tions for elimination of clover on greens proved to be too strong. Clover went out, leaving some bare spots. Astute placement of cups by Dick Tufts of USGA. MAKING offset practically all interference with good putting. , Wandering around the the ^ matches for two days we saw only one in- stance where a bad spot had the slightest effect on a putt and that was on a long SWINGS lag to the cup. Cmdr, Carson of the Royal anil Ancient was with the British team. , A grand red- headed ex-sfillor who made a lot of friends. Cmdr. Carson told hots the cup hap- By pened to he standardized at Inches HERB GRAFFIS diameter.. Players used to dig their hands P1HBBP into the hole to haul out sand for the tee. Near close of a day's play the hole was THE GOLF NEWS IN BRIEF big and deep. To maintain uniform size or the hole some tile from Ihe R&A club- house was used for lining Ihe holes. , . American pros who saw Walker (Hip Width of a normal fist was about 4 % Inches matches rated Konnlc White as lop man so tile nearest lhat size was handy mill <>r Ihe British team in sound form, . Pro used. If the tile had been larger think opinion was that if more British pros could how our putting might have Improved.. get over and study American form for use Byron Nelson looked over the Walker in their teaching British amateur golf Cup matches during a gap between ex- would benefit. British side showed pretty hibition dates. Nelson's been spending fair ability at scrambling but tacked Ameri- more time on his ranch lately and scoring can finesse in using wedge out of traps by nicely in farm profit. Jim Standish. re- greens. Older British players, especially cently elected pres., Michigan Seniors, ar- llrueii with his eluh twirling at top of ranging a match in 1950 at Kent CC, Grand hacksuing. differed radically from Ameri- Rapids, between Michigan and Illinois 10- cans In style. team senior amateur teams. Boh King, Gallery was disappointed that Laddie 11250 Playa St., Culver City, Calif., who Lucas, left-handed British captain, kept has to play on crutches, on good schedule himself out of doubles and singles play. of trick shot and playing dates. Fine young man. that Lucas, and nobody PGA hoping for big crowds at pro team questioned his judgment overruling what matches at Belmont CC (Boston dist.) to probably was his personal itch to play, . help financing problem of Ryder Cup team. Galleries at Winged Foot for Walker Cup . PGA kitty Is thin. .. Association opera!- matches were fairly large considering that ing expenses increased without correspond- fans didn't expect close competition. ing increase in dues. Conditions call for Many expressed wish that British would Ryder Cup trip being on tight budget. provide lighter matches -even victories— Curtis Cup women's international team to make the affair stiffer competitive test financing also will he helped by 5% cut off for Yanks. General opinion was that top of gute receipts at Belmont. with two world wars followed by "auster- ity" regime retarding development of Pro shop business in NY metropolitan British amateur talent the British side did area estimated by pros and salesmen as well. averaging 20-259! under last year's record. Business is spotty, with some pros being The affair was entirely pleasanl with ahead of last year, . Heavy advertising American players and galleryltes saying of cut-price golf merchandise by NY stores they never met a liner bunch of fellows, , , makes NY met district pro competition British team made good use of chance to from stores tougher than in any other ter- indulge In the novelty of drinking orange ritory. juice and gelling a square meal. , , Most thrilling to the gallery were playing ot Neal I Jin g, widely known among pro stymies, . Pros who have the ability to anil amateur golfers, now gen. mgr., Park play stymies expertly, rule the stymie oul Sheraton hotel. NYC. Neal was promo- of the PGA championship. The stymie tion mgr., Park Central (now Park Shera- uluays Is a great entertaining shot lo the ton) about a dozen years ago and advanced gallery, if not to the player. rapidly to become one of Ihe hotel manage- ment stars.,. Met PGA to hold lis meetings Winged Foot, like the majority of other at Park Sheraton. courses, normally in fine condition, had suffered from damndest weather within Unique situation in tournament ticket memory of greenkeepers. , Recommenda- sales