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The New Acushnet

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BUTTON-BACK GLOVE

Here's the glove your players have been waiting for. A but-ton fastened glove but with the button positioned to eliminatethe uncomfortable "bunchiny' at the hack of the hand so com-mon with ordinary button back gloves.

Made of the finest, softest, most pliable cabretta (in pigtexed,too) it fits like your own skin. Snug but not tight, it gives afeel and grip never before equaled in any glove.

Try it on, playa round with it yourself and you'll see whyyour players will be falling over themselves to buy it inyour shop.

Your Acushnet salesman will show you samples of this rev-olutionary new glove and other gloves in the Acushnet line- in a variety of colors and a full range of sizes. Ask him.Acushnet Process Sales Co., New Bedford, Massachusetts.

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Award of the InternationalGolf Assn. professional match-

, es involving pros of more than30 nations to Mexico curesthe sting that prominent Mexi-can golfers, many in high of-ficial positions, felt aboutwhat they considered rude

'treatment by American PGA. . . Fining American pros forplaying in a Mexican Opensomehow never impressedMexican golfers as an exhibitof good neighbor policy in sportsUSGA in engineering amateur competi-tion for the Americas Cup presented byJerry Bowes and bringing Canadian,Mexican and U. S. amateurs into an eventis regarded in Mexico as a masterly actof diplomatic sportsmanship . . . TheAmericas cup competition has showedsteady improvement in Mexican amateurstandard of scoring.

r With the International matches for theHopkins and Canada trophies bringingto Mexico biggest event in' golf competi-tion between nations, it gives notables of

- Mexican golf and government the satis-faction of being rated with U. S., Cana-da, Britain and Japan as a major golfpower •.. Change of this fall's Interna-tional Golf Assn. matches from Venezue-la, to which matches had been awarded,was expected after Venezuela's explosivechange in administrations. . . . Openingof de luxe new course near Havana, de-signed by Dick Wilson, featured by Ho-gan-Snead exhibition and invitation eventbringing many from Florida . . • Rebels

stayed in the Oriente hills.Members of Manakiki GC,

leased from Cleveland (0.)Metropolitan Park Board, ru-mored to have offered $1,500,000 as purchase price ofcourse which common pleascourt rules will have 'to beopened to general publicwhen present lease expires. . . Johnny Bass now pro atPine Ridge, Baltimore's new-est public course.

Cumberland (Md.) CC to install fair-way watering on its 18 holes ••• Valmontarea of Hazelton, Pa., to have I8-holepar 3 course . . . Fred Lindstrom signedas pro at Conewango Valley CC, War-ren, Pa., succeeding Paul Porter who hasgone to East Aurora, N. Y. as pro.

Miller's High Life renews contract forAll-Star TV golf . . . One of new seriesof matches will be shot at Boca Raton(Fla. ) Club, . . . Clinton (Conn. ) CCbuilding new clubhouse . . . HermitageCC, Richmond, Va., plans to begin build-ing I8-hole course at "Ethelwood" siteto eventually provide additional facilitiesfor membership which has more thandoubled in past 10 years ... AntelopeValley CC, Lancaster, Calif., completes$300,000 clubhouse.

Kinderton CC, Clarksville, Va., to holdits fourth annual amateur invitation tour-nament May 17 and 18 ..• Sam Davis,Jr., is chmn. of the 36-hole event whichhas field of 196 ..• Donald Ross design-.ed first 9 of the course and in 1950-51',Dick Wilson revised the front 9 and add-

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FrontCov9r

As they are in this photo taken on the first tee of the WestmorelandCountry Club in Wilmette, III., women golfers are slowly taking overthroughout the country. In 1957, they played about 10 per cent morethan they had the year before. By the end of 1958, it is estimated thatthere will be nearly 800,000 of them playing private, semi-private andpublic courses. Probably the next step in their progress will be to build

country clubs where men are excluded.

Fred Kuehn photo

Golfdom II published monthly except New. and Dec. at Rochelle, JII. Acceptance under SecUon 34.64. P.L.&R. Authorized.Please address all advertislnll & editorial CGf"roapolldenceto GOLF DOM, 407 S. Dearborn St .• Chlcallo 5.

