and revealed merits and deficiencies of theleading cool- and warm-weather golfgrasses.

Slides of the work that Mid-AtlanticGolf Course Supts. Assn. members did inplanting a fairway at the Fairfax (Va.)CC to zoysia were shown by the club'ssupt., Willis H. Glover. Glover said that55 men, including supts., members of theirstaffs, and salesmen, came from as far as100 miles to Fairfax to work in the larg-est zoysia operation yet conducted on acourse. More than 28,000 plugs of zoysiawere planted in aerifier holes, the jobaccounting for 275 man hours. Details ofthe planting and fertilizing were given.The gamble on weather conditions turnedout favorable with rain falling not longafter the planting.

Glover says that he, his chairman andcooperating Mid-Atlantic supts. and offi-cials will not venture any appraisal ofthe zoysia experiment until after severalyears but that "Operation Zoysia" alreadyhas had a most favorable effect on golfersand club officials in the Mid-Atlantic areaas an illustration of the superintendent'sleadership and team effort.

Fertilizing PracticesFertilizing practices in the central,

southern and far west states led off theWednesday afternoon' program under thedirection of Norman C. Johnson, supt.,San Jose CC, Jacksonville, Fla. L. R.Shields, supt., Woodmont CC, Rockville,Md., and Nelson Monical, supt., Portage

CC, Akron, 0., presented basic features oftheir successful procedure in talks else-where printed in GOLFDOM. There werenumerous questions and answers followingthe Shields and Monical outlines and thatof Wm. Beresford, supt., Los Angeles(Calif.) CC. Due to the program beingkept strictly on timetable the discussionson the fertilizing and other talks weretaken up after set program hours andcontinued long.

Beresford has mainly Seaside bentgreens and fairways of Bermuda, blue-grass and some bent. The greens getnine feedings a year of Milorganite, 30lbs. per 1000 sq. ft. The fairways areaerated in April and get 1000 lbs. Milor-ganite and 125 lbs. sulphate of ammoniaper acre in May. Fairways are aeratedagain in Sept. and given 1000 lbs. Milor-ganite and 200-lbs. sulphate of ammoniato bring the cool weather grasses through.In February Beresford was mowing fair-ways twice a week. Tees are aerated inApril and September and given fairwayfertilization ten times a year.

Charles Schalestock, supt., FarmingtonCC, Charlottesville, Va., spoke on golfcourse record-keeping showing slides ofrecords he kept for his own study andguidance, and for thorough information ofhis chairman and other officials. Schale-stock emphasized that golf course recordsmust be simple enough to be easily andaccurately maintained and that the first

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- Phofo by W. BidwellPart of 375 who made tour of Pine Valley CC during annual GCSA meeting inspecting test plots of

Meyer Zoysia over seeded with cool-season grasses.

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This is the picture one gets upon entering George Lake's shop at Recreation Park from the starterhouse. Lake, and his two shop assistants, Mrs. Buford Brown and ZaMona Schoepflin, are behind thecounter. The shop measures 14xl8 ft. Note the neat display in the limited amount of space, clubsalong the west (left) wall, jackets in the center rack, putters on the side wall in the background, shoesbehind the customer at the counter, golf balls and other merchandise, including hats and sweaters

in the two show cases on the right, and golf bags on the East (right) wall.

"Biggest" LITTLE SHOPBy GEORGE LAKE

Professional, Recreation Park, Long Beach, Calif.

Although we've just recently obtained a.small addition to our shop which hasrelieved much of the problem, the proshop at Recreation Park's Municipalcourse, Long Beach, Calif. for the past 27years (during 14 of which I've been thepro) has been confined to a space of 14by 18 ft.

Needless to say, with a play of nearly100,000 golfers a year going through theshop, it has taxed our ingenuity to pre-sent to the public a complete line ofmerchandise and to make it plain thatwe are eager and prepared to serve golf-ers to their full satisfaction.

We feel that we've accomplished thetask by utilizing all the space of the shopwisely.

For instance, we've filled the east wallwith two 6-ft. showcases. One containsshirts and sweaters on the lower rack, .with sox and gloves on the upper shelf,and hats and caps on the top.

The second counter has golf balls alongthe entire "mezzanine" shelf, so the cus-

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tomer can look through the glass top atthe entire display. On the lower "floor"are other items such as shoes, hood cov-ers and other golf merchandise.

On the wall behind the counter we'vehung golf bags - high enough to be outof our way, but still within easy visionof our prospective customers.

