Evening star., 1958-07-13

NHAN.
on Thursday. walking with him
or trotting, beside the caddy
cart. In my opinion he has the
ideal approach to the game
relaxed. never too excited. un-
der no strain. He enjoys the
game hugely. but he's always
out TO win. And while he fired
only 90 on the parts course,
with q little more luck he could
have been Ia the low sos. At
that, he led his foursome, top
ping Ottawa Hunt President
I. John Cross. Canadian Trans
port Minister George Hees and
Canadian Senate Speaker Mark
Drouin.
The President used five woods
Nos. l through S. He has
irons Nos. 2 through 10. a
light pitching wedge. a sand
wedge and two putters - his
favorite a brass-headed model
with a double kink in the han
die at the butt end. They're
engraved Dwight D. Eisen-
hover" but they're Bobby Jones
clubs with the rubber-cork
grips.
Takes a MuIligan
After bad luck on his first tee
shot-he hooked into the bush
he took a mulligan and
banged one 200 yards down the
middle. He pitched past the
pin on the first hole, and yelled
whoa" - and then louder,
whoa, whoa" when the ball.
continued to ignore presidential
orders. One over par, but his
opponents Jared worse, so the
President was satisfied. -
Second hole, he passed up a
gimme on a five-footer. He
wanted to putt. and. holed. it.
Third, and trouble. Two long
woods into a sandtrap to the
left of the green, four strokes
from there to get on. and two
puts for a doleful eight.
"I'm hitting it as hard as /
can," he bemoaned as the ball
hit the lip Of the trap and fell
back. Il just can't get the club
through. I've never seen such
sand" But when he did get
out in a spray of sand. he went
back into the trap for a prac-
tiee swing. That's for the fu-
ture." he grinned at me.
He's thinking all the time
like at the No. 6 tee. where the
hole is SIS yards. par five and
wide open, SO the temptation is
to slug one.
Nov here's the place to hit
1t nice and easy" he told him
self cagily.
Surprising Power
He closes the cIubface at the
address on all his shots. grips
the club tightly with big, firm
hands. and doesn't wear a
glove. His swing is upright. and
he develops surprising power.
Looking down No. IL. $40
yards of pine-lined fairway
pinched in the middle by two
traps and with a stiff breeze in
his face. the President was
taken aback.
Hey :. WOW :. where's the
spyglass? Just look at that?"
He cracked one down the
middle. grinned happily I'll
take that one" He hit two more
woods. one from a shaggy lie,
pitched on and was content
with a bogey.
The President was about to
tee of at No. 13 when a truck
ratified by on a dirt road a few
yards away. "G'day. Ike a
voice called from the truck. Ike
looked up and shouted "hiyah."
He grinned at me. you know,
they expect something - an
answer"
He pushed his tee shot slight
ly. This was the first sign / saw
of a fault in his game that in
the next few holes was to cost
him several strokes. He got
home in two and almost birdied
the hole. He left himself a
tough, 2O-foot sidehill putt.
took a charge at it. hit the back
Of the cup and bounced out. So
he was par four.
On IA he pushed his drive
slightly again, and was ITS
yards from the green and be-
hind group of towering pines.
He studied the shot, made his
decision.
Give me that five wood. This
is going to be a championship
shot. Watch this"
Ball Scars Over Trees
1t was-a soaring beauty over
the trees, a gamble that paid
of when the ball landed blind
ly on the green. But it took
a bad kick and ran down just
over the side. The President
chipped on-he always chips
with a five iron--and ran down
a l0-footer for the par. AS
the ball headed for the hole
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