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STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA "Ike" Grainger Renamed to Munro, Waverley CC, Portland, Ore.; Head USGA Charles L. Peirson, The Country Club, Brookline, Mass.; Richard S. Tufts, Pine- SSAC B. Grainger of the Montclair hurst CC, Pinehurst, N. C.; John M. Win- I (N. J.) GC will be re-elected President ters, Jr., Southern Hills CC, Tulsa, Okla. of the USGA at the association's 61st annual meeting to be held at the Vander- bilt hotel, New York, Jan. 29. "Soils Clinic" Is Practical Along with Grainger 12 of the 14 other School for Midwest Supts. members of his 1954 USGA teammates have been nominated for re-election. The IFTY superintendents attended the USGA custom is to nominate officers for FSoils Clinic, Dec. 2 and 3, at Univer- a second term. sity of Illinois Medical School campus, John D. Ames, Onwentsia Club, Lake Chicago, and got highly valuable school- Forest, 111., and Richard S. Tufts, Pine- ing in the foundation of their profession. hurst (N. C.), CC will continue as vps. The majority of those present were from Charles L. Peirson of the Country Club Illinois, with Roy Nelson and Milt Wylie of Brookline, Mass., will be re-elected from Minnesota and several others from treas., and Fraser M. Horn, National adjacent states also attending. Golf Links of America will continue as The clinic was co-sponsored by the the USGA's General Counsel. Midwest Assn. of Golf Course Supts., Uni- USGA Nominating committee report is versity of Illinois Drug Plant division of tantamount to election. George W. Blos- the Pharmacy school and the Toro Mfg. som, Jr., heads the Nominating commit- Co. tee, which includes C. W. Benedict of Don Strand and Bob Williams, Educa- Winged Foot, Robert W. Goldwater of tional committee chmn. of supts.' associa- Phoenix CC, Richmond Gray of the Coun- tions, planned the program with Dean try Club of Virginia and Hal A. White of Searles, Dr. Voight and Dr. Crain of the Plum Hollow CC. U of I, James Watson, chief agronomist of Toro and his asst., Jack Kolb. Wm. P. Castleman, Jr., Dallas, Tex., The initial clinic, last year, was on and Frederick L. Dold, Wichita, Ks., plant diseases. The clinic next year prob- withdrew from USGA Executive commit- ably will be on plant feeding. tee due to demands of other duties. Their Lectures and experiments conducted by replacements are Emerson Carey, Jr., Watson covered The History and Develop- Denver, Colo, and John M. Winters, Jr., ment of Soil Science, Fundamental Con- Tulsa, Okla. cept of the Soil, Origin of Soils, Weather- Carey was Western Golf Assn. junior ing Processes, Formation and Classifica- champion in 1925, captain of Cornell's tions of Soils, Soil Classification and Sur- 1925 football team, and pres., Trans-Mis- vey, Mineral Constituents of Soil, Soil sissippi GA in 1939. Organic Matter, Air, Soil and Water Re- Winters was captain of the University lationships, Soil Temperature, Soil Micro- of Michigan golf team in 1923. He also biology. served as pres., Oklahoma GA. Experienced, successful superintendents The USGA Executive committee to were unanimous in declaring the clinic serve this year: valuable basic training and refresher edu- John D. Ames, Onwentsia Club, Lake cation that is bound to have a profitable Forest, 111.; J. Frederic Byers, Jr., Al- reflection in their turf management prac- legheny CC, Sewickley, Pa.; Emerson tice. Carey, Jr., Denver CC, Denver, Colo.; Thomas H. Choate, Meadow Brook Club, Westbury, N. Y.; John G. Clock, Virginia Golf Club Sales Up in 1954. CC, Long Beach, Cal.; John W. Fischer, Manufacturers Report Western Hills CC, Cincinnati, O.; T. R. ATIONAL Association of Golf Club Garlington, Atlanta Athletic Club, At- N Manufacturers reports that members lanta, Ga. sold 3,700,953 golf clubs from Nov. 1, 1953 Also Charles B. Grace, Gulph Mills GC, to Oct. 31, 1954. This is 328,352 more than Bridgeport, Pa.; Isaac B. Grainger, Mont- the previous 12 month period's sales. clair GC, Montclair, N. J.; Gordon E. The latest report showed sales of 2,574,- Kummer, Milwaukee CC, Milwaukee, 140 irons (233,495 more than previous 12 Wis.; Edward E. Lowery, San Francisco months), and 1,126,813 woods (94,857 more GC, San Francisco, Cal.; F. Warren than previous 12 months.) Fairway "Face-lifter"Saves nicipal courses the job was occupying at Seattle $7800 a Year least four men an average of 40 days a year. And they appeared to be fighting a By WILLIAM F. STEEDMAN losing battle. Each year it seemed there ACE-LIFTING for fairways has be- were more holes than the year before. F come a much simpler operation At last Pete got an idea. Why not raise through the use of a method devised by the depressed surface to the level of the Pierre M. (Pete) Masterson, Seattle's di- surrounding fairway by forcing soil UN- rector of municipal golf. DER the turf by some method of injec- An enthusiastic and capable golfer him- tion, so as to avoid the actual cutting of self, Masterson has personal acquaintance with the tribulations of the player. Like others, he often has had the frustrating experience of having the reward of a good drive canceled by a bad lie in the