Evening star., 1953-07-10

putt for 3. On the 18th his
drive caught in a bunker, but he
wedged out beautifully and
scored a 4.
ReeS went great through the
14th, but on the 18th he took
one-over-par 5 by pulling his
second shot and missing a 6-foot
putt. He hit a spectator on the
18th when he pulled his tee shot
and had to settle for a 4. The
spectator was not injured.
Birdie on Tough No. 2.
Hogan started out this morn
ing with a tee shot of 230 yards
which stopped in a hollow on the
fairway, leaving him a good lie.
His second shot was high and
18 feet short of the pin. He
putted up to within 18 inches
and then sank the ball for
par 4 on the 406-yard hole.
The second hole at Carnoustie
Is possibly the toughest on the
course. It's a 442-yard par-4
layout with many bunkers and
sand traps laid to snag the top
notch golfer. Hogan birdied the
hole with a 3. .....
His tee shot of 240 yards mar
roWly missed one of the bunkers.
Ben then hit a three Iron which
was hole high and IA feet to the
left of the pin. He ran down the
putt for the birdie, probably his
best stroke on the green's up to
that time. The gallery Of golf
loving Scots. who have been
groaning with Hogan each time
his puts failed to click, sent up
q loud cheer.
Rain began to fall as Hogan
walked to the third hole. His
tee shot was beauty, 260 yards.
An eight-iron was very high and
left him 40 feet to go. He then
stroked up a beautiful running
putt to within five inches of the
hole. The ball dropped with the
1ourth stroke.
Two Straight BogeyS.
Hogan went over par on the
fourth and fifth holes, but got
back level with par on the sixth
with a birdie 4.
On the fifth he hit 250-yard
drive up the middle, but then
pulled his six iron badly, trying
to reach the far upper step of
the two-level green. The ball
rolled over into deep rough 80
feet from the edge and 10 feet
from the flag. Ben came out
badly and was Is feet from the
pin. His approach putt, fourth
stroke on the hole. rolled three
feet past. He sank it coming
back for a poorly played S.
Hogan cut the 567-yard par-5
sixth hole to pieces. He hit one
of his best tee shots Of the day
at least a 260-yarder-square
down the middle. A four wood
sent the ball sizzling to the green
20 feet short of the edge and
80 feet from the cup on this
tremendous hole. He Clipped
to within Is feet and dropped
in for birdie 4.
On the 389-yard seventh. Ben
sank a 25-footer to take
tough birdie. He hit a good
drive, his six-iron second shot
avoided the trap. and rolled up
to within IS feet of the pin to
the left and then he punched
1t home.
Misses Short Putt.
On the eighth, a 162-yard
par 3. Hogan got off a perfect
line tee shot 35 feet short of
the pin. He missed his putt
by a couple of inches to take
q par 3.
His tee shot on the next hole
was just to the left of the fair
way. Hogan and his caddie. Cecil
Timms, talked things over for a
minute. Ben and the former
British soccer player agreed a
two-iron was just the thing.
Hogan then hit the two-iron to
the green. He putted up two
feet short and on his fourth
stroke the ball ran three-quar-
ters of the way around the edge
before plunking IN.
Hogan stood on his toes, a
bundle of nerves. as the ball
trlckled around before dropping.
Hogan scored another birdie 3
on the 10th. a 446-yard hole. A
tee shot and three-lron left
him 40 feet from the pin. An
other fine putt dropped for him
on an uphill run. He got an
other cheer from the gallery.
Ben took a par 4 on the 18th,
but missed his par for a S on the
12th. when his putt stopped on
the lip of the cup.
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