NEWS OF THE GOLF WORLD IN BRIEF

By HERB GRAFFIS

City of Albuaueique, N, M., golf com-mittee to start advertising muny course . . , It is self-sustaining but board believes ad-vertising will increase play , . . Albuquer-que constructing black-topped car trails on its muny course , . . Preston Childers, now supt. of Paradise Hills CC, Albuquer-que, that's being built to plans of Roliert (Bed) Lawrence . . . Jim Norman is supt. ol Cliff side CC, Hartford, Conn., IH-hole private club recently opened,

U, C. Ferguson, Jr., pro, and Bill Cober, supt., Ok lab tuna City's Lincoln Park courses, in charge of big remodeling job on the courses and installation of fairway watering systems . . . New clubhouse to be built . . . Interesting plan of financing and operation by Lincoln Park Golf Assn. thru revenue bonds issued under provi-sions of Oklahoma's municipal trust act provides the improvements without cost to taxpayers.

Melvin Pott is treas, of Booneville (Miss.) CC, now being organized . , . Reu-ben A. Aldecn, pres. Ruckford (111.) I'ark district, says city should consider building its 4th public course, this one for the "for-gotten white collar class which cannot afford to belong to a private club but would l>e willing to pay an annual fee of

$50 to play golf on a course which is not always overcrowded and which offers fea-tures not available on the other three pub-lie courses."

Vernon Hills CC. 18-hole club west of Half day, III., is first new private club built in Lake County, III., since 1929, says Quinn Hogan, chmn. ol club's board . . . Wes Hilton appointed golf supt, at Green-brier, White sulphur Springs, W. Va., by Ren. niKr.. Truman Wright • . • For past 10 years he has been foreman of Green-brier's three courses . . . Hilton and Luth-er B. Way, Jr., are building new Green-brier and Lakeside courses.

Real estate development company offers Hassayamna CC, Prescott, Ariz., ground for second 9 . . Joe Hcrsehel, who has coached Forest Hills L. L, N. Y. high school golf team for 20 years, tells his ideas about golf programs in high schools in his talk at annual golf clinic of Health Education Teachers Association of New York . . . Bert Ferguson, eng. mgr.. station WD1A. Memphis, considering building course about five miles east of Memphis airport.

Scott Alexander, sports editor, Colum-bus (Ind.) Republican, commenting on a creck straightening plan that tnay put city's

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overcrowded golf course out of operation, says, "evert noil-golfers should be inter-ested in the situation from a beautification standpoint . . . Beauty is still an important aspect to consider in city planning,' Alex-ander adds . . . "But not as important as a profitable job for contractors or road builders."

Miami, Fla., apparently staging a come-back as an important city in golf . , I A-Jeune, 9-hole municipal course located near International airport, to open this winter . , . La Goree at Miami Beach will have a new look for tlie winter players , . . Walter Hall, pro at Hvaniiis Port {Mass.) CC savs presidential aspirant, John F. Kennedy, 'could be the l>est golfer that ever lived in the White House.' . . . Hall says Kennedy rushes out, plays about 5 holes, then has to go to work . . . Says Kennedy drives 225 to 240 yds. . . Ken-nedy's father played very good golf until an accident a couple of vears ago put him out of play . . , His mother plays often at Hyannis Port , . . The Democratic candi-date bought his clubs at Half's oro shop . . . VP Nixon is a pretty fair golfer, too, after about three years at the game . . . In the 90s now and then.

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John F, Stead man, Baltimore News-Post sport editor, recently had an interesting column on Irv Schloss, who retired as pro at Baltimore's Mt. Pleasant course and moved to Dunedin, Fla., after a heart spe-cialist told him four years ago to "take it easy" , . , After a few months of rest Schloss got hack into golf business more energetically than ever before . . . He runs the Miller Coif Printing Co., big suppliers of bag tags and other pro printing and makers of pro shop display fixtures . . , Schloss is very active and valuable in POA teaching and educational committee work . . . He possihlv is the leading authority on use of motion pictures in golf instruction and plays fine golf again . . . Schloss was at Baltimore several weeks ago for the 10th anniversary of the News-Post holc-in-one contest that he initiated with George Taylor, News-Post golf editor and llorton Weeks, Baltimore Public Links CA official.

