Swinging around golf By HERB GRAFFIS

News of the Golf World in brief

Clarence Yarn, owner and operator of Bobby Cruickshank honored by his the Woodside course at Des Moines, members, his associates and other golf- and maker of the widely used ball dent ers, amateur and pro, at Chartiers CC, repair tool, is up and around after two Pittsburgh, where he has been summer months' hospitalization following an au- pro for years . . . Wee Bobbie has de- tomobile crash . . . Miami Lakes (Fla.) veloped many great golfers, came close CC opens its lighted par-54 "Executive" to winning the Big Ones (and never course south of the clubs regulation alibied or bellyached when he lost), course . . . Pro shops of Vince Lombard and with his wife, Nellie, who died re- at Liverpool (N.Y.) G&CC and Hugh cently, contributed immensely to the Blair at G&CC, Lake Placid, merriment of golf . . . Cruicky deserves N. Y., cleaned out by parties who were all the tributes paid him and more . . . professionals in robbery, observed Bert He is pro at Gulf Stream Club, Delray Purvis, veteran pro salesman on that Beach, Fla., in the winter. beat . . . Any pro shop built without Southern GCSA is serious burglar protection isn't a modern one. about its members having the "executive Danny Galasso of Toro Power House, look." ... A member who attends a Inc., White Plains, N. Y., and his wife supts. meeting sans coat and tie is fined are home after European tour . . . Danny $2 . . . The organization made its image says that the beauties of European land- bright in the eyes of officials, pros and scape gardening don't include grass that managers of 50 of the area's clubs who is up to the U.S. golf course standard attended its 1965 invitational tournament . . . Cy Foster Par-GC, 300 NW 25th and field day. Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is chair- Gordon K. Waldespuhl now pro at man of committee organizing the Florida Shelby Oaks GC, Sidney, O., coming PGA Seniors and conducting the 36-hole from assistant post at Wyoming GC, Cin- tourney. cinnati . . . Steve Zappe figuring on re- Bob Ostaff, superintendent at Moun- tiring next year after 45 vears as pro tain Ridge CC, West Caldwell, N. J., at Springfield (O.) CC . . .'Golf Society did one of those thoughtful little things of Great Britain reports that one of its that are greatly appreciated when he investigators, C. B. Daish of Royal Mili- used potted plants as tee markers during tary College of Science at Shrivenham, the Garden State Women's Champion- has found that grooved markings on the ship . . . The caddie is a long way from face of iron clubs do little or nothing in becoming extinct, according to reports applying backspin or stop to a ball . . . from clubs about their annual caddie Daish says only effect is to damage the days . . . Hundreds of parties and a ball . . . USGA tests several years ago fortune in prizes ... At Innis Arden CC, also disclosed that markings on faces of Old Greenwich, Conn., members donated iron clubs are virtually futile in helping $1,000 in prizes for the club's fifth an- to do tricks with ball spin . . . Yet look nual Member-Caddie tournament. at pages 63, 64, 65 and 66 of the 1965 Continued on next page HERB GRAFFIS Continued from page 9

USGA Rules of Golf book . . . Maybe that stuff is as amusingly useless as the B&A edicts on iron club marking issued WINTER INJURY after Jock Hutchison won the British Open at St. Andrews in 1921 and made his mashie do things that the holy fathers of the R&A feared must have been done and by Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, Clootie, or the De'il. It's easy to remember birthdays in the family of Massie (Maurie) Miller, pro SNOW MOLD at Chemung Hills CC, Howell, Mich. . . . Massie was bom on Christmas ... So .,. have one thing in common was his mother . . . His son, Dave, who is asst. to Jack Ortman at Sycamore Creek CC, Springboro, O., also was born on Christmas . . . Massie's daughter was THEY ARE MORE SEVERE IN born on the Fourth of July . . . The Millers' son Steve was born in January UREAS Of POOH DRAINAGE on a day that hasn't yet been declared a legal holiday . . . Angelo Buzzuto, pro at Deerfield Beach (Fla.) G&CC, has another busy fall program of women's and kids' class lessons in cooperation