Swinging Around Goif News of the Golf World in Brief

SWINGING AROUND GOIF NEWS OF THE GOLF WORLD IN BRIEF

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Bob Ledger, for 14 years pro at River- helped in construction , . . Clubhouse, •side (111.) CC, has resigned . . . He is man- nearly built, cost $20,000 . . . Amateur aging BelleVernon Lodge & CC in the movie of the golf course work of the East * Cleveland dist. . . . Chicago Tribune's Baton Rouge people has stirred consider- free golf school, presented for 31 con- able favorable comment at southern park * secntive springs at Chicago Park District and recreation meetings. courses with the cooperation of Illinois George Diamond, restaurateur, who PGA members, again added thousands to owns George Diamond CC 18 near An- the big list of those this public service •has introduced to golf . . It was one of the early promotions of Charley Bartlctt * when the Tribune's widely known goll writer was new on the job. FRONT COVER Metropolitan PGA tournament sched- These curious youngsters from the Dallas Sales- ule is a very convenient little folder that manship Club Comp for Boys insisted on find- the section's tournament committee, head- ing out how one golf dub differs from on- ed by Mike Turnesa, published with W. Ir. other. Gary Player, obligingly gave an answer Harrity Co., the insurance people, pick- to their question. The boys were among the ing up the tab . . . John C. Palmer, Fisk- spectators at the round of champions between Player and Jack Nicklaus in Dallas in May. dale, Mass., and Edmond Keen an are The Club for Boys will be Ihe beneficiory in building a 9-hole course . . . Open Burnet the 45th annual PGA Championship to be Park nine-hole Par 3 municipal course at played at the DAC CC the week of July 15. Y Syracuse, N, Y. . . . It is the world's first course built exclusively for juniors (boys 8 to 15; girls, 8 to 16) . . . Larry Murphy is pro . . . Bill O'Leary is his assistant . . . .They are giving free class lessons. tioch, 111., building lighted course that's Kalispell (Mont.) completing its nine on to have par of 28 . . . Building first nine of Heather Hills GC par 3 at Bradenton, « a volunteer labor and contributed equipment and materia] basis . . . Another do- Fla. , . . Building Par-3 nine at Patter- - it-yonrself course construction job. that son, N. Y„ for Putnam County Recreation- at Greenwood Park, East Baton Rouge, al Enterprises , . . Former North Mills (La,) parish, will open its first nine this CC, recently opened as Douglas ton Park year . , . Bond issue to build the course GC, is 11th course of the New York City •did not pass so the citizens and recreation department of parks. and park commission organized the eon- Metropolitan (N Y.) GA in cooperation > struction operation , . . Contributions of with 30 other golf organizations has com- labor and material and $60 memberships piled a large wall calendar giving golf v to be good for play in first year . . , tournament schedule (dates, events and The course is expected to be valued at clubs) for May through October . . . Wo- $200,000 . . . Prisoners from parish jail men's events appear in green italics on

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Jin it, 196] 3 | the MGA calendar . . . Grinnell (la.) CC enlarges its clubhouse . . , Corncord, Calif., opens first nine of its municipal course . . . Bob Baldoclc designed flic course. Earl Dean, for 41 years at Bub O'Link GC, Highland Park, 111., as its pro, supt. and/or manager recently was made an honorary life member of the club . . . Coettr d'Alette (Ida.) Public GC building new clubhouse . . , Pcbblebrook CC in suburban Cleveland, O., to build second [8 . . . Carmen Rizzo, formerly at Itasca CC (Chicago (Ust.) now manager CC ot Terre Haute, Ind. . . . Dnnedin (Fla.) CC starts building $200,000 clubhouse to replace the old one used when the Dunedin site was the PGA National Golf DAVIS WEED KILLERS Club . . . David C. Senn now manager Weed problems ore varied and complex. of Sunset Oaks G&CC in the Sacramento There are specific chemicals for different area. weeds. We hove the materials, olso the ex- George McDermott to build 9-hole perience to help you. Write ui (or information, prices and recommend a lions. layout at Coventry, Conn. . , . Donald Sheets using $5,000 of Farmers Home Ad- ministration loan to complete nine holes on his farm near Median icsburg, O. . . . Robert Trent Jones designing municipal 18 for Greenwich, Conn. . . . Open Bob (|^eAftwi&Jwtf. Goalby Yorktown Par-3 18 at Belleville, mo Northwest Highway, Chkage 30, Illinois 111. Clete Idoux is pro-manager at the

