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H o g a n will be back for more National Opens but never aga in will he work as hard in training as he did for the Open at the Olympic club . . . That 's the guess of fellows who know H o g a n pretty well . . . Oak Hi l l a t Rochester next year will be easier on the H o g a n legs than the roller-coaster terrain of Olympic 's Lakeside course . . . H o g a n will be 43 when the 1956 Open is played . . . Amaz ing thing about Hogan ' s game at O lympic was the way he adjusted his swing, distin-guished by superb leg action, to the handi-cap of a t ight elastic bandage around his left knee.

Notwithstanding the impediment in Hogan ' s knee action Ben was declared by veteran pros to have stood out as the soundest shot-maker in the field . . . Ho-gan 's putting is what has s lumped badly in the past couple of years . . . H e used to turn his head a couple of times for a look at the line after he took his putt ing stance . . . Then he got in the habit of rolling his head five or six times while over the ball and often stroked the ball with his head moving.

Jack Fleck, in the opinion of experi-enced tournament and teaching pros, who have watched h im develop in the tourna-ment circuit, not only will stand up as a champion, but will improve . . . H i s swing isn't as upright as the swings of the ma-jority of younger tournament s tars . . . H i s foot and leg action is pronounced . . . He gets a big hip and shoulder turn . . . H i s left a rm is so straight it a lmost ap-pears to be stiff . . . He's got b ig hands and lingers . . . H i s left hand is on top of the shaft so the V is pointing virtually straight up . . . H i s left hand gr ip is more of a finger gr ip than has been customary . . . I f he continues to win you'll see the Fleck influence in a trend toward more finger gr ipping rather than finger-and-palm gr ipping with the left hand.

When he's coming into a full shot his left side is arched with the hip out toward

the hole in the manner accented by Middlecoff . . . F leck proved to be the mos t consistently good putter in the Open field . . . H i s hands are very close to his body . . . The way he keeps his head perfectly still while he's putt ing reminds you of Jones, Horton Smith, Guldahl, Little and Revolta when they were great putters.

He doesn't take much time putting . . . H i s putt of a few

inches more than 6 feet, downhill and a bit past pole-high, to tie Hogan , required 24 seconds by our careful t iming f rom the moment when he began l ining up the putt until it dropped into the hole.

Fleck played smart, non-choking golf, free-wheeling on every shot . . . He used a spoon off several tees, including the 72d, so he could give the shot the complete treatment instead of t ry ing to steer shots and stiffening his pivot . . . Same strategy with a spoon was employed by Peter Thomson in winning the 1954 Br i t i sh Open.

H o g a n has the consolation of being the first to see high promise in Fleck . . . Ben fronted for Jack in gett ing Fleck an in-vitation to the Colonial Open . . . F leck finished in a tie for 24th place with B u d Holscher and D o u g Fo rd in the Colonial, at 296 . . . That was 20 strokes behind the winner. Chandler Harper . . . S ix weeks later Harper didn't make the last 36 holes in the Open . . . That ' s golf for you.

A month before the Open Fleck bought himself a set of H o g a n clubs which he played in winning the Open . . . That also is ba lm for Ben . . . John Reuter pointed out that Fleck and about a quarter of the Open field used Reuter 's putter.

P ro shop business made it possible for F leck to stay with the tournament circuit . . . H i s wife, Lynn, and his brother-in-law, Jack " C u r l y " Wayne, operating the Davenport, la., Credit I s land and D u c k

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Greens were f a s t a n d true, w i th a l i tt le poa a n n u a in t hem . . . A f t e r the m o r n -i n g f o g and other mo i s tu re dried out a n d traff ic had dented a n d scuffled the g reens they were about a s f a s t a s greens g e t bu t st i l l r e m a r k a b l y t rue . . . F l e c k ' s late s t a r t i n g t imes fo r the S a t u r d a y rounds d idn ' t g i ve h i m a n y a d v a n t a g e in p u t t i n g but the greens, w h i c h were u n i f o r m i n speed and w i thou t g ra in , d idn ' t bother h i m at all.

