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course, but imitators themselves. Lots of people in the business don?╟╓t know where they are or what they are doing. Most of the old, once-great courses are out of date, yet architects go right on copying them anyway. But we don?╟╓t need to copy our fathers. Blazes! We?╟╓re big boys now.?╟Ñ An important part of Muirhead?╟╓s phi- losophy of design is that a golf course must merge gracefully with its surround- ings. ?╟úThe experience of seeing the course, as well as playing it, is tangible,?╟Ñ he says. ?╟úTherefore it should have a character, a distinction, of its own. Ev- ery site has this special sense that must be captured. Regardless of where the course is?╟÷in the mountains, by the ocean, in the desert?╟÷designers seem tp put in the same sort of greens and the same sort of traps. But why? I think this is a fundamental mistake. It shows lack of imagination.?╟Ñ If Muirhead were to build a course in New York City?╟╓s Central Park, for ex- ample, one guesses that it would have bunkers like canyon walls, jutting rock formations as hazards and perhaps a waterfall. During his short career, Muirhead has designed or renovated 30 courses. It is too early to tell whether they will stand the test of time, but the initial reaction to them has been enthusiastic and he may indeed have started a trend toward bolder thinking in his field. Certainly few golf-course architects have ever said, ?╟úMy influences come from the land- scapes of Henri Rousseau and Van Gogh, the abstractions of Miro and Kandinsky, the sculpture of Arp, Bran- cusi and Moore. . . .?╟Ñ ?╟úThe whole art of golf architecture is going to be thrown wide open,?╟Ñ says Muirhead. ?╟úArchitects are going to have to be familiar with the great paintings and sculptures. They will have to learn, through art, to solve the problems of the site and create something imagina- tive.?╟Ñ Something, say, like a 300-yard tee coiling around a lake. ?╟úI don?╟╓t want to sound patronizing,?╟Ñ Muirhead says, grinning through his black mustache. ?╟úBut maybe in two or three years I will be in a position to sound patronizing.?╟Ñ It may take two or three years to test the validity of Muirhead?╟╓s feelings about golf-course design, but in the meantime he is a welcome addition to a clan that has grown a little calcified. end a most pleasant experience aftershave... after shower, after hours ...the ALL-PURPOSE MEN S LOTION, packaged in redwood. $2.00, $3,50, $6.50, $10.00. Be sure your ?╟úfragrance wardrobe?╟Ñ includes ENGLISH LEATHER?½... it?╟╓s the one you'll reach for again and again. A complete line of men's toiletries including ...the ALL-PURPOSE SKIN BALM, $1.50 GIFT SETS in authentic redwood boxes, $3.00 to $10.00 ??MEM COMPANY, INC., NORTH VALE, N J AU4??URF0Se lotion *?·M COMPACT INC Who was first to wrap up a case: Scotland Yard or Alexander Gordon? Scotland Yard started sleuthing in 1890. Mr. Gordon over a century before. Came up with his brilliant solution in London, 1769. The bright flavoured, brittle-dry gin that?╟╓s now one of England?╟╓s most venerable institutions. Biggest-seller throughout England, America, the world. And quite possibly the one case more celebrated than any of Scotland Yard?╟╓s. 53 PRODUCT OFll.S. A. 100% NEUTRAL SPIRITS DISTILLED FROM GRAIN 90 PROOF GORDON?╟╓S DRY GIN CO., LTD., LINDEN, NEW JERSEY