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1931 January
Volume #5, No. 1                  
1931 February
Volume #5, No. 2
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0 Cover: [The Valley Club at Montecito, Calif.: A Showplace of the Santa Barbara District]
9 USGA Chief Suggests New Year Policy to Club Department Heads
9 1930 Golf Leaves 3-Point Legacy to 1931
13 Transplanting Big Trees a Job for Experts
16 Golf Club Organizer's Manual New Help to Game's Growth
16 Revision of Women's Par Calls for New Scorecards
16 Put 'Em Back or Pay, Ends Divot Evil
21 Make Figures Tell True Tale of Your Pro Business
22 Green Section to Exhibit at U.S.G.A. Meet, January 10
23 Greens-Show Theme will be "High Standards, Less Cost"
24 East Works Most Beneath the Summer Sun - But Coast Greens Work is Never Done
28 Club Finance Fundamentals can't be Dodged!
36 Dry Law Brings Kid's Ruin and Red Figures to Golf
45 Chaplain Lauds His Pros - Suggests Amateur Counsel
46 Toro Shipments at New High
47 Coast Greens-Man Asks "Shall We Cost-Keep or Greens-Keep?"
48 Nelson Publishes Free Lawn-Making Booklet
49 Greenkeepers' Short Course and Conference at Penn State
50 Talkies on Tour to Give Professionals Selling Tips
50 Makes Clubs' "Acquaintance Offer" on Seaside Bent
51 Managers Plan Convention to Wrestle with Problems
51 [Keep Your Greenkeeper the Year Around]
52 Standard Employment Forms Would Aid Clubs, Workers
56 Synthetic Nitrogen Notes Fertilizer Developments
57 Classified Ads
60 Table of Contents
60 Index to Advertisers
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0 Cover: [Eighth Hole, Hershey C. C., Hershey, Pa.]
6 Table of Contents
29 Budgeteers Awaken to Need for Adequate Greens Funds
31 Machine Cost Cutting Salvation of Budget
32 How Four Leading Greenkeepers Organize Their Upkeep Routine
32 -Carefully Schedules in Advance the Work to be Done and then Sees that His Men Follow the Schedule Closely
32 -Allots an Equal Portion of the Grounds to Each Man and Thus Makes Each Man a Complete Greenkeeper
33 -Divides Up His Staff into Crews with Specific Tasks for Each, While a Roving Foreman Supervises Their Activities
33 -Obtains Cooperation of Men by Always Explaining in Detail the "Whys" and "Wherefores" of Each Job
35 Managers' Convention in Pittsburgh, Feb. 24, 25
35 "Come to Columbus" is Greenkeepers' Invitation
36 Pros Guard Against Avalanche of Junk Sticks
41 Green Section Seeks Out-of-Print "Bulletins"
41 Bezek Again Heads Mid-West Greenkeepers Body
42 Smart Pros Should Give Gate to Hip-Pocket Bookkeeping!
44 Rutgers Turf Short Course has Fine Program
44 Louisville Park Board Tells of $1,500,000 Investment
46 Locker Men Need Brains as Well as Hands and Feet
49 St. Clair, Thru Side-Hill Site, gets Clubhouse with Lots of Light
51 Rush Act Ruins Chef's Efforts
51 Card Sells Club Members on Wait for Meals
52 Salad Profit and Popularity Feature of Expert Menu
54 This Club Fosters Good-Will Through 30-Year Tradition
54 U. of Wisconsin Announces Its Greenkeepers Course, Feb. 9-13
55 Rochelle's Watering System Laid Out with Eye to Future Expansion
58 Florida Finds Reclaiming Deserted Courses Pays
59 Greens Miracle Men Rarely Praised for Part They Play
62 Bag Bargain Sale to Open Pro's Season
66 Greensmen-M. A. C.-Golfdom Join in Upkeep Percentage Study
70 U. S. Rubber has New Edition "Pros, Players and Profits"
72 Conditioning New Course is Case of Local Study
74 New Blue-Book is Keystone of Sports Library
75 Augusta Boasts Ogilvie's Shop is World's Finest
80 Pro's Free Class for Children Repaid by Parents' Business
84 Summer at Sea Island is Busy Time of Year
86 Form Association to Stabilize Miniature Golf
87 Michigan Holds Greens Short Course, Feb. 16-19
88 N.A.G.A. Meeting Gives Wise Boys Head Start on Season
98 How to Protect Pruned Trees from Infection
100 Announce New Compost Mixer and Spreader
101 Some Hints on Maintaining Traps and Rough
108 Ants and Weeds as Next Greens Research Topics
113 Coast Greenkeeper Invents Bermuda Conditioner
114 U.S.G.A. Clarifies Rules at 1931 Meeting
115 Ideal Establishes Six New Sales and Service Stations
116 How Edgewood Eradicated Plantain and Dandelions
117 Nelson Offers System Design Service with "Robin" Sprinklers
119 Ideal has New Power Putting Green Mower
120 Classified Ads
124 Advertisers' Index
   
   
   
1931 March
Volume #5, No. 3
1931 April
Volume #5, No. 4
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0 Cover: [Seventeenth Hole at Gulf Hills, Ocean Springs, Miss.]
