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expanded itsirrigation systemwith-

IDesigne by Wi licm F.. Bell, Bonita Golf Club of

Bonita, California, test-irr."gated nine holes with a system usingTriangle Semi-Rigid Pipe in 1956. A year later, pleased withthe performance of the system, they installed Triangle Semi-Rigid on the remaining nine.

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dept. to curtail supply. In many casesthe supt. is ordered to water at desig-nated times which are either of insuffi-cient duration or don't fit in with hisschedule of work operation. This prob-lem has been overcome by excavating alake for water storage on the course.The water for filling the lake may be takenfrom the main at greatly reduced volumeand over a long period, thereby reliev-ing the load on the main. A pressurepump then takes the water directly fromthe lake and suppli s it to the irrigationsystem.

Lake excavations in the Chicago areaaverage 50 cents per cu. yd. Thus con-struction of a lake can be a costly joband its size, depth, inlet and overflowstructures should all be carefully con-sidered. Where a lake used for waterstorage serves as a waterhole, it becomesan important part of the landscape. Itssize should be such that during any pump-ing period the water level is not loweredmore than 12 ins. If it is lowered con-siderably more, an unattractive, non-vegetated area will be revealed and willdetract from the landscape.

In cases where it hasn't been possibleto obtain sufficient surface area for alake, and the desired amount of waterhas been obtained only by making it quitedeep, it has been found that when suchlakes are lowered 5 or more ft. a nightby pumping, it's only a matter of a fewyears before a drag-line had to b broughtin to reexcavate part of the lake. Re-peated lowering of water causes the banksto cave in.

Area vs. GallonageIf, in using a lake, we only plan on

using the top 12 ins. of water, the lakedoes not have to be too deep. ince 12inches of water over an area of on acrequals 325,850 gals. it is evident that oncacre of lake area is the minimum sizethat should be considered for water stor-age.

An average depth of five fe t has provedto be suitable at many courses. Some lakeshave h lped to provid additional clubrevenu from winter .ports. From the safe-ty angle in uch cases it is not advisablto have them too d p.

The type of pump commonly used forboo .ting water pres mr from lake , welldischarge or city main is the horizontalcentrifugal type. It is directly connect dthrough a flexible coupling to a suitablesize of el ctric motor and mounted on a.teel or cast-iron b d plate. In purchasing

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Leads Bermuda AmateursGeorge Wardman is theplaying captain of theBermuda entry in thefirst World Amateurteam championshipwhich will be held atSt. Andrews, Scotland,Oct, 8-11. Other Ber-muda tea m membersare Ronnie Dwyer, FordHutchings and RichardPearman. At least 35countries are expectedto take part in the event.

such a pump, I can't tr too stronglythat you should get as high efficienc aspossible.

75 Per Cent EfficiencyIt is not unusual to obtain 751 rent

efficiency from a well d signe pump.Further, you should bear in mind that thepump will have to operate under varyingwater load conditions. There will btimes when you will be operating allsprinklers and times wh n you might bonly using one half or I s of them.

The curve of the pump you lectshould be uch that wh n you are onlusing a few sprinklers the pres sur willnot be increased too much. Thi is com-monly known as a flat pressure headcurve. I am sure many of you have hadexperience with pumps that upon onlysupplying a few sprinklers, pressure shotup to dangerous heights. This conditioncan be avoided by specifying correct p r-formance wh n purchasing the pump.

Stewart's series on Irrigation will he ('Oil-

eluded in October GOLFDO"\1.

Texas A & M Holds AnnualTurfgrass Field Day

Texas A & 1College's annual Ii ld dayheld in July, was attend d by about 100turfmen who made a tour of t st plot.and the campus and heard reports on var-ious experiments conduct d by the Col-leg's agronomy d pt. Of particular in-t r st were the St. Augu tin and Ber-mudagrass experimental plot and h ightof mowing tests that th agronomists con-ducted. Agronomy dept. exp rt who pokew re E. C. Holt, John Long and Bill B n-nett. T d H. Filer and L on Hart, gradu-ate students, also gave report . Th heightof mowing demonstration was conduct dby Marvin H. Ferguson of th ' GAgr n s ction.

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Main section of Harry Obitz's Shawnee pro shop is at end of hotel promenade.

Two views of island displays in Shawnee shop. Prcc-ticclly a" sportswear sales activity revolves aroundthese two locations. Women's department is at right

in photo above.

Many Fingers, Many Pies

Tireless Harry ObitzI Perpetual ManIn Motion

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Obitz's staff at Shawnee shop Includes himself (at left), Die Farley, Ronnie Ward, JohnVince Yanovitch. This fivesome puts on the "Sw:ng's the Thing" show.

RR I BITZ, who icon idered byman a p rhap th mo t nterpri-

ing pro in all golf. probabl ha morfing rs in mor pi than a group from thBo lub turn d 100 in a bakery.