Coif do m's Issues are read for many months after the date of publication, as advertisers well know . . . Amusing proof of this durability of Golfdom continues to come in because of an illustration on page 98 of June Golfdom . . . On that page heads of MacGregor Tourney wood and iron club were left-handed in the

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illustration . . . Readers wrote promptly asking if the left-hand showing was inten-tional . . . In July we continued to get letters on this subject and in August we got still more . . . Trademarks on the clubs were OK for left-handed implements.

Citizen writes columnist, "Cineinnatus," in Covington (Ky.) Post-Times Star say-ing he hears that in Dayton and Akron golfers older than 65 are allowed to play free on muny courses and asks if Cincin-nati senior citizens can't get same deal at their municipal courses.

Rev. C. A. Ditmar heads Cheyney, Wash., group campaigning for muny course . . , Mrs. Ethel Duplantier and others to build Highland East Golf and Racquets Club, Raton Rouge, La. . . , Ralph Plummer designing 18-hole muni-cipal course for Arlington, Tex. . . . Huron, O., to have 18-hole course by June, 1961, according to Richard Palmer, pres. Golf. Inc., Vermillion. O. . . , Golf, Inc., com-pleting construction of course at Vermil-lion.

Edgemont, S. D., to build 9-hole muni-cipal course . . . Start work on 18-hole course at Balsam Heights near Waynes-villc, N, C, . , . Meadow Lake Acres, 18-

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Plan to build second 9 of Shenvalee Lodge course at New Market, Va. , . , Ault and Jamison, architects . • . Birchwood CC opens its new course near Rocky Mount, N. C, . . . Robert M Clover is pres. , . . L. A. Newnham of Wilson, N C., designed course and supervised construc-tion.

Succasunna (N. J.) CC sold by Herbert Fatum to Market Associates, thru Frank H. Taylor & Son, East Orange realtors . . .

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Albert A. Levin, Gates Mills, O.. de-veloper, plans to build course . . . Charles R. Ewen, Deerfield Beach, Fla., and friends who also belong to Manor CC, Nor beck, Md., to build Southern Manor

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Paul Ludolpli. San Francisco, starts building 9-hole course on 200 acre sub-division 9 miles east of San Andreas, Calif. . . . Open first 9 of Ho/ella Ford community course at Warsaw, Ind. . , . Don Dustin is supt. . . . Win Craig is mgr. . . . Pres. Julicn Koddenberry, jr., says 9-hole Cairo (Ga.) CC will open in Sept. . . . Leon A. Kat/ , who developed Brentwood (N. Y.) CC proposes to add second 9 to Somers Y.) CC and con-vert it into a private cluh.

Elms GC. Pulaski, N, Y„ bought by Bobt. Tully and Frank Pizzuto. local school teachers, from John T . Howard and wife, Hagerstown, Md. . . . Beno Fechtaer heads group planning to rebuild Silver Lake CC, Laona, Wis. . , , Silver Lake was abandoned some years ago . . , Edward T, Dwyer Corp., Weymouth, Mass., plans to build 9-liole course at Norwetl, Mass., to plans of Samuel S. Mitchell, Canton.

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Maurice Newell opens his 9-hole White-fish Lake course near Pierson, Mich. . . . Garden City CC, feature of retirement-age community being built in the Harquahala Valley, 60 miles west of Phoenix, under construction . . . Gillon B, Cooper. Phoe-nix real estate dealer is pres. of Garden City . . . A dozen more "retirement age communities" have been announced dur-ing tbe past few months and each one makes its golf course a strong selling point.

Hal Thomas, Valley Station. Ky., con-tractor is pres. Sun Valley CC which has begun construction of 9-hole course . . . Bob Kirchdorfer will manage the club . . , Ste. Genevieve (Mo.) CC opens its new

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Southern California Open, 54-hole, $5,-(XX) event, to be played Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at Indian Wells C C , Palm Springs . . . On following two days there will be a $2,500 pro-member tourney . . . Arvida Corp. has announced plans to build 18-hole course and a number of luxury home sites as first phase of its multi-million $ develop-ment program in Longboat Key, Fla. . . , Four or five places where a fellow can swing a club in Okinawa . . . There are three 9-hole courses, an 18 and a driving range there with sand greens at some loca-tions . . . One course has eight sand and one grass green , , . Santa Clara (Calif.) county supervisors okay municipal 18 to be built to George Santana's plans .