6 Table of Contents
27 U. S. G. A. and P. G. A. Go into the Business Together
28 New Catalogs Vital Aids to Good Greenkeeping
29 Pros to Hold Business Confab June 26-27 at Columbus, O.
30 Record Buying at Columbus Starts Greenkeepers' Year
33 [The False-Alarm Pro]
34 How and Why of Water's Effect on Golf Course Grasses
37 George O'Neil New Sports Head at French Lick
38 There's No Sand in Gear-Box of Sandy Leith's Smooth Merchandising
41 Clubhouse Section
42 -Sunset Ridge's New Clubhouse is Lot for Little Outlay
44 -Ridgemoor's Free Sandwiches Boost Club's Bar Receipts
46 -Shower Room Requires Constant Care 
48 -Adequate Sewage Disposal Plant Essential for Clubhouses
56 -"Another Tank would have Done the Job"
58 -Careful Coffee and Tea Making Always Demanded by Members
60 -Ten Pointers for New Club Organizers
60 -Managers, Pros, Greensmen in Harmony Plan
60 -Two Year Guarantee on Roto Washer
61 Why be Ritzy When It's Not Fashionable?
68 Ideal has New Rough Mower and Improved 7-Blade Fairway Mower
68 Practice Green Marker is New Convenience
74 Arrays Authorities in Presenting Virtues of Mineral Fertilizer
86 Set of Books No Stymie to Pro with Brains and Ambition
92 Lewis Washer Adds Tee Data Plate
94 Dealers' Meeting Shows Pros' Merit as Golf Merchant
96 Yardage Markers in Sets Now on Market
98 Ohio Club Finds Elaborate Caddie Welfare Program Pays
100 Clubs at Cost is Pro Service After Clubhouse Fire
103 Putting Cup Placement Calls for More Study
106 Maintenance of Water Hazards; Natural and Artificial
117 Reduced Prices on Hofmann Fertilizer Distributor
117 Amherst Conference and Exhibit
118 Caskey Gives Further Details of Rochelle's Watering System
121 Reconditioner Now Part of Peerless Sharpener
122 Greenkeeper, "Golf's Key Man," Hears from General Manager
124 Set Pros-Players-Profits Itinerary Dates
124 Book Reviews
126 Young Pro Shows Sales Value of Personally Fitted Clubs
130 Tree Injury from 1930 Drought Calls for Treatment Now
136 How Books Should be Set Up to Show True Greens Cost
141 Schavolite Plans Bring Drive on New Clubs
142 Wide Awake Assistant Big Aid to Busy Pro
146 Classified Ads
148 Advertisers' Index
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0 Cover: [Seventh Hole of the McGregor Golf Club]
6 Table of Contents
23 Course Superintendents Lead in Modernizing Golf Glossary
24 Dealers' Golf Week Scheduled for May 4 to 11
25 What Fertilizer Study is Doing to Improve Course Standards
27 U. S. G. A. Rules on Sand-Wedge Types
28 Winter School Alliance of Science and Practice Pushing Advance of Maintenance Methods
28 -Initial Michigan Course Draws Eighty Students
28 -Wisconsin Course Emphasizes Greens Maintenance
29 -Fine Varied Program Given at Penn State
29 -Massachusetts Conference has Attendance of 200
30 Treating Decay is Job that Calls for Tree Surgeons' Highest Talent and Carefulness
37 Cite Harlow's Pro Management as Example for Britons
38 "One for All; All for One," Theme as Department Heads Meet
42 Some Details California is Learning About Watering
48 P. G. A.-Jones Instruction Pictures are Showing
48 Farber Heads New Greens Group of Carolinas
50 Pro Shop and Its Service Rate the Club
52 Milwaukee Pros Show Smart Selling Showmanship
57 Plain Price Marking is Timely Selling Hunch for Pros
58 Jersey Greenkeeper Hailed as Emissary by Britons
60 P. G. A. to Conduct First Business Conference; Columbus, June 22-23
62 Columbus to have Big Golf Party Ryder Cup Week