April, 1958

Tough, weather-re-sistant plastic coat-ed finish .•. insideand out. "Magic ac-tion paddle" spinsball for perfectcleaning. Completetee ensemble avail-able.

ed a back 9 to the Kinderton course.John Embry, formerly supt., Riverdale

CC, Little Rock, Ark., now is supt. atMesa (Ariz.) G & CC . . . Grass greensto be installed at Guymon, Okla., munvcourse ... Scovill course of Decatur, Ill.,park district gets new $150,000 clubhouse ~... J. M. Mabry is clubhouse operator,. . . Lacy Chandler is park supt. . . .Ralph Cripe is pro .... Fred Federspielof Oswego, Ore., designs new 9-holecourse for Springfield (Ore.) CC. J

Joe Maples moves from pro spot at Ro-anoke CC, Williamston, N. C., to SilerCity, N. C., to build new course to de-sign of his father, Ellis Maples ... Con-struction of first 9 began Mar. 1 on beau-tiful 400 acre tract Club eventuallyto have 7,600 yd. 18 Cleveland (0.)Metropolitan Park System expects to openits 18-hole Beford course by Aug. 1.

C. Donald Breckenridge, golf coachfor Penn High School, named pro byGreenville (Pa. ) CC . . . Miami Springscourse, Miami, Fla., only city-ownedcourse to have an additional 9 . . . Lastyear Miami Springs course took in $125,892 and netted $16,245.

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Single Spout (left).covers 80 ft. diame-ter at low me-dium. h i g~h$18 15pressures •Other modelsavailable

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Your fairway turf stays in

better playing condition

wh en it's irrigated wit h

cast iron pipe. Gone, the

annoyance and expense of

irrigation system replace-

ment and maintenance.

With cast iron pipe your in-

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stallation cost is your only

cost. Sizes from 2 inches ..•

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Simplex "150," the newestportable lapping machine,

reconditions any hand, power, or gang reel-type mower with lapping compound . . .keeps mowers in top condition betweensharpening jobs. Couples to either side ofmower; gang mowers need not be unhitched.Weighs only 30 pounds-easily carried rightto the job. G-E Vs hp motor with reversingswitch for quiet, dependable operation.

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Ocean City, Md., to have course aspart of real estate development plan . . .Bud Geoghegan, Crestmont CC, WrestOrange, N. J., back from Fla., againteaching 10-week courses at high schoolgym for West Orange Recreation Dept.• • . Arkansas City. Ark., Spring Hillmuny course installing grass greens . . .Fire destroyed Warrington (Pa.) CC 97-year old clubhouse which was being ren-ovated for Memorial Day opening . • •Loss, $100,000.

Brown County muny course at GreenBay, Wis., to have new clubhouse . . .Les Frisinger appointed pro at RockledgeG & CC, Cocoa, Fla., recently bought byCal Kovens.

Fred Sappenfield resigns as pro-supt.,Elizabeth Manor G & CC, Portsmouth,Va., "to be supt. of Willow Oaks CC,Richmond, Va., now being built . . . Be-gin construction of first 9 of 18-holecourse at Ft. Rucker, Ala. . . . Building$126,000 clubhouse for Beaver Brook CC,Knoxville, Tenn.,- which has first 9 of itscourse in play.

Fern Creek High School in suburbanLouisville, Ky., to have 9-hole par 3course ... Denver, Colo., two I8-hole

TURF tha S~Vn 'JUdI/. 1

MILORGANITE IS the "Real McCoy"with JOHN Mc COY

John McCoy is an avid seeker of turf knowledge. Hehas been a staunch supporter of local, regional, andnational turf conferences.While at Ohio State University, in charge of the golfcourses, he was a consistent carload user of Milor-ganite. He has done the same at Cincinnati CountryClub. John considers Milorganite a helpful tool ingrowing grass in one of the worst climatic areas inthe nation.

If you have a turf problern, Consult:Turf Service Bureau

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llerl!s 1I11!1IDlI" IIIDlI! }'"ur roulo'NEW FORD WORKMASTER AND ROTARY CUTTER

Free-swinging blades under the heavy duty shroud of this Ford RotaryCutter shred and spread grass, weeds-even brush-in a fullS-foot swath... mow at three times the speed of conventional mowers. It's an excel-lent tool for keeping your rough "in hand," for reclaiming waste areas,for autumn mulching, and also for use on fairways when the tall weeds"get away" from reel-type mowers. Exclusive Ford safety features helpprevent scalping of sod or formation of turf-smothering windrows.