The 28th hole-in-one contest conducted by the San Francisco Examiner attracted 7,300 entrants, three of whom scored aces on a 176-yd. hole at Lincoln Park G C , . . Prizes amounted to $28,000 . . . Golf-writer Pliil Norman ran the event which was started by the late Harry Ilayward . . . Riviera Marin in San Rafael has a new

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9-hole grass green course . . . Bobby Jones course, Sarasota, Fla., will have 80,000 rounds this year, pro Pat Hall and mgr. Harry W. Schaeffer forecast . . . Sarasota city commissioners considering adding 9 to the Jones lfi and modernizing clubhousc and present 18 • • , Course hasn't fairway watering and gels heavy wear.

Emie Fortner, Austin, Tex., who was pro at Hillcrest C C in Mt. Clemens, Mich,, lor two years and at Saulte Ste. Marie C C for seven years, spent July and August travelling through the Midwest and East drumming up enthusiasm for Jimmy De-maret's "Coif to Music" lessons . . . De-maret's instruction course is presented in live records with appropriate background music to help the student acquire the proper tempo . . . Tbe records are being distributed through Golf, Inc., PO Box 5181, Austin . . . Fortner, a pro for 15 vears and winter circuit performer for the last 10, has an eye out for a club Job opening.

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name — Peacock Gap C C — and a new mgr., Ronnie Hess, formerly of Monterey Peninsula GC. In its first four months the new muny course in Palm Springs showed a profit after paying out $40,000 in operat-ing expenses and $20,0(H) in amortizing bonds . , . Taeoma, Wash,, city officials apparently aren't going to purchase either of Hoy Canedy's two public courses which probably will go to tbe realtors . , . Gar-

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Bermuda GA will sponsor 14 invitation tournaments in 1960-6L with best known of these, the Goodwill, being played Dec. 6-8 , . , Full details can be obtained from BCA, Box 433, Hamilton . . . On Goll Day at the Hogan-Sabavrac sales meeting belt! in August in Ft, Worth, Ben Hogan must have come away with the impression that he had been up against thefcind of competition a fellow would ordinarily run into in the Open . . . Hogan shot a 01 to tic the Shady Oaks record . . . But Close behind him were Bobby Moser with a 06, Morgan Barofsky with a 68, Owen Chapman with a 70 and John Hainje, who bad a 71 . . . All ol these fellows are week-end golfers, or at least that's what they tell Hogan and Ernie Sabayrac, for whom they work.

Nearly 600 Philadelphia boy* recently com-pleted n enddie training course- made possible through the combined efforts of the City Wel-fare h Recreation dept., Fairmount Park com mission and the supt. of schools . , . Boys took three 2-hour lessons and pros, at cotwses where they were held, demonstrated various tilings a caddie has to know . . , Gary Renn, city golf

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CHRISTMAS SHOPPING at your PRO SHOP

Pros —think this over —and take action You know — that to sell more to your

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You also know — that your golfers will be spending thousands of dol lars before long for Chr i s tmas gifts . . strictly gift spending that brings stores one-fourth their entire year ' s sa les in about e ight weeks .

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mgr. was in charge (if the training . , , Green Hill GC, gift in d t y of Wilmington, Dela., by Mr. and Mrs, William (Iu Pnnt, Jr., opened in July . . , Willie Pnliimbo, formerly of Kennett Square, Pa., is pro-mgr. . . , Golf course that will go in at Potnmnc Electric Power Co., Rrc . center in Dranesville, Va. , was designed by Ed. mund Ault.

Terrace C C , lo be built in a Buffalo, N. V. suburb, will limit memberships lo single adults . . , Greensboro, N. C. Negro group buys 125 acres east of city where it will build 9-hole course, pool, tennis courts and clubhouse . . . Several mass membership clubs, developed by the same management. :<re either under construc-tion or being promoted in Rockville, Mil., Pitts-burgh, Boston, Baltimore and Providence . . . Usually include 18-hole course. Par 3 , three swimming pools and spacious clubhouse . . . Chattahoochee C C , Gainesville, Ga., opened first 9 recently and will have second 9 ready next spring . . . Sam Snead Golf, a $ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 pro-ject, opened near Marietta, Ga., in July . . . It bat regulation 18, Par 3 , 3G-ho)c miniature and double deck range . . . It will be supplemented by an SO-unit motel which will probably be built this fall.