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Swinging Around Golf Course, opened in 1958 by Jimmy Demar- el and Jack Burke, Jr., the new layout (Continued from page 18) will swing through heavy timber and Denny Champagne and his committee are there will be sufficient traps and water organizing calls fur a great deal of hard, hazards to give it a tournament-tested smart work and financial sacrifice by pros rating . , . Greens on the new course will without the warming sunshine of the pub- be more tilted and rolling than those on licity spotlight, but it can be one of the the older one . . , George Fazio assisted best things the PGA ever did for its mem- Demaret and llurke in the design . . . bers and for all golf. Semi-private going in near Riehboro, Pa. Harry Messinger has been named man- , . . To be known as Northampton Val- ager of the Green Knoll GC in Somer- ley GC, it will play to 6,800 yards and vflle, N. ). . , . Three Ring Intersectional par 71 . . . Edmund Ault is handling the PGA tournament, to be played Sept. 5-6, design. will offer $10,000 in prizes where last It. Albert Anderson, Sarasota, Fla. golf year the ante was $6,000 . . . The inter- architect, reports he has handled the de- sectional matches pit selected eight-man sign of the following Florida courses in teams from New Jersey, Westchester and the last year or so: 18-holes at Rocket Long Island in best ball and individual City in Orlando with two to come in the competitions ... It is sponsored by P. future . . • 9-hoIe Par 3 Heather Hills in llall an tine and Son . . . Construction has Bradeuton . . . Futurama, 18 hole Par 3, started on Edgmont GC in the Philadel- in Sarasota . . . 9-hole regulation Harbor phia area . . . Designed by Tony Pedonc, City in Eau Gallic , • , John Darrah, Mat- a well known pro and part owner of the teson, 111. architect, is handling plans for club, the course will be an I8-hole semi- expanding Hopkinsvillc (Ky.) G & CC private. from 9 to 18 , . . Some of the present The South Course. 18-holc addition to holes will be re-routed and play won't the Champions GC in Houston, to be he interrupted when construction starts completed by November , . Like the North on the added nine. Supt. Tom Wilson was host to about a years for circulation additions and changes dozen Southern Calif. GCSA members in of executives and operating personnel at May at the newly opened Village CC in existing clubs or those being built or con- •Lompoc . . • Two-deck range at the Ar- templated. lington Park race track, near Arlington Last winter wras murderous on golf Heights, 111., opened on Memorial Day course turf in North Central and North . . . Also unveiled was the clubhouse , . . east states . . . New York metropolitan Range is 200 yards wide and and 300 and Boston courses were especially hard long and is lighted ... In the near future, hit and in a cool spring have been slow an 18-hole Par 60 will go in at Arlington in recovering . , . James Manka, supt. In- Howard Eugene Smith, pro at Hacicn- wood CC and pres., Long Island GCSA, xla CC, La Habra, Calif., to operate Los observes that heavy damage was done to Angeles County Diamond liar course pro poa annua and seaside bent . . . Winter shop when it opens next year . . . Chen- kill was spotty in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, equa CC near Hartland, Wis., building Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago districts • second nine . . . Considerable cleaning . , . greens and fairways at numerous Chi- up of city golf courses this spring has cago district courses were severely hurt been done by work crews from city jails but consensus is that the 1961-1962 win- . . . Even in smaller cities private and ter damage was more extensive , , . Ob- •public courses are being crowded out to viosly there are still many winter turf the city limits (or beyond) . . , Good prices maintenances problems to be solved and for vacated property and acquisition of for the supt. there are no periods of ease enough acreage to sell home sites sur- and security or sure knowledge of all rounding new courses amply finance the the answers. new setups . . . Emerald Lakes GC build- Edgewood CC, Southwick, Mass., to ing 18 at resort cast of Hot Springs, Ark, open its 18 in July . . . Geoffrey Cornish . . . George Fazio is architect . . . Chuck designed it . . . James O'Brien is its pro ••Curtis, in Los Angeles Times, says: "11 , , . O'Brien, a protege of pros Johnny it were not for Nieklaus transcendent per- Haimondi and Jack Taylor, and a student formances, the emergence of Tony Lema at PGA Clearwater business school, is as a personality and player would be the son of James O'Brien, widely known in golf story of the year." , . . 