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The New ROSEMAN Hi-Speed-Reel MARK IV
SMOOTHER TURF • IMPROVED APPEARANCE • REDUCE COSTS • EARLY MORNING MOWING
, The ultimate in gang mowing equipment —
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*he new Roseman Hi-Speed-Reel Mark IV
Hollow Roller Drive gang mower.
""The Hi-Speed-Reel of the Roseman Mark IV
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and regardless of climatic conditions. Bunchings, droppings of clumps of grass and
** messy fairways are eliminated.
- fearly morning dew, watered fairways, heavy
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^ problem. Whatever the grass condition
"early morning mowing" is now possible
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mower in actual use on your own course.
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v
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Golf Ball Washer
Easily
*
mounted
13 quart
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~k Occasional
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keeps
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Ball can be
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or
scrubbed
* Plastic
brushes
* Brushes
easily
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for double
life
This w a s h e r w i l l n o t c h u r n u p d i r t w h e n y o u
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return
$19.50
J. J. GOLLER
GOLF BALL WASHER, Inc.
251
G u y Park Ave., Amsterdam, N .
Y.
since 1955, has joined a group that is
leasing the Skippack CC, Cedars, Pa. for
the 1963 season . . . He will be the head
pro at the new spot . . . Meadowlake GC
in Canton, O., a new semi-private 18, with
complete sprinkling system, bent tees,
fairways and greens, and clubhouse built
on barn lines, advertises that it challenges
the golfer's skill and not his endurance
. . . John Handwerg, who is building a
course that will be ready this spring, Knob
Hill in Manalapan twp., N.J., formally
took possession of the 264-acre tract in
January . . . He bought the property from
Mrs. H. L. Bauer, who retains ownership
of a 10-room clapboard residence built
in 1790.
Robert Jones, 22 years a supt., leaves
greenmaster post at ElCaballero CC, Canoga Park, Calif., to join B. Hayman Co.,
golf course equipment and supply dealer,
as its sales rep. in Ventura, Santa Barbara
and San Luis Obispo counties, Calif. . . .
Jack Level, noted collector and dealer in
rare golf books and historic equipment has
a collection of his golf rarities on exhibition at fairs and in metropolitan store windows . . . Level now is located at 5861
N. W. 38th st., Miami Springs, Fla.
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-
This y e a r , l i k e e v e r y y e a r s i n c e 1 9 2 6 , t h e t u r f e x p e r t s
m a i n t a i n A m e r i c a ' s leading golf courses are M i l o r g a n i t e
who
mind-
ed. A recent s u r v e y shows m o r e t h a n 3 0 , 0 0 0 tons a r e p u r c h a s e d
as
carloads
amounts
by
golf
were
courses
included,
annually.
the
figure
If
less
than
carload
be
much
higher.
would
There a r e g o o d reasons w h y y o u s h o u l d , or d o , p l a c e
your
f a i t h in t h e n a t i o n ' s n u m b e r o n e g o l f t u r f f e r t i l i z e r . Y o u
have
worries e n o u g h a b o u t the w e a t h e r , the golfer, the bugs,
and
t h e d i s e a s e s . Y o u m u s t h a v e a f e r t i l i z e r t h a t is s a f e a n d
sure.
Nothing
is s a f e r
g r o w i n g playable
than
Milorganite,
go If turf.
and
nothing
is s u r e r
N o o t h e r f e r t i l i z e r is a s
as M i l o r g a n i t e in a v a i l a b l e p l a n t f o o d s , a n d n o t h i n g w i l l
any
longer
in p r o m o t i n g
Milorganite
we
could
add
remains
sturdy
the
t o it t h a t
mixtures,
same
would
because
make
there
it a n y
is
nothing
b e t t e r . I t is
ammonium
sulphate,
ammonium
urea, leather t a n k a g e , castor p o m a c e , a n d all f o u r
Unquestionably,
Milorganite
is
the
best
a n d dust-free
activated
i n its o r i g i n a l
nitrate,
sludge.
organite minded
glad you
grass will
did.
