PGA championship, staged at the Fire- Two PGA Business Schools Are stone CC, Akron, with the co-sponsorship and work of the local Junior League, Jay- Scheduled for January, February cees, major rubber companies and Jack Tommy Armour, Horton Smith and A1 Knight's newspaper with sports editor, Watrous head an impressive group of pro- Loren Tibbals, as the tourney's chief en- fessionals who will serve as instructors and gineer, netted a record profit of $43,000 lecturers at the fifth PGA Business School for the PGA. to be held at the Hotel Ft. Harrison, Clear- Ryder Cup Revisions water, Fla., Jan. 22-28. Others on the This year's PGA championship will be teaching staff include John Budd, Bill played at Olympia Fields CC, south of Hardy, George Aulbach and George Daw- Chicago, July 21-24. The 1961 Ryder Cup son. Emil Beck is chmn. of the Business matches will be played at Royal Lytham School. and St. Anne's course, St. Anne's-by-the- Fundamentals of teaching, club repair- Sea, Eng., Oct. 13-14. For the first time ing, merchandising and general shop oper- all matches will be played at 36 holes ation are among the subjects that will be with two sets of singles and two sets of covered in the 40-hour course. The PGA Scotch foursomes each day. There has has sent out nearly 5,000 folders describ- been some moaning among several Rritish ing the school, along with application players about this revision, made in the blanks, to pros and clubs throughout the belief that it gives the British a good break U. S. Last year nearly 250 pros and assis- and should give the event a tight competi- tants attended the Clearwater courses. Ap- tive complexion which it has lacked in the prentice pros can earn credits toward full past. The British have won but one of the membership in the PGA by attending the last eight Ryder Cup affairs. Business School. The 1963 Ryder Cup matches will be A second Business School course will be played at East Lake CC, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. offered at the Ambassador Hotel in Los 11-13. East Lake is the club of Harold Angeles, Feb. 14-17. This is the third Sargent, who was succeeded by Strong as year for this school and at least 100 stu- PGA pres. Sargent and his wife, Mary, dents are expected to be on hand when it were voted a trip to the 1961 Ryder Cup is convened. Practically the same course is matches. He has been a member of the offered at L. A. as at Clearwater. George PGA executive committee for 11 years. For Lake, pro at Recreation Park GC, Long Sargent that has meant a considerable sac- Beach, is director of the California school. rifice of time and money and for his wife a mountain of unpaid secretarial work as well as the added responsibilities of seeing to it that his club job is handled properly and retiring chmn., PGA national advisory when the boss pro is away. committee. Other long-time officials in local and Honored at Dinner national PGA work were elected with Strong. They include Wally Mund, Mid- Goldwater was honored at the annual land Hills CC, St. Paul, who was elected PGA president's dinner as were Warren sec. and George L. Hall, pro at Cornell's Orlick, PGA golf-professional-of-the-year; University GC, Ithaca, N. Y., and Cornell Arnold Palmer, the association's profession- golf coach who was named treas. al golfer-of-the-year, and three new pros in the PGA Hall of Fame, Fred McLeod, New vps and members of the executive Mike Brady and Jimmy Demaret. Jay He- committee are Frank Commisso, Ironde- bert, 1960 PGA champion, was hailed in quoit CC, Rochester, N. Y.; Don Wary an, absentia. He was attending a Hebert Woodhill CC, Wayzata, Minn.; and Bud brothers party in Lafayette, La. Oakley, Palos Verdes GC, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. Glen Sisler, pres., Northern Steel Co., Six cities have extended invitations to Detroit, was elected chmn. of the PGA the PGA for the 1961 meeting. Names of advisory committee. Harry Radix, sec. of these cities were not disclosed by the PGA. the committee for many years, was made vice chmn., and Robert Leacox, Kansas The choice will be made at the commit- City, Mo., was named sucessor to Radix tee's mid-year meeting this spring. Which- as advisory committee chmn. ever one it is will have a difficult job beat- ing the arrangements and program present- William D. Schaffner, pres., National ed for the 1960 meeting by Bob Gold- PGA Distributors, Inc., and William D. water, Phoenix department store executive (Continued on page 68) .