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Purse in ihe Tournament of Champions folder, recently released, tells why it would is to be increased $5,000 to $65,000 in be impractical to locate a course on Ml, 196-4 with the winner drawing $15,000 Washington . . . The mountain is nearly rather than the $13,000 he was paid this 6,300 feet high, is practically a solid year . . . Hill Casper, Dow Finsterwald, mass of granite and wind velocity tip Mo Wininger and Cay Brewer, Jr. will there once was recorded at 231 mph . . . lie American pro representatives in the Illinois Women's state amateur champion- Carling Cup best-ball matches to be play- ship will be played at Freeport CC, June ed at Sylvania CC, Toledo, O., Aug. 8 24-28 . . . Mickey Wright had won nearly . , , Canada's foursome will include Stan $7,000 on the Ladies PGA circuit through Leonard, A1 Balding, George Knudson mid-May . . . Her stroke average for 20 and Alvie Thompson . , . Four amateurs rounds was 72,85 . , . Wild wood (N.J.) from U.S. and Canada also take part in G & CC has changed the sequence of these matches . . . Neither country has holes on its front nine in an effort to made its amateur selections yet. speed up play . . . Perhaps something like this might help other clubs. The U, of Florida Athletic Assn. has bought the Gainesville C & CC for use Wally Paul, pro at Warrington CC (Phil- by students, faculty and alumni . . . D, K. adelphia dist.), honored at big dinner given Stanley, dean of the college of Physical by club . . .Form Westland GC at Bel- Education is director of the University mont, N.C., with James P. Benton pres. Coif Club . . . Pro at the course is Con- . . , Skinner Graham, pro at New York rad Behling and the supt. is Ilarrv Myers City park department's new Douglaston . . . Perry C. Moore is the course business course, is continuing as head pro at the manager . . . The 45th PGA Champion- city's Silver Lake course until a successor ship will be telecast by CBS from Dallas is appointed . . . Harry Gaston now pro Athletic CC on July 20-21 . . .11 there is at Ind ian Meadow CC at Westboro, Mass. a playoff on the 22nd (a Monday) it, too, . . . Pro-press tourney of Boston area re- will l>e on the air. cently played at Indian Meadow. New Hampshire claims 65 golf courses Parks and recreation directors in many from the mountains to the sea, but a travel cities have had club and range pros giv- Replenish Your Inventory with the NEW MCLAUGHLIN No, your ayes oren't pSaying tricks on you. These identical twins, Robert and Richard Diehard, carry clubs at Nashua (N.H.) CC. They are 13 yean old. Their father it a Nashua police officer. Driving Range Balls With the following features: ing free class lessons this spring ... A Three compressions — each one big reason for the growth of golf is the readiness of pros to cooperate in promot- tailored for maximum durability. ing the game . , . Patrick F. Murphy, 77. The finest vulcanized cover. former pro at Salem (Mass.) CC, died recently in that city . . , ISncknell Univer- -fr The best lifetime white urethane sity course at Lewisburg, Pa., to build sec- paint, chemically bonded to form ond nine. an integral part of the cover. Open Oceana CC nine at Hart, Mich. . . . Excellent job of informing public Vt A finish coot of clear urethane about a golf club being formed is being to protect the stripe and brand. done at Kertnan, Calif. ... A "Questions and Answers" story in Kerman News is ^C Exceptional driving qualities, one of those publicity jobs that sells mem- Many of our customers report in- berships . . . Claude Young now pro at Winding Brook CC, Chatham, N,Y, creased patronage after putting Pros are laughing with Bud Geoghcgan, these bolls into play. pro at Crestmont CC, West Orange, N.J., ^ Available also in solid yellow for knocking in an ace at Crestmont's 152-yard third hole . . . They say Bud did cover. it deliberately as a Scotch jest . . . He made the ace on election day when bars were closed and he didn't have to buy a You con pay more — drink. but you can't buy better Dick Baxter to retire after 40 years as pro-supt., Taconic CC, Williamstown, Write for full Information, trade for cuts, or Mass. .. . The famed Bax came to Taconic, rebuilding your cuts, the Williams College club, from Cullane, Scotland, via pro jobs in Montreal, Quebec hugh J. MCLAUGHLIN & SON, inc. and at Maketewah at Cincinnati ... He Box 317, Crown Point, Indiana will retire after the USGA Women's