middle of the fairway. Playing 'em as they lie is a principal of golf Pete is willing to accept. The lie in a divot hole he can take as a torment that's part of the game. But there are bad lies that can be prevented and he be- lieves in doing everything possible to prevent them. Masterson Injector forcing mud filling into fairway depression. The golfer, he contends, is just as much entitled to good fairways as to good the turf itself and the long process of greens. "A bad lie on the fairway," he healing the scars? says, "can be just as disastrous and un- His experimental equipment was an in- deserved as a missed putt resulting from teresting adventure in improvisation. It a badly kept green." was assembled by using the motor from Among the preventable causes of bad an abandoned green-mower and an old lies are those spots on fairways where pump. The device was tried out on the the ground drops abruptly below the level city's municipal courses and the results of the surrounding turf. Such depressions surpassed the inventor's fondest hopes. may be caused by burrowing animals or, Soil in semiliquid form was injected un- as frequently is the case in the Pacific der the sunken turf through a nozzle. The Northwest, by the rotting of long-sub- surface was forced up to the level of the merged tree roots. adjacent fairway in a matter of seconds. Over such spots the mowers pass with- Evenness was easily obtained by making out effect, leaving holes in which the the injections from different angles. And grass is long, tough and tufty. The player there was the bad spot all leveled up with whose drive down the middle finishes in the surrounding ground without injury to one of these spots will encounter a lie the surface of the turf. that is anywhere from difficult to abso- Further, experience showed th^t the lutely unplayable, while his opponent's turf thus raised stayed put. The injector ball, no better hit, lies a foot away on plan produced a solid surface, packed perfectly groomed turf. firmly in every corner. That meant few All kinds of efficient methods and "repeats." The machine isn't a cure-all for equipment had been introduced for mani- large depressions but it has been com- curing and upkeep of the course, but here pletely satisfactory in filling old mole and was a fairway problem that was as old as gopher runs and small declivities where the game itself and that was being han- tree stumps have decayed. dled by methods just as old. Standard practice was to cut away the In actual practice Masterson has found sod, fill the hole with soil, tamp down that two men, using the new method, can firmly, replace the sod and wait for it to fill 350 holes in an eight-hour day. By the knit together again. Such scars sometimes old method four men could fill 70 holes. took a long, long time to heal. Almost any type of soil can be used in the injector operation. A soil heavy in Losing Maintenance Battle clay content appears to be particularly Surely, Masterson told himself, there adaptable to the purpose. Whatever soil must be some more efficient way of han- is used, it must be screened through a dling the problem. On Seattle's three mu- mesh of not more than half an inch. Masterson has made important im- naming Bobby as a beloved representa- provements on his original machine. A tive of the pioneer pros who have served special feed device permits the use of a splendidly in promoting the uniquely soil much more nearly solid than the mud American policy of "the pursuit of happi- that was used at first. The new equip- ness." ment is a compact affair, weighing- about 250 lbs. It is mounted on pneumatic tires that will permit its use on wet fairways Hopkins Trophy Matches without damaging the turf. A 25-ft. hose Come to La Jolla, Calif. provides a range of 50 ft. as the machine FTER three successful years in Can- moves along the fairways. ada, where it had its premiere, the The Seattle Park Department's engi- InternationaA l PGA team matches between neer estimates that use of the new the U. S. and Canada, for the Hopkins method will save $7,800 a year in the Trophy, will be held at La Jolla (Calif.) maintenance of the city's three municipal CC, Jan. 18 and 19. courses. The City Council has shown its Originated in 1952 by John Jay Hop- appreciation by voting Masterson a sub- kins, international industrialist, the Hop- stantial cash award for his invention. kins Trophy Matches will be played as a Manufacture of the Masterson injector prelude to the $15,000 Convair-San Diego has been started by the Turf Services Co. Open. of Snohomish, Wash. A number of the The 1954 Open and PGA Champions machines are in active use on a rental both will be members of the US profes- basis. The rental plan has been adopted sional golf team which will defend the in view of the fact that the work the Hopkins Trophy. machine is designed to accomplish is not , the Open Champion, and ordinarily a year-round job. , the PGA champion, will head a team including Bob Toski, Jack Craigs, 41 Years Audubon Burke, Jr., , Pro, Retires and . The Canadian team, which will be OBBY CRAIGS, 41 years pro at Au- headed by Vancouver's Stan Leonard, B dubon