The 22nd annual P.G.A. championship tournament, held last week at the Pomonok Country Club, almost within a trylon's length of the New York World's Fair, will long be remembered for: 1) the noisiest squabble in the history of the Professional Golfers Association; 2) the most exciting final waged between two bread-&-butter putters.
Cause of the squabble was Densmore Shute, two-time (1936-37) winner of the tournament and one of the best match players in the world, who was refused permission to tee up his ball on opening day because his P.G.A. dues ($35) were 48...
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