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, when Macmillan visits Washington next week.

Gleneagles' kibitzers were equally optimistic. Speaking with the authority of men whose forefathers invented the game, the Prime Minister's golfing gallery rated him three to five strokes lower than the American. "Our mon's the better player," said one, his enthusiasm thickening his burr. "Mac nae gets a game as often as Mr. Eisenhower, but Mac's the better striker of the ball." "Ike's the longer hitter," added another critic, "but Mac's better with the medium irons. After all," said the loyal Scot, by way of explanation, "Macmillan is Scottish-bred, you know."

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