THE SEWERAGE COMMISSION
MILWAUKEE
if
*
golf course turf e x p e r t s . Y o u r
.
• .
1,
WISCONSIN
r
'; -
';
only
form.
So if y o u h a v e n ' t a l r e a d y d o n e so, j o i n t h e t h r o n g s o f
Have YOU a
Turf Problem?
W r i t e Turf
Service B u r e a u
as
out-
ureaforms.
It is h i g h e s t in n i t r o g e n , l o w e s t in i n e r t m a t t e r , a n d t h e
o n e t h a t is g r a n u l a r
last
growth.
s i m p l e a s t h a t . N a t i o n w i d e tests p r o v e M i l o r g a n i t e a l o n e
performs
in
complete
Milbe
T o m McEwen, Tampa Tribune sports
editor, says Mickey Wright is one of the
most intellectual of professional athletes
. . . McEwen also quotes Patty Berg:
"Mickey Wright will set more records
before she's through than any other woman golfer who ever lived." . . . La Wright,
in winning her fifth Sea Island Ladies
Open with a 212, four strokes ahead of
Ruth Jessen, shot a final round of 33-40-73
in a 30-mile gale and 40 degree temperature.
Improved,
self-propelled
POWERED TOP DRESSER
Save at least one-third on top dressing labor! One man, equipped with the Mete-RMatic powered top dressing machine, can
do the entire job alone, spreading top dressing materials evenly and quickly. No raking
or dragging. Non-clogging design permits
use of high moisture materials.
O n l y M e t e - R - M a t i c h a s these o r i g i n a l f e a t u r e s :
• A l l metal t r e a d m i l l .
• Metering g a t e f o r accurate volume control.
• Balloon tires.
• R e v o l v i n g s p r e a d e r brush.
• Positive c h a i n d r i v e .
• P o w e r e d traction a n d s p r e a d i n g .
• D u a l controls w i t h i n reach of operator.
Write
for
illustrated
Charles Curtis' Golfagraphs column in
Los Angeles Times carried a story on starting time systems at courses in Los Angeles
area . . . All weekend starting times at
L. A. city courses are reserved by telephone . . . County course reservations are
made seven days in advance . . . Pasadena's Brookside courses have permanent
weekend reservations for alternate weekends . . . Torry Pines, San Diego Saturday times are reserved the previous Monday.
Bob Frainey now pro at Thorny L e a
GC, Fall River, Mass, succeeding Bill
Shields who retired after 53 years . . .
(Continued on page 149)
brochure.
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and
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—
see
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Keep fairways weed-free—greens strong and healthy.
A versatile Myers sprayer gives you fast application —
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Special corrosion resistant finish. All Myers sprayer tanks
are double protected with " F i r e - C u r e d " Epoxy coating
-lasts years longer.
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ASHLAND, OHIO
KITCHENER, ONTARIO
GOLF CLUB HERALD
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LOS A N G E L E S C O U N T R Y CLUB
LOS A N G E L E S , CAL.
NAME.
CLUB.
ADDRESS.
ZONE.
.STATE
March
GOLFDOM
THE
BUSINESS
MAGAZINE
OF
1963
GOLF
N e w is b l e n d e d w i t h t h e o l d i n t h i s a r c h i t e c t ' s s k e t c h o f c l u b h o u s e a t W e l l e s l e y ( M a s s . ) C C .
Hemmed In, Wellesley Makes
Maximum Use of Its Acres
Acquisition of adjacent estate, development of tightlyknit site plan, enable Mass. club to retain old ties
By R I C H A R D G .
MANKEY
Scudieri & M a n k e y , Architects
Manchester, Conn.
T\>Tushrooming suburbia are a recognized
phenomena — deplored by some,
lauded by others, acknowledged by all.
Caught in a pattern of providing living
space for an expanded populace are many
old, well-established and active country
clubs. Located a few years ago in quiet
countryside, they are now hemmed in by
road networks, homes, stores, and all the
other suburban trappings. Almost gone is
the possibility of acquisition of adjacent
land of any appreciable area. Very frequently sky-rocketing land values put a
terrific pressure on the membership to
sell out and relocate farther out — possibly to repeat the process some 20 to 25
years hence.
