Evening star., 1948-05-27
Wipes Out Mark
"a Years Old;
Turnesa Victor
By the Assoeioted Press

SANDWICH, England, May 81
A record score of 20 strokes for the
first nine holes by Dick Chapman Of
Pinehurst, N. c., high lighted the
advance of American golfers into
the fifth round of the British ANA
teur golf tourney today.
Chapman was joined in the fifth
round by Defending Champion Will
lie Turnesa of White Plains, N. Y,
and Frank Stranahan of Toledo,
Ohio. The only American who failed
to advance was Bob Sweeny OF
New York.
Stranahan in Quarterfinals.
Stranahan, after winning his
morning match, then entered the
quarterfinals of the tournament by
scoring his second victory of the
day.
Chapman, poker-raced farmer
publisher, scared the front nine OF
the 6,728-yard Sandwich course with
card that listed only 10 puts. He
2-putted the first hole and used
only one tap on the next eight. :.
So phenomenal was Chapman's
shooting that he used only 81
strokes in eliminating Hamilton Nc
Inally of Scotland, 9 and 7. Weather
conditions were perfect in contrast
to yesterdays squalls.
The course record Of 81 which
Chapman wiped out was set In 1914
by Charles MacFarlane of Scotland
as he defeated Chick Evans of Chi
cago in the British amateur meet OF
that year. MacFarlane's record was
equaled yesterday by Gonzalez.
Sees His Record Beaten.
MacFarlane was in the gallery
that watched Chapman chop two
strokes off the Scots record. He said
that the course today was exactly
like it was then"
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McInally was only two over par
for the same nine holes, but when
Chapman's card was tailed as they
sauntered to the 10th tee. he blew
sky high. He needed tnree's to reach
the green on both the 10th and
l1th holes.
Turnesa, who defeated Chapman
for the 1947 British crown, advanced
with q 4-and-3 conquest of G. A.
Loveday, little-known English golfer
| Turnesa had five SIS on his morning
card, but couldn't shake Loveday
until the ninth. There he holed
long putt from the edge of the green
for a birdie and Loveday's game
collapsed. -
Easy for Stranahan.
| Stranahan defeated James Tag
CART of Ireland, 5 and 3, with rela-
! tive ease in his first match of the
day. Shooting the first nine in
80, Stranahan was two up on
| the Irishn,an at the turn. The
American strong boy had six one
putt greens during this stretch. Tag
gart had seven.
After lunch Stranahan defeated
Capt. David Blair of the British
Army, 3 and 2. After losing the first
hole to Blair he moved ahead on the
fourth and never was behind there
after. Stranahan dropped the first
hole when he drove into the rough
and played his second shot into a
bunker. He recovered on the sec
ond. where he holed a chip shot
from hill at the edge of the green
and went 1-up on the fourth as Blair
needed four shots to reach the
green.
They played even from there to
the turn. with Blair saving half on
the ninth by sinking a 14-foot putt.
Stranahan went Cup on the 10th
but Blair won the 18th with birdie
3. They continued to see-saw until
Stranahan won the 14th and 18th to
60 Sup and the match ended as
they halved the 18th.
Sweeny was stopped by S. B. Rob
erts of Wales, up, after holding
similar advantage on the ninth.
Sweeny was bidding for his second
title, having won this championship
II years ago.
Mario Gonzalez Of Brazil, who
ranks with Chapman. Turnesa and
Stranahan as a top threat for the
title, shot mediocre golf in defeat
ing Great Britain's Laddie Lucas,
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