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Show nHE somewhat steamy late sum-1 sum-1 mer air is still rife with the buzz of many voices trying to name the world's best golfer. Byron Nelson? Ben Hogan? Sam-Snead? Sam-Snead? Craig Wood? At least These are the four well In the lead. LEughin the last year Craig Wood taagone In more upon the Instruo live side than tournament play. The phrase -best golfer" covert more than a few details or angles. Winning golf means something ffcsn shot-making. It must lliuit ' - also mean determination determi-nation and the ability abil-ity to keep concentrating concen-trating under fire. I haven't seen a finer stylist than Sammy Snead, now in the navy and far from the fairways. By stylist I mean the ability to get results re-sults with less effort, ef-fort, with greater ( i rim J smoothness and Sam Snead ease. But the lean Virginian or West Virginian, a product of both states, has too many concentrative lapses at critical moments. Navy Sam at times finds It difficult diffi-cult to keep his mind on the next shot or to keep his grip on the situa- tlon through 72 holes., uui neioro going Into the navy he was still the one that always carried more than his share of the ijallery who liked to watch an easy looking swing that sent the ball so far and so straight. Nelson and Hogan Nelson and Hogan, two Texans who came along together from Ft. Worth, take up most of the arguments. argu-ments. This is natural enough. In the first place they are the two big money winners of the year, the two leading stars of the last two years over a stretch of tournament play. Hogan won the $3,500 open at Los Angeles. Nelson won the Masters' at Augusta in a play off against Hogan. Hogan won the Hale America. Amer-ica. Then Nelson followed by winning win-ning the $15,000 Tarn O' Shanter scramble. The two have had one important meeting so far. In the Augusta National test Nelson Nel-son led Hogan by a single stroke in 90 holes of play. This margin oi course is thinner than the rubber of a toy balloon. Hogan's tournament record In the way of average strokes per round and his money record for two years has been slightly better than Nelson's. Nel-son's. They are a tough pair to separate, sep-arate, if you take in all the elements ele-ments that go Into winning golf. Nelson has been the big stake winner. win-ner. Hogan has yet to win a national nation-al title U. S. Open or PGA. Styles of Play Byron Nelson, without any question, ques-tion, is the best all around shot-maker shot-maker in the game. He has a greater variety than Hogan Ho-gan can call upon. For example, Hogan must depend upon a controlled con-trolled hook off the tee. Nelson, il the occasion demands, can use a fade or a hook. Hogan believes in banking upon control of a more limited assortment, assort-ment, which makes concentration an easier matter. They are both long. Both are fine, long iron players. But neither over j any extended period pe-riod of play could be classed as a fine putter. At least neither belongs with such green experts as Jerry Travers, Wal-ter Wal-ter Travis. Bobby Jones, Walter Ha-gen, Ha-gen, Freddie Mc-I.eod, Mc-I.eod, Tommy Mc-Namara, Mc-Namara, Horton J,t n "osan Smith or Paul Run-yan Run-yan to mention only a limited list. Hu'. coif has its peculiar ways. II g'.v? Hurry Vardon control of ev- ery shot in the game-up to the putt, j If anion had been a first-class putt-I putt-I ' r ,,p have finished with more t. S. and British Opens than any j two men in golf. Both N'elsnr, and Hogan can putt fpells. But there is nothing con-si con-si -t-:it . either side. Neither looks like a good putter, to start with. Nelson can gear himself up higher in a big stake than Hogan can. This may be due to the fact that Hogan .s w.Jmr to work harder through a longer streich. Hogan gives Mmself no rest. He tkes no vacations. Nelson does, B'ving mBrh ,ess thought ,o tonrnii ments that he considers not quite so important. Tne vender is that 135-pound Ho-" Ho-" tM.to s Physical and nerve ana mental beating-not only wed. after week and month after onth-but also year after year. himself f,,r every tournament His little shnrt of miraculous. mak.rthe nod goes to Nelson. w- ker" t!? l0lkinS t0 1116 hardest And 7t uarrC g06S t0 Hogan. SXV ay eir fu" share ot |