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Ames Slated to Be USGA President in 1958 John D, Ames of Chicago Has Been Nominated to Be Pres. of the USGA for 1958, According

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Ames Slated to Be USGA President in 1958 John D, Ames of Chicago Has Been Nominated to Be Pres. of the USGA for 1958, According Ames Slated to Be USGA Sr., his closest rival, got 86. Others who received votes were Johnny Farrell, 75, President in 1958 Olin Dutra, 49, Fred McLeod, 27, and John D, Ames of Chicago has been Tom Kerrigan, 9. nominated to be pres. of the USGA for 1958, according to the report of the nom- Schedule Set for PGA's Second inating committee headed by Isaac B. Grainger. Election of Ames to the office Assistants Training School will take place on Jan. 25 when tbe Chairman Emil Beck and a faculty USGA will hold its 64th annual meeting consisting of Joe Devany, Eddie Duino, at the Drake Hotel in Chicago. George Aulbach, Willie Ogg and Bill Ames, a partner in a Chicago invest- Hardy, which made such a sparkling debut ment firm, lias been a USGA executive in the education field in 1957 when they comm. member since 1946. In 1950-51 conducted the PGA's first Training School he was treas. of the assoc., secy, in 1952- for Assistant Pros, again will take over 53 and a vp since that time. the teaching chores when assistants come Nominees for vp include John G. Clock, to Dunedin, Fla,, Jan. 12-18 for the sec- Long Beacb, Calif., and Charles L, Peir- ond annual five-day training course. son of Boston. Slated for secy, is John M, Registration for the school is scheduled Winters, Jr. Tulsa, Okla., and for treas,, for Sunday, Jan. 12, with applicants J, Frederic Byers, Jr., of Pittsburgh, Pa. signing up at the PGA National GC. Hord W. Hardin of St. Louis and Housing is available at the Hotel Ft. Bernard H. Ridder, Jr., of Duluth, Minn, Harrison in Clearwater with students be- have been nominated to the executive ing expected to arrange their own trans- comm. to succeed Richard S. Tufts, Pine- portation between their residences and the hurst, N. C., incumbent pres., and John school. Attendance at all teaching sessions W. Fischer of Cincinnati. is compulsory with attendance and other The USGA's 1959 nominating comm. records being available to employers upon is slated to include Totton P. Heffel- request. finger, Minneapolis, Charles R. Coe, Okla- The Training School will conduct morn- homa City, John W, Goodrich, Boston, ing and evening sessions from Monday Cory don Wagner, Tacoma, Wash., and through Wednesday with afternoons of Charles R, Yates, Atlanta. these days being free for golf. Students The present nominating comm. is made who aren't members of the PGA will be up of, in addition to Grainger, the fol- permitted to play the National course lowing; Edwin C. Hoyt, Darien, Conn., upon payment of a small fee. Classes on Charles D. Hunter, Jr., Tacoma, Lynford Thursday and Friday will be held only Lardner, Jr., Milwaukee and William H. in the mornings. A banquet at 6:30 p.m. Zimmerman, Columbus, Ga. on Friday evening will climax the five- On Friday, the 24th, the USGA Green day course. Section will hold a one-day educational program for supts. and green chmn. on Black Joins Tour Bureau how to meet the rising costs of course Joe Ed Black, formerly asst. to Pro maintenance. This meeting is also sched- Vern Farquhar at Roff Rogers GC, Amaxil- uled to be held at die Drake Hotel, lo, Tex., has been named asst. PGA tourna- ment supervisor. He will work under Shute Won PGA Championship Harvey Ray nor. A former Hard in-Sim- mons University golfer, Black finished in Two Years In A Row the money in the 1956 Western Open and Denny Shute, who was selected this was only four strokes off the winner's year to join golf's immortals in the PGA ace in the 1957 Texas Open. Other mem- Hall of Fame, is the last man to have Eers of the PGA tournament bureau staff won two consecutive PGA Championships, include Ed Carter, mgr., Tony Anthony, having turned the trick in 1936 and 1937. Ken Everett and Jim Gaquin. Now pro at Portage CC in Arkon, O., Shute won the British Open in 1933 and in 1941 was runnerup for the USGA Golf Architects Meet Open. He also was a member of four American Society of Golf Arcliitects Ryder Cup teams. will hold its 12th annual membership In the balloting for the Hall of Fame, meeting at the Beach Club Hotel, Naples, Shute got 100 votes. Jock Hutchison, Fla., Jan. 27-31. .
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