Evening star., 1947-06-06
Snead Show SteaIer
As Beginners Blast
Prince Georges

Bobby Locke, whose 81 has him
well up among the leaders in the
National Capital Open at Prince
Georges, who originally intended to
compete in the British Open after
playing in the National Open in st.
Louis next week, may remain in this
country for several additional tour
naments. If he does, he probably
will be invited to play in the Ma
tional PGA championship in Detroit
the week following the Open.
The card of 80 turned in by George
Schoux, the promising young player
who was bothered by an ailing back
and hardly could bend over to tee
up his ball, should be a lesson to
the dozens of mo card" addicts in
the Middle Atlantic section. Schoux
can be at times the best and worst
golfer in the world. At Greensboro
he teed off in the last round with
a chance to finish in the money and
finished with an 89-but at least he
turned 1t in. >. Which reminds of
the story Claude Harmon told Buck
Worsham when the latter reported
to Winged Foot in New York. II
don't care what you shoot in these
tournaments" Harmon said, "but I
always want you to turn it in, even
if it's 100" The big blond anna
teur golfer who looked as if he might
be movie actor was, of all things,
a movie actor. He was Forrest
Tucker, the Arlington Va) product
who may be seen in "NeveS Say
Goodbye" and 1.-The Yearling.'
Tucker shot a "a and appeared
capable of doing better.
Thomson, Snead Thrill Fans.
Spec Hammond, the PGA repre-
sentative who is a definite addition
to the tournament by the manner
in which he handles the PA sys-
tenn on the first tee, said the two
biggest crowd thrills of the day
were Jimmy Thomson's drive that
carried the first green and Sam
Snead's eagle two on the first hole
from out of a trap. The little
fellow on the scoreboard who makes
those magic figures is Charles Kim
mel, who travels the entire circuit
The Marines who manned the
walkie-talkies and kept the crowd
informed of the progress of the SUBJ
par shooters when they were on
the course were from the 5th Marine
Battalion, 1st Division. The
first local golfer to initiate Bobby
Locke's putting grip was Andy Glib
son, the Baltimorean, who is an
admittedly bad putter and figured
he could do better by following the
man who is the best. . Locke uses
the overlap grip on his putter, the
same as for his long shots, while
a great majority of the American
pros use the reverse overlap while
putting.
Charles Price, the Kenwood anna
teur, had the only eight of the day
and yet he finished with IA, 2
over par. Price ran into his triple
bogey on the easy par-5 fourth
where he hit his first and third
shots out of bounds.
That Birdie Bet Still Goes.
The pro who bet that nobody in
the tournament would start with
three straight brides hasn't paid
of yet, although several players
gave him a scare in the first round
The name players who were
advertised, but did not appear will
not be reprimanded, in the words
of PGA Tournament Chairman
George Schneiter, who said the
ones who were not here had not
committed their names for this
event, or were on the tentative list.
But with Locke, Sneed, Mangrum
and Worsham on hand, the host club
Is satisfied >. Ed Furgol, who was
disappointed with his rs, played
without a practice round after
his clubs were misplaced following
his plane trip from Detroit.
Bob Morris, one of the top anna
teurs at the host club, was late
scratch when his wife presented
him with a girl on the eve of the
tournament Sam Snead's first
stop after his round of 66 was the
practice tee. Oddly enough, Snead
hit his worst shots of the tourna-
ment the other day in the clinic,
when he faded three straight drives.
!. One of the definite crowd