C. V . Lynch, pres. ol Pinecrest Golf Center in Alexandria. Va., reports that June play at Par .1 there was up 41 per cent over same month in 1939 . . . An additional 9 on hit standard course is being put into play this month , , . Second 9 ol Loring A F B in Limestone, Me., to open nei l

What wiil rank with Ihe belt clubi in the Mid-At-lantic areo will be Tamarack CC, which it going in in Potomac, Md. There will be two courwi, one on 18 hole, 6,800 yd. layout, and the other a 9-hole of. fair, 3400 ydi. in length. Both ore being designed by Ault ond Jamison. The clubhouse It being de. signed ol a wmtersummer playground with bawl-ing alleys, handball, squash ond tennis courts, bil-liard roanu and pool. Outdoor facilities will In-clude o pool, tennis and badminton courts, rink

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year . , . Meadow Mill G C in Farming dale. Me,, to he ready this month . . . Brunswick (Me.) G C acquire! 75 acres (or second 9 . , . Club was organized in Ihe lfi9(li , , . First lighted Par 3 in Portland, Me., area was opened in mid-July , . It's located al Scarborough . . . Colonial G C in Lynfield, Mass. starts construction on second 9

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which «0v designed hy Bill Mitchell . , . Fram-(nghom CC opened its hack 9 about two months ago . . S iantic Valley C C , near Springfield, Cherry Mill-, in the Danvers-Salem area and Saddle Hills in the Ho^tun dist. arc in the plan-ning stage.

Tin- Odessa ( T e x . ) Pro-Am, which started as a $ 3 , 0 0 0 event in 1 9 4 9 , has become a $ 1 5 , 0 0 0 affair . , . Twenty-one touring pros played in it this year with IXm January and Amateur Dick Jennings of Lubbock taking first place with a combined 2 5 8 . . , The second Pioneer Pass tournament, which will lie played over two courses and plenty of terrain, Oct. 7-9 , may be the most unusual golf event in the world . , , It starts with 9 holes al Ill-Desert G&CC in Yucca Valley, Caiif. , . , Then the golfers go to Pioneertown and ptHy through to big Bear Valley, a distance of 2 8 miles . . . Following this they piny 9 boles at Moonridge G&CC . . . Last year a 3 4 2 won the tournament.

A total of 1 2 5 teams played in the Women's Metropolitan GA interclub team matches this summer with A pa warn is winning the title . . . Ray A. Keen, Kansas Stale U agronomist and secy, of tbe Centra] Plains Turf Fdn, , poinls out that lurf management is the fastest growing field In al] agriculture tiecause so many of the million acres that annually are removed for ur-barmntimi go into turfgrass . . . Eliot Roberts and Mai Sliurtleff of Iowa State U have lieen keeping member* of the Iowa GCSA tip to date this milliner with "Short Talks" at monthly meet-

i n g s . , .They range over the entire field of turf oanagement . , . Pinehurst (N, C . ) C C opens

Chick Herbert (3rd from left), well known home and ploying pro, has been named executive di-rector af golf for General Development Corp., huge community development firm which has con-struction underway or planned ot several cities on both coasts of Florida. Herbert it shown with E. J., Frank E. and Robert F. Mockle, officers and dirs. of General Development. He has been put in charge of the newly completed course at Pt. Chodotte ond It working with Architect Mark Mohonnah in the

building of another layout near Ft. Pierce.

for the season on Sept. ICth . . . It continues to o|>crato until mid-May . . . Club Managers AA Mill hold its 1 9 6 1 annual meeting at the Denver-Hilton, Jan. 2 5 - 2 8 . . . There are 5 1 chapters In the CMAA. Willi Santa Barbara, Calif., being the latest addition . . . One of the lures of managing a club was revealed recently by this news item; George Rohm of Columbus ( O . ) CC got his third perfect score in identifying a series of wines by taste.

Australia, which played host to the IGA Cham-pionship and Canada Cup matches in 1959, will have the teams back in 1964 , , . The 1961 competitions will be held al Dot ado Beach (P. R. > GC in 1961 hut the 1962 and 1963 sites haven't been selected . , . Medalists at 50

^ sectional (qualifying rounds for the USGA Junior Amateur shot Scores ranging from 68 to 60 - - .

