The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-22
HOGAN WINS N0RTH-SOUTH MEET
~ SCORE BREAKS ,
TOURNEY RECORD
Snead Captures Second Prize
Money With 2SO; Nelson
In Third Position
By BILL BONI

Ben Hogan, the lad who'd been
second in almost everything but
never had been first, proved he
had the quality that makes cham.
pions today when he won the 3Sth
annual North and South Open Golf
championship with a record 72-hole
score of 277.
Eleven shots under par for the
famous Pinehurst No. 2 course, the
Texas-born professional took down
first money Of 1 1000 in beating
Sam Snead by three strokes. Hogan
was in front from the time he tied
the course record with a Sc the
first round, and he wiped out any
doubts Of his ability to stand up
under pressure by being a winner
even though he was a f~ront-runner
all the way.
The task wasn't made easy for
him. An overdose Of caution caused
Ben to underclub on some of his
iron shots this morning. AS a re-
suit he finished the third round
with a IA, two over standard fig
ures, and had lost one shot Of the
seven-stroke margin he held at Sc
holes.
In the afternoon the going got
tougher. Ben, with Clayton Heat
ner and Johnny Revolta, was in
the last threesome Of the day. Up
ahead of him were Sam Snead and
Gene Sarazen, who were tied for
second place after "a holes with 213
strokes. six back of the White Plains
pro.
Sarazen faded out Of the compe.
titive picture with a closing Of rs
that pushed him down to a tie for
fifth place.
But Snead wasn't wavering. The
hard-hitting SHOEMAKER from Shaw
nee-on-Delaware, Pa, turned on the
hottest round he'd had to date.
Slugging the ball for all he was
worth, he came to the 18th green
and rammed home a 20-foot putt
for a 81. That put the pressure
squarely on the 140-pound Hogan's
shoulders.
But Ben responded nobly. The
iron shots that had been dropping
just short in the morning were
splitting the pin. Those iron shots
gave him a three-foot putt for a
birdie on the third hole; a four
foot putt for another on the fifth,
and brought him home in two on
the par-five 18th for another birdie.
Since he had bogeyed the eighth,
that meant Ben needed only to fin
ish par-par to cut two strokes off
the tournament record set by Vic
Ghezzi in 1898. That's just the way
he did finish. Even on the home
green he tried, boldly for a birdie
he missed it by inches-when he
could have been conservative with
out criticism.
Hogan and Snead dominated the
field. With Sam three shots back Of
Hogan, Byron Nelson took third
place and $500 with a 286, six
strokes back of Snead. Johnny Re-
volta rallied for a closing par two
and fourth place with $500 and
287; Sarazen and Jug McSpaden
took down $3.50 each as they tied
at 2SS, and Dick Metz placed sew.
enth with 290 that won him SITS.
The leading scorers and their
money winnings:
Ben Hogan, White Plains, N. Y.
133-74-7O-277 Isl, OOo).
Sam Snead, Shawnee-on-Delaware
Pa. 14O-73-67-2S0 ($6O0).
Byron Nelson, Toledo, 142-74-7o-
2S6 ($5o0).
Johnny Revolta, Evanston, ILL.,,
14O-75-72-2S7 $4,000.
Gene Sarazen, Brookfield Center,
Conn, 143-7O-75-2SS ($250).
Harold McSpaden, Winchester,
Mass. 145-72-71-288 ($25O).
Dick Metz, Oak Park, ILL.,, HAIL
1890 ($175).
George Picard, Charleston, S. C,
146-69-76-291 ($1o5).
Henry Picard, Hershey, Pa, 145'
75-72-291 ($105).
Victor Ghezzi, Deal, N. j., 1875
1881 ($1O5).
Harry Cooper, Chicopee, Mass,
152-75-74-291 ($105).
Lloyd Mangrum, Chicopee, Mass,
144.71-76-2s1 ($105).
Chandler Harper, Portsmouth,
Va, 1~47-74-71--2e2 C55).
Jimmy Thomson, Chicopee, Mass,
147-73-73-293 ($32).
Johnny Bulla, Chicago, ILL.,, 146'
75-72-293 ($32).
Craig Wood, Mamaroneck, N. Y.
141-76-76-293 ($32).
Clayton Heather, Linville, N. c..
142-74-78-294 ($25).
Paul Runyan, White Plains. N.
Y, 144-76-75-295 ($12.50).
Horton Smith, Chicopee, Mass,
144-75.76-295 ($12.50).
Willie Goggin, San Francisco,
Calf, 147-71-77-295 ($12.50).
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