NO MATTER WHAT YOUR Helping Supt. Bill Sluppte (second from right) NEED OR PROBLEM celebrate his recent combined birthdny ond anni- versary at Exmoor CC in the Chicago district were Adolph Bertgcci, Charley Rack and Bill Saiellr. WE CAN HELP YOU! Fifteen supts. and equipment deoler reps were at o party far Bill, held in the DbI Rio Club in Distributors for Kighwood, Ml. He has been at Exmoor for 44 Alcoa Tubing years and has been the greermaster there for 35. Hale Tico Mathieson Jaeger Champion Pierce Amateur at Taconic , . , He has been host pro to USGA National Junior and Mar low Rain Control McDowell NCAA Championships . . . Williams teams he has coached have won numerous Rainbird Irreco Perfection Little Three championships ... He is ft Buckfier Shine-Rain Flexo-Seal charter member of the Northeastern PGA section and the Northeastern GCSA . , . Skinner Wade'Rain He has received many honors for his work For his club and for New England Junior, Senior and intercollegiate golf . . . Two JWUlAMSTOWrT column head on Ed Toole's fine story in IRRIGATION CO. Springfield (Mass.) Union on Baxter's re- Retail Wholesale tirement refers to Bax as "Beloved Taconic Design Installation Pro," which shows that pros are loved, Henry Cotton, famed British veteran, WILLI AMSTOWN, NEW YORK says Yale university course at New Haven, Area Code 315 964-2230 Conn., is one of the toughest courses he has played . . . Vic Dalberto retires as pro at Los Angeles GG after 51 years there ... He started as a caddie . . . Vic MAGIC FLUFF will be succeeded by his assistant, Glenn punlap . , . P. G. McLaughlin now mgr. Floor Covering Senior Estates CC, Woodburn, Ore. . . , Spike Resistant Cypress Greek CG to build 18 west of Boynton Beach, Fla. . , . Bob Hagge is NEW architect. MAGIC FLUFF Sympathy of hundreds in golf go to Tee Mats Walter Hagen, Jr. and his wife and Wal- Keeps clubs from marring. ter, Sr. in the loss of 14-year-old Walter III. killed by the accidental discharge of a pistol in bis home in suburban Detroit H. M. WISE , . , He was a line youngster and met 212 Helen Ave., Mansfield, Ohio many friends of his proud and devoted grandfather during the 1961 National Open at Oakland Hills, Lots of sense to the Sports Illustrated It uyertt* Service • I*. 127 (May 20) article about the "fast buck" dancer to sports , , . The piece, by John ment Notes . . . The PGA's field press sec- Underwood, condemns the "breakdown of retary is great at pecking out these items integrity in both amateur and profession- . . . Western Golf Assn. officials and Chi- al sports" by, among others, pro golfers cago sports writers were guests of Point who split purses and neglect the tour for o* Woods Club, Benton Harbor, Mich,, trumped-up 'specials' . , , Some club pros May 23 . , . Western Amateur to be play- laughed real loud at the piece, asking how ed there Aug. 7-11 , . . Marshall Dann, Sports Illustrated is qualified to play in WGA Executive Director, runs those the critics' bracket while it is printing in- "scenic tours" perfectly . , , Point o* struction articles ghosted for a fellow who Woods, in its five years, has become never had given a golf lesson at a club, one of the top clubs in the midwest . . . i With exception of planting more than Club officials hired a smart team of Pro 300 trees in a program already planned, Sam Drake. Supt. Norman Kramer and no changes have been made in Dallas Manager Peter Siagkris, gave the depart- Athletic Club CC's 7,046 yard par 71 ment heads budgets and responsibility course for PC A championship, July 18-21 . . , Like most new courses, the Point o' . . . Only slight changes in CC of Brook- Woods maintenance budget calls for cor- line championship layout for National rect ion of serious erosion situations and Open . , . No changes in Point o* Woods bad drainage problems that actually 'Club course at Benton Harbor, Mich., for should have been construction expenses, Western Amateur . . . No changes in but Norm Kramer has done a champion- Beverly CC (Chicago dist.) for Western ship job in stretching the money . . . Few Open . . . Club attitude now is that if the new northern central golf courses are in course has to be changed the champion- better condition. ship can go somewhere else. Shawnee CC opens daily fee nine at Best putting round so far this year on Kent, O. . . , Also has big range . . . the circuit is 23 by Julius Boros in the Jason Nelson is supt. . . . Combined Jew- 'second round of the Masters . . . That ish Appeal of Chicago puts on its second note was lifted from Doc Giffins Tourna- annual golf tournament at seven clubs in

