e t o c ee N I R e a t R t Walkers j e E T L A WHISKY AGEO FOR YEARS IN CaSKS PITAL AE HATIMTU OF MN GPRLK CYT MALAr JerCRRee HwaYs in Cfocd Taste HIRAM WALKER’S @ag Key, Us VW mem. 1/1771770 Wher LONDON Wi SPEGIAL HIGHLAND DRY GIN WHISKY HIRAM WALKER & SONS LIMITED DISTILLERY AND HEAD OFFICE, WALKERVILLE CANADA ESTABLISHED 1858 ON BERMUDA COURSES @ 6th Annual Mid-Ocean Invitation PLEASUR ISLAND Tournament . February 20-28. Mid- Ocean Club. Participants from the U.S.A and Canada leave New York February 18th @ Annual Bermuda Ladies’ Champion- _ ago the Gulf Stream .. that ship February 28-March 4. Riddell’s benign patron of sports... began moving Bay Golf and Country Club. on behalf of those who love outdoor pleas- @ Annual Bermuda Amateur Cham pionship .. March 21-25. Riddell’s ures. It’s powerful influence has perman- Bay Golf and Country Club ently excluded winter from Bermuda, thus @ 2nd Annual Mixed Foursomes Tour allowing year-round enjoyment of the un- nament . February 21-25. Belmont usual facilities of this favoured coral play Manor Golf Club. ground. @ Semi-Annual Mixed Tournament for «. George Trophy . January 5 Here are golf courses of great natural H t. George Golf Club. n beauty .. splendid reaches of bluesailing @ Harlequin Cup—Handicap Tourna- water ... tennis courts of turf and en tout ment—medal Play ... March 12. Coral cas. The pink-hued bathing beaches are Island Golf Club washed with buoyant, rainbow surf. Pic- turesque and conveniently near, this unique FOR BOOKLET: YOUR TRAVEL ACCENT OR THE BERMUDA TRADE DEVELOPMENT c TORONT CANADIAN GOLFER—Decembe PRO-MADE RK mk deoitar REGISTERED TRADE MA face as eee face club one ounce of wood taken - K MODELS feryom top di y — they The greatest advance in wood head designing in years a eep “LO-BAK” model combinesall the good features of both d face and shallow face woods. “Bor a real thrill play LO-BAK woods.” “aone,ncoef EW replaced on hitting THE N e ° line D - AN IRON In designing the new “Center Weight” head we followed the sameprinciple of weight concentration that has proven so successful in the Lo-Bak wood. Concentration of this extra metal on the back of the head, without increasing the total weight, has been made possible by taking weight from certain parts of the head, where it had no effect on the ball, and transferred it to the center of the back, taking it from the points shownin theillustration. Our field tests . have proven this short compact solid rustless English IRON en i blade, with deep line scored face, is more powerful and by GeRo-MABED ~ reduces the chancefor error. Write for catalogue and ‘Made-to-Measure’ Chart THE PRO-MADE GOLF CO. NADA VANCOUVER CA N The CANADIAN GOLFER—December, 1938 n GOLF FIXTURES PO : INT SOUTH | | Dec. 2-4. Augusta Ope n Championship—$5000— Feb. 14-18. Mid-Florida cham Forest Hills pionship for women, Golf Course, Augusta, Ga. for women, Orlando C. C. Dee. 5-7. P.G.A. Sentor’s Championship—Augusta Feb. 14-18. Fifth Annual Mixed Foursomes: National Course, Augusta, Ga. Riddell’s Bay, Bermuda. Dec. 15-18. Miami $10,000 Open, Miami, Florida. Feb. 16-19. New Orlea Dec. 28th. Fo ns $10,000 Open; New urth Annual) Christmas Tournament Orleans, Louisiana. for women, Pinehurst, N.C. Feb, 20th. 26th Annual Mid-Ocean Invita Dec. 28-31. 36th Annual Mid-Winter tion Tourna- Tournament, Mid-Ocean Club Bermuda. Leave ment, Pinehurst, N.C. New York Feb. 18th. Dec. 31-Jan. 1. S outhern Star Amateur Invita- Feb. 21-25. Women's Sout tion Tou h Atlantic champion rnament—54 holes medal play, Forest ship, Ormond Beach G. C Hills Course, Augusta, Ga. Late Dec. rasadena Open. Feb, 21-25. 2nd Annual Mixed Foursome Bel mont Manor, Bermuda Dec, 31st. Low Gross—Low net tournament, . Sea Island Golf Club, Sea Island, Ga. Feb. 2Ist. Annual Tin Whistle Tournament, Jan, 2nd. Annual Father & Son Tournament, Pinehurst N.C. Pinehurst, N.C. Feb, 28rd-25th. Annual Mid-Winter Tournament, Jan. 5th. St. George’s Golf Club, Bermuda, Sea Island Ga. semi-annual St. George’s trophy tournament. Feb. 26th. Coral Island Championship, Bermuda. Jan. 6th-9th. Los Angeles Open, $5000. Los Feb. 27-March 2nd. Annual Bermuda Ladies’ THE TANG OF Angeles, Calif. Feb, 27-Mar. 2. Dixie Amateur, Miami Country Jan. 6-13. Lake Worth tourney, Palm Beach. Club. pecass Jan, 8th. Jeffrey’s Trophy 36 holes team play, Feb, 28-Mar. 4. Women's East Coast champion Riddell’s Bay, Bermuda. ship, St. Augustine Links. Jan. 18-15. Oakland $5000 Open, Oakland, Calif. Feb. 29th-March 4th. Annual Bermuda Ladies’ Jan. 14. Match play versus par tournament, Championship, Riddell’s Bay. Sea Island, Ga. March—entire month. Men’s and Ladies’ Ringer Jan. 16-19. Women’s Titlehotders Golf Assn. Tournament, Sea Island Ga. championship, Augusta C. C. March 8-4. Annual Senior’s Tournament, men Jan. 18-22nd. San Francisco Match play cham- over 50) Sea Island Ga. pionship, San Francisco, Calif. March 5-8. International Four-ball matches, Jan. 22nd. Spey Royal 86 holes team champion- Miami. ship, Belmont Manor G.C. March 7-10. Annual Seniors’ Tournament, Pine Jan. 28-27. Ponce de Leon Cup championship, hurst N.C. St. Augustine. March 7-11. Belmont Manor Ladies’ Champion Jan. 31-Feb. 3. 