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News of the Golf World in Brief NEWS OF THE GOLF WORLD IN BRIEF Britain may not see all Codd, new supt., at Colfax Yankee pro girl stars of the top (Wash.) Elks GC . .. Volunteer class again this year after labor and gifts of equipment the Weathervane cross-country giving Redmond, Ore., its Ju- championship . Too much of niper GC for remarkably little a demand by American clubs to money . Jersey pros writing see the headliners . Manu- series of golf instruction arti- facturers having the girls on cles featured by Newark (N.J.) their staffs want the girls to pros . Myford Irvine expects show where clubs can be sold to have construction started ... Royalties on club sales high- soon on course overlooking ly important to the girls, too. HERB GRAFFIS Balboa Bay, near Santa Ana. Far more college golf team Calif. Billy Bell is architect. training trips during Easter holidays than Metropolitan Golf Assn. in drive to in- ever before . This is biggest year in col- crease sale of $2 handicap cards . MGA lege and high school golf . More varsity sold less than 4000 last year . Chicago and high school girl teams coming into the DGA sold 14,000; Massachusetts GA sold picture . Public course business in rental 10,000 and Philadelphia 6,000 . Nothing sets indicates many beginners are sampling like the cards to assure fair matches . golf. Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors A1 Drewes now mgr., Lincoln GC, Mus- turns down suggestion to give area's course kegon, Mich. Clubhouse remodeled with relief from murderous taxes. work having been directed during winter Jack Phelps signed as pro by Kalamazoo by Supt. Forrest Cole . Eddie Keenan, (Mich.) Elks CC . Twilight 9-hole match asst. to Willie Low at Phoenix (Ariz.) CC schedules of industrial golf teams are popu- in winter, to Laramie (Wyo.) CC . Fred lar feature at many muny courses this sea- Dorsey now pro at Cadillac (Mich.) CC son . Indian Hills CC. Tulsa, Okla., club- ... John Inglis in for 27th consecutive term house enlargement is providing new pro as NY Met. district PGA president. shop for George Whitehead. Out o' Bounds GC, Mahwah, opened its Grace DeMoss, Oregon State college, 51st season with improved course and Curtis Cupper, and Pat Lesser of Seattle, clubhouse . James Remo, supt., responsi- among lassies playing on varsity golf teams ble for course reconditioning . Joe Belko, with the boys . .. Golf driving recording whose 300 yard ace in 1949 is still the Ohio device that gives the player 5 shots for a long distance ace record, now mgr., Air- dime now being made by Golf Unlimited of port range, Lynn, Mass. Loren Krugel Denver . Fred Blanchard now pro at replaces the late Bim Lovekin as pro at Napa Valley (Calif.) CC .. Northern Cali- Worthington (Minn.) CC. fornia Lefthaiuled Golf Assn. holds organi- Numerous clubs opened this year with zation tournament and dinner at Rich- clubhouses repaired and redecorated by mond (Calif.) CC. members of course maintenance staff who were kept on club payroll during winter Jack Geitz now mgr., Lakepointe CC . Derrell E. Brown builds 9-hole course (Detroit dist.) . Paul Schurtz now pro- at Orenco, Ore. supt., Ironton (O.) CC . Eddie Lawson. pro at Cascades CC, Bloomington, Ind., John Walter in Detroit (Mich.) News coaching Indiana university team . Bill tells amusing story of kindly act by Leo Davis switches to Gadsden (Ala.) CC as Conroy, North Hills GC pro ... Conroy saw pro from Anniston (Ala.) CC. the kid playing with clubs far too big which the kid said his father had given Al Palagyi new pro-mgr., Kldule GC, him . Conroy cut down shafts, replaced Salamanca, N. Y. Linar Allen is new grips and made the kid happy . Later the pro at Eastmoreland GC, Portland, Ore. kid's dad called, burning about the clubs . Mrs. H. G. Van Dyken appointed pro being altered . "Did you give the boy at Indianapolis (Ind.) Pleasant Vtun course the clubs?" asked Leo . The father ad- conducted big spring golf clashes at Ar- mitted he did, as he hadn't played for 10 senal Technical high school. years . Next day the kid's dad came Into Women's Metropolitan (N.Y.) Golf Assn. Conroy's shop and bought a new set. bans shorts as attire for its guest day Don Hamilton is new pro and Bernard events, even at clubs which permit the females to wear Minsky uniforms . "The privilege has been abused," explains WMGA officials . Females over 16 who wear shorts on courses should be more careful about doing their laundry so the shorts don't shrink . Men don't know whether to blush or laugh. Detroit adding 26-tee range to its muny golf facilities . Clarence Warhurst now pro-mgr., Bridgeport (Mich.) CC . Cov- ington, Ky., Devon Fields muny clubhouse improved . Pro Cliff Sturgil plans exten- sive improvements to Devou Fields 9-hole course . Buck Julich now managing P0RATURF177 Meadowlake course, Enid, Okla. in addition to operating Green Hills course, Tulsa, an organic cadmium fungicide Okla. Julich's son Dick, formerly at THE PROVEN CURE Lamesa (Tex.) CC, now Meadowlake pro. John P. Garrow, chmn., Club Operations FOR committee, Chicago District GA, is discuss- ing with officials of Midwest Golf Course Supts.' Assn. and Chicago chapter of Club DOLLAR SPOT Managers Assn. of America, preparation and publication of handbooks for green chairmen and house chairmen . Garrow's PINK PATCH committee also is conferring with account- ants' association on possibility of uniform accounting for country clubs . Another COPPER SPOT project of the committee is study of club operations by Northwestern University IS CHECK THESE FACTS: school of business administration. PGA Spring Bulletin issued by Sec. 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That's great operation —No. 32 Splkt-DIsc Tractor type news to everyone who knows that very No. 30 temporarily withdraw». grand citizen . Usual complete jobs of supplying information on the fields again done this year by press agents for Palm Senate with a SPIKE-DISCBeac h Round Robin (May 15-18) and Co- The inexpensive Dunham Spike-Disc consists of two lonial Invitation (May 21-25). rows of discs armed with long knife-like blades. It cultivates and aerates in one simple operation. Regu- Conrad H. Rehling, golf instructor at lar use of the Spike-Disc will give you healthy beau- University of Florida and on Paul Runyan's tiful greens. staff at Norfolk during the war, recently The knife-like blades of the Spike-Disc cut unnotice- suffered a tragic bereavement . Mr. and able slots to the root areas allowing moisture to go Mrs. Rehling lost their 15 months-old son down where it will do the most good. The Spike-Disc leaves no ugly holes or dirt plugs on the green. after a one day illness. 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