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and 301 south of liradenton, is completed . . . Flying Carpet Motor Inn opens ils lighted Par-3 course at Kosemont, 111., suburban Chicago . . , Wildwood Par-3 opened at North Syracuse, N.Y. , . . Mike Hattala is pro . . . Yonder Hill Par-3 at Lake George, N.Y., also open. Bert Purvis, who knows the up-state New York pro sales territory yard by yard, reports that Don Drier is pro at the newly- opened Francourt Farms GC, Horsehead, N.Y. . . . New clubs on Bert's beat are Salmon Creek CC, Spencerport . . . Craigic Brae CC, Scottvillc . . . Winger Pheasant CC, ShortviHe . . , New assign- ments in the area have gone to Tom Par- nell, mgr., Colgate University GC, Hamil- ton, N.Y,; A1 Stein, pro at Happy Acres Vou're looking out from behind the third green at C & CC, Webster; Tony Fortino, pro at Beechmont CC where the first Cleveland Open will Northern Pines CC, Saratoga Springs; Ed be ployed, June 24-30. It was originally let as a 5110,000 offair, but just recently another lOGs Colen, pro at Moon Brook CC, James- were added For the pro-am. It would be the richest town; AI Burns, pro at Lancaster CC; tournament on record, but a $123,000 event is Mike Rybak. pro at Mark Twain CC, Eh scheduled for Philadelphia tn the fall. But maybe pr'a; Judd Haley at Carlowden CC, Den- the Cleveland sponsors will come up with another mark. $6,000 in the next few days. James (Jimtny) Mason, 70, who retired as pro at Olympia (Wash.) G&CC several Chicago area June 19 . . . Last year these years ago, died in Silverton, Ore., May 12 ' Chicago district clubs had the biggest . . . Mason was active as an amateur in fund-raising tournament ever played . , . Scotland and shortly after coming to the It raised around $2 million Ironi fellows U.S. in 1921. taught golf classes at the who frequently get the bite put on them University of Wisconsin . . . He designed for a multitude of causes, religious attd several courses, among them the Casper non-religious , . • The seven clubs always (Wyo.) CC . . . He was pro at Walla are substantial contributors to National Walla and at La Jolla before going to Coif Day. Olympia in 1937. E, W. (Pop) Harbert got himself a 73 Coif In Deutschland, the 19fi3 edition at Sarasota (Fla.) C.C, right after his 75th of the directory of Germany's 58 golf birthday . . , Couple of 18-hole Par-3s courses witli data on the courses and per- being built in liradenton, Fla. . , , "Pop" sonnel and a calendar of major European Hall, formerly supt. at Sarasota's Bobby amateur events, is the usual first class Jones course, is building one . . . The guide published by H, E. Gaertncr and other, on Cortez id. between Routes -41 edited by Horst Ostermann of Golf- urid Sport-Verlag, 6202 Wiesbaden-Biebrich, SOLD DIRECT FROM Milt TO PRO SHOP Rudolf-Vogt-Strasse 1 . . . Nobody turns out a better looking golf book than this pocket-sized job. Art Sihestronc won the recent Long Island Open with a 220 in spite of a 7 and an 8 on his cards in two successive rounds , , . He's an assistant pro at Lake Success . . . New Jersey GA has a tournament for pro-Seniors (45 to 54) . . . Hominy Hill GC, which will be complet- from the ed in 1964 in Colts Neck, N. J., may turn out to be one of the country's golf show- exciting pieces . . . It's being built on a farm be- country club ^m longing to Henry D. Mercer, a shipping line magnate and owner of the Weatherly, which won America's Cup in 1962 . , , There probably won't be any expense spared . . . Robert Trent Jones is de- distinguished quality signing the course. Northwest Orient has joined the list of airline companies that offer a special rate Tftoguc on golf bag shipments ... It is charging only $4 if the bag is in cxcess of the free allowance . . . Don MacRae leaves Pom* me de Terre GC, Morris, Minn., to be pro- supt, and manager or new municipal course in Sidney, Neb. ROCKFORD TEXTILE MILLS, IMC. MiMINNVILLE, TENNESSEE Alfred A. Ackerman now manager, La- Quinta (Calif.) Hotel and CC . . . Acker- man was manager of Shady Oaks CC, Fort Worth, Tex,, and for 14 years at Glen View (111.) CC prior to going to LaQuinta . . . American Society of Golf Course Architects to have its 19B4 meet- TROPHIES ing at Palm Springs . . , Hawaiian resort hotels already making plans to use 1964 Traditional convention of Club Managers Assn. of America (Jan. 21-26, Hilton Hawaiian or Modern? Village, Honolulu) as a publicity and pro- We hove an award motion deal . . . Henry B. Pick now manager of Green Oaks CC, Verona. Pn. . . . for your needs. Pick formerly was at Highland Town and CC, Omaha, Neb, . . . Robert Leidigh, Silver plate, sterling jr., now manager CC of Harrisburg, Pa. silver, Onyx, wood, . . . Joe Wilson now pro manager of Wa- gold; we cover the bash (hid.) CC . . , Wilson was pro there , . . Former manager, Edward G. Mur- waterfront! Club crests doek, now at Anderson (Ind.) CC. duplicated. Packey Walsh, one of the well known brothers who have operated courses iu WRtTE FOR CATALOG AND the Chicago area for more than 30 years, ALLIED LITERATURE. couldn't make his retirement stick . . . He's back in business in Tinley Park, 111., SPORTS AWARDS CO. with the Packey Walsh Golf Center . , . The range at the Center is unique in that it simulates exact conditions that a golfer 429 W. SUPERIOR STREET will run into on a course ... A miniature is now being constructed at the Center CHICAGO 10, ILL. and a Par 3 is in the planning stage . . , Telephone Area Code, 312; 787-6034, 6044 Hole-ln-One WORLD'S Tallest We will attach your win. ning Golf Ball on the lop. Golf Golf Pros! Honor every Hole-in One with this in- expensive trophy. Trophy XPW-31 Ht, with Ball 4H", Gen. walnut base. 40" tall, Sunray engraving plate and ball stand ... S-4.95 a vo i I able with male or female figures S6.45. Alfred B. Parker (center) shows plans for multi- level clubhouse and administrative headquarters of the PGA to Lou Strong (L), president of the pro Big Pro group, and John D. MocArthur, head of the company that is developing Palm Beach Gardens Discounts where two PGA national courses will be put in play this fall.

