Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
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years competed in every tourna-
ment for which he was eligible
or invited, 203 in all. He didn't
win one. He quit the tour about
two years ago. but in a brief spell
on the winter circuit in 1854
finally won one, the Phoenix
Open, in a double playoff with
Cary Middlecoff. incidentally,
he played with Middlecof today.
Now he's pro at Westwood Coun-
try Club in st. Louis, and gives
up to 1000 lessons a year.
Furgol started the day two
strokes behind Littler and tied
with Hogan for second. This
morning he had what he called
a fighting round" in which he
was driving poorly but recover
ing with wonderful iron shots.
In the third round he was
over par on one, nine. Is and 16.
But he birdied two and 10 with
10-foot puts and then became
the first player in the cham
pionship to birdie the par five
18th and 18th holes in SuceS-
sion. He was trapped in two on
the 620-yard 18th but rammed
home a 12-footer. and on the
18th the crowd roared as he
tapped in a 30-footer.
One Ahead After "a Holes.
That left him with the three
quarter-mark lead with 212 to
Mayors 213 and 215 for Man
grum. Middleton and Littler.
Hogan and Snead were back at
217, tied with five others. and
they needed something like a
sc, and it was obvious nobody
would shoot anything like that
over this monStrous course. Dick
Chapman had a 81 Friday. but
he had an ace, Clipped in from
out Of a trap and from the
rough.
Furgol was playing ahead of
all consideration despite his fine
halfway standing, but after lead
ing at 81 holes and starting with
five pars, it became obvious that
this guy wasn't going to fade.
Furgol pared the first six
holes this afternoon and then,
bordering on careleSsness, three
putted the seventh and eighth
holes for bogeyS. He's a fast
player, steps right up and hits
his shot. so it wasn't freezing
that sent him over par.
Big Lift on Ninth.
The ninth hole gave him a big
lift. He was trapped on the 204-
yard par three from the tee and
a third straight DOGGY con-
fronted him. But he came out 10
feet away and tapped in his par.
That put him out in SO. and at
their respective positions on the
course, he was tied with Mayer.
On 10 and IL Furgol made
birdie puts and on the short
18th he Unanswered a tricky s.
footer IN the hole to keep from
three-putting. He had birdie
puts on Is and IA but missed
them. In the meantime he had
told a reporter he was playing
it safe, but to let him know if
anybody ahead or behind was
charging.
He hit an awful-looking ap-
proach to the 18th green, but
luckily it reached the carpet,
about so feet away. and he two
putted. He missed an easy
looking birdie putt on the par
three 10th and another on the
18th after driving in the rough,
bouncing over a nest of traps
and playing beautiful third.
Saves Victory on No. Is.
That brought him to the last
hole, a dog-leg par five of 545
yards, with woods and a ditch
on the left and the pines that
caught Mayer on the right. It's
possible to get on in two, but
only q half-dozen players did for
the week.
The twosome ahead had a lost
ball and Furgol and Middlecof
had ito wait about five minutes.
Ed nervously paced back and
forth on the tee. Just before it
was his turn. Middleton said,
Get q five and you're home. +"
That may or may not have been
the time to say it.
But Furgol Quick-hooked a
drive and yelled mo" as soon as
he hit it. It was in the woods.
The 18th hole of BaltuSrols up
per course runs parallel, and Fur
gol played an eight-iron through
the trees to the 18th fairway Of
the upper course. Then he hit a
seven-iron just short Of the
green, Clipped five feet past and
knocked in the biggest putt Of
his Life, for q par. 284, the Ma
tior Open title, $1,000 today.