the 64 qualifiers is good enoughto beat his opponent in 18-holematch play.

Latest home-club pro to winthe Open was Craig Wood in1941 ... Wonder why it is thathome club pros generally playmuch better in the PGA cham-pionship than they do in theNational Open?

Birmingham (Mich.) CC setan operating standard that's anew high for PGA champion-

ships ••• It's a tough one for St. Paul tomeet when the PGA championship is heldthere next year • . . Birmingham officials·and department heads thought of every-thing • . . Handling of the large gallerieswas especially well organized, deft anddiplomatic •. . Play seemed to be fasterthan in National Open although no timerecords were kept by PGA to compare withUSGA records • • • Clubhouse traffic runsmoother and faster by Mgr. John Brennanand staff and extra waiters than at anyother big championship we can recall •..Good planning, good clubhouse layout andpersonnel that seemed to want to put on achampionship performance • . • Absenceat Birmingham of night club food anddrink prices struck golf writers as pleas-ant change from stiff scale at other majortournaments this year.

Pro Ray Maguire and his staff exhibitedwell-planned effort in caring for contest-ing pros . . . Especially' quick and goodjob of club-cleaning between morning andafternoon rounds ... Caddie rest tentnear first tee was first time we've everseen this sort of an arrangement . . .Good business done at outside sales tentsconducted by Golf Mart and Ray Maguireand by Johnny Spence ... Maguire'sshop is very small in passage leadingfrom locker-room and clubhouse to firsttee ... Display case blocks easy entry tosmall shop . . . Despite this handicap'Maguire does fine work in member salesservice in locker-room and on lesson tee.

F. C. Elphick, Birmingham CC supt.,

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Golf course superintendentsin Cleveland district say they'vebeen getting good type ofcourse labor from Manpower,Inc. . . . Big party at PlumHollow GC (Detroit dlst.) July31celebrating 50th anniversaryas sports writer of M. F. Druk-enbrod, Detroit Times reporter... Druk continues to cover alot of ground in golf tourna-ment reporting ... His fellowscribes rate him as a top manin the business . • . He's a grand guy inevery way.

Cocker spaniel owned by waitress atMountain View House, Whitefield, N. H.,has found 1,466 lost balls on the hotel'scourse in one season . . . Construction oftwo 18s for National Cash Register Co.employees at Dayton, 0., said to be mostextensive and effective use of modernmachinery in golf course building . . .Dick Wilson is architect and in charge ofconstruction.

Architect Robert Trent Jones has anuncannily accurate method of forecastingwhat best championship score will be •••Jones rated Oakland Hills for 1951 Na-tional Open four rounds, 287.4 , , , Hoganwon with 287 .•. Jones estimated win-ning score at Oakmont would be 284 . • .Hogan won with 283 .•• By Jones systemthe Augusta National course under nor-mal weather conditions should be playedby an expert at a fraction higher than 69.

PGA final between Burkemo and Torzais first time two home club pros havemet in PGA finale since 1935 whenJohnny Revolta defeated Tommy Armour.This year's winner, Burkemo, and therunner-up, Torza, spent so much time onlesson tees at their clubs they had com-paratively little chance to play prior tothe PGA ... Only Dave Douglas andJimmy Clark of the tournament circuitregulars got near the finale in this year'sPGA.

Really there are no "upsets" in the 18-hole rounds in the PGA ••• Every one of

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Inquiries for quotations and special analyses ofgrass seed are handled quickly. Any usual orunusual grass condition peculiar to your area mayrequire a particular knowledge of seed habitsbased upon tests in different sections of the coun-try. Our results of such tests are yours for theasking.

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did a great job on the course, particu-larly in view of having a late start onconstruction work and having to do thatalong with highest type thorough main-tenance schedule . . • Very smart indeedwas decision of Elphick and his chairmanto raise greens mowers a touch on somesharp greens inclines . . • Pros didn'tknow what was done but they com-mented greens were as fine, true and uni-form as any they'd ever played.

It's a hell of a task to get and keepgood course labor in Detroit district whenmen can get common labor wages athundreds of factories in the districthigher than golf course labor scale . . .Pleasant and intelligent labor relations ofsupts. and the liking of some fellows foroutside work is about only explanationfor Elphick and other Detroit dist. supts.solving the labor problem as well as theyhave.

John Dimmick, veteran supt. of FredWaring's Shawnee CC course, compli-mented by many of the 200 in the West-ern Seniors' Assn. tournament on hisexpert performance in nursing greensthrough adverse weather conditions priorto tournament so they were in Al condi-tion for tournament play • . • Western

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To keep weedsoffdrives, walks,parking lots, ten-nis courts, sandtraps you've gotto fini sh theroots.

