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May, 1956 31 Augusta, drew the largest field in its three years ... Des Sullivan of the Newark (N . .J.) Evening News, new president of the Golf Writers Assn., shot a three-over par, 75 to lead 29 of his colleagues .... ~ Herb Graffis, GOLFDOM editor, won low net with 70, acquired by playing the dog- leg watery 13th with a strong mind, weak back, 13 strokes and the Calloway system. Illinois PGA held its annual spring TRACTION ACTION meeting at the Morrison hotel, April 16 with Bill Kaiser of Hillerich and Bradsby GOLF CLUB GRIPS and Ernie Sabayrac of Golf, Inc., featured Do a favor for your cus- among the guest stars speaking at the busi- ness sessions ... Pres. Harry Pezzullo did his tomers and make money usual unusual job as toastmaster of the best for yourself. attended dinner the section has held and Sell clubs of lead- made the evening hilarious . . . Tim O'Brien of Burke Golf and Bill Gordon, ing makers, fea- former president of the section, were pre- turing grips the sented with plaques of appreciation, by champions prefer. the section ... Herb Graffis, GOLFDOM editor, was the grateful recipient of an honorary membership in the section ... TOMMY BOLT The Chicago District Club Managers' One of golf's "Big Ten" Assn. held its 28th annual stag April 16 "Golf Pride at the Sheraton hotel, Chicago ... A num- grips put ber of club officials doubled in banquet- extra power ing with the managers and the pros. in my drives and give me (Continued on page 78) keener con- tro!." Lighter • Handier • More Practical

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32 Golfdom J "Here's how we test True Temper shafts ... " More than eighty visual, mechanical and electronic quality-control procedures enable us to produce True Temper step-down shafts to the exact. specifications of every leading manufacturer of golf clubs. Continuing research with all kinds of materials and our experience

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34 Golfdom REVENT,----~ brown spots, bare patches caused by turf insects

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MAY • 1956

Alter Course "Too Tough" for Members and Hogan

By DAN JENKINS Thus, with Colonial's pride understand- ably swollen, it came as more than a mild THE proposal to re-define Colonial CC surprise last August when Leonard and :";- . in Fort Worth, Tex., at first might Hogan announced that Dick Wilson of , have sounded absurd had it not been made Delray Beach, Fla., was being called in -'(by the club's founder, Marvin Leonard, and to amend and approve plans for a re-defin- its most celebrated' member, Ben Hogan. ing program . .( From any other source a similar sugges- "To be truly great," Ben said at the time, _ tion would have been greeted by the en- "the course needs something. It needs re- -.I tire golfing Southwest with a whimper of locating." total surprise and utter disbelief - virtually After looking the job over, Wilson was > the same reaction you would get from a both amazed and flattered that his ideas .~ make-up artist who had been told that coincided perfectly with what Leonard and Grace Kelly needed plastic surgery. Hogan had in mind. Leonard, a millionaire sportsman and Course Was "Too Tough" golf enthusiast, wove the long, wooded par "Colonial is too tough," Wilson said. "It's 70 layout around the Clear Fork of Fort unfair -in places, and a great course need Worth's Trinity River in 1936. And ever not be unfair." ..:."'since, the fertile valley- of Bermuda and The plan then was to make Colonial live oak trees has been held in high re- "fairer" for the scratch shooter, and, at the gard by the game's foremost players and same time, keep it tough, but, again at ~he architects. Colonial was, in fact, the first same time, make it easier for the high course in the Southwest to have bent handicap player who had always ~ad f greens. trouble with the "impossible" undulatmg Only six years after it was built Leonard greens. .' brought the U. S. Open championship to Wilson's theory was this: Make It rug- A Colonial. Craig Wood's winning putt for ged to get to the green~, bu~ give the play- 284 was still rattling in the cup in 1941 er a fair chance of makmg hIS putt once he •.. when Leonard gave birth to another brain- got on. .' \, child, the now famous National Invita- The changes which WIlson blueprmted, tion tournament, started. in 1946. many of them first noted by Leonard and Hogan, a long-time member, has added Hogan, provided for eight completely new - more pride to Colonial's premises through greens, much larger, the re-locating of the years. He has frequently name~ it many traps, the addition of sever~l new ->j among his "ten best" courses. And m a bunkers, the twisting of some fairways, national magazine article in 1948 he chose the clearing out of some trees. -'I two of its holes-the third and fifth-on his ..,..,AllAmerican layout. Kept Cost Low Byron Nelson, the Roanoke, Tex., ranch- Wilson ordered the "natural look," drove _ er, has often placed Colonial among his top in the stakes, made frequent visits ~o the five courses in the nation. But perhaps It job. For the most part, howeve.r, It was •• was veteran Chandler Harper who paid the turned over to Colonial Superm.tende~t club its richest compliment. After winning Joe Cano, who completed the manicure m the National Invitation last year, Harper . what may be a record six months for the said: "This is the finest, and toughest, par :surprisingly low cost of $24,000. Hence, Colonial has the new look. And r- 70 course in the world." 37 May, 1956 Colonial CC Takes "Rough" Out of Greens

