PGA ROSEMAN TRACTOR EQUIPMENT CO. Seniors championship and the Teacher 2620 Crawford Avenue Evans ton. Illinois trophy and will play Herman Barron for How Would You Score It? D. D, Wilson, playing a Humble Oil & Helming Co. tournament in Baton Rouge, La., last month, made what prob- ably ranks as the toughest series of shots ever perpetrated on a par 4 hole. Ife hit lus first ball out of bounds, then followed with another in the same direction. Play- ing a third ball and fifth stroke, Wilson powered one right down the middle. It traveled 308 yards, went between some players who were putting out and rolled into the cup. Then, he discovered that his first ball was in bounds. He played this one and got n four. What score do you think Wilson should have marked on his card? Sec August Golfdom for I he answer. the World Senior PGA championship and another Teacher award, didn't turn pro Until he was almost 50 . . . He was one of the best amateurs in the south of Eng- land and won many amateur events . . . lie recently reached 50, turned pro and got a teaching job in Austria . , . He now is assistant to Sid Scott at Roehampton. Award contracts totaling $274,505 for building Williamsport, Pa., muny course including watering system, tree planting I y and roads and parking area . . , Harry Messinger, South Bound Brook, N.J., now business manager, Green Knoll course, Somerset County Park Commission course Q at Somervillc, N.J. Eddie An It, Washington, D.C., archi- Ceramic Tee Markers tect, designing Ridgley (Md.) CC IS and Essexshore CC, Essex, Md., as features of real estate developments . , , Ault Watch the compliments come your way once also is architect of course at Monscrrat your members see these beautifully glazed Island, British West Indies . , . West In- and rugged ceramic tee markers. Made of dies getting a lot of golf course building, enduring high fired, highly glazed ceramic, some of it tied in with plans for fancy they are practically indestructible. They are gambling places . . . 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Charles Bartlett discovered on cheeking • Washington (C-50) • Cohansey (C-7) vital statistics , . . Adding nine to Bergen • Congressional (C-19) County (N.J.) Bergen course . . . Westlake • Arlington (C-1) • Toronto (C-15) Golf Course, Inc., to build 18 near Lake- WE SHIP ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES land, Fla. . . . Dick Wilson is architect. (34 hour Air Freight Is Available) Donald Siebern building 18, on Fair- Phone: Area Code 313 531-036! acres Farm ol his parents, near Milford. HIRAM F. GODWIN & SON O. , . . George Jacobus, veteran pro at 22366 Grand River Ave., Detroit 19, Mich. Ridgewood (N.J.) CC, who started his A Reliable Source of Supply Since 1920 junior instruction program in 1918, has 127 juniors iti his Saturday morning class- es this year . . . George deserves high recognition by PGA for his pioneering job in organizing junior instruction at cluhs . . . 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and other clubs and realize that while the PGA might win arguments (if anybody wins arguments) it can lose jobs and money for its members . , . And may Ik: (doing just that if there isn't more good judgment used soon. But in the meanwhile, the political bat- tles are heating up in the PGA . . . This early two campaign issues are whether PGA members and golfers in general should know how PGA business is run and who gets the big job and what con- cession revenue at the PGA Palm Beach Gardens courses. Improved, self-propelled Seems like a lot of sense iu what Mayor POWERED TOP DRESSER William F, Walsh of Syracuse, N.Y, said Savtr at least one-third on top dressing la- in dedicating Sunnyerest Park's nine hole i>or! One man. equipped with the Mele-K- Matic powered kip dressing machine, can Par-3 for juveniles: "We will lick our do the entire job alone, spreading top dress- juvenile delinquency problem when young ing materials e\ enly and quickly. No rnking punks are salted away iu jail for a long or dragging. Non-clogging design permits use ot high moisture materials time as examples of how violence can Only Mere-tt-Matic hat thvsa original features: and must be treated." Mayor Walsh noted • AM m»ta 1 r r »ad,n >11 • Metering gat* for accurate velum* central. that 42 per cent of adult crime is com- • Balloon tires. * Revolving spreader brush. mitted by criminals who have records as • Positive chain drive. • Powered traction ond spreading. juvenile delinquents ... "The blame shou 1 • Dual controls within reach of operator. rest with those who release them to re- Write for illuilrafd brochure. turn to their patterns of crime." , . . The SOD-MASTER story isn't any surprise to supts. who have 3456 No. Washington Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.

