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Orlick Gives WinterStudents Progress Report

Warren Orlick, Michigan PGA pres.,and pro at Tam O'Shanter CC, OrchardLake, teaches at the Sidney-Hill North-west Club, a health club near Detroit.

Notwithstanding many PGA duties inthe winter, Orlick manages to give morethan 600 lessons during this season. Atthe conclusion of the winter school, Or-lick sends each of his pupils the follow-ing mimeographed letter which he fills inby writing recommendations based on hisobservations during the indoor sessions:

Dear Mr :Now that the golf season is approach-

ing I know that you are anxious to testyour skill outside. I have kept recordsof your lessons through our winter ses-sions and my recommendations are:

(Notes briefly a few points thatshould have the pupil's particular at-tention.)

I am confident that these suggestionswill produce a smoother, easier swingbut with practice the recommendationswill assure you fewer poor shots andlower scores.

If you are a member of a club, haveyour professional check your game earlyin the season. A few lessons in thespring are worth many lessons in thesummer.

It has been a privilege to work withyou on your game. I hope you have asuccessful season.

Very sincerely,P.S. Let me remind you that I have acomplete line of golf equipment andapparel in my pro shop at Tam O'Shan-ter. Having worked with you, I believethat I can well advise you on theproper selection of equipment. If youare a member of some other club, pleasedisregard this postscript as your ownprofessional has what you may need.Warren says that for an inexpensive

mimeographed job this advertising gets alot of business and considerable apprecia-tive comment from pupils who receive theinstruction summary.

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Bing Crosby, produced primarily as aneducational film, moves at a pace andcarries a story line that makes it an en-tertaining feature for any viewer.

Every point of caddie instruction isoutlined and illustrated as the film coversthe action in playing a round of golf fromthe first tee to the 18th green.

Principal characters are Dick and Ken,two outstanding Honor Caddies, withChick Evans, Walter Burkemo and Hor-ton Smith the featured players.

All caddie instruction sequences werefilmed at Plum Hollow Golf Club, Detroitwith pro Bill Uzelac and caddiemasterBill Langnau assisting.

Requirements for an Evans Scholarship,interview with a scholarship candidateand scenes at Evans House at Northwest-ern University wrap up the WGA's newestproduction shown to the press and golfand club officials for the first time onMar. 4 at the Chicago Athletic Club.

Bookings for the film can be arrangedby writing the Western Golf Association,Golf, Illinois. WGA member clubs aregiven preference over non-member clubsas in past years.

---------National Golf Day Scheduled

for June 7 by PGADick Mayer, the 1957 Open champion,

and Lionel Hebert, who won the PGAChampionship last year, will compete inan 18-hole medal match playas a featureof the week-long National Golf Day com-petition. The match will be played atSouthern Hills CC, Tulsa, site of the1958 Open which will be played June12-14. National Golf Day is officially setfor Saturday, June 7.

Persons taking part in the big annualevent will match their scores against thewinner of the Mayer-Hebert match. Win-ners will get "I Beat the Champ" medalsfrom the PGA. Men will play their normalhandicaps while special handicaps forwomen are now being worked out by PGAofficials.

In the six years that National Golf Dayhas been in existence, nearly $600,000 hasbeen raised for various charities.

More than 4,000 pro members of thePGA will be asked to cooperate in helpingput over the nationwide program. Golferswill be permitted to playas many roundsas they like in competition with Mayeror Hebert provided the rounds are playedbetween June 1-7 inclusive. The $1 entryfee will again be in effect with caddiesbeing permitted to play for 25 cents.

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Grau'sAnswersto TurfQuestions

If you've got a question you want Dr.Fred V. Grau to answer, please ad-dress it to Grau Q&A, Golfdom, 407

S. Dearborn, Chicago 5, III.

Lawn ClinicsA statement made by Edwards comes

to mind: "If you would know anythingthoroughly teach it to others."

Another statement made by Dunlapalso comes to mind: "If you have a dollarto spend on your lawn spend 90 centson fertilizer and 10 cents on seed."

At first glance the two statements ap-pear unrelated. But when applied to thesubject of lawn clinics they are quiteclosely related.

