Evening star., 1953-07-09

his round. Yet the Texan covered
the outgoing nine in 36, the un-
official par, and was one under
with a 35 coming back.
Stranahan went out in par So,
but the Ohio amateur had a 38
on the incoming nine. Mangrum
could do no better than 80 on the
first nine. He wound up with rs
for a total of ISL.
Hogan had an early gallery of
about 1000. as he got a par 4
on the 406-yard first hole, after
missing his first putt by half
an inch.
Ben was Is feet short of the
pin on the second, taking two
puts to get down, his first miss
ing by an inch. On the para,
346-yard third. his approach
struck the green 10 feet from
the pin. but the backSpin brought
the ball to within inches and he
sank the putt for a birdie 3.
Drops SeVen-FOOter.
Ben sank a 7-footer for an
other birdie 3 on the par 4
fourth, and he got another par
on the par 4 fifth. On the par
S 567-yard sixth the Texan
smacked a 26O-yard drive. His
second shot went 240 yards. and
he approached to 6 feet of the
pin. He two-putted for his five.
Hogan bunkered his approach
shot on the seventh, but finally
emerged with a one-over-par 5.
He got 3 on the short eighth
and finally got his 36 at the turn.
Failure to sink medium length
puts destroyed any sub-par pos
sibilities.
Hogan scored three par As after
making the turn, but weak put
ting again deprived him of bird
les. His 12-foot putt trimmed the
cup on the 10th. and, as a light
rain began on the 18th, his second
shot left him 18 feet short. His
first putt rolled past the hole two
feet but he got his par.
On the 18th. his second shot
screamed through the green to
a mound. but he Clipped back
within 3 feet and sank his putt
for a 4.
Near perfect golf weather re-
turned as Ben played the 18th.
His tee shot on the 167-yard hole
was 80 feet from the pin. He
sent a beautiful uphill putt to
within 2 inches of the pin and
got a par 3.
Barely Misses Eagle.
His first putt on the long 14th
stopped 2 inches short of scoring
an eagle, but he got birdie 4.
Hogan got a par on the next
hole, a 457-yarder.
Hogan tried to putt from 20
feet left of the green on the $50
yard par-3 10Th, but left him.
self feet short of the green.
Sticking with his putter, he
missed by 2 inches with a 30
foot putt. He sank the next for
a 1-over-par 4.
He played it safe on the 18th
for his par 4. On the par-5, 5O3-
yard 18th, Ben cracked a 26O-
yard drive that carried we'll be-
yond a brook. His second shot
reached the green 20 feet from
the pin. He putted slightly off,
line to within 4 inches and got
"A.
Hogan shook his head at both
the 18th and 18th green's when
his long puts just missed and
the gallery groaned.
Stranahan Starts Well.
Stranahan pounded out a 260-
yard drive on the first hole. His
iron shot was on the green and
he got down in two puts for a
par 4. He also had As on the
second, third and fourth holes
and was shooting very steady
golf.
AT the fifth, Stranahan again
had a powerful 26O-yard drive
and was on the green in two,
but then developed a putting
lapse. 1t took him three more
strokes to get down from 80 feet
for a one-over-par S.
Then the Toledo amateur came
right back and got a birdie 4 on
the tough 566-yard sixth. He
drove onto the fifth fairway and
took two more shots to reach
the green. then holed out IA
foot putt.
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