with Deerfield Recreation Commission AQUA-GRO and those of Boca City and Browr.r^* County . . . Fall golf classes are rather unusual but Angelo says the authorities ... moves excess water out, in that part of the country make golf prevents overly wet areas one of the top community assets . . . The Deerfield Beach pro says several women that encourage snow mold from 73 to 78 years old who take sev- and winter injury eral lessons a week and play a par 64 course of 4,800 yards often, pull their bag carts and keep their places in briskly-moving traffic. make Harry Adams, MacGregor salesman, given plaque by Illinois PGA Seniors for his work in financing their cham- AQUA-GRO pionship . . . Errie Ball, Oak Park (111.) CC pro, won the Illinois PGA seniors a part of this year . . . Sunderland Golf Center, nine-hole par-3 course at Seaburn, Eng- your fall program land, is the only night-lighted course in . . . Ralph W. Miller, Los An- geles attorney and member of USGA NOW! Junior Championship committee, got very much "shook up" on one of his re- cent tours promoting junior golf . . . Mil- AQUATROLS CORPORATION of AMERICA ler went to Mexico City with a team of 217 ATLANTIC AVE., CAMDEN, N. J. 08104 juniors from Southern California to play Mexican juniors . . . The U. S. kids won by the last putt of the last match . . . The Continued on page 16 Delivery to Complete Building in

kids and Miller were jiggled severely HOURS! and showered with plaster during an earthquake that lasted 89 seconds. Ken Venturi was guest of honor at "Italian Open" championships played an- nually by pros and amateurs of Italian ancestry at Tuckaway CC, Milwaukee . . . The event raised $11,000 for Boys Towns of Italy and U. S. and for Evans caddie scharships . . . Harry Pezzullo, Illinois PGA president, with 68 (two under par) won the affair for the second time. Al Favelli, Lou Esposito and Mike Bencriscutto tied for second at 69 . . . Norman G. Norman switches from man- ager post at Brynwood CC, Milwaukee, to same position at Milwaukee CC. American Broadcasting Co. to televise USGA Open, Amateur and Women's Open in 1966, 1967 and 1968 and will televise one of the USGA's other six na- tional and international championships each of the next three years. . . . There are 60 municipal courses in Scotland, and Northern Ireland, accord- ing to the (British) National Association of Public Golf Courses. Turf management classes are held weekly at Pierce College, Woodland Coded panels being set in place Hills, and Mt. San Antonio college . . . Classes are from 7 to 10 p.m. and are in beginning and advanced units . . . Advanced classes start in February . . . Classes are for people working in the turfgrass industry or preparing for em- ployment in that field. Donald Cross now pro at Glen Ellen CC, Millis, Mass. . . . He comes from asst. spot at Thomson Club, North Read- ing, Mass .... While he was in the Marines he won the club championship at Quantico . . . Middle Atlantic GCSA recent survey among 24 private clubs reported average of 144 acres for 18 holes and average budget of $48,000. James G. Harrison of Turtle Creek, Pa. and Ferdinard Garbin, Export, Pa., ^••Completed and Painted Comfort Station are teamed together in a lively program of course design and construction . . . Vandal Proof! They're building 18 for Rittswood CC, Unbreakable cast aluminum fixtures, heavy Cooperstown, Pa., to open next year, gauge steel construction insure long life, adding second nine at Chippewa CC, maintenance-free operation! SUPER SECUR COMFORT STATIONS Bentleyville, Pa., at Blueberry Hill CC, 778 BURIWAY ROAD • BURIINGAME. CAIIF. Warren, Pa., and for Bradford (Pa.) For more Information circle number 1009 on card Continued on page 19 Area Golf Assn . . . They're also building the 18 they designed for Chippewa CC, at Barberton, O. It will open next year GOLf . . .Harrison and Garbin also are com- pleting 18 for Peter Wallace and Harry Ahead of the Game: Orlick at their Pleasant View CC, Lees- burg, O. . . . They've started a new 18 Fairway Fashions for Pennsylvania State College . . . That eventually will have two 18s . . . They're starting on Blacksburg (Va.) CC 18 and By on 18 Tamarack CC in Mount Lebanon The newer-than-new news from area of suburban Pittsburgh . . . Tam- DiFini is NEW! New brilliant colors arack is a men-only club of executives. . . . new fabrics . . . new miracle Nineteenth annual joint meeting of fibers . . . new styles . . . new selec- tion. Exciting, different, up-and-at- Golf Association of Philadelphia and 'em items! Philadelphia GCSA at Aronimink GC NEW for her . . . mix-and-match was featured by a talk, illustrated by combinations, coordinates, knit slides, by Tom Mascaro, of West Point slacks, stretch slacks, knit shorts, sweaters, culottes . . . fashion firsts, Products Corp. on golf cars and fairway ideal for backswing or porch swing watering . . . Paul Weiss, Jr., E. R. Stein- — tees or ease! iger, Henry Bartholomew, Harry Mc- NEW for him... sweaters, stretch Sloy and William H. White planned the slacks, worsted slacks, sweater shirts program with cooperation of Ernest L. . . . action-cut for on- and off-course wear, full-time flair! Ransome III and Sydney K. Allman, Jr., of the Golf Association . . . Parker Biery, Eagle Lodge, and Bill Straub, Melrose CC, finished one-two in the tournament. . . . II. Craig, Jr., and John Dolphin drew third-place prizes after a six-way tie. Scottish Golf Greenkeepers' Ass'n has recommended that head greenkeepers should be described as golf course su- perintendents . . . "Golf course superin- tendents" is the term that GOLFDOM proposed be adopted by greenkeepers in the U. S. . . . After strenuous cam- paigning and with the cooperation of progressive men in golf course manage- ment, the GOLFDOM suggestion was adopted. . . . Greenkeepers associations changed their names to proclaim the supts. status and got substantial benefits The choice of the pro — and in recognition, materially and in profes- those in the know! sional prestige . . . Inevitably and soon At better professional the name of the Green Section of the shops everywhere. USGA will be modernized to the "Golf Course Section." . . . "Green Section" is Shirts, sweaters, and a label that belongs to the pre-2, 4-D knits by period ... It isn't at all surprising that DiFini millions of golfers have only a dim idea Knitwear, Ltd. of what "Green Section" means. Slacks and shorts by The 11-11 tie in the DiFini Originals, Inc. matches was a good thing for American Continued on page 20 For more Information circle number 1012 on card HERB GRAFFIS Continued from page 19 golf ... It reminded us that we've got much work to do to keep ahead in ama- teur golf, too . . . There is a record en- rollment of 562 Evans caddie scholars from 204 Western GA clubs in 26 col- leges and universities . . . That's one phase in which no other nation or sport comes close to U. S. golf . . . Members of Bryn Mawr CC (Chicago dist.) sitting in the locker room, having a few drinks and talking about a playmate who re- cently died, began raising a fund for MCLAUGHLIN Evans scholar medical scholarships and before easing up had raised $60,000 for Range, Miniature, the Howard N. Plotkin Memorial medi- cal scholarship fund . . . had Pro Shop Gol! Balls to cancel plans to head up the American President Lines' golf cruise through the Made of finest materials, care- Orient when his PGA victory made him fully supervised. Covers contain a member of the team. the new DUPONT NEOPRENE Chuck Herring signs as pro at Thom- HC for maximum durability. Fin- son CC, Thomson, Ga. . . . He's building est URETHANE enamel used. new reference files of catalogs of playing •**•*• equipment; supplies sold through the pro shop and used in its operation; course equipment and supplies . . . Her- WANT TO SAVE ON ring wants latest catalogs from the man- ufacturers . . . Playboy Clubs may build RANGE BALLS? a course near Lake Geneva, Wis. . . . Have your culls rebuilt the MC- Harry Offutt, for past 12 years pro at LAUGHLIN way. Exclusive pro- Green Hill Yacht & CC, Quantico, Md. is cess gives them same durability retiring . . . He has a home at Fort My- as new range balls. Covers and ers Beach, Fla. where a lively corps of paint the same as our new veteran pros will be his playmates in range balls. golf and at fishing . . . More than 50 per cent of PGA Class A membership is 50 •••••• or older. John Patrick Cotter, at five pounds Range and miniature sup- no giant yet but all quality, arrived Aug. plies and equipment. Send for 