CC, Louisville, Ky., and his Canadian PGA champion, will receive wife, Clementine, were guests of honor at coveted invitations to the famous Bing a club dinner Dec. 16 at which Bobby's Crosby tournament. As each player has retirement was officially announced. his travelling expenses to and from San Virtually the club's entire membership Diego paid, and also receives $750, those attended. Craigs and his wife were pre- who desire can go south early and play sented with a round trip ticket to visit in the PGA sponsored events prior to the the old home town in Monifieth, Bobby was Hopkins matches. given a substantial pension for the rest of his life and a gold card of honorary mem- bership in Audubon and cuff links from Ryder Cup Matches, Nov. 5 and 6, caddies. Mrs. Craigs was given a large At Thunderbird, Palm Springs framed colored photograph of Bobby. A portrait of the old pro was unveiled in HUNDERBIRD Ranch & CC, Palm the clubhouse by two of his amateur pro- TSprings, Calif., will be the site of the teges, Chris Brinke and Bobby Nichols. 11th Ryder Cup matches on Saturday and Charley Vittitoe and Alvey Humes Sunday, Nov. 5 and 6. spoke for the PGA and Bobby's pro The British team is tentatively set to graduates and presented Craigs with a leave England around October 13, in order traveling bag from the Kentucky PGA. to permit them to play at least one Eight of Bobby's former assistants, now match on the way to Palm Springs and master pros, were present. allow them requisite practice time there, Col. Lee Read, with cooperation of club according to Robert Hudson, a member of officials and Bill Kaiser, engineered the the PGA National Advisory Committee, affair, biggest ever held for a home club who was instrumental in arranging the pro. Telegrams from prominent pros and matches. amateurs to Craigs decorated the club While the makeup of the United States entry hall. Tommy Armour's telephone team is still in doubt until the Ryder Cup call from Delray Beach, Fla., in tribute standings are compiled, the 1955 PGA to Craigs added hearty sentiment. champion will be an automatic member Herb Graffis, GOLFDOM editor, spoke, of the team. Sunset Ridge Country Club Winnetka, Illinois

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Walter Hogen, Division of Wilson Sporting Goods Co., Grand Rapids 2, Michigan Park Ridge Club Cares for pital. We think this protection plan will Employees and Dependents help more than anything; else we could do to guarantee the best care and treatment comprehensive hospital protection plan for them and bring about an early recov- A for employees and dependents, be- ery whenever an operation or hospital lieved to be the first of its kind to be treatment is necessary." installed by a club in the Chicago dis- Expense to the club is noderate. trict, has gone into effect at the Park The plan has been a gr< at boost to em- Ridge (111.) CC. ployee interest and morale. It has brought The club's Board of Directors decided to into club employee welfa re benefits that provide its employees with hospital pro- now are common in industrial employ- tection following two instances early this ment and which first clasa club operations year of heavy hospital and medical ex- eventually are going to hkve to consider. pense suffered by club employees. Club Further details of the plan may be se- members helped with donations in both cured from Harold Lichtfr, 901 Montrose cases, but expenses amounted to about ave., Chicago. $2000 in one case and over $1000 in the other. Club officers sat down with Harold USGA Etiquette Film Premiere Lichty, Park Ridge member and Field Di- At PGA Meeting rector of the Benefit Association of Rail- IRST PUBLIC shoeing of the initial way employees, Chicago insurance firm F "Golf House" Filpi Library movie that has specialized in employee protec- "The Rules of Golf — Etiquette" was tion since 1913, and worked out a pro- made at the PGA annual meeting in St. gram which assures club employees of Paul following the ruleis talk by Joe Dey, substantial help when illness or accident USGA executive sec. sends them to the hospital. The club pays This sound film is 16 mm. Kodachrome the entire cost of the protection for full running 17% minutes. It was produced time employees who have been employed by National Educational Films, Inc., 165 for at least three months and has also W. 46th st., New York 36, in cooperation made protection available for dependents with the USGA. It may be rented for $15 at a low monthly premium which is de- which includes shipping costs to the ex- ducted from the employee's paycheck. hibitor. Bookings should be made thru The plan, which includes a $1000 life National Educational Films, Inc. insurance policy for each employee, pays The film shows a father, mother, son the full cost of hospital room and board and daughter playing a friendly round and for a ward or semi-private room and of flagrantly violating details of etiquette such miscellaneous hospital fees as anaes- set forth in Section 1 of the Rules of Golf. thesia, x-ray examinations, laboratory Pro opinion was that the film should be service, drugs, blood, oxygen, etc. Out extensively shown at golf clubs