Pga Site Is Golf Mecca

48 GOLFDOM PGA SITE IS GOLF MECCA HAWNEE CC, at Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pa., where the PGA champion- S ship will be held July 10-16, is one of the great resort courses of the country and scene of many historic pro and amateurs events including the famous Buckwood Open. It was laid O out in 1909 by A, W. Tillinghast. 1927, right after he'd won the National Charles C. Worthington and Henry Open at Oakmont that Tommy Armour Rossiter. In 1923 three holes were re- says he lied for the first and only time vised with Tillinghast making the about his golf score. models for the greens and Reg Armour was breezing around in a happy Worthington laying out the holes. let-down until he came to the 17th where The course long has been closely con- he began hooking his drives out-of-bounds. nected with the Worthington Mower Co, Tommy was determed to play his tee shot interests and on it early gang power- exactly in the way he had it in mind. He hauled fairway mowers were developed. slugged and slugged. His scorecard read Since 1935 the Worthington Mower Co. 17 for the hole, but in the grill room has maintained the course under contract, later, Armour in review counted up 19. with Willis Glover, formerly at Oak Hill, He publically made his confession to the Rochester, N. Y,, as superintendent. The select group around the table, all of whom course serves as a field testing laboratory promptly helped wash away the sin in for Worthington maintenance equipment. native applejack, of which Shawnee had a Despite the wide range of weather condi- copious quantity of the best, in those by- tions the course is kept in great shape, gone days. and together with the far-famed Buck- A record of the winners of the Shawnee wood Inn, of which the Shawnee course is Open attest to the historic character of an adjunct, has figured prominently in the place: making the Delaware Water Gap region 1912—Fred McLeod 313 one of the very popular Eastern resort 1913—J, J. McDermott _ 293 areas. It is not at all unusual to have 1914—Isaac Mackie 305 deer wander down from tbe mountains 1915—Gilbert Nicholls — 295 and across the course to the Delaware 1916—Walter Hagen 298 river at dusk. 1917—Edward Loos .. 290 Art Brown, widely known to pro and 1918—World War amateur golfers for his successful man- 1919—James M. Barnes .285 agement of hotels, is the operator of 1920—James M. Barnes 287 Buckwood Inn. He took over the house 1921—William Ogg -.298 from the Worthingtons and has done a 1922—John Farrell „. ,._288 grand job of maintaining the lustrous tra- 1923—George McLean - -.288 dition of the establishment while modern- 1924—Leo Diegel .287 izing some of its features. 1925—William McFarlane 283 In the 20th annual Shawnee tournament 1926—John Farrell 289 Cooper rimmed the cup on the 18th but 1927—John Farrell .279 finished with a 29 which tied the world 1928—William McFarlane 291 record for 9 holes in major competition 1929—Harry Cooper 294 on a tough course. 1930—Ed. Dudley ......282 Buckwood Inn and Shawnee have been 1936—Ed. Dudley 288 the scenes of some of the most pleasant 1937—Lawson Little 284 and most stirring incidents in American golf. It was in the Buckwood Inn at a dinner following the 1913 Shawnee Open Greenkeepers' Problems Told — Royal which he won, that Johnny McDermott York GC, Toronto, which suffered from made his electrifying statement that the adverse climatic conditions last year, pub- supremacy of British pro golfers had lished an excellent report on northeastern fallen before the Americans. There were turf conditions last summer, written by O. J, Noer, and details of its own course's several noted British pros at the dinner, problems in an interesting pamphlet, and the incident provoked wide contro- "Some of the Problems of a Greenkeeper." versy. It was at the Shawnee Open in The pamphlet was mailed to all members. .

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