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eral courscs along the Southeastern coast course will be known as Morris Williams and was supt. at the CC of Virginia for Memorial in honor of a former Austin •many years . , . Bub Shave won the first sports writer and his son who was killed Zippo Open on June 24 ... He shot a 67 several years ago in an Air Force crash over the Pennhilis Club course in Brad- . . . It will be managed by George Han- ford, Pa. non . . , Course was designed by Leon New offices of the National Swimminj, Howard . . . Arnold Palmer and Gary Pool Institute are located at 2000 K St., Player are going to team up again in a N.W., Washington 6, D.C. . . . Robert H. new series of Challenge TV matches . . . They will start Jan. 11, 1964 on ABC tSteel is the Institute's executive secretary . . , Squires CC, which will open this , . . Second Markham Pro-Am will be played Aug. 1-4 at Casper (Wyo.) CC , . , fall as a male-only operation, has bought 42 acres of ground adjoining its course More than $8,000 in prizes will be offered site in Montgomery county, near Philadel- . . . Jack Nick la us' suggestion that the phia . . . California State Open to be PGA tournament schedule be reduced didn't go over too well with other pros played Aug. 20-25 in Santa Maria . , , ... Art Wall, Jr, and Tony Lema both The state's PGA match play champion- pointed out that Jack shouldn't forget that ship is scheduled for Oct. 7-10 at Del Bio many fellows playing the circuit need a CC . . . The 1963 Northern California crack at some of those minor engagements TOpen went to Ceorge Archer, an amateur to make a living. , . . His 208 was five shots under the score turned in by Paul Harney, the run- Isaac S. Mackje, 82, a professional and nerup. onetime owner of the Netherland CC in Third municipal course for Austin. Tex., Scotch Plains, N. J., died in that city in now under construction with a fourth June ... He was the pro at Canoe Brook scheduled to be built in 1965 . . , New (Continued on page 98)

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Swinging Around Golf writers came close by choosing Aruolti Palmer as their favorite . . . Penn Machine (Continued from page 85) Club, Summit, from 1912 until 1924 and Co., Pittsburgh, has bought Lakeview CC, Morgan town, Pa., from the estate of the then served for several years at the OM late ! I. Ward Christopher for more than CC of Flushing, L.I. . . . An irate arid $1 million . . . This club and its supt., unknown golfer at Ogdensburg (N.Y.) CC, Carl K. Smith, were subjects of a Golf- where Ernie Fortner is pro, lias been ac- dom niece in February. cused of cutting down two large elm trees Bill Fly 1111 now pro at new Thomson that bordered one of the fairways . . , Club, North Heading, Mass., which open- Some of the kids enrolled at Vic Ghezzl's ed its first nine recently . . . Tom Mahan? golf camp in Windham, Conn., have conic veteran pro at United Shoe Machinery from us tar as St, Louis, Chattanooga and club, Beverly, Mass., recovering at his Florida. home and doing a little putting and chip- Ghe/zi, by the way, has played in the ping in his yard . . . Mahan, sectional most PGA Championships — 27 . . . Sam and national PGA official for many years, Snead has taken part in 22, Jim Turnesa in was stricken shortly after returning front 16, Chick Harbcrt 111 14, Jack Burke and Florida in February where he was worked Jim Ferrier in 12 and Walt Burkemo in hard in putting on PGA merchandise 9 . . . Mickey Wright recently traveled to show. Portugal and played Brigitte Varongot, Tommy Median, for past ]0 years pro' European women's amateur champion, in at Bloomington (11.) CC and for 20 years a match which will be seen on Shell's prior to the Bloomington assignment, pro "Wonderful World of Coif" next Janu- at Riverside and other clubs in the Chi- ary. cago district is resigning at the end of the' None of tlie 15(1 or so golf writers who season . . . Hubert J. Roper named man. took part in GolHng's poll to pick the win- agerol Bushfiefd (Va.) Golf & Boat Club ners of the Open, PGA Championship and Bushfield club, recently opened, is on site Amateur, selected Julius Bortts to win at that once was plantation of John Augustine1 Brookline . . . Only one, Furinan Bis her Washington . . . Roper has been president of the Atlanta Journal, predicted that Jack of V irginia and National Capital chapters Cupit would win the Open . . . But 62 of Club Managers' Association of America