The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-25
Wood And Hines Leading
Durham Open Tournament
BY FRITZ LITTLEJOHN


DURHAM March "a. - R -
The veterans, Craig Wood and
Jimmy Hines, tapped out four
under par SIS over the short, mud
dy Hillandale golf course today to
lead the field at the end Of the first
IL hole round of the $1,000 Dur.
ham open tournament.
The 42-year-old Wood, last VIM
ner of the national open. put to
gether nine hole scores of 80 and
IS and Hines, 38-year-old chipshot
artist from Amsterdam, N. y,
went out in IS and streaked home
in 80 blows.
The 3,212-yard par 81 first nine
proved easy for the touring pros
hut the back side, 10 yards longer,
but with par only "a, stood up
well except for the sparkling 80 by
Hines, who finished high in the
money in his last previous start
after being notified that his IT,
year-old son, Jimmy Jr., was miss
ing in action in Italy.
Hard on the heels of the lead
ers came Byron Nelson, the pre-
en- Iavorite, with 68 that
included five brides in the six
aged.
It was strictly day for the ex-
L circuit players, as o
one else in the field of Al pros and
IS amateurs was able to better
standard figures.
Skip Alexander, a Durham boy
now in the army, gave the home
town fans treat by knocking out
a "a to stick, close to Nelson his
playing partner, on the front nine
but skidded to a 81 coming back
and was deadlocked at II with
five other players, Bob Hamilton
of Evansville, Ind, who specialize
es in equalling par, and recent
winner of the North and South at
Pinehurst. Johnny Revolta Of Ev-
anston, ILL.,, winner of the Texas
open last month, Frank Strazza OF
Greenwich, Conn.,, Willie Goggin
of White Plains, N. Y. and Jim
my Johnston of Pennington, Mich.
Jug McSpaden, the leading win
ner of the winter swing, headed a
list of another six players brack-
eted at u, including Ed Furgol OF
Detroit. who bested the amateurs.
George McCallister, an amateur
from Spartanburg, S. c., knock
ed in hole in one on No. but
wound up with a big 80 just the
same.
The field will play 10 holes to-
morrow at Hillandale and then
switch TO the Hope Valley Coun-
try Club for the final So Sunday.
Fines .lau flve birds on his card
and no bogeys until the last green,
al uphill 23O-yarder, where he took
a four after pulling his shot back
OF trap. He was straight threes
and tours except for a five on the
par-five ninth. His card:
Par out --- AS 353 445-37
Hines - 444 343 A -35
Far in 800 434 434 543-34-71
Hines ---- 1888 434 444-32-67
Wood birdied four of the first
five noles, but had three bogeys on
the back nine His card:
Wood out $3.50 335 243 444-32
w. i in 1890 443 544 443-35-67
But the most remarkable stretch
of the day was Nelson's hot start.
His card:
syn out $50 1874 342 1888
Nelson. in -- 434 434 544-35-6S
me leaders: 0-denotes anna
teur) Jimmy Hines, Amsterdam,
N. Y, 35-32-67; Craig Wood, Ma
maroneck, N. Y, 32-35-67; By
ron Nelson, Toledo, Ohio 1885
So; S. Sgt. Skip Alexander. Dur
ham, 34-37-7l; Bob Hamilton,
Evansville, Ind, 35-37-7; Johnny
..evolta, Evanson, ILL.,, 37-34-71;
Frank Strazza, Greenwich. Conn.,,
27-34-71; Willie Goggin, White
Plains, N. Y. 34-37-71; Jimmy
, onnston, Pennington, Mich. &C.
35-71; Harold (Jug) McSpaden,
Philadelphia. 38-36-72; ED Fur
gol, Detroit, 34-38-82; Johnny Bull
la, Atlanta, 35-37-72; Tony Pen
ma, Dayton, Ohio. 37-35-72: Leon
ard Dodson. Kansas City, 1885,
u; Ralph Hutchinson, Bethlehem.
Pa. 35-37-7z; x-Roy league.
Durham, 37-36-73; Fred Annon,
White Plains, N. Y. 37-37-74: Joe
Zarhardt, NorristoWn, Pa, 1886
e-tv Stackhouse. Seguin, Tex.
38-36-74: x-A. D. Turrentine.
....., 4l-34-75; Johnny eau
~osic Falls, N. Y, 38-37-75;
&c. M. May. Greensboro. 37-3S-
Orville White, Winston-Salem.
a9-37-76; x-Grover Dillon, Dur
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