Evening star., 1953-07-10

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ney'S history.
tThird-Round Story on Page
A-16.)
BY the Associoted Press
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland, July
10. -- The British Open golf
championship appeared to be
building up to a tremendous cli-
max late this afternoon. with
Frank Stranahan, American am
ateur, and Dai Rees of Wales all
ready finished with 286s. and Ben
Hogan, United States Open title
, holder. needing only a Lover par
81 on the last nine holes for 285.
Unbothered by a gallery run
ming into the thousands. the grim
Texan, playing in his first Brit
! lSh tournament. fired a two
under-par "a on the front nine at
Carnoustie. Par for the incoming
nine is 36.
! Hogan started his final round
/ tied with Roberto de Vicenzo of
Argentina with 2l4 scores. Tie
Texan had shot a 35-25-7O on
this mornings third round to
catch the South American, VINO
began the day a stroke ahead.
/ Stranahan Brilliant.
! But De Vicenzo faltered On the
first nine of the final round and
the 38 there gave him a finishing
round of 73 and a total Of 287.
one behind Rees and Strarahan.
Some of the most sensational
golf of the day was played by
Stranahan. son of a Toledo
tOhio) millionaire and former
holder of the British Amateur
title. Not only did Stranahan
close with a record -equalling 50,
but he covered the last nine in
-, four under the unofficial par.
On the 18th hole the Ohio anna
teur holed a 40-foot putt for
an eagle 3. the second OF the
day for him on that par-5 hole.
/ Rees, veteran member of the
British Ryder Cup team, missed
a glorious opportunity on the
last hole. Only feet from the
pin. the We}shman needed only
to sink the putt to take the lead
from Stranahan with 285. But
he missed it and took a II for
a tying 286.
Cerda Still Has Chance.
Besides Hogan there was one
other golfer who still had a good
chance to win. That was an
9th er Argentinean, Antonio
Cerda, who equaled Stranahans
50 on his third round and shot
a one-under-par 35 for the first
nine this afternoon. This gave
him a total of $50 and only par
golf was needed to tie Stranahan
and Rees.
Gallery Grows Steadily.
Hogan. followed at the start
by gallery of 5000, which grew
at every hole. l>irdied the fifth
! and sixth holes and pared the
other seven. Altogether, more
than 10000 were on the course.
On the 388-yard fifth, Hogan
sank chip shot from 35 feet out
for a 3 to the cheers of the spec
tators. On the 567-yard par 5
sixth, he walloped a 30O-yard
drive down the middle and sent
his approach shot within 80 Yards
of the pin. He Clipped feet
from the cup and sank the putt
for his 4.
Stranahan, runnerup in the
1947 British Open to Fred Daily
of Ireland, played a series of
wonderful pproach shots
through the last nine holes. At
the 10th he put a four-iron shot
10 feet from the flag. At the
18th he smacked a No. 3 wood to
within 80 feet of the hole. Both
times to took two puts.
At the 18th Stranahar's Sec
ond shot was 80 feet from the
flag and he sank a tricky curling
putt for birdie.
At the 18th Stranahan sec
ond shot was 90 feet from the
flag. That's where he holed his
terrific putt.
Hogan began the afternoon
round with a par on the 406-
yard first hole. He had a drive
(See BRITISH OPEN, A-l2.)