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HOLLYWOOD COLL 161
peony at the end oi the game, and I have lost at least $100 that way; but I have saved thousands in missed putts.
The worst menace on the putting green is the fellow who concedes himself 5-foot putts. This was a Favorite habit of Mr.
ZukorV He would miss his first putt by 4 or 5 feet, then reach for Ins ball and ease it toward the hole with a backhand stroke far more efficient than his forehand. One time on the eighteenth hole at Lakeside all bets hone in the balance. Zukor missed his first putt and started to give his second that casual scrape into the hole.
'"Hold it!" I shouted. "You have conceded yourself seventeen putts today, but this one yon have to knock into the hole. '
IK y indignant. He tried to tell me that gentlemen al
ways concede short putts.
"All week I have to act the part of a gentleman." I told him. "But on Saturday I relax: I am pretending to be a roughneck, so sink the putt/'
He fussed and fiddled over the ball and finally froze up and missed the putt.
One of the high lights of my golfing career was a game I played with the Prince of Wales in 1931. I had gone to England to make two pictures. My friend Major E. D. Medealfe. Equerry to the prince, called me on the phone and asked if Ed like to have lunch on Sundav at Fort Belvedere, the Prince's country place, and later plav golf with His Highness. I accepted with alacrity but explained that I had no golf clubs with me.
"That's all right/' Medealfe assured me. "We'll fix you up with a set of clubs. "
On Sunday Medealfe arrived in a big Rolls and we motored out about 20 miles to Fort Belvedere. After luncheon Medealfe. the Prince, and I drove to Sunnin^dale Golf Club. There I was introduced to Ernie Sales, who was the professional at Sunningdale. He showed me a selection of clubs that he himself had made, and I picked out those I needed and a sjolf bag. It was