64 Managers in Annual Confab Push Battle for Sound Economies
75 Clubhouse Section
76 -Get Staff Working "With" Rather than "For" You, Keller's Tip
84 -How Electrifying Club Kitchens Lowers Cost of Course Pumping
88 -Ham and How to Serve It to Please Members' Palates
94 -A Real Banquet Stunt
98 How and Why of Water's Effect on Golf Course Grasses
104 Staude Presents Safety-First Cab for Course Work
104 E-Z-T is New Aid for Practice and Tuition
104 Shaler Opens Chicago Office with Roberts
106 Woodmont Bent Raking Tool Ends Green Misery
108 P. G. A. Calls Halt on Playboys Getting Men in Wrong
110 Bird Fertilizer Factory Makes Interesting Story
110 U.S. Rubber Makes Pro-Boost Its National Ad Theme
110 Barrett Tells of Arcadian Nitrate of Soda
112 Changed Buying Habits Emphasize Pro Service Values
114 Burroughs has New Cash Machine for Fee Courses
114 Vets Prepare for Annual Buddy Poppy Sale
114 Illuminated Cup for Night Play
116 Accounting Banishes Dark Age of Profitless Pro Business
119 Two New Clubs in Beckley-Ralston Line
120 Movie Instruction Holds Hope of Big Profit
122 Price Protection not a Misery of Pros Alone
123 Free Tee Deals Near End of Ill-Fated History
129 Ideal Issues New Mower and Supply Catalog
130 Keller Public Course Operation Model of Big-Play Maintenance
133 Kroydon Announces Midwest Sales Lineup
134 Solid Bronze "Tee Mark" Offered by Arcus
134 Manure-Peat Moss Mixture from Atkins & Durbrow
134 Reade Continues Greensmen's War on Worms
134 Porter Presents 1931 Supply Catalog
136 Classified Ads
140 Advertisers' Index
   
   
   
1931 May
Volume #5, No. 5
1931 June
Volume #5, No. 6
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0 Cover: [10th Green, Scioto C. C., Ryder Cup Matches June 26-27 1931]
6 Table of Contents
21 What Big Business Says to Clubs About Organization
22 [The Golf Club "Tree"]
25 Enduring Course Design is Hallmark of Good Architect
29 Staff Education in California Major Job of Local Greensmen
31 Study Use of Course Workmen Displaced by Machinery
31 Save Hose by Telling Late Players to Use Valves
32 Big Turnout Expected at P. G. A. Columbus Business Conference
37 Pacific Northwest P. G. A. Polices Business
37 East-Western Vet Pro Tourney Ryder Cup Week Feature
37 Worthington Opens New Branch in St. Louis, MO
38 How Mercury, Lead Arsenate Control Nitrification
40 Illinois Pros Entertain Club Officials at Meeting
41 Chicago Managers and Officers Hear Their Problems Discussed
44 Public Course Clubhouse Design Demands Foresighted Study
46 Willie Hunter Makes Gold Mine of Fee-Course Post
52 Daily Fee Course has Novel Ad Folder
52 Pros and Makers to have Mutual Defense Meeting
61 Ray Hall Fills Double Job as Manager-Pro
66 Kid Auditor Makes Goss Admit Keeping Books Pays Pro
72 Kenwood Club Segregates Golf from Real Estate Activities
80 Club's Three Salaried Officers Should Become Matched Set Team: Professional - Manager - Greenkeeper
86 Birds, Big Greens Aid, Deserve Fullest Club Protection
89 Pro Instruction Gets Brisbane Boost
90 Shop Policies I have Found Pay Out
91 May Switch on Date for Chicago $10,000 Open
91 If $200 is Dough to You, Listen to Lowell
92 Club Membership Situation Makes Good Pro a Prize for Clubs
97 L. A. Young Chicago Office Moves to Larger Quarters
97 Daily and Monthly Forms Make Pro Accounting Easy
98 Southern Course Building, too, Needs Right Man on Job Early
101 Volunteer Member Labor Cuts Costs at Lakefield
102 Rhode Island Greenkeepers' Day, May 25 at Kingston
