Show McLemore Says Says Says- 1 Scotland May Be Home Of but but- Texas Is Golfers' Golfers Home By HENRY McLEMORE AUGUSTA Ga April 5 S' S UP Scotland UP-Scotland Scotland may be the home hone of golf but Texas Texas' is the home of golfers Out there where th the e west begins the handclasps are a little warmer warmer and and so a ar art re the scores Vou ou could close all aU the golf courses of the other 47 states and Texas would still see to it that the the United States remained remained remained re- re supreme me Jj ih the sport Right ight now there v are ire enough great ff Texas born or r Texas raised h Y players to dominate domi domi- domiA A 1 nate any tournament tournament l h ment anywhere i in the world Y You 0 u couldn't f g i find a better example example ex- ex Pt t ample than tha the tournament that thatIs i is being played right here in Augusta Augusta Augusta Au Au- gusta today It Byron Nelson is the masters and its title is not the product of ofa a press agent It really is the masters' masters tournament for masters It is to golf what the all star game is to baseball The field consists consists con con- of 58 amateurs and professionals professionals and they are here because of their records and not because they they know somebody or or ir need a weeks week's vacation in a southern clime It is the most select of all golf fields and the man who wins it will have accomplished a task every bit as difficult as winning the na na- na- na I So having told you that let me ask you to take a guess as to what men are leading the field I after yesterdays yesterday's opening play of I 18 h holes les I South Ia Dakotans Georgians Georgia New Yorkers Californians California No Texans There Ther is Lloyd Mangrum on fop top with a first round score of 64 t th tha i tore ore par apart and nd gave him th the distinction of having shot the finest fm fin- est eat competitive round in the h hj history his his- tory of the game That 64 ha haa never had an equal over a like course and under pressure Next to Mangrum is jj Demaret as Texas as a cattle brand Jimmy fired an 30 the back on nine td bag a 6 67 A search of the record books Dima plus Dim a talk with the oldest living golf goi eo critic wont won't bring to light a ma nag IrIan who ever played nine holes ai as Continued on the Following Page |