Obitz' main occupation i that of proat Fr d Waring's hav nee Inn, the plushgolfing resort in Penn lvania' Poconomountain chain (where he' al 0 vp), butif you think that he top with running ahop, giving le ons and handling other

dutie that normally com within thcop of a man in hi prof sion, ou

hav n't heard all about Harr .H ' a golf con ultant, op rator of hop

at club other than hi own, producer, di-r ctor and I ading play r in the " wing'th Thing" trick shot troup, a bus aft r-dinn r p ak r and on of golf' be .t am-bas sador . Playing equipment is sold in a separate section of

Partner hip with arley the shop. There's plenty of room here for customersto swing and get feel of clubs.

ft r reading over thi impre ivof activitie in which Harry i invol d,ou probably om to the conclu ion that

h re' a f now who ha di cover d th4 -hour dar. Tn Obitz' case it would ben c ssary i it wa n't for the fact that h 'tied up with Dick Farley, anoth r tir I sop rator. DI k i Harry' o. 1 as i tantat th hav n shop, but in all oth r un-d rtaking th op rat a' a partnership.

og th r, they hir a doz n pro. Tok p this numb r working th year aroundit inc . sary that Obitz and Farl y notonly hav a tring of summer coursewh r they op rate the pro end of thebusin .. on a contract basi. but winter

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conn ction as w 11.La t y ar the ran agolf chool at on of th Florida' large tI ort hot I during th vacati n a 'on,but at th mom nt th yare looking aroundfor club course to op rat during the win-ter months.

v ral club in and around troudsburg, Pa., v h re hav n i located, r -tain bitz and Farl on, con ultingba i , th ir rvic including not only probut compl te club op ration. Th partner-ship al 0 run th hop at Tamim nt, an-other Pocono r ort, the Whit Fac Innin Lak Placid, ~ . Y., c nd Mt, Kineo ill

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ny Pros orkto Extend Lengthof Golf Se sonCompete with Bowling, Football, etc.for Bigger Slice of Colfer's Dollar

ECE T trends in the weather cyclesof the northern half of the U. . pretty

definitely show that the golf season is nolonger a Mar. 15 or April 1 to Labor Dayproposition, but that the season can beextended through October and even wellinto ovember.

As was pointed out in Golfdom in both19,~6 and 1957, October is very definitelya golfer's month with an average of from22 to 2,5 days during this month beingsuitable for play all the way from Port-land, Me. to Portland, Ore. Much of thisexcellent golfing weather spills over into

.ovember and it is not uncommon forquite a large number of northern clubs tokeep their courses open until Thanksgiv-ing.

Add to this the fact that club mainten-ance depts. are no longer finding it muchof a problem to keep roughs and fairwaysswep t fr e of leaves, thus cutting down onthe number of lost balls, and another argu-ment for prolonging the season can bemade. Daylight savings time is anotherboon to playing golf at least halfwaythrough th fall and so is the regular Satur-day TV All-Star golf show that was ex-ploited by some pros last year.

Plenty of CompetitionHowever, traditional early club closing

dates plus competition from football, bowl-ing, hunting and fishing, the re-opening ofschool and even the ret ntion of or revert-ing to standard time in some cities andcounties ar working against the lengthierseason.

Many clubs are sticking to the ratherhidebound idea of closing their courses in

eptember even though th y continue theirregular sch dules of ocial events. Quit alarge number of pro r port that bowling,in particular, and hunting and fishing de-tract from the enthu iasm for golf at thistime of th y ar. Th s sports al 0 drainoff dollars that might b spent on golf.

Communities that don't hav daylightsavings tim , or go back to standard timein eptember, don't giv the game muchof a shot in th arm during the fall months

since twilight golf is alrno t cornpl t lythrottled during week day. But BobSchappa of Rockledge CC vvcst Hartford

onn. has at least a partial an w r forth.s, suggesting tnat more tI-ho e roundsbe encourag -d.

Football, too, makes .erious inroads,especially in tho e sections \ hich ar grid-iron hotbeds. Len Schmutt , pro at 1< ind-lay (0.) C ,for exampl r ports that heis competing with Ohio tate,. Iichi anand, Iichigan tat plus v ral les 'r col-I ge football teams throughout the fall a dmany of his members prefer to spend th irweekends on football holidays rather thanplay golf. On undays, pro Footb.ill siphonsoft much pot ntial play.

The re-opening of school in eptember,some pros say, is a kind of double-barrel I dd tractor from the continuance of golf forman player. For one thing, it create ahortage of caddie; secondly, parent are

obligated, or want to d vote mor tim toth ir kids aft r school start . On the otherhand, though, when th oungsters r turnto school, more women have time for golf .

Bright Side of Pictureotwithstanding these difficulties, man

orthern pros are doing a fin job of k ep-in 1 their play rs inter st d in the gamduring the fall months. John . Boda, proat Andov r (Mass.) CC and secy. of th

ew England PG ,who speaks for manof his fellow m mbers in the latter organ-ization, says that numerous club and s c-tional tournaments are played throughoutth orthcast throughout October and w 11into ovemb r. At ndov r, for e. amp] ,a major club tournament is play d on Oct.12 and there is even a 9-hole Thanksgivingmorning event that is well upport d.

"Many players want ompetitive golfright to the end," Bodn says, "and it is mobservation that th 'Y want the coursmaintained right up until th snow flie ."