28 to bless the household of Jim and catalog. Used balls bought, Pat Cotter . . . Papa Jim is pro at Moun- sold and exchanged. tain Shadows CC, Scottsdale, Ariz. . . Free samples of balls A1 Huske, pro at Glen Oak CC (Chica- on request. go dist.) staged his 19th parent-junior ' tournament in which fathers play with other members' sons and mothers team YOU CAN PAY MORE - with other members' daughters, but nev- er their own . . . This year's field was 60 BUT YOU CAN'T BUY BFTTERI teams. Supertinendents now have one of their own to sing in the same class as * HUGH J. MCLAUGHLIN & SON, inc. the pros' Don Cherry . . . The singing 614 N. Indiana Avenue, Crown Feint, Indian* supt. is Fred Harris, Los Coyotes CC, Buena Park, Calif. . . . Among other For mora Information circle number 1013 on card Continued on page 22 vocal starring jobs Harris was one of the "Balladeers" who won the Elks' National Barbershop Championship in 1952. N. Y. Taconic State Park's Dinsmore course to get $290,000 clubhouse . . . Aspen, Colo., considering "Recreation District" including golf course . . . Pres- ent course may be sold . . . Tom Lambie building nine-hole Coronado course in Scottsdale, Arix. area . . . Jack Snyder is architect . . . Ken Jones, formerly of Sun City course, will be pro . . . Sugar Bush GC 18 recently opened at Garretts- ville, O., owned by Rudolph and Amelia Kelker is getting numerous compliments on the way Harold Paddock, Sr. de- Get details now and have signed the layout so the course looks as though it's been there forever . . . Sec- your course sprinkler ond 18 of the University of Illinois com- pleted at Champaign . . . University system in by next summercourse s have been getting tremendous play this summer . . . Girl play is nearly Get the complete details that have meant 50 per cent at many of the courses . . . big savings in time and money for Ellen Griffin's promotion for National courses all over the country. Just drop us Golf Foundation has been immensely a line. We'll then write you for a few successful, especially among co-eds ... I facts about your course. From these, we'll must have been told by 200 private club prepare a sprinkler system layout — in- pros (by ear or letter) this past summer cluding suggested operating instructions that women's play was 40 per cent or and supplemental equipment. You'll also more of total rounds. get a complete bill of materials. Obtain Southern Ohio PGA party at conclu- installation figures from a local con- sion of their championship at Troy CC, tractor and you'll have the exact cost of which made an honorary member of Boh your sprinkler system. Rickey, MacGregor pro golf, was not only one of the merriest affairs in a long CRESline systems are fast and easy to time but was significant in golf mer- install, low in initial cost and completely chandising . . . The PGA section's presi- dependable. Guaranteed right in writing. dent, Bill Hook, said "You don't hear For proof of superiority, contact any of of store golf goods buyers thanking and the hundreds of CRESline system users praising the men who sell to them as (names on request). pros do the salesmen who work with them. Bob Rickey is an exhibit of the pro-manufacturer mutually profitable re- lationship that is due for serious exam- ination by anyone who desires to make money out of selling golf clubs." SPRINKLER SYSTEMS East Bay (Oakland, Calif.) Regional Park District to build 18 near Lake Cha- CRESCENT PLASTICS, INC. bot . . . James Wann heads Moccasin Dept. G-105, 955 Diamond Ave. Bend GC, Inc., which is to build 18 on county and city property near Chatta- Evansville, Indiana 47717 nooga, Tenn. . . . Don Klages and Dr. Kermit Peterson of Spokane building MEMBER NATIONAL GOLF FOUNDATION Avondale GC 18 near Hay den Lake, For more information circle number 101.*> on card Continued on page 24 LAHER '65 HERB GRAFFIS Tl\af^crpiecc GOLFER Continued from page 22 Ida . . . Pine Knoll, Inc., headed by HAS MORE OUTSTANDING FEATURES... Winifred Shaw, building 18 near San- to make it the SAFEST, MOST COMFORT- ford, N. C. . . . Fred Ginn and Albert ABLE, EASIEST RIDING GOLFER EVER Fish of Caldwell, O., building Beaver PRODUCED! Brook GC nine. • "sports car"control pan- Braidwood (111.) Recreation Club nine el for gear shift & key being built to plans of Homer Fieldhouse ... between bucket seats and Associates . . . Planning on building for convenience. 