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Again have to say that ment was made in his declining Women's Western Assn. the PGA's invitation to play in runs a tournament as perfectly the PGA championship ' al- as is humanly possible . . . The though not eligible under the WWGA Open at Skokie CC PGA rule which requires 5 ( dist.) was another ex- years in pro ranks as a qualifi- ample of WWGA management cation for membership ... "I'm . . . No beefs from the field . . . going to be a PGA member a Course, soaked by cloudbursts, long time. I'd rather take my and with rough longer than for regular turn like the rest," he member play, played long for said in declining the invitation the girls . . . First two days it issued after a vote of the as- played tougher than North- HERB GRAFFIS sociation's executive commit- wood for National Open and Big Spring for tee .. . The affair was well handled all PGA . . . Although improvement in course around with the PGA doing the sporting condition correctly is credited as a factor thing and avoiding criticism it received lower scoring and Skokie is a magnificently when and groomed course, we believe it was a more were young pro holders of difficult course for this year's WWGA Open Open title but couldn't compete in the PGA than it was in 1922 when Sarazen won the championship . . . The PGA at its next an- National Open there. nual meeting may authorize an invitation Leading girls' fairway wood play is of to play in the PGA championship to any higher general standard than men pro and pro who is the National Open champion. amateur stars can display ... If men's fair- An effect of television coverage of golf ways woods were as good as the women's championships in enforcing observance of the men would have mastered Northwood's the rules of golf was forecast by an incident long par 4 sixth . . . The girls are far back at Northwood ... A player in a water of the men's performance in scrambling, or hazard was shown on the TV screen stamp- recovering and making pars and birdies out ing down grass behind his ball and violat- of possible bogies. ing Rule 33-1 flagrantly . . . The 2 stroke There never has been a greater exhibition penalty didn't appear on his card, hence of scrambling than that by in according to Rule 38-2 the player should winning the Open ... In the third round he have been disqualified . . . Another obvious was down in 2 from each of 7 traps . . . violation of the rules was a prominent That gave him his 68 with a drive out of younger player's failure to drop his ball bounds on the 8th ... In the final round he according to Rule 33-3. was down in 2 from 6 traps ... On the 210 Otey Crisman, Selma, Ala., putter- yd. 16th he was 80 yds. short with his tee making specialist, subject of very interest- shot, pitched short onto the fringe and ing column by Louis Cox, Dallas Times- putted in from 30 ft. Herald sports editor, the day preceding the Scrambling is no disparaging term but opening of the Open . . . Not one writer an art and smart tactics the way Boros did covering the Open picked Boros as winner it at Northwood . . . Northwood is a place- ... Louis Cox was only one who forecast the ment course ... Tee shots must be accurate winning score . . . Mangrum and Hogan and approaches over the greens are mur- were pre-Open selections of most writers. derous . . . Boros, a strong, imperturbable Hogan was lucky to get four rounds alive player, resisted the temptation to try to in that sizzling heat ... He lost 3 pounds steer his shots . . . He banged away from during the second round ... He played the tees, played short to let the ball bounce smart golf but the sweltering Saturday or roll on and had a putter hotter than the had him so the meat wouldn't do what the Texas sun. head asked . . . You've got to hand it to Pork-chops Oliver for training for the Open Boros was simply at the height of his . .. The merry Fat Man was in fine physical kind of a game at Northwood and he didn't condition for withstanding the frying-out try to change it under pressure . . . Fur- of 4 rounds when it seldom was under 100 ther revelation of the 32-year-old ex-Con- on the Northwood course. necticut amateur champion's good judg- North Texas State college set some sort July, 1952 3 of a record with 5 boys of Coach Fred Cobb's squad, headed by , Healthy, Colorful Turf playing in the Open .. . Cobb has those kids playing heady golf. Throughout the Season Herman Borchardt, supt. of Northwood, is entitled to high praise for the excellent condition of the course . . . The course is -with AGRICO!" only 4 years old . . . It was designed by Bill Diddle . . . It's a tight, true test of golf, Frank Svehla, greenkeeper at Sub- laid out on an area impossible to handle urban Golf Club, Union, N. J., points without some rather long walks between out aerified turf produced through greens and tees . . . High heat and humidity use of the alfalfa disc-seeder. required some watering of greens during play around noon . . . Greens are Seaside bent . . . Constant expert vigilance was essential to preserve the greens in Open championship condition . . . R. C. Bowman, Lakewood supt., and other Dallas district supts., gave Borchardt invaluable help by keeping close watch on various greens while Herman was doing a superman's job trying to be everywhere at once. Koyce Chaney, mgr., Northwood, gave a great demonstration of how to handle championship crowd in a long, rambling clubhouse that wasn't designed for big business . . . Air-conditioning in the club- house not only made the customers com- fortable but it eased the help situation and OR the past 11 years, it has been my aided in speeding service. Fpractice to use AGRICO COUNTRY Bill Diddle's 18-hole fee course, without CLUB Fertilizer on my turf," writes sand traps, now operating at Frank Svehla, Greenkeeping Superin- . . . Bill figures this is about the 200th tendent at Suburban Golf Club, Union, N. J., and treasurer of the N. J. Green- keepers Ass'n. "I have found that the use of Agrico, coupled with regular aer- ation of fairways with the alfalfa disc- seeder, has always given us healthy, colorful turf all through theseason, with littleor no artificial irrigation. Use plenty of Agrico regularly and you're way ahead in keeping fairways and greens in ex- cellent playing condition."

