Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-25
90 Golfers Get Bids
To Play in Masters
April So al Augusta
BY the Associated Pres.

AUGUSTA, Ga, Feb. "a
Ninety mine invitations were is
sued today for the Masters golf
championship. The 72-hole tour
nament will be held April 5-s at
the Augusta National Golf Club.
Invitations have gone to "a
champions or near champions
old and new. Fifteen others have
made their scoring regulations
respectful enough to take their
places in what probably is the
strongest field that can be as
sembled About so are expected
to compete.
Occasionally a tournament
through expert persuasion or
public relations can attract win
ners of the big four meets. The
Masters this year is one.
Ben Hogan. National open
champion and champion Of practi-
cally every other tournament at
one time or another, will be out
of semi-retirement for another at
tempt to win on the Augusta Ma
tional course.
Harper Has Permanent Bid.
Chandler Harper was the sur
prise winner of the Professional
Golfers Association tournament
last sumner and thereby wins a
permanent Masters invitation.
Jimmy Demaret, only three-t times
Masters champion, again will
play. And Sammy Urzetta, Ma
tional amateur king. win accept
his first invitation.
Besides Harper and Urzetta, II
others who were not invited last
spring. have won invitations. Two
of them are well known profess
sionals-Marty Furgol and Dick
Metz. The remaining Is aren't
SO well known outside their home
areas.
The Is are: AL Besselink, Dow
Finsterwald, Ray Gafford. Billy
Dynamite) Goodloe, jr., and Bud
Holscher. Dick Kinchla, Robert
w. Knowles. jr., Dick Mayer, AL
fred Mengert, Bill Nary, William
Shields, Bob Toski. Tom Veech,
John P. Ward and Harold VIII
liams.
Each receives an invitation be-
cause he fits one of the following
requirements: Among first "a
players in the 1850 open; member
of the 1851 Walker Cup team;
quarterfinalist in the 1850 PGA,
or quarterfinalist in the 1850 Ma
tional Amateur.
"a Champs Invited.
The 81 well-known champions
or near champions invited are:
Hogan, Urzetta, Harper. Demaret,
Metz, Furgol, Skip Alexander,
Tommy Armour, Jim Barnes,
Stanley Bishop, Julius Boros,
Johnny Bulla, Billy Burke, Will
liam c. Campbell, Dick Chapman,
Charley Coe. Tom crsavy. Leo
D!egel, Dave Douglas, Findlay
Douglas, Ed Dudley. George T.
Dunlap, jr., DIN Dutra, Chick
Evans. jr., Johnny Farrell. George
Fazio,. Jim Terrier, John Fischer,
Robert A, Gardner, Vic Ghezzi,
Leland Gibson. Johnny Goodman,
Jesse Guilford, Ralph Guldahl,
Fred Haas, jr., Walter Hagen.
Also, Bob Hamilton, Chick Har-
bert, Claude Harmon, Dutch Har-
rison, Clayton Heafner, S. David
son Heron. Jock Hutchinson. H.
r. Johnston. Bobby Jones, Her
man Keiser. Joe Kirkwood, jr.,
Lawson Little, jr., Willie MacFar-
lane. James B. McHale, jr..
Fred Mcleod, Tony Manero, Lloyd
Mangrum. Cary Middlecoff, Byron
Nelson, Francis Ouirnet, Harold
Paddock, jr., Johnny Palmer.
Also, Sam Parks. jr., Toney.
Penna, Henry Picard, Henry Ran
sonas Johnny Revolta. Skee Riegel,
Alex Ross, Paul Runyan, Gene
Sarazen, George Sargent, Denny
Shute, Horton Smith, Sam Snead,
Frank Stranahan, Robert Sweeny,
jr., Jess Sweetser, Jerome Travers,
Willie Turnesa. George Won Elm,
Harvie Ward. jr., Bud Ward, H. j.
Wigham. Henry Williams, Craig
Wood, Lew Worsham. jr., and
Charlie Yates.
Bobby Jones, the grand slam
champion of 1880 and one of the
principal hosts for the masters.
again will be unable to play due
to an old back injury