Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-12
Holds Lew Has Il All
In Shots, but Needs
Tournament Savvy
By MerreII WhittIesev
By MerreIl Whittlesey
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

feeling here at Canterbury that
an outsider, not a Nelson, Hogan or
Snead, but some deserving fellow
just a step below the select circle,
will be the 46th national open
golf champion. We checked the
theory with Fred Corcoran, PGA
Tournament Bureau manager, here
yesterday. and then asked him if
1t could be Lew Worsham.
There's a kid with unlimited
possibilities" Corcoran replied, "un-
limited" he repeated, "he has
everything" and then he hedged
a little, everything but the neces-
sary experience" Corcoran was de-
lighted with Worsham's perform
ance in Philadelphia, where he tied
Herman Barron for top money be-
fore losing playoff, but pointed
out a flaw or two. where Worsham
might have saved the winning
stroke with trifle more tourna-
ment savvy.
Worsham, 28-year-old Congress
sional Club pro and a resident of
Bethesda, Md, was out for a prac-
tice round here yesterday, along
with the I'll other contestants in
the 72-hole open championship
which begins Thursday. Lew took
Long Island Pro Al Brosch for a
partner and played Herman Keiser,
the masters winner, and Chandler
Harper of Portsmouth, Va.
Worsham Takes it Easy.
After five days OF pressure playing
In the $4,000 Philadelphia tourney
Worsham eased up and barely broke
30. Harper, playing the deceptive
course for the first time, had a 70
and with Keiser tossed a winning
best ball SO at Worsham and Brosch.
Lew wasn't worried. however, he
said. I'm playing the best golf of
my life"
A second bunch, in addition to the
darkhorse angle, is that the scoring
will be high. Nobody figures to touch
Ralph Guldahl's record score of 28l
set at Detroit in 1887. Canterbury
yTdage of 1921 is misleading. II
doesn't play as long as Chevy Chase
or Burning Tree in Washington, but
you've got to know where YOU re
going.
The boys were playing hit and run
golf yesterday, If they didn't they
went over the green, and subse-
quently, over par. The pins were on
the front of the greens and the
sharp winds were straight from Lake
Erie, but even with no wind and the
pins on the back, the smart thing
on many OF the holes will be to play
short and ask Lady Luck for a
kindly bounce.
Course knowledge Is Vital.
Chandler Harper was saying that
half the battle here is to know the
course and for that reason he likes
the chances of veteran Henry Picard
who came to Canterbury five months
ago. Picard, however, has been hav-
ing his troubles and can't buy sub
par round.
The big three, Ben Hogan, Byron
Nelson and Sammy Snead attracted
the days biggest galleries, but they
didn't better par. Snead is about
three-quarters bald. IL pounds
lighter than the last Open, and as
he put it, hitting the ball putrid. ~
Snead practiced for an hour In the
morning and asked everybody with
in earshot what he was doing wrong.
Hogan complains of tournament
fatigue, Nelson says the wiry,
stubble rough will be too much for
him. Crying towels are cheap.
Washington's Fred Mcleod, who
is getting considerable attention
as the oldest man in the tourna-
ment, found buddy, Jock Hutchi-
son, sr., and the "a and 63-year-old
golfing greats of two score years
ago had a big day. Mcleod played
Is holes and played good golf for
the last 10 holes. He used a driver
brassie and spoon, in that order
on the 615yard 18th hole, but
he was home in three.
Cruickshank Breaks Pet Club.
Wee Bobby Cruickshank, who is
serious about this tournament as
any of the 10 others in which he
has competed, was pouting as he
broke his pet driver and must either
pick up strange club or drive
with brassie.
The fifth Middle Atlantic entrant
Norfolk's John O'Donneu, who lee
the sectional trials at Burning Tree
reported pair of practice 76's. Rut
Coffey, the former Maryland Oper
and Middle Atlantic PGA champion
now from Moundsville, w. Va, was
out for trial spin.
The USGA is using the honor
system concerning one of its pet
peeves, clubs with doctored faces
which lend to backspin, but most
of the players took their niblicks ano
wedges in for. a check. and some
were turned down. Worsham brought
two niblicks as he doesn't think
his regular club will pass AS fol-
| the 14-club rule. Secretary Joe Dey
said he figured all players here
could count
In a preliminary best ball event
Bruce Coltart of Atlantic City anc
Amateur Howard Everett of Phila-
delphia had a 81 to win 500, a.
Coltart shot an individual So. Johnny
Bulla, the Arizona Always pilot
had an individual 81 and with Eng.
lands Dick Burton finished second
| Burton didn't holm q shot