The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-04
PICARD SETS PACE IN NATIONAL OPEN GOLF WITH 20
Wood and
With II
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sweet from Hershey, Pa, shot .
!, "a, 800, two under par.
Picard, the pre-tournament "a
vorite, played magnificently, but
in poor luck on the closing holes,
his third shot at the long seven.
tenth hitting the pin and then
rolling away, forcing him to hole
q sizeable putt for a birdie.
At the home hole, two beautiful
shots landed him six feet from the
flag. He was crouched over the
putt, when the loud speaker in the
clubhause began blatting page
call for some absent members.
This forced Picard to step back
and try again, this time missing
birdie by less than an inch.
Tied For Second
At this point Zell Eaton, former
amateur, and Jimmy McGonagill,
Dallas, we're trailing in second
place with 72's. Herman Barron,
next with a 70, just missed with
a 30-footer for a birdie at the
eighteenth.
Grouped at "a were Jack Nun.
ger, Dallas amateur; Jerry Clan
ferante, Lexington, Mass, and
Harry Todd, Dallas.
Picard's rush from the first tee
was featured by near-eagle on
the opening hole and a birdie at
the fourth. The latter resulted
from holing a Seven,foot putt,
while the opening hole saw Picard
drive into trap and recover so
beautifully that he almost holed
his first putt for an eagle.
He was seldom off the fairway
and remained right on top Of par
to the fifteenth where his iron
from the tee failed to hold the
green, reaching the back edge and
then trucking down into the short
rough. His chip back left him two
puts and he took 4.
Then came the last two holes
and his magnificent approach that
hit the seventeenth pin from 125
yards.
Cooper Has 81
Meanwhile, Harry Cooper, an.
other pre-tournament favorite,
shot "a to the turn, two under par.
Craig Wood, also "a to the turn,
started back 3-4-4-4-4-3 and
needed one over par for the last
three to break Picard's 70.
He played the last three in two
strokes over par, however, to fin
iSh with a II, a stroke behind
Picard.
He got a par 4 at the sixteenth,
but took a at the long seven.
tenth and then needed a par at
the eighteenth to tie Picard. Here,
he drove to the top Of the rise in
the middle Of the fairway, but
was short with his approach, short
with his chip shot and missed the
putt.
Woods card:
Out .............. 443 34S 3S4-SG
In ............... 344 443 465-37-71
Sarazen played indifferently,
three-putting three greens, to fin.
AS1A "AUAA q OOOO-tOS live oGEOk6S
behind Picard. The ex-champion
was trying hard by the time he
came to the eighteenth. His part
ner, Ralph Guldahl, Beverly Hills,
Cal, got a 70.
Klein Shoots
Willie Klein, New York, with a
IS, three-putted the third, seventh,
and fifteenth greens.
Paul Runyan, one of the favor.
ties, also was hot through the
first nine with q Sub-par35, and
then started back theatrically
with birdie at the tenth and
an eagle 3 at the 6O2-yard eleventh
Runyan's Eagle at the eleventh.
the first Of the tournament. came
on the end of two tremendous
wood shots and a mashie that was
holed out from 30 yards out on
the fairway. Johnny Revolta, like
Hagen, started 4-4-3-4, one under
par.
Meanwhile, Evans had a $3.50
"a for the complete round, with
Doyle Smith, Birmingham, Ala,
shooting rs and Gene Mills an
81.