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SWINGING AROUND GOLF Lois Hayhurst of Wilson's publicity dept., and Mrs. Kathryn Gividen, executive sec. (Continued from page 19) of PGA as three of the young heads; Mgr. John J. Pomeroy, Supt. Bill women who do marvelously helpful jobs Smith and Pro Frank Metzger. . . . That Gividen girl, wife of the Wood- Pros in St. Louis dist. congratulating stock CC (Indianapolis) pro who is Indi- ana PGA sec.-treas., does a job for the Homer Herpel on raising his own girl golf Indiana pro organization that should tip stars . . . Daughters Marilyn, Jacqueline off other PGA sections that they ought to and Martha — ages respectively 22, 16 and get the bright business minds and ener- 10 — all are fine players . . . St. Louis dist. gies of the pros' wives doing the important pros doing wise job of working together to detail work so often neglected in PGA sec- supply members with what one pro may tional operations. not have in his shop but another has in stock . . . Telephoning keeps the pros' col- Western Golf Assn. Open championship lective inventories large and the boys played at VVestwood CC as first of the se- aren't cutting each other up on sales. ries of 1952, '53, '54 Western Opens to be run in the St. Louis district, was unexcelled Illinois Women's Goif Assn. did outstand- as a pleasant "artistic success" . . . Finan- ing job vvith its program for its Amateur cially, it didn't break even, due to generous Invitation state championship at Aurora guarantee to VVGA Evans Caddy Scholar- (111.) CC June 23-28, and "Illiniwek" at ship fund, willingness of "200 club" of St. Soangetha CC, Galesburg, 111., Aug. 5-7 Louis sponsors to take a loss instead of . . . 3-day medal play championship and pushing for a record gate, and the hospita- junior girls' amateur championship in- ble attitude of the club which was host to cluded in Illiniwek . . . Mrs. A. K. O. Coch- the event . . . Westwood's board and mem- rane headed committee that assembled in- bers greeted the event as cheerful sports- teresting editorial content and sold adver- men . . . Prices didn't go up and the atmos- tising space . . . IVVGA also runs Victory phere was that of gracious hosts receiving tournanients at its members clubs to welcome guests. finance Swing Club programs at vet hospi- tal golf courses, establish Evans scholar- The Western Open as a tribute to the ships, provide polio-Respiraid rocking beds memory of Maynard G. (Scotty) Fessen- to hospitals and contribute to American den, headed the WGA two terms, was very Cancer Society . . . Incidentally, in the much in Scotty's spirit . . . Scotty's widow IVVGA program story on Aurora CC his- accepted for Scotty, Jr. (now 2) and her- tory, the club was cited as btiilding, in self bound resolutions presented for the 1923, first golf club swimming pool in Chi- WGA by Gordon Kummer, pres. and for cago district . . . In another Aurora story the PGA by . . . The pres- mention was made of the Kepuhlican party entations were made at the first tee before being organized in 1854 at a convention Mangrum started off on his record-break- held in Aurora's First Congregational ing final round . . . Lloyd again paid a fine Church . . . Lot of laughs in "Ode to Press" tribute from deep in the heart of a top by Gladys Sines and Mrs. Albert Pike, gen. grade guy to Scotty again when prizes chmn. of the IVVGA . . . Mrs. VVilson Ber- were awarded. ing, Jr. heads the IVVGA and Mrs. Gunnar Bergman is tournament chmn. Mangrum's course record of 64 on the tight, testing and fair VVestwood course Men's golf organizations can bow to was amazing golf . . . He had one penalty Carol McCue of the Chicago District GA, stroke from hooking, bouncing and rolling

