Sport: Satisfied Scotsmen

The rain-jacketed gentleman with the soup-strainer mustache was admittedly a bit rusty. He had been working too hard to put in much time on the golf course. But his swing was relaxed and easy; his iron shots were crisp and true. Britain's best-known amateur golfer, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, 64, came in last week from a rain-soaked round on Scotland's Queen's Course at Gleneagles, posted an 81 (12 over par) and announced:

"I am well pleased with my game." He did not seem the least bit worried over the prospect of a match with American Amateur Dwight David Eisenhower at Burning Tree,...

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