Evening star., 1953-06-05
Ben Hogan 10 Begin
Qualifying for Open
Al 0akmont Tuesday
By the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, June 5.-Ben
Hogan. the man to beat in the
SD National Open Golf cham
pionship next week, will play his
first qualifying round at the
Oakmont Country Club, starting
at 1:20 p. m. next Tuesday.
For the second half of the &C.
hole qualifying test Wednesday,
Hogan will start at the Pitts
burgh Field Club at 10 am.
The top attractions in the
other half of the qualifying
field, playing the first round at
the Field Club and the second
at Oakmont, will be Bobby
Locke of South Africa, the cur
rent British Open Champion,
and the defending champion,
Julius Boros.
Boros, the only player in the
field of 800 who isn't required
to qualify for the 72-hole tour
nament, starting Thursday, will
play a public practice round at
Oakmcnt Wednesday.
The pairings and starting
times, released today by the
United States Golf Association,
provide a spot for him to play
with Harvie Ward of Atlanta.
1852 British Amateur champion.
and Claude Harmon of Mamaro-
neck, N. Y.
Hogan will play with George
Fazio, who tied with him for the
1850 Open title at Merton, and
Al Mengert. who was runnerup
to Jack Westland for the Ma
tional Amateur championship
last fall.
The Field Club course is the
shorter and easier of the two
qualifying courses. It is 6.712
yards long with a par of 60
35-71 to Oakmont's 6,916 yards
and 37-35-72 par.
Pairings and starting times
for some of the prominent
players:
FIJI First t,,S SectionEAt oakmont. Tuesday;
IS $40 am; -noon-Buck White. Doug
9;o4 , a:m.-l2;24 p.m.-Gene sarazen.
-, 10 a;m:-1:a0 p.m.-cary Middleton.
>, 1910 a.m.-2 p.m.-Lew Worsham,
p.m.-1O:4O a.m-Jim Ferrier, Clar-
ence Doser. Sam Urzetta.
SECOND Section-,At Field Club. Tues
s:4s am .-I2:O8 p.m-Pete Cooper,
10 am; ;-1:20 p.m.--sam snead. Earl
Fred Hawkins. Dick Mayer.
s,IStS N1on-S A 40 a;m;-Jimmy Clark AL
srum, Al Brosc6, Chandler HARPER. MAN
200 p:m.-10;4O a.m.--Jerry Barber.
AL BeSSelink. Skip Alexander.
son; Billy Nary, Chick Harbert
n,I paiEings MIda,o and starting times of the
fed at Congressional last Monday;
First time Tuesday at Oakmont and
SScpno Sit wednesday at Pittsburgh Field
sos and 11:es-Harold oatman of
Norfolk with william Watts OF st.
Petersburg. Fla, and Hans Merrell.
S:24 and II :44-Walter Romans of
Baltimore C. c. with Bill Barbour OF
81 5freSsSVi1ie' TsSVn. Ohio and Lionel Herbert
a:36 and 12:5e-John o'Donnen of
Norfolk with 'John Dobro of Worth,
ILL.,; and Don Byrd of ,Tuscon, Ariz
1l:04 and 2:24-Jack Isaacs Of Lang
ley Field. Va, with "Frank Souchak
of Oakmont and Marty Furgol.
View with "ThomaS Renfrow of Char
lotte, N. C, and George Hoffer Of Hunt
ington. w. Va.
First round at Field Club and second
round at Oakmont:
sos and 11:2S-"Keith Kallio Of
Washington with Herman Scharlau of
Bloomington. H.. and Furman Hayes
OF Lancaster. 8. c.
1915 and j :36-Charles Bassler of
Rolling Road with "Thomas Jamison Of
Greensburg, Pa, and Mike Souchak of
l2:32 and 9:12-Harry Griesmer of
Bethesda with Jack Thompson of Can
neld, Ohio, and edwin Preisler Of
1:04 and a:44-'Eddie Johnston of
Baltimore with Billy Collins of Great
Neck. N. Y, formerly of Baltimore, and
Arthur Armstrong of Honolulu.
~Amateur