at Bellerive CC (St. Louis dist.) for this year's Western Amateur, . Month before the Sept. 19-25 event all season tickets were sold, covering guarantee for Western's Evans Caddy Scholarship Fund and tournament expenses with ample mar- gin for contingencies. Some members haven't wanted to allow sale of daily tickets, saying galleries will be large enough with season ticket holders. Manteca (Calif,) Bulletin editorially says, "Judging by previous letters in the Stockton (Calif.) Record, the action of Stockton's city council in voting a new mtinicipul goll course will not be well re- ceived by a great many taxpayers. Our advice to these diehard* would be buy a set of sticks and join the crowd as soon as possible. And hesldcs, they might have a lot of fun." .. Survey of players at Stock- ton niuny course showed that 22% of play- ers were mechanical craftsmen in construc- tion and other Industries, 19.8% were clerical workers, 18.1% were salesmen and 9.5% were in professions. Perry Maxwell to build and operate 18- hole public course for Oklahoma City, Okla ., at Lake Hefner. Navy Air Base at Mlliington (Memphis, Tenn.), has new NEW 9-hole par 35 course. , From newspaper clippings we guess this to be the biggest year golf's ever seen in trade organization FREE BOOK and civic club tournaments. Boston AND ^~Jillin(j Chart TELL HOW PHILLIPS my woods and irons ore accurately de signed for you to fit your natural swing. Thirty years of successful custom club GOLF -ASPIRES making for over fifty thousand top ama- teurs, Pros, Hollywood stars, and other particular golfers all over the world. 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Two writers of Davit grass seed wilt give your greens, tees and lively, Informative newspaper golf columns fairways that needed iift after a hot scorching are women; Maureen Orcutt on NY Times summer tun. and Belli IHghtower on Sacramento Let us take care of your fall seeding require- (Caltr.) Union. Patty Berg of Wilson ments. We also have a complete line of supplies anil Louise Suggs of MaeGregor have been and equipment. on women's anil girls' exhibit Ion and demonstration schedules that would break down the health and spirits of most male pros. , . Jean Glamhrone writing a bright column on women's golf in Rochester (NY) Times Union. No complaints by British golf writers at Walker Cup matches about Bobby Locke's suspension by PGA of America. In re- fined phrases and the Oxford accent visit- ing scribes rated Locke as letting nothing interfere with grabbing the biggest piece of currency within Immediate view. , Henry McLemore, former sports columnist now doing syndicated travel pieces, writ- ing to his American papers from South Africa, told of PGA's lockout of Locke GEORGE A. DAVIS/ Inc. being no grievous surprise to sportsmen in Locke's homeland. keep your mowers rolling — their bed knives razor-sharp with a & niivii'ivii wmi Clubs, Parks, Cemeteries! Whether or not you do your own grinding, you con avoid delays and increase the service life of every mower with the Model 50 Bench Grinder. Reel* con be lapped in several times between complete grinding jobs when the bed knives ore kept properly ground on the Model 50, The price? Hard to believe . , but true I Never has a machine like the Model 50 come onywhere near this t tow cost. Perfect companion to the famous PEERLESS MOWER SHARPENER, Write today for descriptive bulletin. MODEL 50, ABOVE . $125.00 f.O.B. Plymouth. Ohio THE FATE-ROOT-HEATH COMPAHY Locke has defenders and apologists In the L'nlted States. They maintain that the Smith African wasn't given a chance to tell his side of the case before judgment was passed. , Howard F. Neilson, set',. Pini* Lake CC, Ponliac, Mich., expressed their altitude in a letter to the PGA which, in part, read: . "Your recent action (in barring Locke) is even more despicable when one realizes Locke was not even granted the courtesy of a hearing or trial, wherein he could defend the charges as levied against him. The charges and the entire proceedings represent a travesty of REALOCK FENCE Justice and (he epitome of poor taste." ...YOUR WATCHMAN OF STEEL Here's a watchman of sturdy steel that PGA releases statement from Cary Mid- will guard your property day and dlecoft' in which he "clarifies" statement attributed to him concerning membership night against trespassing, arson, theft requirements of PGA.