and would patient fees for accident and surgical do a good job that pros can't handle as cases are covered, and there is an ambu- forcibly as they desire. lance service benefit. Club pros commented that despite the When a private room is desirable or valid criticism of tournament pros for necessary, the allowance is $14.00 per violation of the code of golf etiquette, day. In all cases requiring bed care in a the most frequent offenses in this respect hospital, the employee pays the first are those of the average golfer who needs $25.00 of the hospital bill and the plan the education and reminders of the new pays the balance for 70 days. Surgical film. operations are covered under a schedule Shooting of film action was done at the that provides varying amounts up to $200. Somerset Hills CC, Bernardsville, N. J., The hospital and surgical benefits are last summer, with some title backgrounds available to dependents of club employees being shot at the Ridge wood (N. J.) CC. in addition to a maternity benefit of $90. "We're proud to be the first off the tee Clever Christmas card of Heart of in the Chicago district with a hospital America GCSA with names of members in plan for our employees," said J. T. Keck- heart wreath around Santa Claus. Lot of eisen, retiring president of the Park Ridge bright holiday cards from pros to mem- club, "We want our employees to be as bers, with Ray Carter, Glen Lakes CC, free from worry as possible when they or Dallas, Tex., and several others showing their dependents have to go to the hos- shops decorated for Christmas. Million Dollar Increase in Pros' 1954 Gift Sales

RO shop Christmas gift business was requests to GOLFDOM. As a trail-blazing Pat least 20 per cent larger in 1954 job it succeeded far beyond expectations than in any previous year. for pros, their customers, and golf goods manufacturers. The percentage of increase is estimated on spoken and written reports from pro- There were 106,300 copies of the pro fessionals in all parts of the country. shop shopping guide bearing the names and business addresses of 357 profession- What mightily pleased the professionals als used in the Christmas golf gift mer- were expressions from their customers chandising campaign. Requests for more appreciative of having Christmas shop- than 7000 additional copies were received ping problems answered so easily and too late to be handled. satisfactorily. Making a big added profit by doing what the customers want done Some difficulty was experienced in ship- is a good deal all around. ping copies to professionals as mail serv- ice has seriously deteriorated from the "Christmas Shopping At Your Pro previous high standard. Shop," the pro-only Christmas golf gift shoppers' guide published by GOLFDOM Planning 1955 Edition at the suggestion of the professionals, is credited by the pros as having given Plans for the 1955 edition of "Christ- tremendous nation-wide push to the prac- mas Shopping At Your Pro Shop" already tice of doing Christmas gift buying at are being formulated and effectiveness of the pro' shops. The shoppers' guide had the advertising is certain to be even much powerful effect in bringing business into greater than that of the initial year. Close public course pro shops as well as into study of experiences by the professionals, private club shops. the publishers and manufacturers has rec- ommended new features in the book itself Joseph H. Lally, veteran in public golf and in its distribution. in the Louisville area, commented: "The pro shop Christmas gift guide got a lot This year the book will be prepared in of business from people — especially June and shipments will be made to the women — who'd never been in pro shops professionals in September, allowing them before, as well as getting a big bonus of a month and more to arrange for their sales from customers who ordinarily quit own distribution and coordinate all their buying golf goods in late summer." Christmas gift merchandising work. From the professionals doing largest Professionals have suggested aligning volume of pro shop business to pros on manufacturer representation closely to 9-hole jobs, the power of "Christmas pro shop stocks, which the manufacturers Shopping At Your Pro Shop" proved profit- are planning to do. able. It had the size, service aspects and The initial pro shop Christmas book class to make a strong, favorable impres- was based on an expected circulation of sion on Christmas gift shoppers. It was 40,000, after preliminary questioning of supplemented by the pros' own excellent representative pro businessmen. Christmas gift advertising and the attrac- Joe Graffis, publisher of GOLFDOM, tive gift advertising supplied by manufac- says "We made an error on the conserva- turers. tive side that cost us money, but in view Out-powered Competition of the substantial profit made by the par- ticipating professionals and manufactur- The campaign simply out-powered and ers we will take this loss cheerfully. It is out-drew competitive gift advertising less than we have spent annually for campaigns previously taking vast sums many years in trying to build up Christ- away from pro shop volume. mas