The Grand Slammer Tells What It Takes to Make a Winner

courses, were interviewed regarding their clubhouse facilities. The resulting information has been compiled and digested into a guide for modern clubhouse planners, enabling them to anticipate the majority of situations that arise in the operation of a clubhouse and to provide for them in the initial plan and construction of the building. The book is conveniently divided into three parts: Planning the Private Club- house; Planning the Public Course Club- house; and Getting the Clubhouse Built. Individuals or groups interested in ob- taining copies of the book "Planning the Golf Clubhouse," should contact the Na- tional Golf Foundation, 407 South Dear- born Street, Chicago 5, Illinois, after Jan- uary 1st, 1956.

Bobby Jones and Spalding VP George Dawson enjoying golf talk at annual sales meeting. The Grand Slammer Tells What seemingly at the top in one of the tough- It Takes to Make a Winner est of all sports to conquer. NE of the delightful interludes of the "You know", he added, "a lot of people O season in a section such as Western often ask why I quit tournament golf back Massachusetts, intensely devoted to golf, in 1930 when I was only 28 years old is the annual visit of the emperor, Bob I can honestly say I gave it up when I Jones. Jones visits Springfield once a year started to lose the keenness for competi- for conferences and consultations at the tion. That was my greatest weapon of A. G. Spalding & Bros., Inc., plant. His course. There were golfers in my time visits are timed with the sales confer- who had more and better shots than I ences. But I won because I tried harder. My Whenever Jones does appear, he holds competition on a course was relentless I court to talk about his favorite subject— never dreamed of playing a shot without golf, as only he can talk, considering his thinking it out first. Hogan puts it an- wonderful backdrop, his great skill and other way when he says that golf is 20 accomplishments as a player. per cent ability and 80 per cent manage- One of Jones' pet subjects on his latest ment. Mental courage is the big thine in visit to Springfield, not only on official a champion and it's completely divorced business but also to see his son Bob, 3rd, from physical courage". and his grandchildren, was Jack Fleck, Jones was asked to name the tourna the new Open champion. ment that gave him the most satisfaction "This Fleck is no flash in the pan", the one he wanted most to win In a Jones said. "Any man who can come out flash, he came back: «TU tell you what I of nowhere and beat Ben Hogan in a told Sam Snead last year. The one I playoff is bound to be great. I have never wanted to win most was the tournev I seen Jack play but on that performance was playing in at the time". against Hogan I expect him to be one of Jones adds the name of burly Mik* the topnotchers for the next few years." Souchak to those of Gene Littler and Bud He thinks, too, that Fleck's remarkable Holscher among the top youngsters who and unexpected triumph at San Francisco are beginning to get past the old guard is one of the best things that has hap- of the game in the big tournaments pened to golf in a long time. He's also He refuses to become excited over th* somewhat puzzled as to why the Fleck amazing scores on the week-to-week nro triumph didn't come sooner but sums up circuit. "There's no pressure there" Ke the difference between victory and defeat argues "There's always another tournev in one word—desire. on the horizon. The pressure is in the bZ As a matter of record, "desire" is one ones, like the Open. You don't wS? of the pet words in Bob's golfing vocabu- or six days to win the Open. Sometime lary, probably the basis of all his grand you never get the chance to win that nm success and the reason that he quit when

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