Swinging Around Golf
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Swinging around golf by Herb Graffis A bright spot will be missing at bed for weeks after returning to his major golf tournaments now that home in Chicago from the interna- Charley Bartlett is gone . Pres- tional senior amateur tournament ence of the very able, beloved golf at Colorado Springs . Chick play- writer of the Chicago Tribune, made ed 11 consecutive days in 5,980 ft. a tournament a major affair . altitude ... At 77, he couldn't take it. I had the great luck to know Charley Somehow when we hear the belly- . as a very warm friend and an admi- aching about three-putting (includ- rable fellow worker in golf since ing our own) and lousy greens and he began covering the game in 1931 changing the rules for players with ... In all that time I never heard early starting times we happen to him say an unkind word about any- think of Charley Boswell, who again body . With his ability, his con- won the Blind Golfers Association sideration and his immense memory annual championship . Boswell and knowledge of golf he was most shot 108-101 at Edgemont GC, valuable to his colleagues; the vet- Media, Pa., to win by one stroke erans and the youngsters, alike . ing and study of the effect of weath- from Claude Pattemore, five-time He was versatile in sports coverage, er on golf business revenue. There Canadian blind champion . Bos- a keen observer and a writer whose is, however, a lot of record-keep- well has won the U.S. title umpteen stories took you with him . His ing and study concerning rainfall times ... He was blinded in the service as secretary of the Golf and temperature effect in course Battle of the Bulge. Writers' Association since its found- maintenence work. Women's Western GA decision to ing in 1946, and as its treasurer un- There have been shocking sur- drop Women's Western Open from til two years ago, was immeasurably prises on taxes demanded by the the WWGA calendar could be a tip valuable to the golf writers, their government on checks and other to manufacturers who have girl pros readers and the players . His box gifts given to pros at their "retire- on their staffs and who have a lot score gave significant detail of a ment parties." . There have been to gain from development of wom- difficult game to cover and involved pained yowls from famous athletes en's golf . The Ladies PGA could much work which he faithfully who've had to pay taxes on automo- use a lot of the same sort of advice did . In score by strokes Charley biles, belts, etc., awarded them . and support it got from leading wasn't a good golfer but in scor- Reminds me that some years ago manufacturers in the days when the ing as a human he was one of the Tommy Armour spent plenty trying organization was new. very greatest ... He will be cheer- to get Washington to give pro ath- Randy Smith and wife have bought fully at home in the Green Pastures. letes a break on the order of the Oakville CC, Sterling, 111., from Weather is bound to be better for depletion allowance given oil and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hartman and golf business in many districts this other natural resource companies are improving the course . John year, say optimists who survived . PGA, pro baseball and foot- Marschall, assistant to Jack Bell the bad days of 1967 ... In parts ball player organizations were deaf at Medinah (111.) GC for two years of New England last spring and and dumb when it was suggested moved up to the boss job when the summer, there were 11 consecutive that they go along and work with personable Bell resigned to go in weekends of rain . Fee course tax experts and favorably inclined another business . There's talk revenue in wet areas was off 40 per Washington people Tommy and Stell about a PGA memorial award in cent . You can imagine what hap- Armour knew well . Now the big appreciation of the services to the pened to pro shop sales and sales thing in management of athletes is association and its members of the of modern irrigation equipment . ducking taxes like real rich men. late Warren Cantrell . Cantrell's With weather being the main factor Looking at golf in the old-fash- judgment, foresight and courage in pro shop, restaurant, bar and ioned way when the biggest man during the difficult years of his pay-play ticket sales at golf clubs, was the one who put the most in: presidency straightened out the PGA it's strange there isn't muchrecord- Chick Evans has been sick and in National Golf Club and course deal. continued on page 12 GRAFFIS continued from