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T h e r o u g h m a d e the field m o a n a n d bleed . . . I t w a s wide-bladed, u n i f o r m l y th ick, and unti l a b o u t noon i t w a s w e t . . . I t had been fert i l ized . . . R o p e s fo r g a l -le ry control kept it f r o m be ing t r a c k e d d o w n . . . F a i r w a y s were widened in s o m e d r i ve l a n d i n g a r e a s a f te r pract ice rounds . . . W h i r l w i n d s cu t d o w n to abou t 2 in. deep s t r ip s abou t 2 yds . w ide bo rde r i n g m o s t f a i r w a y s , t hen 5 in. deep r o u g h f o r 5 yds., the d a y before O p e n p lay s ta r ted . . . T h i s w a s in accordance w i t h U S G A specif icat ions.

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Supt. E lmer Border and Green chmn. E d g a r N . ( N i c k ) A y e r went into ear ly huddles w i th U S G A Green Section W e s t Coast director Char ley Wi lson about g r oom ing the course . . . I t s excel lent condit ion represented more than a y ea r of planning and wo rk . . . Many members can take bows f o r the fine shape of L a k e -side as f o r 17 days shortly prior to the Open Border, A y e r , Green commi t t ee members and others of the club had to do all course maintenance work . . . Course employees were out on strike.

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Bat t in i ' s shop w a s do ing p lenty of bus i -ness d u r i n g the O p e n a s w a s the sa les tent outs ide wh i ch w a s m a n n e d by s t a r s sa les -m e n represent ing numerous m a n u f a c t u r -ers . . . B a t i n i h a s a mos t capab le staff w h i c h includes h i s wife, Bet ty , one of the first of the pros ' w i ve s to ge t ve ry ac t i ve a n d success fu l in pro shop bus iness ; A s s t . N e i l Co lburn, S h o p m g r . E d L a g o m a r s i n o a n d C a d d y m a s t e r B u r t Fus t in i .

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T r a n s p o r t a t i o n of p l ayer s and press be-tween hotels and club, often a w e a k spot in c h a m p i o n s h i p operat ions w a s very g o o d at S a n F r a n c i s c o . . . D o d g e dealers pro-v ided plenty of cars a n d were press hosts , a n d M e r c u r y s t a t i on w a g o n s m a d e f re -quent tr ips.

The re never was a course laid out bet ter than Olympic 's Lakes ide for spectators ' v i ew of the finish . . . The 18th, a t the bo t tom of a natural amphitheater, had had ringside seats f o r at least 6000 . . . Wou ldn ' t be surprised if ga l lery receipts weren ' t largest in Open history . . . Off i -cial program, aga in handled v e r y ably by Ed Car te r . . . The book was 264 pages ; b ig m a j o r i t y of i t advert is ing.

U n h a p p i l y , w i re les s d idn ' t do a n y better t h a n usua l in h a n d l i n g the Open . . . R a d i o a n d T V outfits haven ' t been able to co-ord inate the scores in the hectic m o m e n t s late S a t u r d a y a f te rnoons . . . Exper i enced reporters in the press r o o m s a t the O p e n s don ' t have t h a t trouble . . . S o m e g o r g e o u s prose that never went on the w i res w a s w r i t t e n about H o g a n ' s fifth N a t i o n a l O p e n v ic tory d u r i n g the 20 m inutes or so

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Almansor 9-hole course of A lhambra , Cal i f . Pa rks and Recreat ion Dept., de-s igned by Bil l Bell, opens . . . F r ed C. Cope, supt., and Stuart K. Spencer, direc-tor of recreation, hope to en large the course to 18 . . . L os Ange les Dept. of P a r k and Recreat ion has ordered pre-l iminary plans f o r Whi t t i e r D a m 18-hole course, par-3 course and range.