At the north end of these two counters,where we keep the register for green feetickets, we found a slight depression ofsome five or six inches and there's wherewe spotted the shallow, but handy, rackfor a shoe display of all available designsand sizes.

The entire west and south walls arelined with a double shelf for club display,with a line of various putters adorningthe fake fireplace frontage along thenorthwest wall.

We also found that there was room fora coat and jacket rack, and a display ofcaddie carts on the west portion of thenarrow room. Instead of mer.ely display-ing the caddie carts we loaded each with

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Another space-saver in Lake's shop is this foyer from the grill to the pro shop itself. Note thatGeorge, shown at a club scale, has lined the right wall neatly with an extra-club display, caddie cartsand a cabinet and has even utilized the pillar near the door for a glassed-in cabinet for hats and

caps. This display floor space is 14xlO ft.

a bag and a full set of clubs. yet we seem to -present an adequate dis-Back of the shop I maintain a small play wihout the feeling of being "over-

office and club storage corner, utilizing stuffed" in any way,the space below the storage cubbyholes Many pros who haven't got what theyand the club repair bench for storage of consider is adequate room' for proper dis-golf balls and other merchandise. play know what I was up against, not

In one corner, we have a large bin for only in trying to get enough sales reve-range balls, over which we have a rack : nue to finance the pro job so it can befor range ball buckets. properly and vigorously handled, but in

In fact, there's hardly an inch in the making a display to show golfers theyshop that is not used for some purpose can get their needs of equipment and

Another view of George Lake's golf shop, taken from the entrance off the club's grill and lockerrooms. Wayne Otis, assistant to George, gives Wm. F. Mitchell his green fee tab. Note club display

on south wall; also, shoe rack in the immediate left foreground.

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supplies conveniently, fully and correctlysupplied at the shop.

This is just as important at a publiccourse as at the most exclusive privateclub. It is a reflection on public coursemanagement and operation if the pro shopservice isn't thorough and expert. We atLong Beach always are mindful that thepro department operations of the munici-pal golf facilities must be a public serviceof high value to the community. Conse-quently, with small shop space being allthat is available we simply had to try tomake it the busiest, most helpful smallshop in all golf.

Mardfin Named Executive Secy.of American Park Executives

The American In-stitute of Park Exec-utives has appointedEmile (Bim) Mard-fin as its new execu-tive secretary, an-nounces WilliamPenn Mott, Jr., Pres.Mardfin, who takesup his new post onMarch 1st, has re-tired from the NewYork City ParkDept., where he.

served as assistant dir. of Maintenanceand Operation.

His principal responsibility in the NewYork Park Department has been super-vision and development of the ten publicgolf courses maintained in various sec-tions of the city, as Well as its 20-acrepitch-putt course.

He was responsible for the completerehabilitation of these golf facilities,which had deteriorated greatly during thewar years. In his last season of duty,golf fees were more than doubled, andthe income used for an extensive improve-ment and modernization program whichhe developed, and now is substantiallycompleted.

Mardfin was responsible for golf tour-nament promotion and management, pub-lic relations and publicity, and for exten-sive experimental work on soil improve-ment, special grasses, irrigation and de-sign. He established an extensive city-wide sod nursery, and developed a pro-gram for changing over golf course ir-rigation from the city water supply toother sources. At the time of his retire-ment, he had under way the complete re-construction of the Van Cortlandt Park

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golr course, necessitated by new cityhighway construction.

As Institute executive secretary, Mard-fin will develop an extensive program ofresearch, education and experimentationwork, to be conducted in various regionalcenters around the United States and inCanada.

Robert Moses, Commissioner of Parksfor New York City, declared concerningMr. Mardfin that" ... he has demon-strated more than average executive andorganizing ability . . . initiative and afaculty for making practical use of hisbroad and varied background in horti-cultural and public recreation work."GOLFDOM heartily agrees.

Corcoran Brothers· FatherDies Suddenly

Michael Frank Corcoran, 75, died Feb.14 of a heart attack at Wellesley, Mass.He was born near Harvard Square, Cam-bridge, Mass. He was active until theday prior to his death.

He was the father of Fred, public re-lations director for the PGA and tour-nament bureau mgr. of the Ladies PGA;George, who is pro at Greensboro (N. C.)CC; William and Joseph of the Massa-chusetts Golf Assn., and John, who is aFord dealer in Wellesley, Mass.

