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keepers, starters, janitors, locker attendants for men and women, caddie 

 masters, foremen, laborers, cooks, clerks and similar employees. Informa- 

 tion follows regarding workers and wages paid in a number of cities. 



Jacksonville, Florida. A manager or superintendent 

 is in complete charge of all operations and employees. 

 His salary is $175.00 a month; he receives $35.00 per 

 month automobile allowance and the free use of a cot- 

 tage which is on the property. The professional who 

 serves receives no retainer fee or salary, his income 

 consisting of receipts from golf lessons, sale of golf 

 equipment, mending, repairing and cleaning of golf 

 clubs. Other employees consist of a starter who works 

 seven days a week with a salary of $125.00 a month 

 and two weeks vacation with pay, and a caddie master 

 who receives no salary, but collects from each player 

 80 cents for each 18 holes, 70 cents of which goes to 

 the caddie, 10 cents to be retained by the caddie master; 

 for each 9 holes he collects 40 cents, retaining 5 cents 

 for himself. In this way he averages about $200.00 a 

 month. 



There are three men employed at $2.75 a day, who 

 are responsible for mowing the greens daily, six greens 

 being the daily task of each man. He begins his work 

 early in order to be out of the way of the players, and 

 is permitted to leave as soon as he completes his task. 

 There are two additional laborers employed at $2.75 a 

 day. One is the man responsible for mowing the eight- 

 een tees daily if necessary. The second is a tractor- 

 machine man who mows the fairways and does other 

 labor of a general nature. One man at $2.50 a day 



handles hose and waters greens and helps to keep traps 

 hoed and cleaned. Another man, known as "bug man," 

 at $2.50 a day, watches the greens for cricket moles 

 and insects which tend to destroy the greens, and is 

 responsible for exterminating them. (In this connec- 

 tion it is well to note that cricket moles are killed by 

 locating their holes and shooting gasoline into the hole.) 



Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The professional receives 

 $i 18.00 per month, the privilege of giving lessons in 

 the morning, and income from sale and repair of equip- 

 ment; greens keeper, $150.00 per month plus house rent; 

 locker attendant for men, $4.00 per day; for women, 

 $83.50 per month; caddie master, $4.00 per day plus 

 5 cents per person. 



Minneapolis, Minnesota. The professional at one 

 course receives $150 per month; janitor, $4.40 per day; 

 cook, $3.50 to $4.00 per day. 



Dallas, Texas. The professional in charge of one of 

 the courses receives $100 per month and all concessions 

 on a twelve and one-half per cent basis. Laborers are 

 employed at $3.20 a day, a foreman at $100.00 per 

 month, and a clerk at $85.00 a month. 



San Francisco, California. The professional is paid 

 $100.00 per month, plus income from lessons; foreman, 

 $8.00 a day; the workers in charge of the general main- 

 tenance of the course and the starters average about 

 $5.00 a day. 



Planning for a wise use of time. It is economy to plan and develop 

 certain improvements for the course each year and to arrange to do all 

 repair work on bad days in the winter. There are many things which can 

 best be attended to in the spring. At this time stones may be removed 

 from the fairways. It is also the time to learn which greens are most in 

 need of drainage. Since the soil is fairly dry, greens should be wormed so 

 that the poison will go down into worm holes. It is a good thing to know 

 that the most effective poison in nearly all worm killers is bichloride of 

 mercury. 



Fees and charges. There is no general policy enforced regarding fees. 

 While a few cities are maintaining free courses, the great majority are 

 making a charge on a per game or per day basis, at varying rates: 10, 20, 

 2 5> 5> 75 cents or $1.00. A few cities have a monthly charge of $2.00 or 

 $3.00, and in many cities there is a yearly fee for membership, ranging from 

 $5.00, $10.00, through $15.00, $18.00 and $20.00. A few cities make a 

 difference in the rates charged men and women. Houston, Texas, follows 

 the plan of charging a nominal greens fee of 25 cents per round, except on 

 two mornings of the week, when no charge is made. There is no charge 



