Evening star., 1953-06-10

played holes five days. using two 1S-hole
courses, no less.
places Washington for instance had four places in
1852 This year the District conceded nine The end
result that instead of $50 hopefus there 29s
golfers cutterng up the The S0Oth the
Julius Boro who doesn't have to do anything until tomor-
rows formal firing because he is the defending champion
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IN ORDER TO TRIM the unwieldy field there are two
separate phases of qualification instead of Technically
three you earlier national qualifications Here there
two 1ahoe premnares designed to weed out all except
the low 149 Shooters plus BoroS and after the next two days
of official play only the low go will 60 for the purse money
Saturday
The name" pros don't like it, Ben Hogan for
Here threetime Open winner hot favoe to make
1t four having qualify playing in the
high 8Os He's got point, perhaps although if not
most of the big wheel pros pampered spoiled lot
The UsGA apparently is sincere in believing larger field
in the best interests of the This could be- too but
lot of people will take convincing They thinking
that all the USGA doing is increasing the number OF got
with corresponding increase in the quality of the go
OBVIOUSLY, ONE COURSE can't handle field of 299
players Pittsburgh Field Club asked to share
the load with oamont When the lesser shooters took look
at the Field Club they promptly made early reservations to
home. "In order to match Oakmont test,
lamented heyve got those farways at the Field Club so
that like you're trying to hit necktie from
tee" Another quipped: Gary Mddecof split
farway and still standing in the rough when he addressed
the ball for his next shot"
Early scores yesterday indicated the really
tougher than Oakmon but the day the good
weren't precisely taking the layout apart but they were dem
onSratng that matter how the farway be
conquered by straight shot, They'll do it again today
when the two groups of golfers exchange
Where the USGA would look good perhaps enough to
silence the critical stars would be the winner should turn
be player who might have qualified in his dis
trc under the former rules This is possible but unlikely
1t isn't every year Sam Parks along-and Sam
bonade quaer when he this in 1885 in
of the big American golf upsets of all time.
PARKS, A RECENT CONVERT from college and amateur
ranks thing going for h-a thorough knowledge of
Oakmon then his home And still his 299
he because of the 20 leaders
able break IS in the last round Parks incidentally
posted 404O-8O yesterday at the Field Club and
qualify for this Open, 18 years later.
The solid bettors though going along with the theory
that the familiar Old Guard again will dominate the show
when the final returns in. In other words when all is
said and DONE the field that will formally the tourna
men tomorrow will include pretty much the cast which would
have played in the event of extra qualifying rounds and
so, Saturdays so 60-odd f1nalists.
They adherng to the theory that form will tell
distance and that when it's all done with the stuy Oak
mont bgwgS dpachng to retrieve nubs of cold 30
hot dogs and other litter from their lawn the top 20
money winners will bear familiar Hogan Snead
=. Mangrum Burke Locke Middleton, ETC.