Evening star., 1953-07-07
Hogan SaIvages Is
After Al With Five
S. on First Nine
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the rain-soaked green's of the
CarnouStie course, Hogan was
five strokes over the unohicial
par Of SO for the flrSt nine holes
today. Hogan's five IS gave him
one Of the worst nine holes Of
competitive golf he's had in a
long time.
Hogan started out with two
parS, but he needed two puts
from S feet away on the third
green and went one over par
with q five. He drove $50 yards
downwind on the 346-yard third
hole, but his approach shot was
hit too strongly and the wind
took it into a sand trap 20 feet
back Of the pin. He Clipped to
within 5 feet, but wound up with
q flve.
Hogan was putting for brides
on both the first two holes. He
missed by three inches from 10
feet away on the 406-yard No.
l. and by a foot from Is feet on
the second hole. His tee shot on
the 442-yard second hole was 275
yards, right down the middle and
his approach shot followed di-
rectly in line.
Hogan's putting still was poor
on the next three holes and he
was two strokes over the un-
official par when he holed out on
No. 8. Rain had made the green's
very heavy.
He hit a 230-yard drive on the
430-yard fourth hole, but fol-
lowed with a second shot that
faded to the left. the ball resting
on the edge of the big double
green. The hole for No. IA is
on the same green. From this lie,
so feet away, Hogan took three
puts and he was a second stroke
over par.
Again he slugged a long drive
on No. S, 388-yard hole. A long
iron shot left him only 10 feet
from the pin, but he took two
puts. He shook his head in dis
gust after retrieving the ball.
His work on the green's i'm
proved on the par-5, 567-yard
sixth hole. After q short drive
he played the second shot safe
to avoid a ditch and his third
shot left him 40 feet from the
pin. He got down in two puts.
Goes Into Rough on No. Z.
Hogan went into the rough
for the first time when his Sec
ond shot on No. 7, a 389-yarder,
careened OF the green. His chip
left him an eight-foot putt,
which he missed.
It was the same story on No.
3. a 162-yard. He blew a four
foot putt and took a four. On
the ninth hole, he wasted a good
drive, approach and chip shots
when another four-foot putt
stopped an inch short of the cup.
That was his fifth S.
Hogan'S 14-foot putt hung on
the edge of the cup, and he
tapped it in for a par 4 on the
10th, a 446-yarder.
He one-putted the 11th for
another par four, and didn't ap-
pear to be particularly concerned
by his streak Of weak green play.
After the ball dropped in, Hogan
grinned, took off his cap and
slapped it over the hole as this
gallery Of 1900 to 1000 laughed
and gave him big cheer.
Bogey S on No. IL.
Ben took another on the
par-4 18th. After bunkering his
drive and playing out, his wind
blown third shot barely reached
the green, and he two-putted.
Another Of his puts hung on
the edge Of the cup at the 169-
yard 18th and Ben got a par
three.
After a delay of some IS min
utes due to rain, Hogan drove
260 yards on the par-5 14th,
which winds along the North
Sea for 473 yards. His second
shot was a beauty to the blind
green, stopping so feet away.
Hogan rammed his approach
putt to within two feet Of the
pin. and he stroked it in for q
birdie four.
He missed a six-foot putt and
took par four on the 457-yard
18th.
The Texan was right on top
of his game in the last three
holes. At the par-3, 250-yard
18th he Smacked a 2-iron to
the edge of the green IS feet
from the pin. His putt missed
by three inches. and he took
par 3.
On the 454-yard 17th he had
the wind in his face, but a we'll
hit drive carried 230 yards. His
second wood shot went to within
five feet of the edge of the green.
He chipped to within four feet
Of the cup and got a par 4.
The wind was behind him on
the 503-yard 18th where he
scored his eagle 3. His drive went
265 yards down the middle, his
second was on the green 80 feet
from the hole and he sank it
for his best putt of the round.
Hundreds of autograph seek
ers Swarmed around Hogan as
he walked of the 18th green.
Locke opened his round today
with a seven-foot putt on the
first for q birdie 8. He bunkered
on the fourth and fifth but
Clipped out we'll to sink seven
and nine-foot puts.
After making the turn in reg
ulation 36. he got a birdie 4 on
the 18th and got another birdie
with a nine-foot putt on the
l4th.
The chubby South African was
Superlative on the green's, putt
ing only 80 times and having
six one-putt green's.
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