Mr. Corcoran had a fine career of kind-liness and helpfulness arid rejoiced in therich reward of having his admirable per-sonality reflected in his five sons and hisname honored by their conduct.

1953 Western Junior atStanford. June 16·19

Oldest junior championship in the na-tion, the 36th Western Junior, will becontested at Stanford University course(San Francisco dist.) from June 16 to19, 1953. Since 1938, the WGA Junior hasbeen held chiefly on courses of Big Tenschools. Arrangements for the presenta-tion of the 36th Western Junior weremade between Alfred R. Masters, direc-tor of athletics at Stanford, and GordonE. Kummer, WGA past pres. Event willopen with 18 holes of qualifying on Tues-day, June 16, with match play to followfor the surviving 32 until the 36-hole finalon Friday, June 19.

The 35th Western title, contested overthe University of Minnesota course, waswon by Don Nichols of Auburn, Kans.He will not defend his crown in 1953 be-cause of over-age. The Western Junioris open to golfers who have not reachedtheir 20th birthday.

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USGA Business Sessions Fill3, Days; Re-elect Heffelfinger

Following three crowded days andnights of official work the USGA execu-tive committee met at the Princeton Club,New York City, Jan. 31. and conductedthe formalities of electing officers headedby Totton P. Heffelfinger, Minikahda Club,Minneapolis. Committee reports weresummarized prior to lunch. In the after-noon USGA officials, club officials andother golfers met at Golf House for theunveiling of a painting of Robert T.Jones, Jr., by Thomas E. Stephens, whichwas presented to Golf House by the Au-gusta National GC.

Jones, looking remarkably well consid-ering the disabilities that he's suffered, re-sponded to remarks of Cliff Roberts andTot Heffelfinger and the reading of a let-ter of tribute from Pres. Eisenhower, withone of those gracious, sincere little talksthat only the beloved Bob can make.

At Golf House there also was shownfor the first time the clubmaker's benchwhich the veteran clubmaking authorityJim Gallagher outfitted.

At the luncheon Jerome Bowes pre-sented the Americas trophy, expressingthe hope that competition for the cupwould be extended from the U. S., Cana-da and Mexico to include all nations inthe hemisphere. Colin Rankin, pres.,Royal Canadian GC and Pedro Suinaga,former pres., Mexico Golf Assn., and Pres.Heffelfinger also spoke of internationalgolf competition as a factor in promot-ing friendship between free countries.

Committee report highlights:EXECUTIVE - Record entries in Open,

Junior Amateur and Girls' Junior cham-pionships in 1952. Large field in Open(and slower play) accounts for change inform of National Open which will be triedthis year, making 300 instead of 162 play-ers eligible after sectional qualifyingrounds, for 36-hole qualifying at Pitts-burgh (Pa.) Field Club prior to the Openat Oakmont.

RULES OF GOLF -No changes untilJan. 1, 1954. USGA and R&A consider-ing some possible changes but want an-other year of observation and analysisbefore amendments, if any, are made., CHAMPIONSHIP-To represent USGAin team competition a player will have to

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qualify on following points: (1) Merit asa competitive golfer, based upon recordsin tournaments of importance during re-cent years. (2) Sportsmanship and gen-eral ability to represent the U. S. ininternational relations. (3) Unquestionedstatus as an amateur golfer. Selection ofteam members shall not be influenced byage, geography or any factors other thanthose named.

USGA to sponsor Women's NationalOpen at Country Club of Rochester, N. Y.,June 25-27 at' 72 holes. Prize money:$7500. The event previously has beensponsored by the Ladies' PGA.

AMATEUR STATUS AND CONDUCT- Reminded that collegiate scholarshipsawarded on basis of abilities as golfers isin violation of Rules of Amateur Status.Reported manufacturers had been askedto cooperate with USGA by clampingdown on gifts of equipment to amateurs.Put USGA rule in line with R&A rule byallowing teachers in recognized educa-tional institutions and to whom golf in-struction is incidental to academic duties,to retain amateur status. Revising agelimit upward from 18 to 21 on those whowork, repair or clean clubs in a pro shop,so amateur status won't be lost.

Merchandise prizes may not exceed re-tail value of $150 (changed from $100).

IMPLEMENTS AND BALL-Approvedglass shaft. Said ball and clubmakersand players had cooperated completely inobserving club and ball specifications.

MEMBERSHIP - Record high of 1,590on Nov. 30, 1952. Gain of 95 memberclubs for the year.