• BENT GRASS • WILLIAM B. LANGFORD GOLF COURSE ARCHITECT Stolons and Sod. Washington—Cl — Balanced Topographical Design and other recommended strains. Member: American Society of Golf Course Arrhiteet* HIRAM F. GODWIN Telephone! KKystonr 9-6501 22366 Grand River Ave., Detroit 19, Mich. 2405 Grace Sireet, Chicago, IHinois «p a bank into a pond on the sixth . . . chmn. several years ago after nursing the Mangrum didn't get one of 4 putts inside course along for most of the 25 years or 8 ft. that could have given him a score on a more it's been in its present location . . . testing 6,615 yd. course that vvould stand up Bauman and Linkogel are one of the great a long time in the record books. chmn.-supt. teams of the country . . . Leo Westwood's course was in superb condi- was called back to work for the Western tion . . . Supt. A1 Linkogel and the club's Open . . . One thing they did that helped widely-known former green chmn., had make the course perfect for expert play been striving since late winter to have ev- was mow the fairways shorter than they erything perfect for tournament play and would have for member traffic . . . They're they succeeded . . . Leo retired as green (Continued on page 82)

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Swinging Around Golf 3 Women Are Making Another Big Pro Shop Markel By Herb Graffis 21 Whal Does Player's Neglect Add lo Maintenanoe Cost? By Leo L. Feser 26 Fitting Air Conditioning to Golf Club Needs By D. E. Feinberg 32 Clearwater (Fla.) Clubhouse Makes Use of AII Space 37 Advises Pros to Take It Easy on the Salesnian By Dan Ellis 40 Making the Best Use of Golf Architecture By William B. Langford 48 The Teaching Pro Learns tlie Hard Way By Pete Moran 52 Why Aerifying Has Become Standard Practice By Tom Mascaro 58 Financing Kids' Playground at By Wm. J. Duchaine 62 Tournament Schedule 71

SWINGING AROUND GOLF apostles of Piper and Oakley, USGA Green Section pioneers . . . Lots of mistakes were (Continued from page 80) made . . . But the mistakes were valuable not sure that some of their fairways, teaching . . . Ebie and Leo, quaffing their closely mowed in late May, will survive St. Budvveiser and having an Old Settlers' re- Louis' blistering summers . . . Fairways union, agreed that the progress greenkeep- that are doubtful are ones eventually to ers have made in their knowledge, scientific get Merion bluegrass replacement, so if attitude, management methods and results they do go out the program of reseeding has been one of the most remarkable chap- simply will be advanced. ters in golf history. Westvvood now is in a gorgeously beauti- Warren Orlick, pro at Monroe (Mich.) ful wooded setting ... When the course was G&CC, says 30 of his club's 96 entries in built on hilly exhausted farmland it didn't Golf Day event beat Hogan . . . George and have a tree . . . Bauman and Linkogel Babe Zaharias hosts to Florida state open, raised most of the thousands of trees now July 16-20 at their Tampa G&CC . .. Merry on the course from nursery stock they ac- social program planned for evenings . . . quired for the club. George and Babe have made great im- Eberhard Anheuser and Leo Bauman, to- provements to the club since they hought gether with the late Col. Goetz of Algon- it in Nov., 1950. quin, deserve high credit for the amazing Western G&CC 4th annual 4-ball invita- improvement of St. Louis district courses tion, drawing large field from Detroit dis- . . . Ebie and Leo sat in the Westwood bar- trict, will be played Aug. 13-16 . . . Allen- room during the Western Open recalling the days when they and Col. Goetz called town (Pa.) new 18-hole muny course the first meeting of greenkeepers and opened Memorial Day ... Paul Weiss, supt., chairmen in St. Louis and began strong Lehigh CC, consultant on construction of and concerted practical application of sci- the course, says it's in excellent condition, entific turf research ... O. J. Noer and John considering newness . . . George Smith is Monteith gave them a hand . . . The green- course supt. for the new layout. keepers caught on, got the fundamentals Mark Golden, former pro, sends us Rich- of sound experimentation, compared notes, mond (Ind.) Palladium-Item and Sun-Tele- kept alert for new developments . . . A dis- trict where it was thought climatic and soil gram, June 26 edition, shovving picture of conditions excused low standard of course Chick Harbert when about 8 years old tak- condition the improvement in about two ing a mighty svving at the first tee . . . decades has been phenomenal. is watching ... E. W. Harbert, Anheuser, active in Sunset Hill CC man- Chick's father, was pro at Kichmond then agement those days, was one of the early . . . Golden had the snapshot in his files .