"Pam"

"You must concentrate, dear," purred a U. S. woman spectator to freckled, 18-year-old Patricia Jane ("Patty") Berg last week as they strode down a fairway of the seaside golf course at Southport, England. "I am concentrating hard," tearfully replied U. S. Golfer Berg, "but nothing happens." In spite of concentration, by the 18th hole Patty had missed five putts of less than five feet, lost her second-round match to Elsie Corlett of Lancashire. Other favorites fell even more quickly than Patty, whom British bookmakers had backed as the No. 1 U. S. entrant in the Women's British Golf Championship, never won by a U. S. player. Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare, five-time contender for the title, lost her temper, then her first-round match to her close friend Charlotte Glutting. Defending Champion Wanda Morgan was also eliminated in the opening round. As it turned out, best of all the ladies was London's 19-year-old Pamela ("Pam") Barton, who looks, acts and plays like Patty Berg. Husky, handsome, red headed, she reached the final in 1934 and 1935, lost both times. This year, against 24-year-old Bridget Newell, England's youngest Justice of the Peace, Pam shot a competent 79 in the morning, finished the first 18 holes 3 up. In the afternoon she poled out tremendous drives, went triumphantly on to win 7 & 5.

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