DOLGE SSWEED-KILLER does thatand more. It kills the foliage, ofcourse. It works down deep. It tendsto sterilize the soil so that wind-blownseeds cannot sprout in it. Diluted asdirected, it can kill the toughestweeds. Spray or sprinkle where youwant no growth whatsoever.

E.W.T. is the Dolge 2,4-D SelectiveWeed-Killer. It finishes dandelions,plantain and other broad-leavedweeds in turf - does not harm goodlawn grasses. It translocates; is ab-sorbed and travels through the sap tothe roots.

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Seniors who hadn't seen Shawnee sincethe old days when the Worthingtonsowned it and Buekwood Inn, OKed BillDiddle's alterations which softened it foraverage play without eliminating .memo-rable features . • . Diddle has designed anew course of top championship charac-ter that Waring expects to start buildingthis fall on an island in the DelawareRiver, not far from Delaware Water Gap.

Excellent job of information and publicrelations done by The Metropolitan Golfer,published weekly during May throughSeptember at Detroit and sponsored byMetropolitan Golf Assn. of semi-privatecourse owners in Detroit dist. . . . FrankBartsch, pioneer home-bred pro and club-maker in Chicago dist., now 81 and livingin Floral Park, Fla., driving himself andMrs. Bartsch through midwest this sum-mer, sight-seeing and visiting relativesand old pals.

Very helpful cooperation in raising golfcourse turf standards under tough condi-tions being provided by Montana StateCollege agricultural staff .•• College staffgave supts. and clubs considerable valu-able information at Montana and. Wyo-ming Turf Assn. conference • . : Jim

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Watson and W. H. Brinkworth of ToroMfg. Co., and G. A. Netercut of Mon-santo's Krilium soil conditioner merchan-dising staff, were visiting experts at theM&W conference held at Meadow LarkCC, Great Falls, Mont.

Victoria, Tex., new 9-hole fully-wateredmuny course to be in play soon ...Lighted range adjacent to first tee alreadyin operation ... Pete (Buzz) Koteff nowpro at Cherry Hills CC, Chicago dist.,semi-public 36-hole plant ... Ralph Evanspro at new 18-hole Clock CC, Whittier,Calif .... Forest G. Smith is Clock owner... Club is on site of old Whittier CC of20 years ago.

Jaycees at Ogallala, -Neb. building 9-hole sand green course ••• Clem Rafferty,pro, Wyantenuck CC, Great Barrington,Mass., ehmn, of 5th annual county inter-scholastic championship • • • Tremendouspropaganda for golf in sports columnistArthur Daley's article "3,265,000Reasonsfor Playing Golf" in N. Y. Times SundayMagazine, May 31.

Jimmy Thompson from Lakewood CC,Long Beach, Calif., to pro job at Stock-dale G&CC, Bakersfield, Calif .... Super-visor Marvin Lewis proposes San Fran-

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Greens are kept in superb conditionat The Country Club of Rochester.Here, Elmer J. Michael, Superintendentof Grounds, watches the JacobsenPower Greens Mower deliver theperfection of cut he demands. Thisis just one of many fine golf coursesthroughout America that has standard-ized on Jacobsen. Other Jacobsenreel-type power mowers for tees andclubhouse lawns are available incutting widths from 18 to 30 inches.

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cisco Park-Recreation committee reducegreen fees for youngsters on city's courses... Denver, Colo., Mayor Newton stronglyprotests renting state-owned section ofCity Park course for super-market ...Against rezoning course site for business. . . Says course has become "basic andintegral part" of Denver park and recrea-tion system.

Fred Corcoran, PGA promotion mgr., inPeople Today magazine, says "You've gotto have caddies or there won't be anygolf." . . . Fred says child labor lawsshould be revised to allow more kids theadvantages of caddying... NormanTauscher, formerly asst. at CaliforniaGC, now pro at Diablo CC (SF dist.).

New Overlake G&CC near Seattle,·Wash., opened ... A. V. Macan, Victoria,B. C., designed Overlake ... Constructionbegun on $183,000 clubhouse of IrvineCoast CC, Newport Beach, Calif .... Troy(Ala.) CC opens well-stocked fish pondwith fish fry ... Pond made by damminga stream several years ago, stocking itand letting nature take its course.

Southeastern Chapter Club Managers'Assn. of America at conference held dur-

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