18 at Ozarks Paradise Club near Carth- • Contoured "bucket seats" of form fit- age, Mo. ... It is a scenic spot that will ting G" foam rubber. delight your eyes and now is great for • Laher LUB-O-MATIC Drive for golf since the !*#%+& chiggers have been smoother, maintenance free throttle brought under control . . . Military golf control. courses are getting a heavy play and • AIR-VAC springs front and rear for solving leisure-time problems for the comfort and safety... "TH E DREAM young men at service installations . . . RIDE." South Weymouth (Mass.) Naval Air • 3WAY BRAKES—hill holder, toe-lock Station to get $200,000 course soon, foot brakes, heavy duty auto-type hy- financed from ship's stores exchange pro- draulic with mechanical hand brake. fits .. . Hamilton Air Force Base, near • LOADED WITH POWER-goes 45-54 Novato, Calif., plans to build nine . . . holes or more. Powerful 2 HP 36 volt Novato, Calif., Advance reporter wrote G. E. motor and 6 ( 190-230 A. H.) of the proposed course. "It will be built LAHER SPECIAL Golf car batteries. with 'non-appropriated' or non-public • Steering wheel or tiller bar steering. funds, a Hamilton spokesman was care- • Tip-up front seats for easy battery ac- ful to explain. These are not military cess. Tip-up rear deck for maintenance construction funds, but come from the ease. profits generated from the base exchange and motion pictures." Georgetown, Del. talking about coun- try club to be financed by FHA . . . Case- ment Golf, Inc., building nine near Painesville, O. . . . This has been a busy • Direct drive (no chains, belts) gives year for adding extra nines . . . Braemar more power and smoother ride. G&CC at Milton, N. Y., enlarging to 18 • Heavy-duty fiberglas cowl for extra . . . That's been done lately at Grand strength and beauty. Island, Neb., Riverside GC . . . Meadow Greens CC, Leaksville, N. C., spending • Luggage compartment or well-drained beverage storage. $150,000 to grow from nine to 18 . . . Chardon Lakes (O.) GC goes from nine • Converts to Shopper or Personnel car (just remove bag rack) in seconds and to 18 . . . Don Tincher is pro there . . . use for shopping or transportation. Fred Schwab, formerly Corry County Club supt., hired to supervise building of • Sturdy naugahyde "surrey top" (op- tional ) strong, solid, attractive. Corry (Pa.) muny course. • PLUS... hanger-type pedals, stand up L. A. and Sylvia Lee, Schoolcraft, bag converter, flush Mich., buy St. Joe Valley GC, School- rear deck, rounded rear craft, from Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Per- corners, new railing de- sons . . . Terry Van Gorder, General sign, ball and personal Manager, Valencia GC, Newhall, Calif. effects container, lower . . . He formerly was gen. mgr. of the center of gravity — 2" Peacock Gap CC, San Rafael, Calif. wider & 5" lower overall. . . . William F. Krouse now mgr. Cham- ALL THESE AND MORE...TRY IT, THE paign (111.) CC, succeeding the late LAHER 1965 MASTERPIECE MAKES ALL John Chalet to whom he was assistant. OTHER GOLF CARS "OLD HAT." Continued on page 28 For more information circle number 1017 on card Best uniform spreading at low Plans for Club Managers Ass'n of maintenance America national conference at Detroit's Statler Hilton, Feb. 8-12, include an costi Old Timers' luncheon Thursday, Feb. 10 prior to the Country Club Round Table . . . What great national publicity there'd be for the managers' organiza- tion if some of the veterans would tell of the epic epicurean dinners that used to be served at the distinguished pro- vate clubs . . . Shortage of good chefs and limited gastronomic education of younger members, men and women, rath- er than economics, have switched too Model 111 Spinner Spreader — 2-ton much of the business of the contem- capacity. Spreads granular, semi-granular poraneous bon vivants from private clubs or pelleted materials accurately and (country and city) to select restaurants uniformly in patterns up to 56 feet wide! where the club members are big-paying Handles all fertilizers, seed, dry chemi- but satisfied customers. cals, rock salt, sand, etc. Can be reduced Nobody who knows what the score