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...four years ago, British Schoolboy John Beharrell had just the excuse he needed to enjoy himself on the golf course. This year, when doctors told him to quit his classes entirely, Beharrell, 18, happily put in his free time polishing up his game. He did a fine job. At Troon, Scotland last week he had the shots, the stamina and the concentration to hold off Glasgow Insurance-man Leslie Taylor, 5 and 4, and win the British amateur championship...
...Scotland's Moira Paterson, the British Women's Amateur golf championship, over England's Frances Stephens, one up on the 38th hole after being five down on the 23rd; at Troon, Scotland. Miss Paterson is the first Scotswoman to win the British title since...
...British Open Championship in Scotland last week, Defending Champion Locke made careful preparations. A fortnight ahead of time, he was out practicing on the 72-year-old course at Troon, making mental notes of every danger along the snake-thin fairways, the postage-stamp greens...
...played on Scottish links before and some had not. But all nine, including non-playing Captain Ouimet. tuned up for the international matches by competing-along with 200 others from all over the world-in the 52nd annual British Amateur championship, played last week on the Seaside links at Troon...
...British Isles the week before. Others fancied were: Defending Champion Robert Sweeny, American-born Londoner who is famed for the elegance of his Ascots as well as the elegance of his swing; Scot Hector Thomson who won the title in 1936 and holds the course record at Troon; John Stevenson, a local sensation who knew every clump of gorse on the course. Boy Bruen had passed up the Amateur to save his energy for the Walker Cup matches...