U S G A G reen Sect ion N o r t h e a s t e r n Tur f l e t te r conta ined helpful i n f o r m a t i o n on control of aqua t i c p lants w h i c h are bothersome p rob lem w i t h arch i tecture f e a t u r i n g so m a n y w a t e r holes . . . Su l l i -v a n C o u n t y , N . Y. , publ ic i ty s t r o n g l y ac -cen t ing go l f a s m a g n e t for vaca t i oner s . . . F r a n k E m e r y , in go l f ma in tenance f o r over 30 years , n a m e d supt. a t S o u t h P a s a d e n a (Ca l i f . ) 18-hole shor t course . . . P l a n t represents $225,000 inves tment by R . L . L o h m a n a n d George L a n e . . . D a v e T a y l o r is pro . . . R o b t . F . W a r n e r , Inc., 588 5th ave., N Y C 36, issues new edit ion of " D i g e s t of D i s t i n g u i s h e d R e s o r t s " . . . B o o k out l in ing 75 top resorts w i t h go l f , good for a pro to have around.

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Des Sullivan, Newark Evening News golf writer, quotes Jack Semple, Rock Spring (N. J.) C C pro, proposing that P G A and Ladies P G A join for a mixed two-ball Scotch foursome championship . . . This should make a very interesting event and attract rich sponsorship.

Golf architect Wm. Langford says practice putting greens should be con-toured to the extent they'll present simi-larity to greens of the course . . . Trans-Mississippi GA to increase its course maintenance scholarships at Colorado A&M from two to four students.

Houston (Tex.) C C planning new club-house to cost $1,177,000 . . . Cherry Hil l GC, near village of Flossmoor in Chicago dist., sold for home development . . . Plan to operate one of the two Cherry Hill 18s for the next two years . . . Na t Doive, Golfcraft salesman, says Joe Sodd, pro at

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Bil l Corbett, pro at Cast lewood CC, Pleasanton, Calif., 25 miles f r o m Oakland, says Cast lewood 's t w o 18s and i ts 9-hole par-3 are ge t t ing heavy play . . . Cast le-wood courses w e r e rev ived in 1952 by Haro ld Sampson and Bil ly Bell, and sur-rounding ground was sold to a corpora-tion . . . Club has 1500 members . . . Cor-bett, a nephew of Sampson, was asst. to E d Vines at No r thmoor CC (Ch i cago dist . ) , prior to the Cast lewood job.

W h e n y o u read the tr ibute of P G A Se -n iors ' Pres. M a r t y C r o m b to the late Joe M a c M o r r a n you real ize tha t p ro fes s iona l g o l f back of the headl ines and w i t h the fe l l ows who w o r k to help their f e l l owmen in the pursu i t o f happ ines s i s a t ru l y g l o r -i ous career . . . Y o u also are p lea san t l y reminded of the deep and re f resh ing sen-t imenta l i t y of the S co t ch . . . T h e m o s t sent imenta l g u y I t h i n k I ' ve ever k n o w n is the veteran go l f wr i t e r S c o t t y C h i s h o l m . . . C a n ' t recall a t i m e in more t h a n 30 y e a r s

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of knowing Scotty when he wasn't inter-ested in making others happy rather than grinding for his own material welfare . . . Scotty looked great at the Open.

Floyd Farley has second 18 of Mohawk Park, Tulsa muny course, under construc-tion . . . Osage CC in Tulsa another Far-ley job in work . . . Farley has completed plans for course at Texoma State Park and redesigned McAlester (Okla.) CC course, work necessitated by road con-struction . . . Farley 3i.ys it's a race in the southwest to build courses to replace those being sold for residential and busi-ness sites, and to care for armies of new golfers.

Joe D.ihlman, pro at Mohawk Park, Tulsa, Okla., back on job after months of hospitalization following motor crash

. . . Dahlman at Muskogee (Okla.) CC as starter for Oklahoma amateur, a job he's done for 30 years . . . Gus Wortham, in-suranceman, buys Houston (Tex.) CC to operate as semi-private course . . . Prop-erty is 178 acres . . . Club had been of-fered to city for $1,625,000.

