Show Open Champ May Get Special P G A Rating By GAYLE TALBOT MIAMI BEACH March 5 AP Lawson AP-Lawson Lawson Little the open golf champion may be made a member of the Professional Golfers' Golfers association by special dispensation in time to compete in the next P G A championships The big fellow who swept the amateur amateur amateur am am- field on both sides of the Atlantic in 35 1934 and then embraced embraced embraced em em- braced the money game ame has appealed appealed appealed ap ap- ap- ap pealed personally to President Tom Walsh of the P G A to be permitted permit permit- ted to join the organization without without with with- out going through the stipulated five years of making clubs and bawling out caddies Walsh wants Little In the fold and so do all his fellow professionals professionals professionals with whom he has become genuinely popular in the last two or three years The only thing holdIng holding holding hold hold- ing them up is that rule and I can state with remarkable foresight that they are going to get around that by forming a special examining ing committee to take care of such i exceptional cases as the open I champions I Little put in two years as resident resident resident resi resi- dent pro up at Bretton Woods N. N H. H but he has dropped that now and is devoting himself to traveling around giving exhibitions and lectures for a sporting goods house and playing in the money tournaments That doesn't count toward the P G A decree I I dont don't want to get in just to play in the P G A championship champion champion- ship Lawson says I think itis it itIs itis is a fine organization doing good for the game and I would like to todo todo todo do my part President Walsh and the other professionals nurse painful memories memories memories memo memo- ries of the chiding they received because because because be be- cause Little fresh from his open triumph was not eligible for the thelast thelast thelast last P G A title event at Hershey They explained at the time that it wasn't their fault Please explain that we want Lawson in Walsh said There has been no jealousy of him because because because be be- cause he didn't sit down at some club and spend his five years there |