103 Golf Tourney to Feature Legion Convention
104 Sales Value of Greens Boss' Title is Lively Debate Subject
108 "Greenkeeper" O. K., Says Mac
112 What Years have Taught Me About Practical Maintenance
120 Fertilizer Barrels Adjacent to Greens Saves Money
122 Responsibilities of Correct Club Management
126 Check Up Your Menu
130 Side-Lines Plus Watchfulness are Gund's Two Feeding Tips
132 Home Talent Night will Pep Up Bored Members
134 P. G. A. Tourney Chief Sees Big International Money Ahead
136 Mid-West Greensmen Hold First Outdoor Meeting
137 Bridge Sets Suggested as Club Prizes
137 M. A. Supper Heads New Ideal Distributor
138 Wallpaper is Low-Cost Medium for Effective House Decorating
140 Makes Special Auto-Scale for Club Matching
140 Johnson Motor Offers Motor Scythe
145 Classified Ads
148 Advertisers' Index
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0 Cover: [Clubhouse and Ninth Green, Miami Valley Golf Club]
4 Table of Contents
23 Early Signs Point to 1931 as Golf's Biggest Season
25 P. G. A. Championship Sept. 14-19 at Providence, R. I.
26 U.S.G.A. Enlists Greenkeepers as Advisory Board Members
27 1931 Golfer's Year Book Now Available
28 California Boasts of Machine Use in Maintenance Betterment
30 New Jersey Plans Turf Field Day June 15
30 Cleveland Pros Start Season with Dinner for Officials
32 Newspaper Neglect of Golf News Contrasts with Golf Ads
36 Neighbors have Guest Days
41 Harbert's Policy, "I've got It, or I'll get It Quick" Makes Pro-Shop Buying a Habit
48 Pros and Assistants Plan P. G. A. Business Conference, June 23-24
50 Women's Golf Classes Stir Up Club Interest and Sales
52 Lew Makes Sales with Matches
52 Get Fire Risk Checked
54 Lesson Broadcast is Booster for Club and Pro Business
58 Personal Survey of Pro Field Shows Vast Advance
60 Movie Teaching Helps American Game, Says Henry Cotton
62 P. G. A. Fire and Theft Insurance Big Savings
64 Wagner Boys Fill Their Fee-Course Through Smart Promotion Work
69 Hadden System Cares for Greens Watering
70 Who's Liable When Accidents Happen at Golf Clubs?
77 Pros Today Must Protect Players, Manufacturers and Themselves
80 Looking Ahead on Drainage, Sod and Weeds Pays
82 Equipment and Supplies Small in Maintenance Budget
85 Asks Pros to Report Phoney Ball Claims for Action
85 Stable Manure Not Always too Weedy to Use
87 Book Busy Schedule for American Pros Guests
88 "'Zat So? I Manage Different and It Works"; Tom to Louie
93 General Manager Plan doesn't Mean Serfdom
94 Expert Advice, Modern Machinery, Saves Fortunes for Clubs
97 Toncan Adds to List of Drain Tile Plants
98 Rhode Island Greenkeepers have Largest Field Day
98 Latest Edition of Fraser's Contains New Features
99 Forms for Standard Country Club Accounting Ready Shortly
101 Veteran Greenkeeper Urges Combination Golf Exhibit
103 Pros Make Golf Market, Manufacturers Learn
106 [Classified Ads]
108 Advertisers' Index
   
   
   
1931 July
Volume #5, No. 7
1931 August
Volume #5, No. 8
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0 Cover: [Ninth Green and Clubhouse, Portland (Ore.) Golf Club, Western Amateur, July 13-18 1931]
4 Table of Contents
17 National Course Labor Figures Furnish Helpful Standards
20 Southern California Testing New Handicap System
21 Lancaster Swimming Pool has Big Part in Club Well-Being
22 Movie Night Good Stunt on Entertainment Schedule
23 New Insurance Plan Makes Club Cash-Raising Almost Painless
24 [New Ninth Green at East Palestine Country Club, Ohio]
