News. of the Golf World in Brief
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NEWS. OF THE GOLF WORLD IN BRIEF 9-hole course being built at Suburban from Canada in 1911 Fairless Hills in suburban ... He left pro golf in 1937 and Philadelphia . Marion V. went with a manufacturing Packard is architect . "Side- company. walks of New York" reporter in North East, Pa., building new New York (N.Y.) Post asked 5 9-hole public course . Expect at Pelham-Split Rock course to have second 9 of Pine Lake "When golfing, do you strictly CC, Myrtle Beach, S.C., com- observe all the rules?" . Pro pleted by fall . Circle Bar GC, Mike Colombo and two ama- Oakridge, Ore., building club- teurs answered "yes" . One house . Blackfoot, Ida., serv- woman and a young amateur ice clubs get together boosting said "no." They improved lies HERB GRAFFIS course for city ... Construction anywhere on the course. begun on 18 of Glendora (Calif.) CC . First 9 of Locust Valley CC 18 at Allen- Lakeside (Calif.) CC, 9-hole fee course town, N.Y. to open in July . A1 Cerino in owned by A1 Pilon expected to be in play charge of construction and will stay on as by June 1 . Laramie, Wyo., pushing for supt. Mike Rubish is pro . Very help- muny course. ful piece by Fred Byrod on "Golf in Dela- Expect to have new Round Meadows G&- ware Valley — How to Get Started and CC, Christiansburg, Va., in play soon . Where to Play in This Area" in Philadel- Will open Silsbee (Tex.) G&CC 9-hole phia Inquirer Spring Sports Section . course next month . Lovell E. Spurgeon Bob Hopkins now pro at Martinsburg (W. heads group planning to build club at Clou- Va.) CC. sa, Calif. E. Guenter Skole now mgr., Harry Carlson now supt., CC of North- Winchester (Va.) GC . Harold Kirk and ampton County, Easton, Pa. Braintree, wife operating Elks CC at Pittsburgh, Ks. Mass., town meeting votes to buy local golf . John Zuccaro is new mgr., Natchez course, appropriating $75,000 for the course (Miss.) CC. and $15,000 for improvements . Harry Ridgeway CC, formed and will build Cooper pro at Metropolis CC (NY Met dist.) course and clubhouse between Covington adds Leo O'Grady to his staff for the sum- and Clifton Forge, Va. Oklahoma state mer . O'Grady will return to PGA Na- planning and resources board approves tional course at Dunedin, Fla., in fall. plans for 9-hole course at Quartz Mountain Metropolitan (N.Y.) PGA pros guests of state park. U.S. Rubber at dinner following Met sec- Jack Wylie named mgr., new 18-hole To- tion spring meeting at Park Sheraton hotel, peka (Ks.) public course which is scheduled April 25 . .. "Red" Canup, Anderson (S.C.) for opening this summer . Faribault Independent sports editor says nation now (Minn.) G&CC sells its site to lumber com- is in cycle of interest in participating sports pany and has bought other property for and it's reflected by golf interest in Ander- new course . Don Bateman back as mgr., son . Says there's need of another course Eagle Grove (la.) CC after 3 years away at Anderson . Talk about buying Swann- in club and restaurant business. burne farm near Newport, Tenn., as course Elk City, Okla., building 9-hole course site . New Tennessee resort hotel and with fairway watering . Joe Houch of course being planned by Col. W. C. Taylor, Borger, Tex., constructing the course . Townsend motel executive. Walter and Edward Martinath, in opening Wm. Gourlay, 76, for 26 years pro at Sub- their new 9-hole Pinecrest CC at Clinton, urban CC, Union, N.J., died April 22 at his Mass., worked with recreation commission- home, following a heart attack . He was ers of Clinton and Berlin, Mass., to extend born in St. Andrews, Scotland, and came to junior membership cards good for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings . "Best Greens and Fairways Cards issued to school students under 18. Working on Holla (Mo.) GC . To open in spring, 