business in pro shops. The first year of ".Christmas Shopping "Estimates from professionals using the At Your Pro Shop" was the result of pro book give us reason for cautiously believ- ing that pros using the book had a Christ- make awards on the basis of mas sales increase averaging about $10 Promotion of junior golf; per book used, and that million dollar in- Encouraging women's play; crease over 1953 pro shop Christmas gift Service to his home club; business is a fine demonstration of what Devotion of his life to the game of golf; pro businessmen can do with the right Promotion of public relations; sort of advertising aids in customer serv- Tournament play locally; ice." Interest in caddies; Joe also comments: All around service to the community of "Letters and interviews show beneficial which he is a member; results of the 'Christmas Shopping At Charitable endeavors for those who are Your Pro Shop' book considerably beyond handicapped or have suffered misfortunes; the highly satisfactory increased income Constant effort in improving his ability from golf gift sales. as a teacher. "Pros have told us the campaign so From the 30 sectional choices a com- completely liquidated their late season in- mittee of 5 amateurs appointed by the ventories they will start 1955 in far bet- PGA Executive committee will select the ter cash and inventory position than in "Golf Professional of the Year." any previous year." The national choice will receive the The stimulation of the "Christmas Robert E. Harlow Memorial trophy. Shopping At Your Pro Shop" publicity Money for the Harlow trophy, a tribute to produced many productive sales tie-ups by a beloved and great builder of golf, is the pros. Jim Fogertey, pro at Sunset Hills rapidly being raised. Checks should be CC (St. Louis dist.) had exhibits of pro sent to Dugan Aycock, Lexington (N. C.) shop merchandise set up in the clubhouse CC. Saturdays and Sundays prior to Christ- mas. Jim and his assistants sold a sub- Rehling Writes Book for stantial volume to members and their P. E. Golf Teachers guests for personal use and as gifts. The liveliness and canny advertising of GOLF FOR THE PHYSICAL EDUCA- many pros this past Christmas was close- TION TEACHER AND COACH. By Con- ly coupled with displays at shops, pro rad H. Rehling. Published by Wm. C. visits to homes and offices of members, Brown Co., Dubuque, la. 127 pages. Price telephone calls and all other elements of $3. effective merchandising. It paid off! Rehling, golf instructor and assistant professor at the University of Florida, has drawn on his own successful experi- ence and that of a number of profession- Club Pro of Year to Get als teaching golf at universities, in pro- Harlow Memorial Award ducing a good common sense manual. NEW AWARD to be given to the He takes a middle road between the "Golf Professional of the Year" was physical education specialist and the prac- Aapproved by the PGA at St. Paul. This tical teaching pro in his building of a award, to a club pro, differs from the foundation for mass golf instruction. "Professional Golfer of the Year" estab- Rehling, who started in golf as a caddy, lished award which is annually presented is strongly influenced by the pros' ex- to a playing pro. perience in teaching. He goes at the tech- Action responsible for the new award is nicalities of instruction in a sound way the outcome of discussions by Richard which few teaching pros can criticize in Tufts, pres., Pinehurst, Inc., and Dugan detail. He also applies P. E. teachers' Aycock, pres., Carolinas PGA. National methods which university golf coaches recognition of a club pro has been men- have found useful. tioned as a possibility several times in GOLFDOM but was believed beyond prac- Tournament golf lost a notable new tical attainment due to difficulty of se- sponsor when Fred Miller, pres., Miller lection of winners. Brewing Co., died in a plane accident. This difficulty has been solved by a plan Miller, brilliant football player and schol- which Dugan worked out and the PGA ar at Notre Dame, sponsored the $35,000 adopted. It calls for selection committees Miller High Life Open to be played at of men and women's amateur association Milwaukee, July 14-17, beginning two officials and sports writers in each of the days after the All-Star baseball game in PGA's 30 sections. These committees will Milwaukee County Stadium. The Teacher's Trophy 16th Annual P.G.A. Seniors' Championship for the TEACHER S TROPHY

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January 28-30,1955

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All senior professional golfers. SO years of age and 1. $5,000 purse to be distributed in accordance over as of January 27, 1955, who are members of with P.G.A. standards. the P.G.A. 2. Champion also receives a trip to Great Britain TOURNAMENT at the time of the British Open.. Championship to be played over 54 holes at P.G.A National Golf Club, Dunedin, Florida, January 28- 3. Teacher's Trophy to be held by Champion for 30, 1955. Also special flights by age groups as one year and replica of Trophy for his permanent arranged by P.G.A. Seniors Tournament Committee. possession.