25 Columbus Meet Cements Makers and Pros in Common Aim
26 Course Income Squares Tax Loss, Mayor Notes
26 Two New Books Discuss Jones' History, Swing
26 Medic Finds Club Grips can Transport Skin Itch
27 Pros Present Their Platform for Working with Manufacturers
32 "You have to Tell 'Em to Sell 'Em", Says Collins, Merchant Pro
38 Members Reward Pro Vet with Automobile
42 How Arcadia Builds Sand Greens that Satisfy Member Demands
48 "Know Your Trade" - Mac Smith to Younger Pros
50 Pro Market Brighter and Bigger When Pros Study Their Sales
57 Match Events Help Fee Course Increase Play
58 Rackets Invade Golf Field, Buyers Warned
60 Cheese Dishes Popular During Hot Weather Months at Clubs
62 Divot Replacing, Poa annua Greens, Interest Rees in Scotland
66 Uneven Pre-Seeding Fertilization is Hidden Cause of Trouble
70 Machine Savings Absorbed by Golf's New Demands
75 Green Section Announces Heavy Meeting Schedule
76 "Give Due Credit," Greensman Counsels G. M. Aspirants
78 Where do Canned Goods Fit in Country Club Cooking?
80 Shop Hanger Tells Schavolite Merit
81 Canopy Tee Bench at Low Price
82 [Classified Ads]
82 Why Topdress Greens?
84 Advertisers' Index
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0 Cover: [12th Green, Beverly C. C., Chicago]
4 Table of Contents
19 Skimpy Seeding Practice Robs Till, Turf and Time
22 "Offer All Services and Succeed": Pressler's Secret for Building Shop Volume
25 Course Cost Research Shows Value of Complete Records
27 Wheeling Golf Workers Organize Association
28 Big Attendance Expected for Mid-West Greens Meeting
29 Olympia Fields Gives Members Benefit of Reduced Food Costs
31 Michigan Club Adopts Sound Tipping Policy
31 "Clean Up" Campaigns Suggested to Clubs
31 Tea Room Feature of New Fee Course
32 Pro Business Practices that Whip Competition
40 Crime Wave Continues; Make Fixture of J. Walker Event
45 Watch Your Stock, Says Pro Store Man
45 G. F. Underhill, Star Reddy Tea Salesman, Dies
46 "More than a Golf Club" Means Many Plant Problems
50 Limited Term Club Protests Federal Tax Payment
52 Pro Service Reveals Value When Club House Burns
54 Glissman Solves Farm Relief Problem with Fee Course
60 Fall Fertilizing Gives Turf Spring Health It Needs
62 Ideal Power Greens Mower has Brush Attachment
64 Jersey Turf Day Success Result of Practical Program
70 Sanitation of Kitchen Equipment is Easy, but Essential
76 Making Movies for Instruction is Simple Operation
77 Gay Golf Scenes on Paper Table Cover
78 Price Gyps are Punch-Drunk; Now for Pro-Maker K.O.
80 Spalding Speedy with 1931 Golf Guide
81 Bonnie Briar Puts Over Dances by Appeal to Members' Wives
82 [Classified Ads]
84 Advertisers' Index
   
   
   
1931 September
Volume #5, No. 9
1931 October
Volume #5, No. 10
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0 Cover: [12th Hole, C. C. of Buffalo, N. Y.]