It has been our pleasure to have par-ticipated in many lawn clinics held indifferent parts of the country. Most ofthem have had technical information sup-plied by local supts. In every instance in-terest has run high. The information de-veloped has fed garden columns formonths. For the first time, many home-owners have had an opportunity to ob-tain authentic information on lawn-makingand to ask questions.

Requests from garden clubs for speak-ers on "Lawns" have reached great pro-portions. Many clubs have not been ableto secure the speakers they have wanted.How much better it would be if all lawninterests pooled resources once a year andheld a real bang-up lawn clinic.

A committee composed of representa-tives from the press, agricultural extensionservice, radio, garden editors, garden

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clubs and course supts.' associations wouldbe responsible for planning the affair. Alarge auditorium with good acoustics andprojection equipment is essential. Displaysof sods of adapted grasses could be anintegral part of the show. A well-de-veloped plan of procedure with goodspeakers would help to assure success.

Basic facts supported by evidence couldbe the keynote of the clinic. It would beto the everlasting credit of the organizersto dispel the confusion which surroundsmany advertising claims and to cutthrough the mists of doubt with clear-cutstatements.

* * *Q. In Missouri we have two serious greens

problems. Each year, around July 1 we have aninvasion of crabgrass which, with high tempera-tures and humidity, just about ruins our greens.We have tried, for a number of years, pickingthe greens, but this has been unsatisfactory. I~there any chemical that we could safely usewhich would kill or control crabgrass? We havetwo kinds - one is the silver crab and theother we call ordinary crab or water grass. Ourgreens have been good early in the season, buttrouble starts coming with hot, 'humid weatherand this crabgrass invasion. Is there a grassthat you could recommend for this climate thatcould better stand the heat and humidity thanthe Seaside bent we have been using? (Mis-souri)

A. In answering your second question firstwe can say quite definitely that there are betterbents that Seaside for greens in your part 'ofthe country. One that has been quite outstand-ing has been Cohansey (C-7) bent. This grassis stolonized and it has a good record for re-sistance to heat. It is rather light yellow-greenin color and you can see excellent greens of itat the Tulsa CC. There are several instances inthe St. Louis area where Cohansey bent hasdone an outstanding job. Two inch plugs ofCohansey bent sod introduced into Seasidegreens can, in a few years, take over the Seasidegreens without taking them out of play. I haveseveral pictures of things that you describe, thegrass going out during heat and humidity, whereSeaside was completely ruined, but where plugsof Cohansey introduced the year earlier, stoodup and were healthy in spite of all heat andhumidity.

Your questions prompt me to ask a few ofmy own, and one is concerning your watermanagement. Judicious use of water during theseperiods can have a great deal to do with thesuccess or failure of grass. Just planting an im-proved grass in no way guarantees that you will ,')have good greens. Management is the key tosuccess with any grass.

Di-sodium methyl arsanate is a chemical thathas been used quite satisfactorily on puttinggreens to control common crabgrass. In itselfit is not sufficient for the silver crab, or so calledgoosegrass or crowfoot. In this case, a litt'e

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Adobe Creek Lodge in Santa Clara County(Calif.) has been converted to a 9-hole course,a three-dimensional model of which is shown.Formerly a picnic area, the course was con-structed under the supervision of Frank Mar-tinelli, Jr. (above), who headed a group thatpurchased the property. An artificial lake(extreme right) is being hollowed out by the

new owners.

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2,4-D or Brush Killer 2,4-D and 2,45-T shouldbe added to the di-sodium to effect a kill on thesilver crab. If, however, the grass is already ina weakened condition, this treatment easilyshould get rid of the bent as well as the crab-grass. In contemplating a chemical treatment onthe greens, every step first should be takento strengthen the grass so that it can withstandthe shock.

Another factor is topdressing, If you areusing unsterilized topdressing, it may be thatyou are planting the crabgrass into your greens.

One of the good tried and true methods ofreducing injury during these hot, humid periodsis light dusting with hydrated lime. This seemsto have a very good effect on the grass, reduc-ing diseases and strengthening it against heatand humidity. About two lbs. of hydrated limedusted on dry to 1,000 sq. ft. seems to do thetrick.

