Evening star., 1939-08-11
}owne With Golf Game Well Polished Promises Trouble for C. Rivals
Links Tips Picked Up in Meets
Out West Smooth Bob's Play,
Especially With Irons

good golfer. One day he'll hit 16
greens and won't be able to putt a
lick. The next day he'll be scram-
bling all over the course, getting his
pars the hard way, and he'll score
ABOUT the game. The burned things
never seem to come together-drlv-
ing, iron Shot and putting.
But whatever Bobby's trouble has
been tand he's had his share, like
all good golfers they haven't come
Slngly. He has fought them man
fully and has conquered most of
them. He could use a little more
weight on his spare frame, but even
at that the boy is a much longer
hitter today than ever he has been.
And that has been good enough.
A couple of days ago l saw Bobby
cut loose on a tee Shot He hit one
OF those screaming wallops. as
straight as a plane flies, with a
slight tail-end hook to give it run.
1t wound up just 10 yards short of
a green 345 yards away. That's
pretty good country hitting in any
league.
"Where'd you get that?" asked
him.
Picked it up out West" said
Bobby. "HoW's it look?" The an
sWer? Well, there wasn't any. at
the moment. 1t was too obvious.
How about those iron shots?" I
asked. oh, they're o. K. now"
Bobby likes to discuss shots, but he
won't talk much about his own.
Hits Crisp Irons.
The point is that where the 1888
Bobby Brownell, who was good
enough TO win the District cham
plonship was by way of being a
scrambler, who depended a good
deal on an accurate chip shot. and
a good putting stroke to make up
Tor lack Of distance from the tee
and rather inadequate iron play,
today is quite a hitter from the tee,
ana a crisp, authoritative hitter
with the irons. In other words,
Bobby BroWnell is pretty close to
belng a very good golfer. And l
don't mean in local company alone.
But Bobby even now isn't one of
those boys who occasionally gets
red-hOt and scores away down in
the deep Cos. He hasn't had anv
65s or Cos on length
courses. Bobby has tried to groove
his game to the somewhat monoto-
nous idea of hitting every ball the
same way. 1t is a very fine wav to
play golf. A good many other fell
lows Go the same thing. Fellows
Ike Guldahl, for example. They
aren't the most inspiring men in the
world to watch, but they can plav
golf. And that's the main idea,
after all. A golf robot is something
to admire, too, even if only for his
mechanical accuracy.
Bobby Greatly Improved.
SO far in his short links career
Bobby's lone big victory around his
home town has been the win of the
1886 District championship. He won
the mid-Atlantic junior last year
with a good score of las at Indian
Spring, but he didn't have to lick
some of the hard-bitten veterans,
who can make it tough for any kid.
He also won the Carolina college
crown last spring 1t takes good
golf to win that one.
But Bobby today is a very much
finer PLAYER than he was in the
spring Just now he has his ewes
and his heart-Set on the national
amateur championship. He did ali
right in that one last year, and he
can go farther. After all, only one
man can win.
And Bobby Brownell today. 7 be-
lieve. is as good a golfer as Willie
TurneSa was couple of years back.
Willie happens to be the reigning
national champion. Maybe Bob will
bring to Washington its first ma
tional title. He has gone a long way
along the obstacle-streWn road.
And he has one of the biggest as
sets a kid can have-a doting dad
who'll give him every bit of encour-
agement possible to help him win.
You don't need a lot more than
keenness, willingness to work. the
time and the money And Bobby
has them all