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Palmer Overtakes Middlecoff May 25 Designated As in Postwar Dollar Derby National Coif Day The $80,000 plus that earned on the tour in 1962 enabled him Saturday, May 25, has been designated to pass Gary Middlecoff as the postwar by the PC A as National Day. era's leading money winner. A year ago, This is the 12th year that the competi- Palmer trailed Middlecoff by approximate- tion for the nation's golfers is being staged. ly $ 19,500 but Gary managed to win less In the 11 years that it has been held, than $7,000 in official money in 1962 and approximately $900,000 has been raised forfeited first place in the standings with for golf charities and education and re- hardly a protest. At the same time, he search projects. Proceeds from the annual relinquished second place to , event are turned over by the PGA to Na- whose $28,000 winnings in the past sea- tional Golf Fund, Inc. for distribution. son pushed him over the $300,000 mark. The target score for persons who take Five of the six leading money winners part in National Golf Day will be estab- for the 1947-62 period are in their 40s, lished on Nfav 28 when , the but fellows like Rill Casper, Jr., Gene 1962 PGA champion, and , Littler and Dow FinsterwaUI, all around winner of last year's Open, meet in Dallas the age of 35, are closing in on them. in the round of the champions. Their , in the No. 4 position has match will be played at the Dallas AG CC, picked up $277,000 in the last 16 years, site of the 1963 PGA Championship. but if his career record were taken into Rules for taking part in National Golf account, he'd be leading the pack. Day are the same as in recent years. The Here are the standings: player pays $1 for each round submitted Arnold Palmer $ 344,778 in the competition. There is no limit on Doug Ford 306.080 the number of rounds that may be sub- Carv Middlecoff 303,550 mitted. Sam Snead 277,609 Contestants will compete against the Julius Roros 253,925 winner of the round of the champions on 249.899 the basis of scores in relation-to- rather Bill Casper. Jr. 248,688 than on a stroke-for-stroke basis, as once 248,041 was the case. If either Player or Nicklaus 238,957 wins their match with a 2-under, the Golf Art Wall, Jr. 217,648 Day participant will have to shoot a 3- Jack Burke, Jr. 215,490 nnder (with handicap) to win. This makes Lloyd Mangnnn 201,184 it possible for entrants in the contest to play their rounds on Par 3 as well as stan- 194.734 dard courses. Men amateurs will play their Tom Rolt 192,318 handicaps; women will play their regular 189,831 handicaps plus an additional seven strokes. 170,655 Persons who beat the champion will re- 170,172 ceive medals from the PGA. 165,645 164,712 Funds from National Golf Day are di- vided among 17 organizations, these in- 164.319 clude caddie scholarship funds, blind and amputee associations, turf research and Memorize This, MenI education programs and the education, Here is the tonnage report on the relief and benevolent funds of the PGA, tomes delegates to the 1962 PGA national meeting are supposed to assemble and di- PGA Junior Tourney gest for the enlightenment ol section mem- bers: 237-page report nt officers and com- PGA members have recommended a mittees; 86-page report of treasurer and PGA National Junior Tournament for both finance committee; 248-page proceedings boys and girls to be played at the Nation- book of 1961 annual meeting; 227-page al GC in Palm Beach Gardens. report of executive and tournament com- mittee meetings; 17-page report on PGA USGA delegates will attend a quadren- foundation for education-service. nial conference on the Rules of Golf with the Royal and Ancient GC of St. And- Hirers' Service • P 127 rews in Tumberry, Scotland, May 18-19.