Mickey Wright recently was made a prin- Wrifg tor FREE catalog cess of the Sycamore Indian tribe . . . First nine holes of Heatherwood CC, a THE TROPHY & MEDAL SHOP semi-private layout in South Sctauket, L. 914 Silversmiths Bldg. I., were put in play on Memorial Day Chicago 3. III. CEnlral 6 5018 .... Heatherwood, which represents a $1 million investment, occupies a 70 acre tract. V. J. Cashiu has retired as supt of The Original 5-tn-I Combo Virginia (Minn.) CC after 28 years there DOUBLES Goif Fun! , , . He is living in California . . . Ells- worth Vines has been named director of Pull) Easier golf and tennis at La Quint a CC, Palm Smarter Design Desert, Calif, . , , Vines, who reached "Rainbow" Color Choice the top as both a golf and tennis player, Lighter Wheels goes to LaQuinta after nine years at Tamarisk in Palm Springs , . . Alec Tern- yei, veteran N. J. pro, is completing what is considered something of a miracle in constructing an 18-hole course in Emer- son, N. J. . , . He has reclaimed a 130- acre swamp in handling the job . . . bill Lynch, Bud Ceoghegan's assistant at Crestmont CC in West Orange, N. J., has 30 years as a Class A PC A pro. Pine Trees CC, Boynton Beach. Fla., will hold its second Dtck Wilson Invita- tion tournament Mar. 31-Apr. 3, 1984 . . . This is just prior to next year's Masters... Dick Davies of L. A. and Bob Cochran of St. Louis tied for the 1963 championship which featured a great amateur field , , .As of May 1, Willowick in Santa Ana, Calif, had had its sixth ace of the season , . . Thought you were wondering . , , Nearly 1,500 more people played Palm Springs (Calif.) Munv GC in April, 1963 437 E. Cifller St, • MilwauliM 1 2. Wis than in April, 1962 .. . Total rounds this

