The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-20
NELSON, SNEAD /
ARE DEADL0CKED
IN FIRST PLACE
Nelson Scorches Last Nine
Holes To Pull Even
With Leader
BY FRITZ LITTLEJOHN

CHARLOTTE, March l9-'f'-
Closing with a fine four-under-par
So in the last round, Byron Mel
son deadlocked Sam Snead at 272
today at the finish OF the $4,000
Charlotte open golf tournament.
Nelson scorched- he last nine
of the Myers Park Club course
with a SO to pull even with Snead,
who led for II holes but bogled
the 72nd for a 70 today.
The two will meet tomorrow IN
an 18-hole playoff, their second
of the winter tour. Snead defeat
ed Nelson in 10 holes after they
tied at GuRport, Miss, last month.
Snead blew his chances on the
last two holes. On II, an easy par
five, Sam elected to use a one
iron to keep away from an ad.
joining roadway that is out OF
bounds. That left him full bras
sic to the green. He promptly hit
that out of bounds but the ball
bounced off a car and back onto
the course. Then he missed pitch
shot and, though he almost holed
his chip, he had to be satisfied
with par.
On the par three 18th, he was
short of the green and, trying to
roll up, barely reached the car
pet. His 20-foot putt for win miss
ed by four inches.
Nelson would have won but for
a penalty on fourteen, where his
drive caught a ditch that protrudes
into the fairway. He still got a
par five and in fact hadn't a single
DOGGY after the sixth hole.
Snead at last got par three
on the No. 8, perhaps the toughest
hole the pros have played in the
winter swing, by chipping close
to the pin but the three bogeys he
garnered there in the first round
kept him from sewing up his fourth
straight tournament triumph and
his seventh since being discharged
from the Navy last fall.
Harold Uug) McSpaden. who was
tied with Nelson two shots back
Of Snead after 81 holes, blew to a
II and wound up in fifth place.
Gene Kunes of Hollywood, Fla,
closed with a SO for 279 and third
money. He left Immediately for
Philadelphia, where his 12-year old
son is i'll.
Sam Byrd grabbed fourth money
at 280 on a last round II. Toney
Penna Of Dayton, Ohio, fired
81, the best score today, for a
283 and sixth place.
Snead and Nelson at 272 were
three shots better than the score
with which Sgt Dutch Harrison
won the first Charlotte open last
season. Harrison did not enter this
year. :,
The leaders with prizes in war
bonds, maturity value).
Sam Snead, Hot Springs, Va,
2O2-70-272 (first place $4,000.
Byron Nelson, Toledo, Ohio, 204-
68-272 Second place $1,000.
Gene Kunes, Hollywood, Fla, 210-
69-279, $1,000.
Sam Byrd, Detroit, 2o9-71-2so,
$500.
Jug McSpaden, Sanford, Me-,
204-7-281, $500.
Toney Penna, Dayton, Ohio, 216-
67-283, $500.
Jimmy Gauntt, unattached, 215-
69-284, $3.50.
KY Laffoon, Chicago, PLATO
284, $3.50.
Craig Wood, Mamaroneck, N. Y,
212-75-287, $500.
Claude Harmon, Lockmoor,
Mich, 216-72-288, $3.50.
Johnny Revolta, Evanston, Ill,
2l6-73-289, $287.50.
Ed Burke, New Haven, Conn.,,
220-69-289, $287.5O.
ED Furgol, Detroit, 217-73-
2so.
Joe sarhardt, Norristown, Pa,
214-76-290, $3.50.
Bobby Cruickshank, Richmond,
Va, 223-69-292, $186.
Mike Turnesa, Elmsford, N. Y,
-72-292, $1S6.
Bob Hamilton, Chicago, 218-74-
1872, $186.
Henry Picard, Harrisburg, Pa,
221-71-292, $186.
Denny Shute, Akron, Ohio, 222-
70-292, $186.
Frank Strazza. Greenwich, Conn,
220-73-293, $125.
Jimmy Hines, Chicago, 217-76-
293, $125.
x-Denotes amateur.