L land (Duk ) Gibson, pro at BlueHills CC in Kansas City, ha pr vail dupon his tournament committee to k pth course open until 10 ov mber. Th ' clubchampionship was pushed hack and h ldin ptemb 'I" for thc first time last year.Sept mber of 19.c)7 at BIll Hills, incid int-ally, turned out to be the bi rgest monthof th year from the standpoint of roundsplayed and was one of th hest for proshop sales. Gibson adds that th 1 , Iidw .stP A is schccl iling several of its importanttournaments for S iptembcr and Octob rin an effort to influence golfers to on-tinue to play through the early fall months.

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THE "HOTTEST" FOURSOME in the GOLF BALL FIELD

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To pr e thi to your elf, hit th 1959 modelP Regular or PG J 00. Hear that cli k ; fee!the ball leave the club face; \ atch it go. You'll becon inced -quick!). 0 \' ill our bett r golfer

nee they've tried the e tv 0 great ball .

The PGA 75 or the Queen will gi e JU t a muchati faction to the a erage men and \ omen g lfers

among our member. The right ball for all)' golfer1 in thi great four orne. What' more it' "thehole-in-one ball. *"

An amateur coring a duly at-te ted hole-in-one with any ofthe 4 great PGA ball will re-ceive thi imported, jeweled,fully engraved clock with hi orher "lucky" ball mounted be ideit-complimcnt of Plymouth.More than 400 "aces" have been

scored with PGA balls so farin 1958.

Plymouth' "Worth It Wcightin Gold" trophy for profe ionalcoring a hole-in-one \\ ith a

PGA ball. Pill thc chance for acash bonu. A k your PGAdi tributor. _

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Construction is scheduled to begin in Sept. on a two-story clubhouse for the Firestone ce, site for thelast five years of the Rubber City Open, The brick and stone building will be half again as big as the

former clubhouse which was destroyed by fire on May 17, 1958.

Peninsula CC, Pebble Beach, Calif. Quali-fying rounds of 18 holes are scheduled forSept. 16.

There will be 120 player in the cham-pionship proper. J. Clark Espie, Indiana-polis, the 1957 winner, Frederick J.Wright, Watertown, Mass., last year's run-ner-up and former Senior mateur andformer Amateur champions are xemptfrom sectional qualifying.

Qualifiers and exempt players will play18 medal holes at Monter y Peninsula todetermine the 32 finalists, who will thenbattle it out in match play. Consolationrounds also will be held for player whohave been eliminated.

Entries in the Senior Amat ur are opento golfers who have reach d their 55thbirthday by Sept., 16, 1958, and havehandicaps of not over 10 trokes.

Hard to ClassifyAccording to the C fAA, information

collected from a survey of m mberships,gross dues, food and beverage sales andnumber of persons served at its membertown and country clubs defies classifica-tion. Some small, active clubs do morefood and beverage volume than other withfive times their memberships. Du s struc-tures vary tremendously and so do foodand beverag prices.

Fred Wright Dies PlayingSectional Amateur Round

Frederick J. Wright Jr., 60, perennialcontender for the ational Amateur golfchampionship, collapsed and died Aug.26 during the sectional qualifying test forthe 1958 USGA Amateur tournament.

Wright, operator of a golf drivingrange near Boston, was just teeing up atthe 13th hole of The Country Club ofBrookline when he was stricken.

He won the 1956 USGA senior cham-pionship, was a winning member of the1923 American Walker Cup team, andwas seven times Massachusetts champion.

Eileen Stulb Gets LPGAPromotional Post

Eileen Stulb of Augusta, Ga., has beennamed promotional director of the LadiesPGA by Fred Corcoran, busines mgr.

Miss Stulb has long been active in wo-men's golf and has been the president ofthe Titleholders tournament in Augustafor many years. he will set up a LadiesPGA promotional bureau in Augusta.Tournament headquarters are located atthe Savoy Hilton in w York.

Miss tulb will assist sponsors with pro-motional material, brochures and up-to-date information on earnings and scoringaverage of the Ladi s PCA members.

24 Sections for SeniorAmateur Qualifying

Twenty-four qualifying sections havebeen established for the fourth USGA

enior Amateur championship which willbe played Sept. 29-0ct. 4 at the Monterey

The 40th national recreation congre ,to be held in Atlantic ity, ept. 22-26,will include a session on the d velopmentand operation of public golf courses. Thisession is scheduled for th 23rd at 2: 15p.m. and will be conducted by F. .Mathewson of Elizabeth, . J. Sp akerswill include Rex Mclvlorris, xecutiv vpof the ational Colf Foundation.

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Simplified ain Drive Clutch, completelyre-englneered for simplicity and durability.

5 inch Diameter Reel. 9tough heat-treatedchrome nickel alloy steel blades, peciallydesigned for today's smooth-texture greens.Turf slicer attachment available •• Balanced Design. Mower weight is evenlydistributed over entire length of rear roller,with balance point at center-for even, smoothgreen •• All Chain Drive, prevents slippage, elim-inates uneven cutting.

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