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Ronald H, Smith {I), president of Ftossmoor (HI.) CC, presents Bruce Herd with o lifetime club mem- bership ot a porty observing Herd's 25th year with the club. Bruce and hit wife also were given round trip air tickets to the British Open and a check to cover expenses. Three hundred Flossmoor members were at the party along with several Chicago First choice of better golfers every- district pros. where. (Same product only the jar is new.) year amounted to 5,536 . . . Mrs. Paul Hcudrix (the former Wanda Sowell) won the 48th Women's Southern OA title in MANUFACTURER'S SPECIALTY CO. INC. Little Rock early in May by defeating 2736 Sidney Si. St. touii 4, Mo. Barbara Fay White in the final, 9 and 7 , . , Barbara was the medalist with a 72 over the Riverdale CC course. Fourth Lincolnshire Open to be played 1 at Lincolnshire CC, Crete, III., July 15 . . . KEN Shop Supplies It's a 36-hole affair that was won last Help You Give Better Service year by Dick Hart. Hinsdale (III.) CC pro . The 1964 Western Open will be I played at Tarn O'Shanter CC, Miles. 111., " famed in the '40s and '50s for its big money tournaments . . , More than 30 major tournaments were held at Tam between 1940 and 1957 when the late George S. May owned the club . . . Pro- ALUMINUM SANDING CONE manager tournament for the Metropolitan A real time sorer in any Pro shop: enables you to turn out real proleasienal quality work. N. Y. golf course personnel that is spon- Very umetul in removing old finish trom wood sored by Sid White, Amstel beer im- heads and sanding new wood heads before linishing. Mode entirely ot metal; lasts a porter, was held May at Sleepy Hollow lite time. ... It was won by A1 Feminetli with a 64 ... A total of 92 pro-manager teams Other Useful KEN Shop Supplies Alt Ellingham Tools; Grips Conditioner; Stains, participated in the event. Lacquers, Adhesives; Coif Club Scales—Oili- When the Rutgers University (New cial, Lorythmic and Prorylfunle; Grips, Lasting, Whipping; Shafts, Collar*. Plugi, Sheathing; Brunswick, N, J.) course was officially Butting and Cleaning supplies; At] other shop put in play in May, William Carbarlni, needs- the school's golf captain, batted the lirst Write for handy SHOP SUPPLY LIST two balls out of bounds . . . Dr. Mason Gross, the university president, declined Kenneth Smith the honor of taking the first swing . . . He may have sensed what was going to GOLF CLUBS/ happen . . . The Rutgers course plays to jiud-mMk to ft. tfw foO^P^ fi,272 yards and is a tight 71 . , . Pete Cooper is professional at Palm Beach Na- WwM'i £aviui Ctuim (M (Contineud mi puge 130) Bo* 41-GM, Kansas City 41, Mo., U.S.A. GOLFDOM Vol. 37, No. 6 • June, 1963 TH f S u i I Nti S MAGAZIKt OF GOLF 407 S. Dearborn St., Chicngo 5, III. CONTENTS

