Driving Range Helps Lesson Income

By BOB JOHNSTON

A PROFITABLE variation of the road- bagful of balls. We used between 1,200 side driving range was used last and 1,500 balls the range during 1940." season by Ed Dudley at the Bala course of Dudley is assisted at the Bala course by Philadelphia CC. Jimmy McHale, 24-year-old sharpshooter Dudley converted the spacious polo field, who served at the Winged Foot Club under directly across the road from the club- Craig . Joe Ludes, who had his house, into a driving range. More than apprenticeship at Oakmont and Harris- 2,100 practice sessions were used by the burg, Pa., courses, and young Joe Davis, 700 club members. assist Dudley at Spring Mill. The lush polo field turf, which offers Dudley gives about 10 lessons per day an enticing target to those players who during the summer months, teaching at belt them past the 250-yard mark, is Bala week-days, then transferring the dotted by a couple of sand traps and scene of operations to Spring Mill Satur- greens for pitching, so all phases of the day and Sunday. The Spring Mill course game can be covered. Dudley plans to is completely closed down during the win- construct 50 this year. ter months every year. It had an Armis- "Players sign for a practice session tice Day deadline in 1940. at 60 cents per hour," Dudley says. "We A1 Wilfong, a Philadelphia boy who has charge 40 cents per half-hour, and if any- been Dudley's clubmaker for the past six one has only a few minutes available, years, takes charge at Bala when Dudley buckets can be purchased at 25 cents leaves for Bobby Jones' Augusta, Ga., apiece. course. Dudley also takes both Davis and "It's really a time saver, because there's Ludes with him, while McHale follows no waiting for a boy to bring back a the winter circuit.

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