George Buck back again from Harder Hall, Sebring, Fla., as summer pro at Longshore Beach &CC, Westport, Conn. . . . Alex Stewart his teammate as supt. . . . Tom Bryant in his 19th year as Green chmn. at Kenwood CC, Cincinnati . . . Tom is one of those knowing and coop-erative officials who is one of the biggest assets of a supt. and a club . . . Marion Mendenhall is Kenwood's supt.

Henry C. Glissman, 75, a pioneer in fee course construction and operation, and in turf nursery work, died recently at Omaha . . . He was a native of Omaha . . . He and his son Harold W. built and operated the Valley View, Harrison Heights, Dun-dee and Indian Hill courses and a large nursery and landscaping business . . . Mr. Glissman was active until a month before his death . . . He and his son sold the

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Indian Hills club shortly prior to the elder Glissman's passing . . . Harold is operat-ing the course on lease.

New boss in the family of John Hawes, Golf craft salesman in southeast . . . It's a girl who arrived to join Mama and Papa Hawes and four brothers in the family home at Chamblee, Ga. . . . Golf course income at Las Vegas, Nev., was $51,704.75 from some 30,000 rounds in 1954 . . . Talk of building a second muny course in city property north of Las Vegas . . . Ken Hadland, Las Vegas park supt., recently honored by having a park named for him.

Don Krigger of Golf Course Supply Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., says Kit tanning (Pa.) OC has noteworthy record of keeping good men . . . Course was opened in 1922 . . . Elmer Bowser, supt., and his brother El-mer, went to work on the course during its construction in 1921 . . . Blaine Hlnes, Kittanning pro, went with the club at its start, was caddy for a year and a half, caddymaster for two years and pro since 1926 . . . That's over a century of service to the club by the three men.

Dick Naughtin, pro at Lake of the Woods course, in Champaign County (HI.), sends beautiful booklet describing the District and its course, and showing as-tonishing development of recreation in four years . . . Course, designed by Rob-ert Bruce Harris, coming close to devel-opers' ambition of making it one of mid-west's best . . . Course cost $145,000, put up by Champaign and Urbana business-men, with Hartwell C. Howard, retired businessman, contributing $50,000.

Claremont CC (SF dist.) has 25 mem-bers over 80 who play 9 holes Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings . . . They play for a nickel a hole . . . Pro Dewey Longworth says he knows very few pros who could make a living in chipping and putting ag in <t some of these patriarchs for any amount of money.

Japanese-American group reported to be seeking land for building their own club in Los Angeles area . . . George S. May offers $5,000 to any pro who can du-plicate Lou Worsham's feat of holing out on Tam O'Shanter 18th from 104 yds.,

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A l e x Ohlson, Jr., and T o m Nib let , ex-buddies in the M a r i n e s , are bu i ld ing their o w n 9-hole semi -p r i va te N o r t o n ( M a s s . ) G C . . . They ' re d o i n g i t in spare t ime f r o m their jobs . . . N ib le t is supt. a t S c i t u a t e C C . . . Oh l son, a real estate s a l e sman , is son of A l e x Ohlson, Sr., w h o ret i red a f ter m a n y y e a r s as supt. a t the L e x i n g t o n ( M a s s . ) C C and n o w is l i v i n g o n C a p e Cod . . . E x p e c t to open N o r t o n course in J u l y nex t year.

Pennsylvania historical marker dedi-cated at Foxburg GC, "oldest golf course in continuous use in the U. S." . . . Course was established in 1887 and enlarged to 9 holes in 1888 . . . Harry R. Harvey, one of those who helped lay out the course, is still playing.