If the soil drainage is poor, if there is com-paction, if you have very shallow root systemsand if you are not following a good fertilizerpractice, practically everything that I have toldyou can be thrown out the window. First, youmust make the conditions right for the success-ful growing of the grass. Then you can begin toexpect better results.

Q. We greatly appreciate your answer con-cerning control of crabgrass and a grass betteradapted to our hot, humid summers. Weareinterested in learning more about the Cohansey(C-7) bent, including the proper time to plant,the best way to plant and some idea as to cost.

I feel that you hit the nail on the head insuggesting we may be' planting crabgrass withour topdressing. I have been trying for yearsto get this fact across to our green chairman,but with only little success. With your letterto back me up, I believe we can now correctthis fault. For the past two years we havewatered by hand only when the temperature is90 or above. We hand water in the morning

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and during the heat of the day we go back andhand water just enough to cool down the grassand the surface of the soil. When the tempera-ture is below 90, we usually water in the earlymorning for about an hour. There are severalmembers who insist that we should really soak t,the greens during this hot weather, but I haveagreed with our supt. that to do so would be toinvite more trouble. Are we right in this, orshould we keep them soggy? We do have sometrouble wth compaction which we reduced great-ly by aeration. We open the greens as often asthey seem to need it. In this manner we havebeen able to keep our bentgrass growing muchbetter during hot weather.

Weare forced to use city water. It is deepwell water and very hard, containing lime and ,....other minerals as well as chemicals used forpurification. In your opinion is it likely thatthis kind of water could have an important bear-ing on our problem?

When we begin to prepare our topdressing,what method do your recommend for the sterili-zation? (Missouri)

A. The best time to plant any creeping bentin your area is in the early fall. The only way ;/.._<

in which Cohansey can be planted is by stolons.These are scattered, usually at the rate of five,seven and sometimes ten bushels to 1,000 sq. ft.,rolled, lightly topdressed, rolled again and keptmoist until they have caught. I cannot give you

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For Better Management

Walpole SurveyBrings MembersInto the ActIN order to determine how conditions

and activities at the club are scoringwith members, Walpole CC, East Wal-pole, Mass., early this year, sent an "atti-tude survey" to every person registeredwith the club. Within two weeks after thesurvey was mailed, a near 50 per centresponse was noted. However, due to thetime it will take to compile the returns,and because the club is giving the mem-bers plenty of time to express their opin-ions, results of the survey are not yetavailable.

Opinion Research of Princeton, N. J.assisted in the poll.

All phases of club activity were coveredin the survey - management of the club-house, pro shop service, course main-tenance, etc. Following are sample ques-tions from the Walpole survey:

What do you like most about your club?How could it be improved?(Members were asked to score the club on

the following points by giving these ratings:Very Good; Good; Average; Poor; Very Poor;No Opinion.)

Performance of the steward.Quality of food.Variety of food.Overall performance of pro-supt.Overall performance of course maintenanceemployees.Condition of greens.Condition of tees.Condition of fairways.Cleanliness of the course.Training and availability of caddies.Quality of golf lessons.Lockerroom conditions.Golf equipment available through the proshop.Club storage and cleaning.Performance of board of governors.Tournament schedules.Social events.Golf etiquet and courtesy of the members.(Members were asked to express their opin-

ions on various changes contemplated. Therating was on this basis: Very Important; FairlyImportant; Should Not Be Done; No Opinion.)

Shorten and dog-leg 1st hole.Lengthen 4th hole; make it par 5.Install fairway watering system.Blacktop parking lot.

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Improve practice facilities.Build swimming pool, tennis court, new proshop.Remodel old lockerreom for use as pro shop. . . or for exclusive use of Junior members.Expand kitchen and dining facilities.

'fPurchase new equipment for course main- .

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tenance.(Any of these capital changes will cost

money. Which of the following arrangementswould you prefer for raising the money?)

