Evening star., 1941-11-29


now, but the saps still go for the
played at Kenwood with Diffen-
baugh and at Congressional with
Cox. We expected in each case a
pleasant game, and got exactly that.
But the boys didn't need to bring
out the reserves and begin hOling
puts from the rough simply because
we had few loose dollars.
George shot a 3-under- par 81 at
Kenwood. Witty shot 3-under- par
SO at Congressional. Both of them
had q spot or two of bad luck or
they might have bettered the course
record.
And, for the record, this isn't a
SquaWk. We're used TO being licked
by golf professionals. They do it
every time we play with them, which
is rather often. and on the sap side,
we should know better Either that
or we're naturally thick-headed and
never learn by experience
There was the time. last summer
| when Dr. Howard l. Smith spotted
us around the first tee at Congress
slonal Howard is a normal rs or
/ II golfer. That day he shot a 66.
tying the amateur record for the
/ course with his 6-under-par round.
We never learn.
| Which causes us to wonder
whether there's something about US
that inspires these fellows. or
whether we are Just sap enough 10
wonder whether lightning might
strike twice in the same spot and
bare the breast to find out. Come
to think of it, lightning might be
an easier death than the thousand
deaths you suffer enVying the i'm
maculate shots of pros such as Cox
and Diffenbaugh. And their uncanny
putting.
Why Should We Criticize?
II seems a proper question for
the National Golf Writers Guild,
this business of poor but proud
scrlbblers batting their noggins
against stone wall in the form
of professionals who never miss a
shot. And right there it always has
been a mystery how fellows like
myself. who cannot play golf at all,
can criticize pro. or an amateur
OF either sex IN print when they
miss shots under pressure and lose
money and silver trinketS by doing
II. We Ghe newspaper mem are the
brave ones. We don't expose our
selves 10 the perils of exposure by
playing tournament golf. That is,
We don't any more.
Pro Golfer Is Master.
Take the pro golfer right down
= the line. and you'll find him a de-
cent guy. He is in a business that
: gets him out in the open. and usu-
ally he is master of shot making
He isn't a man who takes advan-
: tage OF any one. If he was he
= wouldn't last long. But We have g
S strong hunch that We are going tC
! take up ice skating or table tennis
or something other than playing
golf pros.
We get lot of pleasure and a
load of fun out of playing with
: them. but after a while the record
wears thin. It's a one-way CONVEX
satlon. with us saving. Swell shot
Witty, or Great putt, George" and
Witty and George commiseratine
with us that had the ball not taken
that bad hop it tour BALI would
have missed that bunker. and the
heel print in which it finished.
But, come to think of it. perhap D.
the brogan is on the other hoof
Maybe the pros suffer watching US
and maybe if they were playing with
2 some one who understands the rudi-
mentS of the toughest game of then
: all they'd do better than a mere
5 three under par. I'll have to ask
< George and Witty about that angle
: of it.
Does Sap Ever Learn:
BY the way, I wonder if AL Hougil
). ton, Fred Mcleod, Al Treder anc
!, Mel Shorey are busy next week.
S won't consider my education as 6
sap complete until find out wheth
er they wait for me to trot out theil
: best stuff, or whether George anc
r Witty just happened to be good.
, Mrs. Myron Davy, Middle Atlantic
, womens champ, claims there IS nc
more reason TO lower women's pal
because one or two below par score,
are turned in every year than there
, is reason to cut mems par when somt
: crack pro shoots Sc or thereabout.
Just because once in a while 6
woman has an extraordinary rounc
you hear that par should be re.
duced," she said. There's no more
reason to that than that mems pal
should be cut because some pro Of
: crack amateur has an unusual round
= I think you'll find that there aren Il
many par-breaking rounds in WON.
ems competition any year"