I foresee the day, not far distant, when the jobs of teaching pro and tournament pro will be very sharply defined.  That has been the development in America where the sizzling crucible of their fiercely competitive tournament circuit demands the fullest concentration of the man who aims to make a reasonable living at it, not to mention the select few at the top who take the major share of the dollars.

  A similar trend is beginning to show in this country.  With the number of British tournaments and the prize money increasing yearly, it reached a record figure of over £70,000 in 1961, the tournament player must give himself more and more fully to this side of the game to stand any chance of getting near the top and staying there.

  The pros are realizing this.  Already several young and ambitious professionals have given up normal club duties to become attached as playing professionals at a course where they will have no administrative worries, no teaching, and all the time and facilities they require to get their own game in order and to keep it that way.

  I anticipate that this already marked trend will develop broadly, and as it does so the duties of the teaching pro (at a golf school) and the tournament player respectively will become more distinctly specialized.

  This must come to pass, for it is becoming impossible for a modern professional to do himself justice in both fields.

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