Evening star., 1928-04-17

"NAkDDIEIH - leave today for New
YORK. from which pert he Will sal
tomorrow for England. 10 sttemp'
~ 10 sG6 the British open eoli
Championship 10 his American
open title. Tommy Armour viii leave
the Cspstal with what, in his judgment
Is the finest set of clubs ne has ever
owned. sil eSooTCed n a Great black
leather has. e3c enough 10 hold a mod
est wardrobe IN addition 70 the 1nDle-
naentS ~ solt warfare
TaMrlv. Ne Ii known. is very much of
Q conno1SSeur in The matter ot colf
clubs, TIE most expensive club means
nothing 80 him Il It doesn't have the
Tlglat hang and balance and she 0a-
tioNsi open champion, over his years O.
experience in the game. has reached the
point where Re Is oCe q the u1oSa par
ficular individuals in the world regard
Ing the implements he UseS.
His wooden clubs for example, have
heen gathered over period of Eve
years, frnal the very best that ne and
Tonv sylvester sn6 Tony Perna have
haen able - fashion sylvester. re 1t
known, has been clghIskeT for more
champions than possibly any other in
CividGsl makes O wooden Clubs - re-
cent years
Iron Clubs His Pride.
But It is Il, the {roa clubs tnat srace
his hsc that Tommy Armour takes
pride C7tnerslly regarded as TIE finest
iron elub player among American pro-
4sSsfcnaiS. Tommy Armour is more
careful cf the clubs ne selects than ar
eutoraoblls racer is Of his caTnuretor.
FIR wears he has heen looking Tor fine
iron club heads. and he has succeeded
sn arasSs1nz a 5ss fun of the finest
clubs that anv man could wish. They
arc matched clubs. in one sense of the
vo-G-not matched by The msnufac-
f1rer-hllt nv the man who must 1ySe
them srS whose tastes they A. A No.
iror here. s TiaShle there. 4 nlb}lck
frara some other place. ard 50 on.
Tommy w1ll carry with him 20 Eng
land NJ. . iron he borrowed the other
cav from w w Psrlev &C Columbia.
q club which Armour declares is the
finest 1-i-on he has ever had in his
hands, We know he seldom goes
through 3 batch of clubs in the shop
selecting one from stock His habit
rather Is 10 50 through whatever clubs
l1e GTes. picking Up one here and one
there. trying ont The pitch Of the blades
and The feel of the shaft and finding
one now arc then 80 has liking
Tc1tgTgT. probably ik ranked as the
greatest American exponent o4 ire cut
rasSnSs shot and certainly 10 man can
play 4 better than he Naturally part
q his skill is lost on fast ard hard
courses. but Re rewels IN playing the
8hot 20 q green that iE slow enough TO
take the bite On the ball. And he has
gotten together rTcup G. three n,ashies
thst ws car tgutafally say are beyond
compare.
Has Special Driver.
Ffve Years arc Tony Sylvester fash
innec fer Tommy driver. made 70 the
specifications O. tre open champion
II hss n Il the s;eely type of hickory
thsst A1zt Is 50 often described, but
Sel6cra found Tommy prizes Il SO
that he doesn't even take il clas EXCEPT
cr big occasions Usually Il reposes
behind 8 trunk IN his room 81 Con-
rress3nns1. where Il von't be broken Or
warped But he trott ]; out for hls
matches and championships. That club
VIII &C % Britain It's really a trest
to see him play q iow forcing shot into
gale ot w1n6 with this club
Tonmv may ret win IN England He
rnsy ros sucoesst zIly defend fzas Amer
lean open Championship title. BIT he
EncwE that IL be don't w4ga Il, IL won't
be because ~ sry fault with hts ins-
pleue1ts Fcg he fsas spared no tame
CT effort ~ gather together TIRE finest
bunch 81 clubs that money can buy.
Twelve iron clubs. from the no.
srcn dogr 70 the nag scoop-the-r
Lick. comprise hAf intermediate equip
raent -Four woo1el elubs-1ak pet
driver. another driver for emergency,
. bFssxse ard spoon--compieie the kit.
Dsrsthv White Of washington,
~saren's District golf rfaHnapi1Eg as psaT~