Evening star., 1952-07-20
25-Under Par Total
Tops Locke's Mark;
Haas, Mayer Second
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

BY the Assoeioted Press
WINNIPEG. Man, July 49,
Johnny Palmer. an obliging in
vader from North Carolina, car
ried off the Canadian Open golf
championship today by shooting
a six-under-par 66 for a record
medal score of 263 in the 72-hole
tournament.
Setting out in brilliant sunshine
and finishing in the rain, Palmer
wound up IS strokes under par.
His score Topped five strokes of
the old Canadian Open record of
268 shot by Bobby Locke of South
Africa in 1947.
Two other United States play
erS-Freddy Haas from New Or
leans and Blond Dick Mayer of
st. Petersburg, F1a.-tied for sec
ond place with scores of 274. Haas
finished with a 66 today and
Mayer with 68.
Three Americans shared fourth
place with 275s-Doug Ford of
Harrison. N. Y: AL Zimmerman
of Portland. Greg. and Skee
Riegel of Tulsa, Okla.
Palmer Wins $4,000.
Stan Leonard of Vancouver won
the Riverhead Cup as low Cana
dian professional on his score of
280. He finished in a three-way
tie for 18th place in the field.
Palmer, carrying off $4,000 first
prize and the Seagram gold cup,
won by II strokes-the largest
margin since Lawson Little won
by an eight-stroke margin in 1896.
One round of IS and three Of Sc
made up Palmer's total. All his
scores bettered the pre-tournament
competitive record for the course
q 81 shot by Wally Ulrich of Aus
tin, Mimi, three years ago. Palm
er's total was just four strokes off
the world record of 259 for II
holes, held jointly by Byron Mel
son and Ben Hogan.
Brides First Hole.
A large proportion of the gal
Iery of more than 5000 followed
the new champion today and he
gave them plenty to cheer about
on the first hole when his second
shot pitched on the green and
rolled off on the edge of the
longer grass to the side. His 20
foot putt hung briefly on the lip
of the cup and dropped for a
birdie three.
That was just a starter. He
peeled off three brides in the
first nine for q 33, three under
par. He shot four brides on the
back nine on which he got another
SO, losing a stroke on the 18th
hole when the rain was at its
heaviest.
Dutch Harrison Of Ardmore,
Okla, Canadian Open winner in
1949, tied for seventh place with
Roberto De Vicenzo of BuenoS
Aires. Each had 277. Harrison.
playing with Palmer, finished with
a II and De Vicenzo with a SO.
Vines stood ninth with 278.
Kroll's 66 put him in a 10th
place tie with Smiley Quick of
Pasadena who finished off with
a 10.
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ri FIIsa ssO, Haas. h~ es-es-7l-ee-a74
DICK Mayer. s7-ea-7o-ss-a74 q $500.
Doug Ford, So 90 -70-275 (Ss33.34).
Al Zimmerman. 6S-11 1-69-61-275
skee RieseL ee-e9-7l-es - 275
Roberto De vicenzo. 67-e7-72-e9-277
Dutch Harrison, es-e7-7o-71 a77
Ellsworth Vines. 7o-7s-es-ee-e7s
Ted Kron. 7o-6e-72- -66-o79 (s37s.5M.
Smiley Quick. 6S-70-71-7O - 279
Jimmy Clark, 72-7o.71 -e7-.so ts325.
Stan Leonard. 66-76-6s-71 - ESQ
Jim Turnesa, 71-6s-71-7O-2so fs325).
Ed (Porky) Oliver, 71-6s-73-69--2s1
($225).
Dick Metz, 73-G7-70-71-2S1 tS225).
Milon Marusic. 70-72-69-7O - 2s1
DOW Finsterwald. e7-72-es-7a - 2sa
H; Henry Marten. e7-7s-7o-7s - 2ss
Bob puden. 2;7o;7s-2ss tssoo.
Jim Ferrier. II 71-6S-72-73-2S4 (Sl75).
Rudy Horvath. 73-69-70-72-2S4
Bob Gajda, 72-72-72-es-2s4 ts17b).
Ralph Blomquist, 71-73-74-66 - 2S4
jerry Barber. 7o-76-6s-71-es4 ts175>.
Buddy Lutz, jr, 74-71-70-6e-2s4
Wally Ulrich, 7o-6s-74-72 - 2s6
Bob Toski. 75-7o-7o-7o-2s5 (s141. 81.
Al Balding, ,71-75-69-70-2S5 ($141.67).
Earl Stewart, ir.. 71-69-7o-76-2S5
dord,e Brydson. 7O-es-74-74 - 2s7
lawson Little, 72-65-75-71-2s7 ts75.
Art Wall: il: 70-71-74-z2-2sz q = !; fs75>- s7>-
1verson Martin. 72-7l-72.72-2S7 1872