Evening star., 1947-06-15
PairDeadIocked
AT 282; PIayoff
Is Slated Today
Sam Sinks Birdie 3 on
Final Hole; Locke
FuIters on Last 9
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and morning round of IS, but he
was far back with 293.
Worsham faces his fink in, tomor-
rows playoff. He lost the Sic, 1000
Philadelphia Inquirer Invitation last
year to Herman Barron in play
off and the 900 Jacksonville Open
to Clayton Heafner in March. His
only $4,000 tournament victory, at
Atlanta, was gained over the regu-
lation 72 holes.
Wins Crowds Favor.
Worsham has attained some ma
tional prominence in his first veal
as a big timer in pro golf, but tc
date he is no Snead, Hogan or Locke
A lot of people out there today were
only vaguely familiar with "The
Chin's" background. But they were
all for him. They liked his clean
cut appearance, they cheered his
terrific tee shots and they liked the
idea of new and unexpected cham
pion.
Worsham's first II holes today
were tee-to-green perfection. His
only brides in a morning out nine
of 80 were from a chip shot dead
to the cup On the sixth and two
puts on the par five ninth, where
he needed one for an eagle. He hit
the pin with his second shot on the
par four tenth and dropped a three
footer for a three-under-par stand
ing. Word swept back over the
course and the Worsham gallery in
creased as if by magic.
WorSham waited 16 holes for his
first bogey of. the day, but that one
hurt. 1t is a comparatively simple
188-yard par three, but Lew hooked
his tee shot, flubbed out of the deep
grass and finally took 5. He pared
IT, but after bouncing over a deep
trap with smart second shot on
the 18th, he took three from the
edge and posted a morning II, for
211, which tied National Open
record at that point and led Snead
and Locke by one stroke, Oliver
and Ward by three.
Lew was a marked man starting
the fourth and final round. He
opened with a birdie on the first
hole after six-foot putt and added
another on the sixth where for the
second time in the day he almost
Clipped into the cup. His first three
putt green followed on the seventh,
but he regained that STROKE with a
second birdie on the par five ninth
and again was out in 33.
Sinks 20-foot Putt.
With Snead off to bogey- -bogey
start in the afternoon Worsham
picked up virtually the entire gal
iery. They figured he was home. He
dropped his first long putt on the
day, a 20-footer on the 10th for
birdie and was three under and the
cheers were heard over the entire
golf course.
Starting at the 18th hole, Lew be-
gan to lose ground. He Clipped past
the pin after a slightly pulled tee
shot on the par 3 hole and missed
a six-footer for his par A birdie putt
on the 18th spun around the cup
and stayed out. He pared IA, but on
the easy par S 18th he took a 6
although he played a smart second
shot, when he sacrificed out of the
rough. That was the tee shot Lew
said he would like to have had over
for a long fairway drive there
would have meant a potential birdie.
Instead he made 6.
He pared 16, still needed par in
to tie Guldahls record. But on the
17th he pushed a tee shot in the
rough and the heavy grass DETECTED
the clubhead on his second shot and
sent the ball to the left of the green,
requiring dangerous approach. His
next shot was excellent, but his 10
foot putt for a par never had
chance.
Snead Picks Up Strokes.
Facing the narrow fairway of
the 18th and with strokes slipping
away in dangerous manner, Lew
hit one of the best drives of the
entire tournament. He sent it
"a ton as the boys say, up the 18th
fairway. He used a niblick pitch
for his second on the 419-yard blind
second shot par 4, but pulled it just
off the carpet. His approach putt
was in the hole all the way-except
at the finish where it slipped round
the cup. The crowd cheered as Lew
tapped in his putt for 282 and he
waved his hand in q friendly
gesture.
Snead, who picked up six strokes
on Worsham in the last four holes
of the morning round, picked up
three more on the same four in
the afternoon. That's almost un-
believable-that nine stroke diff
ference in four holes - but the
slammer was making up for those
past fadeouts. Snead's back nine
included an eagle on the 18th in
the morning-on in two and down
IN a 15-putt.
Coming to the 10th hole, Snead
needed three pars to tie. He had
a six-foot birdie putt with the grain
on the par three but missed and
on the list, he drove in the same
rough that caught Worsham. He
blasted out weakly, approached 10
feet from the cup and when he
missed the putt he kicked the club
in his patented manner. That led
up to the climax 18th, where Snead's
drive, pitch shot and 16-foot putt
made Worksham work overtime If
he. is to be Washington's first home
grown National Golf champion.