GREEN SECTION - Estimated annualmaintenance cost for all U. S. courses ofabout $100,000,000. Green Section estab-lished regional office at Davis, Calif., lastyear to bring its research informationnearer to western clubs and to supple-ment work on Green Section's main officeat Beltsville, Md. Green Section worklimited by finances. Members of GreenSection staff in 1952 reached more than10,000 persons in turf conferences, fielddays and superintendents and district golfassociation meetings in 1952. Reported onsupport of research projects at state col-

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leges and experimental stations. Princi-pal projects encouraged by Green Sectionfinancial support include water manage-ment on turf, aeration of soils under turf,mechanical nature of soils for turf, test-ing strains of grass, combination turf,providing source nurseries of improvedvarieties, seed production of improvedvarieties, fertilization, weed control, dis-ease control.

WOMEN's ~ Women's National atWaverly CC, Portland, Ore., had gate ~f$8,875, high for that event, and approx~-mately half the gate of the 1952 men snational amateur. This year's Women'sNational will be entirely at match play.

Shorts won't be worn in women's cham-pionships conducted by USGA in the fu-ture. Shorts of some females were get-ting so short they looked like costumesfrom Minsky's.

SECTIONAL AFF AIRS - Reportedcloser nation-wide coordination.

PUBLIC LINKS - 1952 Publinx cham-pionship at Miami (Fla.) CC was firstplayed on a private course. Committee re-affirmed top limit of $6 a day for ex-penses to be received by Public Linkschampionship players to supplement theplayer's own expenditures.

HANDICAP - Wm. O. Blaney, chmn.,and Thos. G. McMahon, who have beenworking together in formulating a systembased on experience of MassachusettsGolf Assn. and Chicago District GolfAssn. came forth with a system theUSGA soon will officially adopt. The sys-tem produces Basic handicaps (designedon the inherent scoring ability of theplayer) and Current handicaps to showthe at-the-moment state of a player'sgame.

Main points of the system to be an-nounced in greater detail and with chartslater, are:

"1. Basic handicaps will be computedfrom the lowest ten of the player's lastfifty scores. When fewer than fifty scoresare available, 20 per cent of the availablescores will be used provided the playerhas returned at least six.

"2. Current handicaps will be ·computedfrom the lowest ten of the player's lastfifteen scores. Provision is made for pro-visional handicaps when the player hasreturned as many as six but fewer thanfifteen scores.

"3. The new system will use a handicapchart based on the figures in the present

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Chicago District Golf Association chart.It will be a simplified one, making use ofa scheme of differentials between scoresand course ratings.

"4. For the time being, provision willbe made for a club to use either thepresent USGA course rating system orthe Chicago District Golf Assn. fractionalpar rating methods. Eventually, it ishoped, a compromise combination ofcourse rating will be produced."

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP - For 1952sectional qualifying rounds 711 entered.Committee active in coordinating and en-couraging junior activities nationally.

GIRLS' JUNIOR - Fourth USGAGirls' Junior at Monterey Peninsula CC,Del Monte, Calif., drew a fiel dof 49 from7 to 17; the largest field the championshiphad had.

MUSEUM - Numerous contributionsfor museum at Golf House acknowledged.

GOLF HOUSE FUND - $15,000neededto reach goal of $110,000.

Excess of USGA income over expensesin 1952 was $19,405.85 compared with$42,359.64 in 1951. Expenses about $4000more in 1952 than in 1952 but NationalOpen income record high in 1951 repre-sented main item accounting for differ-ence in the two years' statements.

Prize money of $20,000· in 1953 Openwill mean first prize increase from $4000to $5000. Last 30 of the 50 money prizesthis year will be $150 instead of $100 aspreviously. -,

1955 National Open to be at OlympicClub at Lakeside, San Francisco, Calif.

Walker Cup team selection will be madein spring.

Open and Amateur entry fee in 1953will be $10 instead of $7 as previously.

1954 Girls' Junior to be played at GulphMills GC, Bridgeport, Pa.

USGA 1954 meeting, Jan. 23, in NewYork City.

The superintendent always has to "playit safe." If he takes a chance he is toomuch at the mercy of a change for theworse in weather conditions and of theuncertain grade of help on most golfcourses now. His great aid is going to bethe development of better fitted strains ofgrass for greens, fairways and tees in hisarea.

-TAYlOR BOYDSupt., Camargo Club, Cincinnati, O.

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