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By HERB GRAFFIS

Switch of PGA headquarters from doesn't exist in the central and mid-At- * Dunedin to Palm Beach will mean a loss lantic states and northeast. of "approximately a quarter-million dol- Sam Davis, Dunedin mayor, upon hear- lars annually dumped by the many pro- ing of the PGA decision to move, said: fessionals who come here in their off sea- "We got along before the PGA came here " son," according to estimate of Bill Currie, and will get along just as well after sports editor, Clearwater Sun . . . Sim they leave. . . . To be realistic, town of * said that announcement of PGA's mov- Dunedin will be better off in one way ing to John D. Mac Arthurs new develop - after the PGA sojourn than before be- merit in Palm Beach Gardens, was "like cause the organization spent well over a a 50-megaton bomb falling 011 Dunedin." half million dollars improvement and PGA offices have been in Dunedin maintenance of the course that reverts to j since 1956 when it was moved from Chi- Dunedin. cago . . . The offices recently were moved Golfers often are confused by reference six miles north of the National course into to golf "carts" which are a bag-wheeling a building originally intended for a super- devices (called "trolleys" in Britain) and m mart . . . PC,A says it will stay there golf "cars" which carry golfers as passen- until 1964 when its lease expires, then gers and their playing equipment ... A J Move to Palm Beach Gardens . . . Mem-" news item that golf carts had been ban- hers and employees who have homes and ned from Nov. 14 until late next spring investments in the Dunedin area are from the Old Course at St. Andrews had moaning, but there's nothing they can some Americans believing that cars were do about the transfer. rolling golfers around the Old Course , . . The National course at Dunedin was Turf wear of cart traffic at the Old Course ' j'--modelled by Dick Wilson and condi- needs a lot of repairing . . . It's remark- tioned by a committee headed by Paul able how U. S. supts. have devised main- tenance programs to protect against dam- * Erath and a staff under direction of Frank age done by cart and car traffic • , . Sprogell ... It finally became something Architects also have done some clever de- the PGA did not have to apoligtze for . . . signing to scatter this traffic. In the past couple years players in the - PGA Seniors talked so favorably about F.d Kringle, operator of Lincoln Park the course that members west of the Rock- range and lighted Far 3 course on Hud- J ies diminished their yowls about being son County (Jersey City) Park Commis- charged for maintenance of a course only sion land, wants to build 18-hole regula- ' a few of them got to use for a few days a tion for public course near Pulaski sky- year. way . , . Hudson is only one of New Jer- The PGA move to West Palm Beach sey's 21 counties without a full size golf __ where there will be two 18-hole courses, course . . , Peter Thomson and Kel " revived western pros' talk about a PGA Nagle were bumed up when an Australian , course in the southwest . . . Not a chance tournament sponsor offered appearance of that despite the great increase of money to Player and Palmer but not to t courses in the west . . . There's a lot of them . . . PGA lifting of racial restric- winter play in that area, something that tion on membership puts the next move

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January, 1962 5 up to rich and prominent Negro Ameri- cans, according to comment at PGA an- For the nual meeting . . . Without a first class, private Negro club sponsoring a big tournament the American Negro is not integrating himself into the golf picture, Very Finest said a sponsor of the resolution to abolish the PGA "Caucasian" clause. Success of the first Champions Cup tournament, two-man team 72-hole best- ball, stroke play, amateur event at the Champions GC, Houston, has Jackie Burke and [immy Demaret working dil- igently on the second annual affair which will be played at their club the week of St. Patrick's Day . . . Invitations are limited to teams from 50 clubs . . . Demaret and Burke got into this af- fair because they believe the slump in amateur golf interest is dangerous for golf in general and to club and tour- nament pro business. Lester Rice, for many years before his retirement one of the top American golf writers, asks those who say Jack Nick- laus is the "greatest since Jones" if they ever heard of Lawson Little? ... Little at the PGA meeting at Hollywood, Fla., to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, looked fine and well recovered from a

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January, 1962 7 heart attack ... Little's victories in the 1934 and 1935 U.S. and British Amateur championships were feats that even Tones didn't match ... His U. S. Open title in 1940 and his 1936 Canadian Open vic- tory, shortly after he turned pro, under- scored his rating as one of the game's best . . . He also tied Billy Burke for third in the 1939 Masters. A. G. McKay, Morristown, Tenn., course architect and builder, is planning 9 for the Gay Hill CC in Tennessee and has on the boards a design for a course at Whitehaven in suburban Memphis ... Gerald Hall resigned as pro at Willowick GC, Santa Ana, Calif., to take pro post at Santa Ana CC . . . George Griffith, mgr., Harry Nash, teaching pro, and George Shouse to divide Hall's duties at Willowick. Darwin Curtis, 21 Indian Hill Rd., Win- netka, Ill., has data on curling as winter sport at country clubs showing that amount of play, bar and restaurant busi- ness makes curling a good deal in the clubs' year-around operation plan . . . Tom Fergusson, veteran golf writer for Virginian-Pilot, mourned by golfers in Offer all these advantages: Kiss ... 9A Proven Quality Product FLOOR PROBLEMS GOOD-BYE 9A Profit Planning Service . • • with T ufie x" tailored to your course live rubber flooring Industrys' Most Flexible Financing TUFlEX, America's Most Resilient Flooring, ? brings lasting beauty, safety and comfort ta • . . With Fleet Expansion Feature any floor in your club. Specially designed for golf spike traffic, TUFlEX has 100% recovery- A Complete Line retaining its original shape. _? New, attractive palterns and improved, gay colors make TUFlEX ideal for any decor. Yes, ?Maintenance Programs now you can kiss floor problems good-bye. IDEAL FOR: 9s years Experience Pro Shops Club House Write for literature and the Locker Rooms name of nearest distributor. in Hallways as a runner with the new TUFLEX PARRETT .reducer strip. For free color brochure, write today to: MANUFACTURING CO., INC. RUBBER PRODUCTS, INC. Tll Paw Paw Ave .• Benton Harbor, Michigan 4521 W. Crest Ave.• Tampa 3, Florida

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