page 10 World Senior Amateur team cham- DPOEIT is the name pionship which brought teams of three or four players from 11 coun- • IVL/n I of the game tries to Pinehurst for the first play of the new title event, is the result of a conversation between the late Shun Normura, Japan Golf Associa- tion head, and Juan Trippe, a direc- tor of the International Golf Asso- ciation during the Canada Cup tournament near Tokyo in 1957 . Mr. Nomura proposed a match between high handicap golfers of Japan and the United States, as an amateur expression of the interna- tional "friendship through golf" idea John Jay Hopkins had when he founded the IGA with its pro team and individual competitions . Nomura, an oil man, asked CLUB CAR is the Profit Machine Trippe, head of Pan American air- The game is played for pay charges." In fact, some people find it so lines, to see what the USGA thought Let's say you're a club pro, fleet owner, incredible they will not bother to ask for of the proposal . The result was or just interested. You know that the a demonstration. That amazes us, for it the world-wide senior amateur rental of electric golf cars is the highest directly affects their profits. For in- single source of revenue for most golf stance, a golf car battery should (never) tourney started last year . That courses. So, aren't you interested in be drained below 50% reserve. CLUB 1957 Canada Cup (now World Cup) cutting the operating expenses on your CAR can go 54 holes (3 rounds) and still competition also was the beginning fleet of golf cars in half and at the same retain the 50% reserve required if you are of the Japanese golf boom . The time doubling gross rental income? toobtain 800 or more charges on the bat- IGA tournament return to Mexico teries. Most golf cars —if driven 36 We decided to build the best golf car holes —have their batteries deep-cycled last November where the 1958 in the world to such a point that they will have to be Canada Cup event had been played We cut fat from the weight (200 to 500 replaced after as little as 200 charges. was in an Olympic Games atmos- pounds) through our pioneering in fiber- phere with teams of 40 nations Guaranteed for Two Years glass bodies and development of theonly playing in the event. aluminum frame used in golf car manu- The CLUB CAR patented drive unit, facture. This accomplished two things: motor and light aluminum frame are Benefit tournament staged by Il- saves your fairways for golfers and saves guaranteed for two years. The beauty of linois section for scholarship fund your golf car batteries for extra holes. this guarantee may be that nobody of Christine Whalen, daughter of We developed our own drive unit and needs it. CLUB CARS are going approxi- the late Danny Whalen and his obtained a patent for it. So? This elimi- mately three times further than any widow, Gerda, was a substantial nated power-wasting solenoids, belts, other golf car between charges, and bat- success . Better financially than other dissipators of current, and delivers teries are lasting approximately 3 times 96% of the battery power to the rear longer. most such affairs are . Whalen wheels. This stream-lined car with its was killed in an auto accident while patented drive unit results in CLUB CAR If You're Interested in Profits, You'll on the Latin-American tour . drawing as little as 28 Amps of electric be Interested in a Demonstration Gerda, fraulein who met and mar- Please make us prove this statement: current from the batteries versus the 60 ried Danny when he was a GI in to 90 Amps heavier cars draw. "We guarantee CLUB CAR to out-per- form any golf car on any golf course Germany, now is assistant to Earl 108 Holes Without Recharging? anywhere at any time." Puckett, pro at Northmoor GC, Some people still don't understand this After all, the name of the game is profit. Highland Park, 111 . .Paul Hahn statement: "ClubCar will operate for 108 If you want to play, call or write us for contributed his services to the ben- golfing holes (6 rounds) between battery a demonstration. efit . Hahn shows in far more benefits than any other fellow we've CLUBCAR DIVISION-Stevens Appliance ever known in golf . Must cost 'M Truck Co. Box 897, Augusta, Georgia him plenty in passed-up cash fees w flta • Send technical bulletins: "Care and II /• Feeding of Coif Car Batteries," etc. and inconvenience and expenses Ctubt • We'dlikeaCLUBCARdemonstration . Hahn scored another interna- NAME tional success with his show at the Alcan tourney at St. Andrews. CLUB Ralph Hutchison, pro at Saucon ADDRESS Valley GC, Bethlehem, Pa.