^ Al 38 locations the medalist shot 75 or lower . , , Most of these boys are only 16 or 17 or younger . . . Columbian Club of Dallas has de-

l " t ided to expand its course from 9 to 18 holes, ac-cording to Pro Bill Weber.

At least two outfits are p lann ing nat ionwide | go l l tournament program adver t i s ing along l ines P u( col lege football program c h a i n . . . P ine V al-

ley goll course, M e r i d e n , C o n n . , o w n e d by L e o . " and Albert D c l t a H i a n c a , Br istol , C o n n . , has

o p e n e d its first 9 . . . P a s s a i c V a l l e y ( N . J . ) W a t -er Commiss ion agrees tn pay $ 1 , 2 1 5 , 6 0 0 fur 97-i icre W a y n e ( N . J . ) C C and three other

. „, tracts total ing 4 2 acres . . . C o u r s e w i l l con-t inue in operation unti l N o v . 19(11 . . . E v e n t u a l -ly w i l l become a reservoir .

Begin building lirst 9 of Miami, Fla., Lo Jeune Road municipal course . . , Green Hills CC, Rip-

* ley, W. Va., opens its 9-holo course . • . Paul Ijftnon is pro supt. . , , Win. J. Hardigrec, lor

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Second Palm Springi Golf Classic, to be played Feb. 1-5, 1961, ha i been expanded to include Eldorodo C C . Robert MtCullotk (2nd from rights Eldorado pres., will join Ernie Dunlevie, Bermuda Ounei pres., Leonard K. Firestone, Jr., pres. af the Clonic , and Lou Golan , Tamaruk pres., in promot-ing the event. The 90 hole tournament will be played over Bermuda Dunes, Eldorado. Indian Wells and Thunderbird with the final I S scheduled

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Open 9-hole Canton (N.C.) CC built by H. J. Bogers, Sr., and liis family . , . Spring Lake CC, York, S. C.. opens its 9- bole course . . . Owned by J. C. Cloniger . . . Mack Rriggs is pm , . . Open first 9 of Surf Golf & Beach

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A new clubhouse and pro lhop building wot presented to the Downey (111.) VA Hospital in behalf or readers of the Chicago Sun-Times. Mel Barker (r), mgr. of public affairs for the News-paper Div. of Field Enterprises, Inc., publisher of the Sun-Times, and Dr. W, W. Bourke, hospital mgr., are shown at the dedication ceremony. Downey VA has a 9-hole course and range, built early this year on the hospital groundt by (he Chicago District C A . Clubhouse and pro shop were financed by Ihe Sun-Times from proceed! front the newspaper's Harvest Moon Festival and

a I her events it sponsors.

C l u b , O c e a n D r i v e Beach , S . C E d Bul lock is pro . . , Hal l & L i n d s a y , O l d F o r g e , N. Y „ c o n t r a c t o r s , pushing construct ion of new Memori -a l c o u r s e in Spr ingf ie ld , Mass . , , Present M e m o r i a l course will b e used as industrial site a f t e r n e w course is o p e n e d .

Rol l ing Hills C C , whose pres . is J a c k T h o m p -son of C i n c i n n a t i suburban Park Mills, to build 2 7 - h o l c private c l u b in K e n t o n County , Ky . , area o f metropol i tan C i n c i n n a t i . . . B u c k Blenk-enship wil l b e a r c h i t e c t , . . South F o r k C C , A m a g a n s e t t , N, Y . , ripened , . . D e s i g n e d b y E d w a r d B r a d y . . . E r n e s t H e r m a n is supt . . . P u t n a m ( C o n n . ) C C c losed s ince 1 9 5 3 , re-c o n d i t i o n e d ami opened b y owners , S idney F i s h e r a n d All jert E . O t t o . , , Marty Bes t is pro.