6 Table of Contents
17 Season's Turf Troubles Plumb Depths of Woe 
18 L. A. Young Plays Milk-Wagon Stymie into Hospital
19 Brown-Patch, Worms, Scald and Pythium Fight Greensmen
21 Kid Lessons Give Publicity Boots to Alert Pros
22 Ask for State U Help in Illinois Maintenance
23 Manager's Present Code of Ethics Anchor of Able Men
24 Associations Name Liaison Officers
24 [Good Business, Good Returns]
25 Budget Studies Reveal Need of Foresight in Spending 
27 Fine Par Three Holes Make Lighted Course Draw
29 Figures Show Big Field for Golf Competitive Events
29 U. S. G. A. Pushes Play by Rules with New Book
32 Bag Inventories, Show-Windows and Prices Make Big Sales 
38 Tie-Up with Local Merchants Puts Pro in Apparel Business
40 Greenkeeper as Poet Tells of Perfect Day Dream
40 Vulcan Pro Shop Hanger Takes Member's Tip
42 Trick Offer Tempts Pros in Ball Retail Price Cut
44 Sales Policies
46 Fee and Public Course Growth Brings Calls for Information
50 Fall Work Call for Planning to Prevent Costly Meddling 
54 American Mowing Method Costs Less than Coolie Labor
56 Building Pointers that Better Bermuda Grass Greens
58 Suggests National Handicap Tournament
59 Philpot is Hagen Line New Sales Manager
60 Billy Tier Tells Ten Laws of Club Management
62 Columbian Greens Perforator is New Invention
66 Classified Ads
68 Advertisers' Index
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0 Cover: [Kildeer Country Club, 36th Hole, Chicago]
4 Table of Contents 
9 Clues to Turf Miseries of 1931 Make Greensmen Deep Thinkers
12 Manufacturers Report on Golf Goods Credit Standings
12 New Jersey Fall Field Day Scheduled for October 5
13 Pro Vet Says Season's Lesson was to Put Steam into Sales
14 New Jersey Greens Course, Feb. 22-26, 1932
15 Clubhouses Weathered Stormy Year by Letting Managers Manage
17 Green Section Meetings have Record Attendance
18 "Easy on High-Power Nitrogen" is Southern Winter Warning
20 Chicago Managers Beat Detroit in Annual Tourney
20 New York has Team Event that's Worth Copying
21 Big Clubs Point Way to Cost Cut by Varied Membership Classes
23 American Golf Guide Returns to Reference Shelf
24 Native Sons Whip Skimpy Budgets with Smart Use of Machinery
28 Pro Collects Damages for Contract Violation
30 Season of Trials Forerunner of Pros' Biggest Sales Triumph
37 Leading Women Players Testify to Value of Pro Service
38 Free Tees
38 Collins, Kansas City Pro, Features Bargains in His Ad
40 All is Not Gold that Glitters in Chicago Fee Course Field
40 Sometimes We Think Frank may be too Frank
41 J. Walter Spalding, Co-Found of Company, Dies, Age 75
42 The Perfect Green-Chairman Would be Like This
44 "Putting Green," New Scott Book, Greenkeeping Aid
45 Variation in Maintenance Cost Shows Character of Club
46 North British Ball Appoints Central States Agent
46 Leacoy, Ga., Professional has Trick Idea for Putting
48 When Members Howl at Price Tell Them "Two Egg" Tale
50 True-Temper Compensator Shaft Arrives
51 Suggests Unemployed be Used Building Muni Courses
53 Basic Factors to be Followed When Constructing Course
56 Real Experting is Thrifty Idea for Beginning Courses
58 Tells of Drainage Aid
58 Tennis Court Weed Extermination
58 L. W. Crandall, Burke Chief, Dies at Newark, O.
59 Prices on R. H. Wheels and Spuds Radically Reduced
59 New U.S. Club Cleaning Machine
60 Brutal Season Emphasizes Care in Grass Selection
63 Beckley-Ralston Now Selling Golf Goods Only
64 To Qualify for Caliento Open in Los Angeles
65 Greenkeepers Board to Hold Boston Meet, Nov. 16-17
65 Some Don'ts for Clubhouse Employes [Employees]
65 Golf Adds Circulation and Ads to Utah Papers
65 M. C. Johnson Appointed New Cleveland Toro Distributor
67 Jobs
68 Advertisers' Index
   
   
   
1931 November
Volume #5, No. 11
1931 December
Volume #5, No. 12
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0 Cover: [Maketewah Country Club, Cincinnati, Ohio]