1956 . Air force personnel at in Vem" SAY MEMBERS Mitchel Field now playing 9-hole course re- cently bought by Air Force when former Meadow Brook course was cut up by high- way construction . Rolling Green CC at Greenville, S.C., now building 18-hole course . New club did quick job in getting 500 members. Stanton Heights GC, only private golf club within city limits of Pittsburgh, Pa., sells its 9-hole course for $165,000, to be subdivided after club uses course this sea- son . Frank Blake who was at Wayland (Mass.) CC last year now pro at Marlboro One of the beautiful fair- (Mass.) CC . Eddie Rack has bought ways at Plainfield Country Seven Springs GC, 18-hole semi-private Club, Plainfield, N.J. course near Elizabeth, Pa., and will oper- Chester P. Wender, Supt.,of ate it . Rack will turn pro . He's won that well-known Club, says: 10 of the 13 Union Printers' International tournaments in which he has competed. "Results are what count—and Open first 9 of the new Richland G&CC at West Richland, Wash. Probably the results we get with AG RICO plenty of reconstruction due on Dunwoodie COUNTRY CLUB FERTILIZER course which Westchester County, N.Y., re- and AGRINITE on our fairways, cently bought for $650,000 . Dunwoodie was built in 1900 as a "sporty" course with tees and greens are outstanding. "In fact, members have been heard to say, 'Best fairways, tees and greens we've seen in years.' "Look at our turf and you'll agree that Agrico and Agrinite are a plant-feeding team that can't be beat!" IT WILL PAY YOU to insist on AGRICO, America's Premier Golf Course Fertilizer—and AGRINITE, the 100% Natural All-Organic Plant Food, and with over 8% nitrogen. Order from QUICK-COUPLING Valves your regular supplier, or write to The AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL The Perfect Combination for Co., 50 Church St., New York 7, N. Y. Low-Cost Controlled Irrigation. See your authorized BUCKNER AGRICO" distributor. He is trained to help you plan for- greater irrigation America's Premier Golf Course Fertilizers efficiency and economy. AGRINITE® ¡mJCKNER MANUFACTURING CO., Inc. the Better, Natural 100% Organic 1615 Blackstone Ave., P. O. Box 232, Fresno, Calif. wealthy members . Mountain goat rout- ing of the hilly course now obsolete ... Lake Chelan (Wash.) G&CC opens for play al- though only five holes of the new course are completed. Joe Dante goes to Rockaway River CC, Denville, N.J., succeeding Danny Williams, Jr., who returns to the Knoll GC to be play- ing pro on the staff of his father, Danny, Sr. Bill Schaff to Forest Park CC, Ad- ams, Mass., as pro . Howard S. Pearson WITH Ä TRACTOR signed as pro by CC of North Adams, Mass. Howard Atkisson is new mgr., Manor SAND TRAP RAKE CC (Washington, D.C., dist.) . Dillon (S.C.) CC reconstruction with change of its 9 greens to grass, completed by C. C. Mc- Cuiston of Morehead City, N.C. Ted Bickle, Jr., now at new Sports Center range, Allentown, Pa. Hugo (Wkk) Legnini now pro at Fountain Springs CC, Ashland, Pa. Robert J. Gillis, from Intervale CC, Man- chester, N.H., to pro spot at Concord (N.H.) CC . Propose building new public course north of Boston, Mass. Edward M. Burke, well known in New Jersey club management, now mgr., Forsgate CC . Henry (Dutch) Fahrenwald, signed as pro- supt. of new Swan Creek CC, Oakington, This three-section trap rake will eliminate most of the hard work STANDARD —7 ^ in sand traps. It consists of 3 - 36" "CUTS TRUE" sections raking a swath 8 Vz ft. wide. Fits on Toro or Worthing- HOLE CUTTER ton Tractors and can be raised or All welded construction lowered by operator from tractor with scalloped, plain or ^ _ sawtooth hardened steel seat. blade. Diameter of blade conforms to VSGA regu- If you are short handed on labor here is a labor saving device that will pay for itself quickly. 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