.St. Petersburg, F l a . , Committee of I0f> consid-ering bui lding course near St, Petersburg-Clear-water International airport as c iv ic project of St. Petersburg, C learwater nnd T a m p a , . , Hi l lcrest G & C C being built by owner Angelo Pala/ in i in town of Princeton, north of Schenectady, N . Y . , wi l l open first 9 in spring, 1961 , . . V e e L a w k i n s now pro at Sagamore G C , Bolton L a n d -ing. N. Y , . . , R i v i e r a C C , near Huntington. W , V a . , adding second 9 . , . P lum Hal low C C (Detroit dist . ) expects to have 5 0 5 0 , 0 0 0 clubhouse, replacing one burned last Nov. , com-

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Vol. 34-Number 9 • September, 1960

CONTENTS The Bus iness Journal of G o l l

.SMinging Araund Coif Herli Graffis 3

Country Clubs Suffered from HCL in 1959 17

/Yew High in Eattern Public Links I'lay Hiirrv C, K i k h o f f 2 0

ll H ark* Tito Ways 2 0

Improrements in the Tee Area O. J , M(«T 2H

rutting the Shop l.ayout to Work Henry I l u p o i d 3 0

Riding PJ . Walking Roy It. Ki|>lcy 3 9

(,eau's Answers Fred V. Gr«u 41

D f o n u / i H ' l u r i i i g N e w s 6 H

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S w i n g i n g A r o u n d G o l f (Continued from page 66)

pleted in Apri l , lB f l ) . . . Brothers L o u and A l Oreenburg and associates have bought Brokaw estate near G l e n C o v e , N . Y , , and wil l bui ld 18-hole private c lub.

Hanover CC, Richmond, Va., formally opens new pool by tossing in club pres., C. Hunter /ones, fully dressed , . , Hanover is building 18-hole course . . . Palo Alto (Calif.) Hills G&CC breaks ground for $750,000 clubhouse . . . Columbus, O., to vote on bond issue which in-eludes financing for new course . . . To open Lake Region Yacht & CC, Winter Haven, Fla., 18-hole course, clubhouse, etc.. In mid-Sept. , . . Earl Sasser is mgr . . . Charles Comibert, 325 Main st., Greenpoint, N.Y,, heads Island's End G&CC which is being built near Orient Pnint, Long Island to plans of George Heron,

Jaek Hoffmann and Bill Colbert, well known in Michigan pro golf circles, and Gibson Realty Co., Mt. Clemens, Mich., lo build 18-hole course and residential area near Rochester, Mich, . . . Bruce Matthews is designing the course . , . Burning Tree G&CC opened at Mt. Clemens, Mich . . . . Lou Powers is pro . . . Dr. James A. We j gen and others form Sun Prairie (Wis.) Coif Course, Inc., to build 18-hole course . . . EL Dorado G&CC, first inter-racial private club in Washington, D. C., solicit-ing members and plans to build 18-hole course, 3 swimming pools and air-condi tinned club-house , . . Lauderhaven CC, in Cleveland, O., dist., adding 9-hole Par-3 course to its semi-

private 18 . . . He (sorted that Brook lawn GC, Syracuse, N.Y., to be sold for industrial sites.

Jim Gavalcri named mgr. Nortlunoor CC, suburban Denver, which has 18-hole course un-der construction . . . Tom Dawson named pro-mpt. at Kehoboth Beach, Del . . , Greenville (S.C.) CC to spend 8175 ,000 on course and clubhouse improvements . , . Frank Spmgcll remodeling front 9 of PGA course at Dunedin and wilt have job completed this month . , . Meadow Mont CC, Arnold, Calif., opens 9-hole course . . . Charles A, Flaugher is pro-mgr , . , Kokomo, Ind., to build second 9 at its American Legion course . . , Denver to have 27-hole municipal course at Cherry Creek Dam . . . Henry B. Hughes, supt., Green Gables CC, Den-ver, is architect of the new municipal layout . . . Expect to open 18 in 1962.

Maplcwood G C , Lunenberg, Mass. , o p e n e d — U-hole course is owned Ity W m . M , Maravel l and C . Phi l ip Johnson . . . l i o w i e Pearson is pro and Walter L c n x , supt , , , Start building Buck ingham C C , Gar land , Tex . . . Winnesuket C C , Woonsueket , R , I , , lo spend $ 3 5 0 , 0 0 0 on improvement program, inc luding increase from « to 1 8 holes . . . E m e r y w o o d C C , H i g h Point, N . C . , bui lding $ 2 0 4 , 0 0 0 c lubhouse . . , L inco ln G C , Muskegon, Mich. , bui ld ing $8B,0i l0 club, house replacing one burned . . . Developers propose to bui ld course at Menlo Park ( S F suburb) C a l i f . . . It wi l l provide needed green belt balancing factory district . . . Course tax burden Is being eased by deeding course to city then leasing it back for development Ity opera-tors.