The 18th green, one of eight at Colonial CC, which had its rolling hills removed at instigation of Ben Hogan and other members. Old type undulating greens were considered "unfair" for just about' every kind of golfer, including the pro. That isn't the Sahara in the foreground, but there's enough sand there to make approaches plenty tough.

the game's top performers will be in for In many instances the new bunkers bite :'1 quite a surprise when they gather for the into Wilson's "flower" shaped greens, and <~ eleventh annual National Invitation May they indeed present a sterner, more chal- ~ 2-6, and the fifth annual International PCA lenging approach shot. Team Matches for the John Jay Hopkins Some 50 yards was added to the overall r Trophy between U. S. and Canadian play- length, and Colonial now measures 7085 ers on May 7-8. yards from the championship markers. .••.• By taking all of the needed soil from the Six holes now feature sharper doglegs, 12th hole - one of the most radically the result of Wilson's added mounds and changed of the lot-Cano estimates that he fairway bunkers, And the 18th green per- held down the overall cost by $8,000. haps underwent the most drastic change. iJ.. The smallest of the eight new greens is The 447-yard par four finishing hole is 5500 sq. ft., and the largest is 8000 sq. ft. a hilly narrow test which calls for an ex- On top of the tile Wilson ordered 4 in. pertly placed tee shot. The old green, how- j. of pea gravel for water drainage. The seed ever, was sunken and boarded on one side bed-at the ratio of two shovels of sand, by a fiendish pond, and on the other by one-half shovel of peat, and one shovel of a boundary. The pin was always hidden. top soil-went on top of the gravel. Sea- Wilson raised the green 15 ft., enlarged side bent was used for the enlarged, but it twice the size, and guarded it on both ;.. flattened, new greens. sides with huge bunkers which stretch al- Employing no more than 19 men on the most 30 yards and cut into the putting sur- job at one time, and using a TD-14 bull- fure. ~ dozer to re-shape the greens and bunkers, Needed Construction Changes Cano complied with Wilson's plan and There was, of course, another important added 12 new traps. reason why Colonial needed the improve- At first, the gleaming silica sand was ments. It was simply a matter of good •. used in the bunkers, but members found health. The old greens were too small, and it too tough. Cano then mixed the sand had no drainage. They needed air. And with plaster, turning it a beige color, and the siol was too compact. On several holes ' got better results. (Continued on page 76)

Goljdom 38 They Gel Togelher To Make More Money For You

Here are two members of the Dunlop by improving that most basic element Golf Advisory Board, 1955 u. s. Open - the golf ball. Champion Jack Fleck and 1954 U. s. As a result of their work and the con- Open Champion Ed Furgol flanking stant research, testing and improving Vinnie Richards, Vice-President of the of production techniques, it is gener- Dunlop Tire and Rubber Corporation. ally accepted here and abroad that Other members of this Advisory Board there is no longer, more accurate ball include Paul Hahn, outstanding trick . made than the Dunlop Maxfli. shot artist, Peter Thomson, 1955-56 That means when you sell the Dunlop British Open Champion, Mike Krak, Maxfli to yo•rr customers, you are sell- one of America's young and upcoming ing quality they know and accept, tournament pros and Stan Leonard, quality that brings repeat sales and profits for you! 1954 Canadian Open Champion. Like the Dunlop organization itself, DUNLOP TIRE AND the Dunlop Advisory Board is world- RUBBER CORPORATION wide in scope, and constantly studies Sporting Goods Division ways and means of improving the game 500 Fifth Avenue, New York 36