D o n and Ji l l G a r d n e r do ing fine a t the i r Go l f R a n c h in the O z a r k s near B r a n s o n , M o . . . . They 've g o t a 9-hole s and - g reen course and r ange ad jo in ing their re s tau -r a n t w h i c h is a top - ra ted spot in t h a t re-sor t terr i tory . . . D o n w a s asst., then pro a t F l o s s m o o r C C ( C h i c a g o dist.) f o r 17 y e a r s . . . Ji l l w a s in radio on n e t w o r k s h o w s pr ior to b u y i n g a n O z a r k f a r m i n 1939 a n d conver t i ng it into a resort . . . G a r d n e r g i v i n g a l o t of lessons.

Norwood par-3 course in suburban Nashville, Tenn., now lighted . . . Pro Joe Norwood says play and teaching business very good . . . Ben Elam, formerly pro-mgr., Bay City (Tex.) CC now pro-mgr., new Mustang CC, Ganado, Tex., 9-hole private club opening this fall . . . Junior golf in Dayton getting strong help from pros . . . Miami Valley PGA held annual junior golf clinic June 20 . . . Dayton Recreation dept. holding Friday morning junior class lessons for six weeks with pros Harry Schwab, Jack White, Tom Blackburn and A1 Copeland teaching at the Community and Madden Park courses . . . Clubs and balls furnished.

W i l t o n G a r r i s o n d id interest ing c o l u m n in Cha r l o t te ( N . C . ) Observer on W a l t M a s t e r s o n w h o pi tched fo r Cha r l o t te be-fore he went w i t h the Senators , a n d a f ter m i l i t a r y service, w i t h the R e d S o x . . .

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Walt quit baseball in 1953 to go with E. E. Taylor Corp. selling Strokemaster golf shoes and Ted Williams hunting and fish-ing shoes.

Louis H. Silverstein, Green chmn., Woodholme CC, Baltimore, Md., says he thinks they've got the right fairway an-swer for that district now in zoysia ja-pónica . . . Club has new watering system, too . . . Ralph Plummer probably busiest golf architect in U. S. now . . . Course planning and construction really humming in Texas . . . Greenville (Tex.) CC 9-hole course opened.

James Harker, formerly supt., Klinger Lake CC, Sturgis, Mich., now supt., Boli-var (N. Y. ) CC . . . Pros in Leicester, Eng., used newspaper advertising profit-ably in showing golfers why there's better value in buying from the pros . . . Rev. Vern Swartsfager, former Pittsburgh golf writer and now rector, St. John's church in San Francisco, had old-timers' reunion with veteran reporters in press room at the National Open.

Bob Solomon now pro at Indian Meadow GC (St. Louis dist.) . . . Bob was asst. to Ted Neist at St. Louis CC . . . Bill Duwe, former Indian Meadows pro, and his brother Don, open new par-3 course in St. Louis . . . Ira Bosley now pro-mgr., Waynesboro (Va.) CC.

Western Golf Assn. 52nd Open cham-pionship program a beautiful job with all ads being page illustrations of scenic at-tractions and activities in Portland and Oregon . . . Each advertiser's name only appeared at the bottom of a page . . . Portland GC committee responsible for this job produced a classic . . . The pro-gram was dedicated to the memory of

Bob Harlow, who pioneered in bringing tournament circuit golf to the northwest.

Women's Western Golf Assn. func-tioned with its usual expertness and class in putting on its 26th annual Open at Maple Bluff CC, Madison, Wis. . . . At-tractive program, well filled with adver-tising, carried a cute line over the signa-ture of the Program Committee: "So we salute our noble patrons, willing victims of a gentle blackjack."

Edgar C. Schill from Knolhvood Club, Birmingham, Mich., to manage Thunder-bird Ranch and CC, Palm Springs, Calif. . . . Don Manning now mgr., Louisville (Ky.) CC.

