It took nine tailors (1948)

HOLLYWOOD GOLF 169 For a long time I have thought about publishing a paper like the Daily Racing Form, but instead of giving the dope on horses it would give a day-by-day account of how the golfers are doing in Hollywood. It would be a very handy thing for inveterate linksmen. If you had a date to play golf with Dennis O'Keefe, for instance, and wanted to know how heavy to make your bets on the first tee, my Daily Golfing Form would give the fluctuations of his handicap for the past six months and how he went the last four times out— whom he beat and by how many holes, or vice versa. If O'Keefe had recently won from golfers like Gable, Crosby, Scott, and Reggie Owen, you would have to be cautious because they are very tough customers. But if he had lost to players like Bob Montgomery or George Murphy, then you could bet your bank roll because you would know that he was off form and in a bad slump. Publication of such a paper would be a very easy task for me because I have studied most of our Hollywood golfers for years and I know their styles and forms better than any handicapper knows the horses. Bing Crosby's handicap is four. He is best on a fast course, and he likes to go the full distance. In fact, if he has lost any money after eighteen holes, he will try to double the bets and play another eighteen. Randy Scott is the philosophical or according-to-Byron-Nelson type of golfer. He is a scratch-handicap man and a slow starter, but is very hard to beat when he is in training and has had a full meal. Bob Montgomery has a nineteen-stroke handicap. He is my type. I always like an opponent with a pocketful of money and a fast backswing; Bob has plenty of cash and the fastest backswing in Hollywood. Hoagy Carmichael is the greatest slow-motion golfer in the business. His handicap is ten, based on the number of minutes he takes per shot. One time he went out alone to play eighteen holes and was not seen again for two days. One never