Show Mental Strain of Big Tournaments Causes H High gh S Scores ores Thinks Bobby Increasing Number Good Gooel Players lakes Makes Going I Harder Each Year hut but Game ame Is No Faster By PAUL GALLICO NEW YORK April 19 emperors were in town wn Thursday I all emperors of golf gol One was Bobby Jones who in 1930 did something no other golfer had ever done winning the tour four major championships British amateur I and open ODen and the U. U S. S amateur and open all in one ona S I Another was Johnny r Goodman of Omaha holder of the national open The thIrd was Walter Hagen win win- ncr ner ot of just about every championship a professIonal golfer can win and one ot of the most romantic figures the game of golf gol has produced still StUl Interested 1 Although out of competitive golf golt and devoting all his time to his many varied busIness Interests Jones Jones' interest in in- terest in golfis still as keen as it ever was ills His one fling at the competitive side of the game since his retirement retirement retire retire- ment four years ago came when he participated In the tho recent masters masters' masters masters' mas- mas tournament at Augusta It was In that tournament tM his putting let him down A poor putter In the beginning of his career career ca- ca reer Bobby schooled himself until un- un til he came to be one of the best putters In the tho game ame but at Augusta Au- Au gusta even Calamity Jane failed to do his bidding Game No Faster r r dont don't think the g game me is one iota faster today than It was five lve or even ten years ago said Bobby Theres always fast scoring In winter ments Its It's much faster than in the summer championships The mental menta strain in a national open adds four five or even six strokes to ones one's normal normal nor nor- mal game Its It's In the Canadian Cana Cana- dian th Western the British open or any other championship in which victory carries great prestige The bigger the event the bigger tile the strain and the bigger the strain the higher the he scoring Of course I will admIt one thing he continued There are more good golfers today than there were lets Jets say ten years ago 1010 There lore arc new ones coming coming- along every year to make the go Ing tou tougher Are you going to play in the open championship Bobby was asked No sir And you can ean make it just that strong was the reply Im through with champIonship golf golt |