The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-16

- rMs salnu,n coIcnn is directed to the gofng interests in and
be called a direct challenge to those concerned to take Ike ad fS1 snfne o
DEVELOPMENTS which could bring a fine n mathe sjaus't the ns Information "n
Wed like persons WHO IRE interested ted to fori T faatsi II A"S''
First the city .s at Ausu nfn a a s s1o 600 purse purse added to the fame that
s n. WITH rT, o! in inc in the Masters tournament. According to Clifford
Roberts chai man OF the Masters tournament na tr eomm f"nds ee no SSere
by the revenue. Augusta is a city of about 10000 people according
Greensboro and Charlotte also toss up ten grand "a year an
as a res" it, the sm t1a aftGs. pr sr st sesso"' '"""Fn " '' '"' ''
Kirk Boehm professional at the Cape Fear Country Club. de
f nsnasre Ell Ed olive. and the rest of the stars to Wilmington. He said
there T nas e e a asns' i .f ii At lot Of f" istt hsss AN and maybe the crop here
this year wouldn't stand it: o We , at Gnst n"d d ao ,ma IN absut
lights. in N al. out effort 10 e Wilmington d "e'' A''"
A e@u 70 Gssrss Co:roran. head of the carohna Professional Coll
Association. who IS Row in Greensboro laying plans for the coming
tourney ,Asrs 29ovsd that Wilmington was far behind other cities
co0ceraa. brother to Fred. who knows the pulse Of the ma
sa+<<~<sass >55s g. a si , Nbsn' mush " Smaller a p% than % WHINING llh a
IN $500 s1s@s>s' men a@11 IKE II "a Dudley I'd "s and Skip Alexander to the
80 The chnshes 70 1 ;. deal als is that t the 4nms t" o4 ramSan mace n. C.
oasan AyoosA chairman q the PA tournament committee III
~ -sSsns1on \ G. s 5o12 81 s~ 49, s p nN a 1otn n rH1a y d nq 5his
A,cocR aAe topped rs off 10 some new that might interest
who has been blasting holes in Sammy sneads game during a
is ssskins some ezhibiaon showinss in Tar Heel cities.
action Ayaock tod Us. ana il wilmington is after golf attrac
Splitting the financial difference, we asked Aycock what kind
of golfers would pause in "ilmington for a purse of just $1,000.
He declared Harry Todd. of Dallas, and Clay Haeffner, from
Charlotte. WIZ is tied fer first place in the jacksonville. Fla.
tournament. might be attracted for half of ten grand.
Timing is important" Aycock pointed out over the wires. Aft
er the Masters in early April, there's nothing doing until May $ ii
Wilmington want to get in IN anything, late next month is the
time. incidentally. we've wondered Why Wilmington hasn't tied
to stage more goHing attractions in the past
This writer is not employed by the PEA, and does not even
know Ayc0ck. We have n O to grind other than waning to
see Tor sports in Wilmington.
If Wilmington, with a population of so 900 and two fine golf
courses, doesn't care to promote an annual golf tournament, that
might in a few years put the city OF the touring map of the profes-
SIGNALS, then that's that.
But, if there is a n element here that wants golf. and
less talk about more golf, now is the time. Not next year. That
phrase has killed more progressive ideas than any other.
It'll never get any sooner, and it's getting later every day. The
facts are thai some organization in Wilmington can sponsor a major
golf classic, that will pay IF it wants to.