to 6 to 8 foot wide patterns for special really is can criticize the hotel-restaurant- spreading. Patented metering device and club school graduates for dull character PTO-driven auger delivers the exact of so much club cuisine . . . What can amount of materials to the spinner to insure the most accurate uniform spread be done for customers whose boundaries regardless of ground speed. are steak, hamburger, hot dogs and bar- Easy operation — Spread rate table becue? gives dial settings for width of spread A1 Ciuci's 40th year with Fresh Mea- and lbs. per acre. After the regulator dial dow CC, Great Neck, N. Y., celebrated is set for the desired spread, the operator by a big party at the club where the merely opens and closes the shutter. admirable Al is pro . . . Fresh Meadow Low-cost maintenance — Rugged con- also had parties for Al on his 25th and struction and fewer moving parts give 40th anniversaries . . . Fresh Meadow you long, dependable service-virtually was founded in 1921 and Al became its eliminate costly downtime! pro in 1925 . . . Al came to Fresh Big wheels on a single axle makes Meadow from pro job at Mill River maneuvering easy-gives excellent flota- tion and prevents ruts and "tearing." (Conn.) GC . . . He did much to help Special... for turfed areas build the PGA ... He was Long Island PGA president for 18 years, vp of the Metropolitan section and a PGA national official for years. s*?T V Joe Yuzzi, supt. Biltmore and Granada courses for the City of Coral Gables, Fla., writes a column on course main- EZEE FLOW Olympia line tenance for a south Florida newspaper Two models (5' and 8' wide) with 3" port that does a valuable job of educating spacing and adjustable scatterboards for golfers in what a supt. is up against . . . "no streak" turf feeding. Joe explains "Heavy play makes main- PRODUCTS OF AVCO CORPORATION tenance and special jobs more difficult For complete information, write to EZEE FLOW Division, Department 11, 3428 North Harlem for the workers and can cause consider- Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60634. able inconvenience to the players. These are, none the less, necessary evils . . . Public courses must remain open under extremely adverse conditions when they Continued on page 127 retain 18 holes and pay for property with revenue bonds . . . Talk about Chi- should be closed to play and car traffic." cago buying the Edgewater site and Emil Beck, pro at Black River CC, converting it into a park. Port Huron, Mich., and the PGA official Doug Jabaay, supt., Cross Creek CC, who developed the association's Busi- Naperville, 111., now editor Midwest Assn. ness School plan, has designed a course of Golf Course Supt. "Bull Sheet," suc- that will be built for B. J. Ver Hoven ceeding Ted Woehrle, Beverly CC supt., of Detroit . . . Beck will supervise con- who resigned after four years as the pub- struction . . . lication's editor . . . Ted made the Bull Edgewater GC, some 10 miles from Sheet a working tool for midwest supts. Chicago's Loop, members voted 207 to as well as a bright periodical of associa- 73 to sell the club's 94 acres for $7,600,- tion gossip . . . Typical of Woehrle's prac- 000 . . . New owners plan to take over in tical handling was an item on John Cou- November, 1966, and build apartments tre, supt., Itasca (111.) CC, suspecting his on the site . . . Last year Edgewater water supply was the source of con- members were offered a trade for Tam siderable turf difficulty . . . Water anal- o' Shanter CC, owned by estate of the ysis confirmed John's hunch and puri- late George S. May . . . Tam o' Shanter fication treatment settled the problem . . . in Chicago northwest suburb of Niles Along with this case history Woehrle ran sold early this year for $3,200,000 . . . a technical piece by A. H. Smith on re- Niles Park Board has filed a condemna- moval of caronate salts in water and soil. tion suit because of Tarn's owners plan- American Medical Assn. News brags ning to reduce the course to nine holes (with good reason) that Jean Ashley, and locate industrial buildings on the 1955 USGA Women's Amateur cham- rest of the site . . . Park Board hopes to pion, is daughter of G. L. Ashley, MD, Continued on next page

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