Stcinglnsf Around Golf Herb Graffis 3

Courses icith .1 Profit Motive Geoffrey S. Cornish 21

Southern Cal Pros Hustle (her Leases Howard linden 24

II nrren Mixes Business and Research 28

Eight Teams Sell AVir Club Look 32

Two n'uys of Charging Golf Car Batteries E. IS, Hester 10

Competing for Prise Isn't Gambling William Jaliine 44

Pro Soles Still Key to Equipment Market Herb Graff is 46 Says 2,1-1) Not Harmful to Animals, Humans 52 ,, (Srau'i Answers to Turf Question* Fred V. Gran 5fi

He Alert to Every Sales Opportunity 60

Calibration Requires Close Calculate John 1.. Kolli 68

(urling Iteihu rs Head Time Laurie Cnrlson 74

Personnel Management Terry E. Van Gorder 78

W7i» Can tlx tend the Golf Season? Bob Hiiinrii'li 112

Golf Business !\etcs ,...,.., 112

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Swinging Around Golf Winslow, N. J. . . . IJe left Woodbury CC last winter after 17 years there . . . (Continued from page 111) Pinecrest was designed and built by Ralph tiOsal GC, opening in Lake Worth, Fla., Leopardi, former sunt, at Woodbury . . „ this month . . . Hundreds of homesites The club announced its opening in late surround the 170-acre course . . . There May with a special supplement to a local- are seven lakes and four water holes on news paper. lhe 7,000 yard layout , , . Darrell F, Ken- Southern Calif, GCSA, at a recent meet- dall, vp of Roy E. George Enterprises, ing, pledged to support the National Club developer of Palm Beach, is the club Assn. in its effort to relieve nnfair taxa- manager, tion of country clubs on a national level James W, Morrison, Sr., retired supt . , , Dixie GC, Laurel, Miss., officially* of Philmont CC, Montgomery county, Pa-, opened in late May . . . Local citizens, died late iu May in Hersney Hospital headed by Henry Bueklew, started plan* . , . He was 65 years of age and had re- liing the course two years ago . . . The retired about a year ago . . . Mr. Morrison Dixie property is valued at $150,000, but was a former Philadelphia GCSA presi- members who donated labor and material dent . . . liill Minor has been named head to build the course and clubhouse, actual- pro at the new Finccrest G & CC in ly contributed only $15,000 in hard cash. Jjj