Evening star., 1962-01-14
Go|fing Boom
Forces Split in
State Journeys
BY JOHN SEGRAVES
Star Staff Writer

otdI Oldll WIlleE
Joe Dey, who should know
says golf began booming in thu
mid '20S and hasn't stopped
And no member of the Mary,
land State Golf Association will
deny it. In fact, they nigh
want to substitute a stronger
verb.
Dey, the distinguished forme,
Presbyterian lay minister Wht
is now preaching golf gospel a.
executive director of the Unitec
States Golf Association, was thu
featured speaker the other eve.
ming at the annual MSGA meet
ing at Woodholme Country
Club in Pikesville.
He told club representative,
how the ancient game movec
to the forefront in this countr,
after a meager beginning anc
how it caught on with sucf
fervor that last year 9,481 com.
petitors turned out for the
eight JSGA-governed tourna,
mentS.
Dates Month Apart
This was striking parable
to the biggest news to come out
Of the meeting. Ralph Bogart
outgoing president from Chevy
Chase Club, announced that be.
cause of the huge fields in past
years and even a bigger one ir
prospect this summer, the
Maryland Open championship
and its usual predecessor, the
Maryland scratch-pro amateur
will be split. They will be
played at different clubs almost
a month apart.
The scratch pro-am for many
years has been played the day
before the State Open over the
same course.
Thus, Woodmont, Country
Club will hold the open JULY
9-l0 and Hagerstown's Fountain
Head Country Club, which hac
requested one of the MSGA
Journeys, gets the scratch pro-
am August 6. The open remains
a 36-hole tourney and the pro-
am 18.
I'VE just couldn't continue tc
operate with a congested course
and players finishing in near
darkness" Bogart said before
h a n ding over the reins tc
Emanuel NANNY Dietz o1
Woodholme, who succeeded him
as president.
Five Journeys in Area
Washington area clubs were
selected for five of the Is tour
naments on the 1862 schedule
Other than the State team
championships, which as usua,
will be spread over various
courses, Chevy Chase
tentatively at least, will play
host to the Patterson compe-
tition; Manor gets the Senior
championship; Columbia the
tWo-man team event; Argyle
the mixed two-ball and Wood
mont the open.
Bobby Brownell, Bogart's
rartner in many a best-bal.
victory over the years, was in
stalled as one of seven vice
presidents on the executive COM
mittee. Ed Hickey of Columbia
moved up to first vice president
The others are Dawson Stump
Green Spring Valley Hunt Club,
DR.. Michael Oristian. Manor
B. G. Willse, jr., Elridge; Bern
lie Cooper, Congressional, and
Eddie Johnstone, Country Clut
of Maryland.
Merrell Whittlesey, The
Stars golf writer for many
years who is leaving the job tc
cover the Senators, received
a silver tray, with names of the
executive group engraved on it
from the group.
The 1862 MSGA schedule:
April S-15-21-2s-29 - State team
matches, various clubs.
May MIXED two-ball. Elkridge.
May -25-Women's State Amateur
Woodholme.
June i-@4-Mens State Amateur
June %9-Maryland Junior Open
July 9-10,-Maryland Open, woodmont
July Californian team matches
Country Club OF Maryland
August s 6-Maryland scratch pro-am
Fountain Head.
august 23-Father and Con, Chev,
Chase.
September 11-Mixed two-ball, Argyle
September 1S-Two-man team, Colum
bia.
September @s-Senior championship
Manor.
october 24-Payne Trophy, Congres
Sional
october 12-Past Presidents Plate
Green Soring.
October l3 = Baltimore WASHINGTON
team match, Five Farms.
tentative.