Increase dues, possibly up to 20 or 25%.Assess each member for his share of improve-ments.Make no costly changes and leave club duesas they are.(To keep expenses down, we have had one

man serving as pro-supt. Regardless of per-sonalities, would you prefer:)

Continue present policy of having one manhandle both jobs?Have a full time pro and a full time supt. atadditional cost to the club?(At present time the clubhouse is rented to

outsiders for social events. What do you thinkof this policy?)

There are too many rentals.There are about the right number of rentals.There should be more rentals.Please write in any additional thoughts youmay have on this subject.

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Unless we receive up-to-date infor-mation on those who are actively en-gaged in duties concerned with yourgolf club's operation we cannot con-tinue mailing GOLFDOM.

If your club failed to receive ourform card or misplaced it - use theform you'll find on Page 126 of thisissue.

Our circulation auditing associationrequires us to show that the names towhom GOLFDOM is mailed are up-to-date. Lacking this information weare instructed to stop mailing GOLF-DOM to old names on our list.

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Total Budget Costs inCountry Club Construction

A golf architect explores the subject of newcourse investment in 10 different brackets

By GEOFFREY S. CORNISHGolf Course Architect, Amherst, Mass.

pARAPHRASING an oft-quoted remark,it may be said that .every new golf

course brought into play is a miracle. Andnot the least wonderful are those nu-merous new clubs, so typical of this era,that are organized by newcomers to thegame.

But whether the steering committee ofthe new club is composed of neophytes ormore experienced persons, one question isalways paramount: "What will it cost?"

Obviously, before knowing the wishesof the group and a host of other factors,it is quite impossible to answer this ques-tion. Nevertheless general informationalong these lines must be obtained veryearly in organization stages, for until anapproximation is reached, the strugglinggroup will be handicapped in its effortsto interest others in the project.

10 Budgets StudiedTo assist fledgling groups that are not

yet sufficiently organized to seek profes-sional help, the overall construction bud-gets of 10 new courses are tabulated here-under. These clubs have been selected inpreference to others to indicate both vary-ing intentions and financial resources.

These figures do not represent replace-ment value for existing courses. On an es-tablished course, for example, the worthof the mature turfgrass covering is im-mense. Countless improvements will havebeen made in grounds and buildings sincethe time it was opened.

See Chart Page 82Other points not indicated in these data

but relative to these same groups and ofprobable significance for other committeesare listed hereunder:

1. Several of the costs for real estateinclude considerably more land than isneeded for 18 holes. This additional landwas purchased to sell as building lots tooffset real estate costs.

2. All clubs building 9 holes obtainedsufficient land for 18. In order to save

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capital outlay at the start several groupsplaced long term options to buy on land -required for the second nine.

3. In each instance, when installed, aswimming pool has helped immeasurablyto draw members, both playing and socialinto the new club.. 4. Figures for i nit i a I maintenance I

equipment include only those items re-quired before opening. Later more equip-ment is necessary but this is felt to be acharge against annual budgets rather thanthe construction budget.

5. The trend in the Northeast is towardwatered fairways except those in districtsthat receive heavy summer rainfall. For -many a new club the extra cost is outof the question. However, with modern --power sod cutters and ditching equip-ment available, the fairway system can be 1eventually installed on the establishedcourse for little more than it would costduring construction and with minimuminterference to play. Large parts of the --green and tee system would, however,have to be abandoned. ¥

Clubhouse Rooms Unfinished .6. To cut initial outlay, several groups r

left rooms in the clubhouse unfinishedand unfurnished. Others established gravelparking lots and entrance roads with theintention of paving them in the future.

7. All smaller clubhouses were plannedso that future expansion is possible with-out destroying large parts of the original. ~

8. Several groups found farm buildingson the property to be satisfactory as tem-porary equipment sheds.

9. One club above, whose budget in-cluded 9 holes to start, opened in thespring of 1956. Since then it has installed ',>

a swimming pool and completed a second 1

nine which will open in the spring of 1958. ,"'Plans in 1958 also call for expansion of .,the clubhouse. Such progress is typical ,of many groups with similar modest starts.

10. Most, if not all, large club projectsare brought to a successful conclusion bythe enthusiasm, determination and courage

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