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JOURNAL TURF MANAGEMENT: JUNE.
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Amateur 5 P.M. on July 2. And juniors, like Competition in the Amateur is reo other golfers, are warned this year that the new address of the association is 40 .stricted to members of USGA member clubs, the only tournament for male East 38th St., New York 16. Entries must be. filed on USGA forms golfers run by this association to which that applies. The tournament this season an~. accompanied by the fee of $2. The sectional rounds for the juniors, will be held at Saucon .Valley Country s~heduled for July 17 with a few excep. Club, Bethlehem, Pa. It will be an all. tions,. are at 18 holes, and the tourna. match play event, September 10.15. Entries must be received at the USGA ment. proper will be held at the Uni. versity of Illinois golf course in Cham. offices by 5 P.M. on August 13, accom. paign, Ill., July 25.28, with all rounds panied by the fee of $7. Sectional quali. at 18 holes match play. A field of 128 fying rounds at 36 holes will be con. will take part in the Championship ducted August 28, with one exception. Women's and Girls' Events proper. The Women's Amateur Championship Rooms and meals will be available at reasonable rates at. the University. of will be held at the Town and Country Illinois. The USGA." Junior Champion. Club, St. Paul, Minn., August 20.25 and ship Committee will be there to. supervise the Girls' Junior Championship will be played August 13-17 at the Onwentsia the boys. Competition in this event is open only Club, Lake Forest, Ill. There is no secto boys who will not reach their 18th tional qualifying for either. Entrants birthday before midnight on the day of must be members of USGA member the final, July 28. clubs.
THE CONDUCT OF WOMEN'S GOLF
There is a little booklet issued by the United States Golf Association called THE CONDUCT WOMEN'SGOLF OF It .. could very well be called "The Woman Golfer's Friend," for it is actually" a manual of tournament conduct for women. This 15.page booklet has just been brought up to date by the Women's Committee of the USGA, the first change made in it since 1949. This manual can be of help to individual golfers, but is primarily useful to tournament or handicap chairmen of clubs and state, district or sectional as. sociations. -One woman member of a state as. sociation who called at the USGA office for copies said she found it very helpful as a guide to standardizing women's pars on member courses. All clubs wishing to belong to their association had to submit for approval their course cards for women. Often a club would list a 380- .or 390-yard hole as a par 5. By using the directions in the manual for computing women's par and the handicap. stroke list for the 18 holes, they had
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been able to establish a fair basis for handicaps. \ One woman came into the office very puzzled. She had been put in charge of handicapping for her club.. The position .was new to her and she was trying to ...