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May,1956 39 Two Years' Tests Reported on ••. . The unsightliness and delayed greening from snowmold infestation, although it may be only of a superficial nature, is more than enough to justify treatment to control the disease. , Two organisms - Typhula itoana, the Snowmold "gray snowmold," and Fusarium niuale, the "pink snowmold," are responsible for this " disease. These organisms are active between 28 degrees and 42 degrees Fahrenheit: when adequate moisture is present. This en- Control vironment exists as the snow pack melts in _\ late winter and early spring. The common name, "Snowmold," has developed because . By J. R. WATSON, JR. of this association with melting snow. It Chief Agronomist, Toro Mfg. Corp. should be pojnted out, however, that the r disease will develop whenever temperature SNOWMOLD is' one of the most serious and moisture are favorable, irrespective of diseases of golf greens in the snow belt snow coverage. (Northern United States and Canada). Several fungicides have been reported r Fairways and tees may be attacked, but and are known to be effective against the damage is seldom as serious as on greens. snowmold organism. The list includes Calo- Damage to greens may range from com- Clor-', Phenyl Mercury (PMAS, Liqua- plete kill to just superficial infestation. phene, etc.), Teresan, Special Semesan and I Complete kill often is associated with ex- Cadminate. treme environmental conditions such as (2Trade names of chemicals and carriers in- a .li~gering ice pack produced by heavy cluded in the study are used for purposes of drifting of snow and, low spots which are clarity and convenience.) quite wet and soggy for extended periods during thaws. Superficial infestations re- Retaining Control Chemical sult from more or less mild attacks by the The major problem associated with con- snowmold organism. Generally the growth trol of the disease is one of longevity and of the organism is arrested before it in- persistence of the applied chemical. This vades the crown area and, as a result, develops from the necessity of applying the there may be a heavy cob-webby growth fungicide in late fall or early winter, after (mycelium) covering the surface of the the soil is frozen and prior to the first snow- grass. When this dries, it becomes sooty fall which will remain. Another problem ~ black in appearance. . is that of holding the fungicide in place Another type of superficial infestation when thaws occur in late winter - early may be observed when the green is mowed spring. Often snow may melt - partially for the first time. The circular spots which or completely - thus washing out or dis- make their appearance at this time prob- sipating the. material. Subsequent spring ably result from infestations which have snows may find the turf unprotected and been arrested before complete kill has snowmold infestation results. taken place. Leaf growth has partially ob- scured the scar and when the green is cut In an effort to find a material which r sufficient leaf surface is removed to expose would prolong the effectiveness and per- the scarred area. sistence of the fungicide, a snowmold test Damaged areas should be checked close- was located on an experimental green at ly and periodically as soon as unaffected the Toro Research and Development Cen- grass begins to green up. If after 7 to II! ter in 1953. This study was continued in days there is no evidence of regrowth on 1954 and 1955. The results reported here- the damaged spots, it can generally be as- in are based on the 1953-1954 tests (read- sumed that complete kill has occurred. J£ ings made in spring 1954 and 1955). The /' this is the case, these spots should be re- carriers included in the study were chosen moved and seeded, spot-sodded or plugged. because of their general use by golf course Fortunately, complete kill is not as com- supts. in Minneapolis-St. Paul area. mon as the superficial types of infestation. The test involved two rates of two chem- As a general rule, most of the snowmold icals (P,¥AS at 1Y2 and 3 oz.; Calo-Clor at damage. can be repaired and partially ob- 2 and 4 oz.) and four carriers (water-spray-' scured by early raking, topdressing and fer- sand, topdressing and processed sewage tilization. sludge-Milorganite) in all possible comb in-

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