Its power partner, the hustling new Ford Workmaster Tractor, is onlyone of the many new Fords in gasoline, diesel and LP-Gas models-allavailable with such work-easy features as power steering and an over-under auxiliary transmission giving 12 speeds forward and 3 reverse.Get details today from your nearby dealer, or write to Industrial SalesDepartment, Tractor and Implement Division, Ford Motor Company,Birmingham, Michigan.

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lerra-Lite®IS WONDERFUL"

Gets Player Praise "Players tell me how well ourformer 'problem' green now holds shots. Was heavy soil,but with Terra-lite, no compaction, less maintenance,no excessive water retention."-Geo.' A. Stumph, Jr.,Mgr., E. Hartford C. C., E. Hartford, Conn.Wins Against Drought "During 3-week water ban Icredit Terra-lite with helping hold all my greens."-Harry E. Sanborn, Dartmouth C. C., Hanover, N. H.Does 3 Jobs "I used Terra-lite to rebuild 2 tees,which were hard and would not hold moisture. Now Iwater and forget about them. Members praise the newtees."-Edward Packer,WyomingGolfClub, clnclnnatl.n,Others will tell you, "Sod heals Quickly," "Excellentwater penetration," "Fast germination," "A permanentimprovement," "Roots down 6 in. in 6 months" '"

HERE'S WHY PLAYERS PRAISE,SUPERINTENDENTS ENDORSE

Terra-Lite handles easily, loosens andaerifies clayey soil, gives proper textureto sand, cuts watering by half, stopswindburn, sunburn, runoff-makes turfdeep-rooted and springy! Get those fineresults! Write for complete details!

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and two 9-hole muny courses played 214,357 rounds in 1957, an increase of 4,266over 1956 ... Willis Case was most pop-ular Denver public course with 60,;L.uOrounds . . . Wellshire was closed part ofthe year for installation of watering sys-tern ... Total income was $197,320 ...Net was $1,264 ... Overland's second 9 •.being opened for Denver golfers thisyear.

San Francisco Recreation-Park Dept.to build 9-hole course at McLaren Park. . . Greenbrier CC, in Phoenix, to haveclubhouse in 300-room hotel, one wingof which will be between first and tenthtee of course . . . Johnny Bulla contractsfor operation and maintenance of course,membership promotion and pro shopoperation . . . Mark Mahannah designsI8-hole course for City Golf Commissionof Venice, Fla.

Bill Torkas, pro of new ThunderbirdCC, Phoenix, Ariz., has many listenersand is doing fine promotion for his cluband other Western American MortgageCo. progerties ~ith,.his Friday evening TVShow, Tee TIme. ... Guy M. Ruck-er, Jr., will open first 9 of his Cedar HillsGC near Lynchburg, Va.

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Greens that are fed with VERTA-

GREEN look better, play better,stand up better. VERTAGREEN helps

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Real estate developers who have orare building courses as features of resi-dential projects are asking about compe-tent, substantial people to lease and! oroperate courses . . . The tie-ups of home-sites and golf course involve plenty ofproblems of assuring first class operationof the course after the promoters have J'

sold all the home sites.Phoenix, Ariz., Parks and Recreation

Dept., in reporting on Encanto courseoperations, showed latest fiscal year, end-ing June 30, 1957, combined averages ofthe 18 and 9-hole courses as 83 centsper player revenue and 22 cents per play-er profit ... courses had total of 163,656players.

Atlanta golfers hailed Harold Sargent,PGA president, at gala dinner, March 31... Garden City (N. Y.) GC to celebrateits 60th birthday with big party June 28

I ••• Nine holes of the old South course atBoca Raton (Fla. ) Club again in playafter being shut down since start ofWorld War II . . . That South course wasone of the country's finest.

Golf Writers Assn. presents to DunesGolf & Beach Club, Myrtle Beach, S. C.a trophy for its members' play ... Writers

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