Evening star., 1936-05-20
BUILDS GOOD LINKS
GAME, PRO INSISTS.
Chevy Chase Tutor to Put.
Theory Into Practice in
BaItusroI Drills.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

n petition for any golfer, anna
"A teur or pro, Bob Barnett,
4 a Chevy Chase mentor, wants
10 see more matches played around
Washington between good amateur
professional or pro combinations. Only
In that way. Bob thinks, can good golf
0rs be developed.
Sharpening up his shots for the ma
tional golf championship at Baltusrol
the first week in June, Bob is get
ting ready to play a series of matches
with his brother pros in this area, with
q, couple already billed involving Glenn
Spencer, Witty Cox and Leo Walper.
for Bob is a believer in putting his
own theories into practice.
"I think that only by real compe-
tition can good golf be developed and
by that I mean golf which stand up
In competition.
ITO illustrate what mean," says
the Chevy Chase redhead, II really
think that if had two youngsters
taking lessons from me over period
Of two or three years, the one who
was turned into competition would be
. far better golfer than the one who
confined his golf to friendly rounds.
The one who worked on his game
and developed fine technique but
who didn't play in competition
wouldn't, I firmly believe, be any
where near as good as the one who
went out and took his lickings and
learned from every match"
Plans for Tough Trials.
60 FIRMLY does Bob believe in this
- theory of competition land he
claims there isn't enough of it around
Washington that he is going to Bal
tusrol six days in advance of the open
championship, determined to get into
the toughest practice matches he can
fnd.
Sure. I'll take some ickings," he
Bays, but that's the only way to
improve your game. I believe in it
thoroughly, not in taking lickings, but
In good competition"
Another Washington pro who wants
10 get in plenty Of practice before the
open is Leo Walper, the long hitting
Bethesda gent, who has qualified for
the past two years. Leo plans to be
et Baltusrol a week before the cham
pionship gets under way.
Competition, says Bob Barnett,
develops the ability Of any golfer to
stay In there firing good shots when
the opposition keeps on hitting em
up around the pin. No golfer who
hasn't been in competition can keep
on plugging away when the firing
gets hot. You just must have plenty
Of It,"
Bob has an idea that four rounds
OF Is will come fairly close to winning
the open championship. That runs
out to total score Of 292. and to show
you Just how close Bob is, the record
books will show that 292 would have
won many Of an open championship
over the last 20 years.
Parks Wins With 2s2.
SAM PARKS won with 2s2 at Oak
mont last year, Olin Dutra won
With 293 1t Merton in 1894, Sarasen
won with 2S6 at Fresh Meadow in
1882, tieing the national record; Billy
Burke and George Won Elm tied at
992 at Toledo in 1881 and Bob Jones
won with 287 at Minneapolis in 1890,
his last championship.
Baltusrol Is plenty tough and prob
ably four TBS will win there next
month. Back in 1915, when the open
last was held there, Jerry Travers won
with q 72-hole score of 297.
Is a hole in one an ace when it is
made with a practice ball? Friends
OF s. H. Kaufman of Chevy Chase
are joshing him about the lace" he
scored last week on the fourth hole
Of the Cascades course at Hot Springs.
Va, in game with George e. Ham
11ton. jr., also Of Chevy Chase He
hit the first ball into the rough and
then played a practice shot, which
ended in the cup. The hole measures
166 yards in length.