84th Annual Women’s St. Val ship, Belmont Manor, Bermuda. entine’s Tournament, Pinehurst, N.C. March 7-11. Warwick Vase Tournament, Rid o¥ Jan. 81-Feb. 3. Mid Winter Amateur Tourna dell’s Bay, Bermuda. Ay i ment, Miami, Fla. March 12. Harlequin Cup, handicap event, Medal Feb. 4-5. Bing Crosby $3000 Open. DelMar, Calif. play. Coral Island Golf Club, Bermuda. Me cy Feb. 6-10. Women’s championship of Palm March 13-19. National women’s invitation tour i Beach G, C. ; ney, Aiken G. C. ,ie 4) Feb. 7-10. 85th Annual February Tourney, Pine- Mach 138-19. Southern Cross tourney, Palmetto yw hurst, N.C. G. C., Aiken. Feb. 8-18. Annual Princess Invitation Tourna- March 14-18. Belmont Manor Men’s Tournament, ment. U.S.A. and Canadian participants leave Belmont Manor, Bermuda. New York Feb. 4th. Played at Riddell’s Bay March 15-18. Annual Spring Sea Island cham Golf Club, Bermuda. pionship for 1939, Sea Island Ga. loin \" Feb. 9th. Four man team championship. Coral March 19. Mixed Foursomes Cora] Island Golf sue | Island Golf Club, Bermuda. : Club, Bermuda. haley Feb, 10-12. San Antonio $5000 Open, San Antoine March 20-22. $4000 Pinehurst Open Champion Texas. ship. Pinehurst N.C. Feb. 14-18. Mid-Florida Women's Golf Tour- March 21-25. Annual Bermuda Amateur cham nament. pionship, Riddell’s Bay Golf Club. I: you shoot par, the sand dunes will challenge you, while if yowre a duffer DECEMBER youll find our two 18-hole ISSUE courses sporty but not im 1938 possible, If you’ve played the famous North Berwick or St. Andrew’s in Scotland, VOL. XXIV 1 3 or at Chicago’s Golf Club Fved \ NO. 8 at I’ox Chapel, you'll rec ognize holes modeled after them. Thescenery is supe REPORTS lative, with tall pine woods, Alberta: men by W. C. Broadfoot; Ladies., Mrs. N. Hindsley “ page 8 streams and lakes, sand and 4 British Columbia: men by Jos. Howat; Ladies., Mrs. E. C. Stark page 10 m Ladies., Mrs. A. M. 1 racey Selo hunet meses page 12 o Manitoba: men by C. M. Harris; rolling greens, and the salty New Brunswick—P.E.I.: men F. N. Robertson; Ladies., : Miss Jean Hodge page 14 Ontario: men by Mr. E. A. Harris; Ladies., Mrs. E. G, Binkley .... page 18 fragrance of the ocean b Quebec: men by H. R. Pickens Jr; Ladies., Mrs. H. I. Nelson .... “pape LU yond. And don’t forget a Saskatchewan: men by Mr. L. S. Houghton; Ladies., Mrs. I. H, Nance .... page 22 ee Nova Scotia: men by Mr. D. H. Williams; Ladies., Miss E. Stairs , page 24 plunge when you return, in TT FEATURES our indoor Emerald Pool. Golfermiot the yeat—byn Hien Re PICKENS Jit rene: pack sees ose, tree eek eves ese tose nese sete page 6 Winner's Records .... «.. - pages 30-32 The Year in Pictorial Review—throughout pages + ] e . P R COMMENT dVdiller t Hotel and Country Club e R.C.G.A. Report—by Col. Claude Brown o-. wee ce ce ce cee oe dager Soave voste soe page 7 Yi iY, toes Eaton C.L.G.U, Report—by Mrs. Edwin Crockett 1 cs. see see ce ee rete tite tee ten nee page 7 l Talking About Golf—by H. R. Pickerts Jr. se. cece cee crs sete cnet ree eee page 5 The CANADIAN GOLFER—December, 1938 mae ce : a OP EVERY DAY IS PLAY DAy — Sy 7, | Go.r on Belmont’s famous course { b> (only member of the Canadian | Ladies’ Golf Union in Bermuda). Sea bathing on our private beach, with luxurious Beach Club as an added thrill! Swimming pool, ten- nis, riding, cycling ... something doing all the day. And Belmont service, entertainment, hospitality and surroundings make relaxation especially delightful. BE LMONT MANO R & GOLF CLUB Ask your Travel Agent Canadian Representative L. G. GIRVAN, 67 YongeSt., Toronto A Winter Home for discriminating people EXTRA COPIES Offering the best in rest or enjoy life. 18-hale course of this adjoins hotel. All Florida Nake a date with sea-spiced at your command GRACIOUS SERVICE Review issue should be play-thrills in the country-club atmos- Write for Tariff phere and Indian Summerclimate of THEODORE C.