Many well established clubs resist this
pressure because they value the ties with
the past represented in their existing
course and clubhouse. Some have a membership that doesn't want a change in location, and feels that the convenience of
a location close to the geographical center
of the membership has many decided advantages. For these clubs modernization
and expansion of their facilities become
necessary or desirable to provide fuller
services and thus maintain an established
position in the inevitable competition with
the newer clubs. At the same time, an addition to the membership base in financing
modernization and expansion becomes
very desirable if not essential.
Facilities Not The Best
For several years prior to 1960 the
Wellesley (Mass.) CC had in many respects been facing this problem. Established in 1910 approximately eleven miles
from the heart of downtown Boston, with
an existing building as a clubhouse and
with a 9-hole course, the Wellesley group
has over the years built up a tradition as
an extremely active social, golf and tennis
club. Within recent years the club has
been faced with the shortcomings of a 9hole course, an inadequate pro shop, rundown men's locker room facilities, no
women's locker room worthy of the name,
inadequate kitchen facilities, and no separate men's eating and lounge area.
Option Turned Down
In 1960, the club was offered an option
on a complete nearby estate with more
than adequate, although rocky, acreage
for an 18-hole course and an existing
estate house as a possible building nucleus. By close votes on two different occasions the membership decided in favor
of remaining at its present location. Tacit
acknowledgment was thereby given the
need for improvement of the old course
and clubhouse in the near future.
Working to this end after many previous refusals, Walter Spangler, chairman of
the club's development committee, was
able to convince the only major adjacent
land owner, a parochial vocationalagricultural secondary school, to sell some
49 abutting acres to the club.
With the existing course and new acreage to work with, Architect Geoffrey Cornish set about designing an 18-hole layout. Under the direction of Don Kelleher,
Wellesley's supt., four holes in the immediate vicinity of the clubhouse were relocated to allow for five new tennis courts,
approximately two to three times as much
parking area, and a proposed addition to
the building. With five of the existing
holes remaining, 13 new ones including
the four mentioned above, and with a
completely new green, tee, and fairway
automatic watering system installed, the
course emerged as a full blown championship course.
Many Additions Needed
In analyzing the physical setup at Wellesley, our firm sought to find ways to
add to the existing clubhouse to provide
a new pro shop, lounge, lockerroom, kitchen, etc. This was in an area that was seriously restricted by an existing public
road, swimming pools, social terraces and
tennis courts. Significant features of the
plans as built and in operation at this
writing are:
A. Development of a tightly knit site
plan stressing maximum usage of all
areas and close interrelation among social
terraces, golfers' terraces, circulation and
access walks, the first tee, the tennis
courts, the swimming pools, etc. Studied
D i a g r a m of clubhouse, recreation a n d p a r k i n g a r e a s
a t W e l l e s l e y . C o u r s e f a n s o u t t o t h e r i g h t of this
general area.
landscaping of the foregoing with proper
shrubbery, ground cover, small flowering
trees, etc.
B. A two-level clubhouse wing addition
made necessary by the extremely limited
land area and connected to the existing
clubhouse by a one-level lounge service
area — a one time integrated solution to
avoid the common piecemeal, moneywasting construction of many clubs.
C. In the two-level wing a modern, at—
grade level pro shop adjacent to the
newly relocated first tee. On the upper
level an expanded men's lockerroom over
the pro shop. This was to be up a half
flight from the main floor and have lockers designed to serve small groups with
high natural light and ventilation.
D. A complete separation of the service and social activities of the club in a
major reassessment of these functions. Instead of the previous intermingling of the
two, a new isolated direct service access
through the existing building basement
and by dumbwaiter up to a centrally located kitchen area.
E. Concentration of all food preparation
in one centrally located kitchen to service formal and informal dining areas in
any one of three directions, and avoided
duplication of expensive kitchen equipment.
(Continued on page 164)
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