George O'Neill, 72, died June 4, at Miami . . . O'Neill came from Philadelphia to the Chicago dist. where he served as pro at Midlothian, Beverly and Lake Shore clubs and figured in the develop-ment of many fine golfers, among them Chick Evans, Eddie Loos and Elaine Ros-enthal . . . While at Lake Shore he pio-neered in golf class instruction . . . He became an excellent architect, designing many fine courses alone and in collabora-tion with Jack Daray, Joe Roseman and Jack Croke . . . An indoor course he de-signed for Henrici's restaurant at Chi-cago was the forerunner of miniature golf courses . . . Almost 30 years ago O'Neill was critically ill and received medical treatment financed by a pupil of his, the late A. D. Lasker, which cured him and resulted in tremendous advance in the successful treatment of anemia . . . O'Neill also pioneered in promotion of profes-sional football.

Cameron Dunn, pro at the Silverado Club that Johnny Dawson, Pat Marko-

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Vol. 29—Number 7 • JULY, 1955

C O N T E N T S TH« l u » i n « » t Journol o< Gol« |

Swinging Around Golf By Herb Graffis 3

Act lo Set New Record In Pro Shop Xmas Business By Joe Graffis 25

Acreage, Time Element Make Short Courses Popular....By Verne Wickham 28

Kentucky Bluegrass Still "Old Reliable" in North By H. L. Lantz 36

What Pro Shop Men Should Know About Club Repairing .By Joe Wolfe 46

Upright Bag Storage Compact 54

Seek "Fundamentals" In Teaching Methods 55

Cotton Boll Humus Answers My Problems By Everett Shields 56

How to Avoid Accidents on the Golf Course 58

Turfgrass Questions Answered By Fred V. Grau 59

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vich and their associates have built near Napa, Calif., has a diary of his great-grandfather Willie Dunn that's rich source material for the golf historian . . . Glen-view (111.) has passed a bond issued In-volving $474,000 for purchase of Chester-field GC.

Honolulu Junior Chamber of Commerce asked to sponsor Hawaiian Open to be played in late Nov. or early Dec. . . . Nut to be about $25,000 . . . Ralph K. Ebling, pro at Haverhill (Mass.) CC, lauded by George Lane, pro at Merrimack Valley CC, Methuen, Mass., at Kiwanis Club lunch meeting . . . Lane after lecture and demonstration, named Ebling as "one of the great golf instructors in the country."

Charlie Hall, veteran pro at Country Club of Birmingham, Ala., and former national pres., PGA, feted at big dinner of club on June 25 . . . Charlie has been with the club since 1911 . . . Jerry Cald-well, club sec.-mgr., put on a dinner that was a championship performance in cui-sine . . . Realty company considering building new 18 in Augusta, Ga.-Aiken, S. C. territory.

Charles Smith, mgr.-supt., Guadalajara (Mex.) CC, says their big annual golf party which draws many U. S. guests, will

be held Oct. 12-15, following Mexico inter-club matches, Oct. 9-10, at Guadalajara . . . Smith is helping golfers in Durango and Culiacan get 9-hole courses . . . Byrne Bauer, formerly mgr., Sunset Hills CC (St. Louis dist.) has bought famed Red Lion Inn at Stockbridge, Mass.

P. V. Beckett, who's pro at Blaney Park (Mich.) CC, is one of the first home-bred pros and, we believe, the oldest U. S. pro still on a job . . . He started in 1900 as asst. to Davey Hunter at Baltusrol when it was 9 holes, and in 1901 went as asst. to R. B. Wilson at Deal Beach, N. J. . . . He did a lot of clubmaking for Slazenger's too, in the pioneer days . . . He is mighty sound of mind and meat still.

Business Week, issue of June 25, has big story on golf business growth, accenting angle that a community without attrac-tive golf facilities is deficient in qualifica-tions as location for industry . . . Features course-building at Lawrenceburg, Tenn. (pop. 5,483) as giving the town a new look that interested corporation officials seeking factory sites.

Mrs. H. C. May, 87, mother of George S. May, owner of Tam O'Shanter CC (Chi-cago dist.) and noted promoter of tourna-ments, died June 18 at St. Petersburg, Fla. . . . May was at the National Open when advised of his mother's passing and flew to funeral services at Windsor, 111.