CONTENTS the Business Journal of Golf

Vol. 34—No. 6 June, 1960 CONTENTS The Business Journal of Golf Swinging Around Gotf Herb Graffi* .1 ff'ho'i in Charge Billiard L, Viorjtevcr 27 Golf Car Transport 30 Better Than 1,000 Words 32 Fliiwer of the SetilA Jack Murphy 36 t. hum pinna GC Tiun Davison 38 Hook Ketiewt 44 Golf Car Buderr Maintenance William J. Krriinil 48 My Battle with the Crowfoot E. A. Shield* 50 Pucciiw/Jra for Valine Sail O. J. Noer 52 Grail's Answers Fred V. Grata 56 Manufacturing JVntt 90 Swinging Around Golf sional, heads the resort club's public re- lations dept. (Continued from page 80) James E. (Jim) Harris, an insurance man, has been named to head the drive to course for Niguel Corp., Lacuna, Calif, build a goll course at Wedge wood CC in . Harry Rainville starts work on Bonita Ft. Worth • . Course will be built on a Valley CC's $225,000 Course in San Diego 100 acre ranch adjoining the clubhouse . Golf Land with 35 tee range, minia- owned and operated by the Wedgcwood ture and 18-hole lighted Par 3 going in Itccrentmn Co. • . Construction of the In Columbus, O. , . Alex Poll! designed 18 holes, probably will start early this fall course, located on a 30-aere development . Jerry Barber explains his success on . Overall cost is $150,000. the tournament circuit this way: "I play Endicott Johnson Guide Step Open be- well enough to get paired with the leaders ing played June 12th in Endicott, N. Y, and then I talk 'em to death." . Total purse is $3,500 for one-day The eighth Junior Invitation tourna- event , , . Paul Kern or Windsor, N. Y., ment of the East Aurora (N. Y.) CC is go- won it last year with a 67 . , . Midwest ing to be played June 23-25 ... Last year's GCSA held its spring dinner dance in mid- winner, Ron Reighter, and the runerup, May al River Forest CC in Elmhurst, 111 George Stokes, are no longer eligible to . Ed Stewart, River Forest supt.. unci compete so that gives everyone a better liis wife were host and hostesses and Ed chance . The East Aurora event is one Burke, supt .at Elmhurst CC was chmn, of the fastest growing Junior tourneys in of the festivities . Leo O'Crady, former- the country . Chandler Harper is con- ly head pro at the PGA National course ducting clinics for the Army in Germany has been named to succeed Ted Kroll at and will play In the British Centenary DeSoto Lakes CC, Sarasota, Fla. , Open . Doug Sanders has finished in Kroll is going to play the circuit full time the money in 31 consecutive PGA tourna- . O'Crady has taught at several PGA ments, currently the longest streak . Business Schools and nis theories on club Arnold Palmer has 22, Ted Kroll 20, Bill design are widely accepted ... He also Casper 19 and Sam Snead 17 . The has qualified for 10 PGA Championships PGA's TTT plan will be abandoned after . Johnny Morris will be associate pro at this year ... A new system for rewarding DeSoto and Duke Snyder, O'Crady's assis- the previous week's winners and previous tant . Jim Kopel, former golf profes- years winners is going to be used . .

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