Evening star., 1938-11-16
BY WALTER McCALLUM,
Star Staff Cnrresnnndent

P1NEHURST, N. c., Nov. 16.-More
and more you get the idea, watching
the top pro golfers of the land
scramble for the dollars, that when
the going gets tough they fling
thoughts of form to the sky and con-
centrate on getting that ball up
against the hole. And they don't
care hoot how they look doing it.
Here at Pinehurst, where you have
more chance to unscramble the
swings OF the better. pros than in
almost any big tournament in the
land; where you can see the shots
hit without being stepped on and
showed around as during the open
championship, you can see every
thing they do. And they don't, in
the pinches, hit that ball with what
any duffer would call perfect form.
-Four or five of the d-timers (and
when you get over 35 in this game
you are old-timer) retain that grace
and ease of swing that Bob Jones
had back in the golden days.
Tommy Armour, Bobby Cruickshank.
Horton Smith. Dick Metz and a few
others look like the pictures of the
perfect golf swing you see in the
magazines. But there aren't many
like them. Little Virgil Buck Wor-
sham, assistant pro at Chevy Chase,
playing in his first big tournament,
and scoring badly, is better swinger
than lot of the big shots. If they
paid of on form you'd find Worsham
/ around the crest. But they don't.
Benny Loving, himself a great
| sWlnger, says Worsham has one of
the finest swings he ever has seen.
by a kid. But Worsham hasn't yet
learned how hard it is to score well
and look we'll hitting the ball, all
| at one and the same time.
Toss Theory Aside.
The other boys, those who are top,
have learned to toss accepted golf
form to the winds, and get that ball
close to the hole, no matter how
/ they look doing it. It's a shock to
the tender sensibilities of the slow
back and easy does it, school to
see how some of these boys 60 after
the ball. They don't go back slow
many of them. They don't take
1t easy-most of them. The slug
gers hit that ball as hard as they
can, and they don't baby it. They
Wallop 1t, and they violate the very
principles they teach.
OF course the finest golfer-and
probably the best-looking golfer hit
ting a golf ball in America today is
not here. Sammy Snead. top money
winner of the land. with $4,000
tucked in the bank since the first of
the year, is catching up on his hunt
ing in West Virginia. and has passed
up the Midsouth tourney. But most
OF the other top men are here. set
ting forth in the first tournament
of the gold-laden winter circuit.
Pinehurst, you must understand,
is one spot in the land which is
close to the heart of America s pro
golfers. In more than catch
| phrase it is the heart of winter golf
in this country. Pinehursts cour-
tesv to the pro has been carried
forward for 40 years, and to most
of them Pinehurst is the one spot
they really like to play.
They get a rate here, and they
play on one of the truly great golf
| courses of the land. for sizeable
purses. They get those chances at
| few places in the country. for the
pro golfer. liking a place, wants to
come back. They all want to come
to Pinehurst, which is the reason
this tournament, with only S2.l0O in
prize money for a four-day affair,
has drawn all the big shots of the
game.
1872 Looks Like Winner.
But the big shots. even though
they don't look like the perfect
picture of a picture golfer. aren't
taking the course apart. Late today
some pair will turn up with a &c.