5 Pro Training Schools Planned as Aid to P .G .A. Men
6 New Ball Specifications Avoid Dump of Old Stock
6 Pro Shop Bulletins Tell Club News
7 Construction Finishing Touches Save at New Course
8 It's Wise to Make Course a Winter Haven for Birds
8 Women's Play Cuts Per Capita Cost of Golf
9 Transform Idle Rubbish-Room into Lounging Room De Luxe
11 Cash Payment Returning to Good Grace at Clubs
11 Golf's 1931 Season Advance is Contrast with Baseball
11 Dividends May Replace Dues at This Pennsylvania Club
12 Greens Grief Shows Need of Revision in Architecture
15 Michiganders Put Pep in Annual Greens Meeting
16 Concerted Promotion Needed to Better Field for Sales and Play
17 Michigan State Tells of December Short Course
17 Philadelphia District Holds Course Demonstration and Meeting
18 Overhead Costs of Equipment Gum Up Budget Accuracy
19 Greens Force has Its Own Tournament
19 Whit Goit at Chicago for Toro
20 Self-Financing Improvements to get Non-Golfing Members
22 Greenkeepers, Pros, Managers in Joint Meeting Nov. 16
22 Golf is Busy, Paying Business at Public Parks
23 Knox Points Out Value of Greens Knowledge to Young Pros
24 Illinois Pros Busy in Relief Fund Play
24 Rental Idea Makes Good for Bright Lads
25 P. G. A. Annual Session has Weighty Matters to Handle
26 Golf Work Gives Jobs to Unemployed
26 Melbourne, Fla., Invites Pro Winter Residence
28 Music Colony Golfers get Model Home for $15,000
31 Market Analysis, Smart Buying, Makes Pro's Season Profitable
32 Jones' Retirement Puts Pros Back into Big Show
37 Colleges Waken to Golf's Value; Many School Links Probable
43 Group Lesson Idea Used to Interest Men
44 Pro's Push Makes Small Town Fee Course Grow in Profit
45 Member Care that Helps Course Superintendents
48 Easy Bookkeeping System Tells Pro How Shop Stands Daily
52 Try Name Contest to Publicize New Fee Course
53 Traylor for Pres. Dept.
54 How Current Financial Status Affects Clubhouse Building
57 N. J. Fall Turf Meet Attended by 200
60 Pittsburgh District Clubs Weather Tough Year
63 Bell is Toro New Man in K. C.
63 Worthington Appoints Distributor for Southern California
64 Caterpillar in Stationary Engines
64 New England Toro in New Home
65 Jobs
68 Table of Contents
68 Index to Advertisers
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0 Cover: [7th Hole, Seminole G. C., Palm Beach, Florida]
5 Pro Body Decides to Tell Players the Pro's Story
8 True Temper Sponsors $5,000 Open at New Orleans
9 Small Town Club Prides Self on Good Golf at Low Cost
11 Massachusetts Short Course Runs January 4 to March 14
11 Public Play Over Private Links for Richmond Charity Fund
12 How Wide Should a Green be? This Diagram Tells You
13 Argentine Golf Interest Brings New Magazine
14 Coast Winter Tournaments Make Greensmen Work Overtime
17 Experts' Talks to Draw Many to Greenkeepers' Convention
18 Russellville Members Proud of Their $16,000 Clubhouse
21 Golf Course Trees Respond Fast to Feeding Program
23 English Heads Connecticut Club Managers
23 Night Golf Events Go Big at Oregon Club
24 Women's Committee Activities Big Factor in Live Clubs
27 Pro Merchandising in 1932 Demands Early Planning
30 Lewis Named Secretary by Club Managers
32 Pro Duties are Outlined by Boys Who have Made Good
38 U.S.G.A. Protects Greens Section Despite Income Cut
40 Fire Sweeps McCullough's Cincinnati Headquarters
41 Greenkeepers Executive Committee Discusses Show Plans
41 Use Cigarettes to Explain Change in Ball Weight
42 Mailman is Our Pal
42 -Manager Who Manages Says O.K.
42 -Sargent's Idea Makes Pro Money
42 -Help to Working Officials
42 -Every Ad in Live Spot
44 Club Department Heads Iron Out Problems at Boston
45 Traylor for Pres. Dept.
46 Little Child Shall Lead Them to Know Golf Rules
46 [Crescent Athletic Club's New Layout, Huntington, L. I.]
48 [Meridian Hills C. C. (Indianapolis Distr.)]
48 Tulsa Club Stages Tourney to Aid Local Charity
49 Novel Dance Announcements Pay Big
50 Handling Pro Job Right is No Simple Task
51 Meals by Reservation Only at This Coast Club
52 My 1931 Conditioning Program Dodged Brown-Patch
54 Courts Rule Fencing Big Help to Clubs in Damage Suits
56 Agua Caliente Widens Tournament Prize Money List
57 Tomorrow's Turf Culture Calls on Science
58 Government Tells of Golf's Grass Seed Buying
60 Expansion Program for Toro
60 Bailey Joins Davis Staff
61 Dealers Pick Flaws in Club Buying Policies
63 Hallelujah! Another Soul Saved from Cut-Price Hell
63 Electric Equipment Makers Hosts to Chicago Managers
65 Jobs
68 Table of Contents
68 Index to Advertisers