Show I 1 Locke Considered Top Golfer By GRANTLAND RICE New York A portly fellow by the name of Bobby Locke Is on his way from South Africa to and from England to the United This is one of the longest invasions that sport has Bobby Locke is a South African golfer that many rate as the greatest of them His supporters bar He is headed for the Goodall Bound Robin at Wykagyl In early and later to the U.S. Open in two of the major tests that golf has to Locke any the greatest golfer the other side of the Atlantic has developed since the reign of Harry is now British Open His showing in our Goodall Round Robin has been a trifle better than This is a grinding test where every player from a picked field must meet every other The total result tells the In three Round the records we have show that Locke has won two and He has won taking a general W average of his J play on this side v bunkered ii v golfer call In any he a g healthy his full share of Unfortunately Ben Hogan won't be able to stand the long march of the Round Robin But Hogan will be on hand at Oakland for the later For all Locke will have a rather savage test to He will have such competitors as Lloyd Sammy Jim Skee Jimmy and others from the pick of the big Hogan Is now Open champion and master of the two of the highest peaks golf knows But the Round Robin is also a terrific test of both skill and What this country and golf In general needs is the arrival of a few new The old guard Is wearing haven't too far to They are moving to the borders of the Forty-Year-Old where the laurel and the olive begin to Bobby Locke is no part of a for that Bobby has been around a long The Locke Swing Bobby Locke's stroke Is closest to a completely natural golf swing of any we have You can see the iron-shod the hours and years of back of the Hogan This goes for und most of the They have hammered themselves into a set style that allows for rare There is the straight left the body the fixed the hand and wrist action that controls the club With Ben there is rarely the slightest change from this killing Sammy Snead has one of the best-looking swings golf has ever But Locke's swing still looks to be a simpler and less It is more in line with the so-called Andrews of ancient Another factor of Locke's swing Is Its consistency or You rarely see him wandering too far from the trapped or pitted He is also a sound competitor who rarely gets bothered or upset by any errors or In addition to Locke has an extremely short There is no one better from just off the green to the bottom of the He can chip and he can He has his full share of concentration and and he has a swing he trusts which is a major Locke's visit will be the shot In the arm which golf needs today because of the lack of younger start who seem to be in no hurry to His presence on the greens will help the tournament American will remember the ability of the South African Big Money About one stable In ten makes any real money from a race track selling or The horse player takes quite a healthy year after but the horse owner takes an even bigger For one of the makes money about one year in The and a few others support Warren Wright's famous Calumet stable with had dominated the bank account of the game steadily until Sloane's stable took charge in Calumet ran |