The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-24
By ART KRENZ

.. NEA Service Golf Writer ..
 ,Galph Guldal1l found his ball. as wss to be expected, in the middle of the fairway, 25O yards from the tee. He drew No. iron from his bag and whacked the ball, a-whist- ling, onto the green.
 s"You know" said the National Open champion as the Strode along afSer the shot, Harry Cooper is just about the finest golfer of all time. Yes sir, he's the best ever And I'm not forgetting Bobby Jones ard Walter Hagen and all the rest when say that
 N"Every time make an iron shot IsEhink of Cooper. He's the gFeat- est guy with an iron ever saw greater even than Tommy Armour, and, you know, the boys have al- ways considered Tommy the tops with the irons. Cooper can't quite get the dis tance that Tommy gets, but he's far more accurate. He's sharp-shooter with those clubs"
 COOp&f'S Only
 Weakness Is Putting
 The husky, hulking Texan walked briSkly across the green to his ball, studied the 22-foot putt for mo- ment or so, and then ran the ball up to within a few inches of the cup. He pushed it in for another par.
 "Harrys only weakness" said Ralph, lis right here on the green. His putting could be better. He loses strokes here that keep him from winning first place in more tourna- n1ents.
 But, even so, say that he's the greatest golfer that ever lived-ab- solutely the greatest"
 Guldahl Tipped his ball to his caddy and said, Give it wash, will you, kid?" Then he resumed the rnonolog
 "You know, the U. S. G. A. ought to get together with the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of England and the Canadian Golf Association and dope out a uniform ball.
 T personally like the American ball, which is larger, for putting be- cause it holds its line better. But of course, the smaller ball is good for driving because 1t bores into the wind better. guess it all de- bends on what you're used to-"
 The champion teed up his ball There was a stiff breeze spanking him in the fare HThiS ranindS me-" he said, "of England. The wind was blowing like this nearly all the time at Carnoustie and South port. That's what keeps the scoring higher over there. That tricky wind adds two or three strokes round to your card no matter how cagey you are"
 British Greens
 Catch You Of Guard
 He stopped talking long enough to wham the ball into the wind. It was lusty smack (. Those Brit iSh courses are longer than ours, " said the champion as he stopped over and picked up his tee, "but the kOuBAlcSb IIlulB dUOuO LLlCLIl arc UAlCl greens. They're flatter than the American greens, but I'd rather play ours. You see, over here the roll is pronounced, but over there it's so slight you can't notcie 1t and you're caught off-guard .."
 Ralph just had 8 short approach shot to make. He lofted the ball over a trap and onto the green. It rolled up to within few feet of the cup
 That Montague fellow--you know, John Montague of Hollywood, is all they say he is. He may not knock birds of wires-although won't double that he did it once-but he sure does knock those birds of on the greens and fairways. He has a marvellous short game and is good cmoing out of traps He's really a good golfer-why, you know. he shot . 66 at Pebble Beach-yeah, a 66"
 What was your best round, Ralph2
 My best round? Well, I guess it was that 69 I shot at Oakland Hills, even though 1t wasn't the lowest All my shots that day covered the pin. I bagged six birds and an eagle. It was a whole lot different from the S6 shot in the Miami Biltmore tourney in 1884 whew,.