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TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR. ROOM 400, 250 PARK AVENUE. NEW YORK. N. Y. Southern GA Championships NEW SPALDING CANADIAN PLANT to Linville N. C. Club Southern Golf Assn. men's champion- ship will be played June 14-18, at Lin- ville (N. C.) GC, with 18 hole qualifying rounds on the first two days, and the low 96 comprising three divisions of 32 each. A Seniors' championship (55 or older) will be played by 36 holes medal play, si- multaneously with the qualifying rounds. Team play for the Robert T. Jones tro- phy also will be during the qualifying rounds.

"Mr. Dutch" Harrison's average of 70.41 Walter Gerould (center) Spalding pres., breaks for 67 rounds to win Vardon trophy in ground for Spalding's new Canadian factory. 1954 was first win of this honor for the veteran. TRIANGLE OPENS TWO NEW PIPE WAREHOUSES Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jolly recently cele- Triangle Conduit & Cable Co., Inc., New brated their 50th wedding anniversary. Brunswick, N. J., makers of plastic pipe, announces two new warehouse facilities. These new warehouses are at 3540 Croton NEWS from the Avenue, S. E., Cleveland, O., and the other at 2300 Hickory St., Dallas, Tex.

MANUFACTURERS NEW PENNA WOODS. NEW BAG IN MACGREGOR LINE R. CARL CHANDLER ELECTED TO MacGregor Golf Co. introduces two new SPALDING'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS models of Toney Penna woods. The P83T R. Carl Chandler, VP, Union Bag & Pa- is in a light cherry glaze finish with a per Corp., New York City and resident of red fibre face and white insert. The other Short Hills, N. J., was elected to the A. model is the TPT and is a coal black G. Spalding & Bros. Board of Directors glaze. Both models have a MacGregor at their December meeting. True-Temper chrome shaft in a firm, me- Chandler also serves on the board of dium-stiff pattern. Both are 43 inches in directors of the Hawkins Container Co., length. They are available with molded Cleveland, O.; Highland Container Co., grips or the new two-tone black and red Jamestown, N. C.; Standard Packaging leather grip. They are available from all Corp-, New York City; American Tractor pro shops in sets of driver, brassie, spoon Corp., Churubusco, Ind. The F. C. Russell and No. 4 wood. Co., Cleveland, O.; Fourdrinier Kraft A new bag also is in the MacGregor Board Institute, New York City, Fibre line for 1955. This one is LP638 and it is Box Assn., Chicago; National Pa per board pro-only. Special features include its step- Assn., Chicago. down top collar, leather side saddle panel and the two-zipper ball pocket. It is made of Canvalon, new long-life material by B. Hayman Co., Inc., Los Angeles, has MacGregor. It is available in three differ- established a new Garden, Nursery and ent color combinations - black and red, Golf Course Equipment Division. The new grey and red, grey and green. division of this 78-year old firm will han- dle distribution and service on a complete line of nationally-known garden, nursery MacGregor Golf Christmas card, paint- and golf course supplies in the Southern ed by Ralph C. Reynolds, showed the 18th California area. at Olympic Club, San Francisco, as viewed from the clubhouse. The beautiful scene at the course where the National Bob Rosburg's win of Miami Open got Open will be played this year, made a him promoted to full Advisory staff class- fine companion piece to MacGregor's 1954 ification with MacGregor. art of Baltusrol.

Archibald Holmes and Son, Philadelphia Wilson Sporting Goods Co. says new manufacturers of wilton carpets, just pub- Staff ball with X2F compressible energized lished a generously illustrated six-page center and Atomite dry lubricant of thread brochure devoted exclusively to the use of winding giving winter resort golfers re- carpet in leading golf and country clubs. sults that are boosting sales remarkably.