Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-17
Early Scores High
In Open; Snead Has
ScrambIinu Start
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Mengert were 35s by Jim Tur-
mesa and Skee Riegel. The lat
ter won medal honors when the
National Amateur was played
here eight years ago. Pat Alb
bott and Canadais Rudy Hor-
vath had 36s.
Shelley Mayfield, the hand
some touring pro, had the best
start, two under par for five
holes. while Bobby Locke, play
ing in a white dress shirt, the
collar buttoned and no tie, was
one under. Bob Toski was one
over.
Some of the scores were hor-
rible. Three of the first nine
were over SO, one an 81 by Roy
Glenn of Kentucky. Jim Hutch
ems came all the way from
Houston to play S holes in 81
over par and quit. Chandler
Harper was z over after Is.
Par Likely to Stand Up.
AS play began. there were no
revisions in the estimates that
the winning score will be well
over $50. More club pros and
"scrapers' will be shooting in
the 80s than in many years.
The course does not have a
true birdie hole one where a
player can relax and hope to
make up a stroke on par. There
are only two par SIS and on both
of them the field will be hoping
for pars.
AS Hogan said, the tourna-
ment could be won or lost on the
par IS. There are four of them.
The fourth requires a 183-yard
carry over water to what must
be the biggest green in the United
States. Many will 3-putt there.
The ninth is a 204-yard carry
over Sandtraps, the 18th a 190-
yard carry over traps and the
18th a 201-yard carry over a
nest of traps. Many players vio-
lated the acknowledgements
rule by hitting shot after shot to
these par IS, trying to find the
right club, or the correct way to
play the hole.
Three Woods Not Enough.
On the 620-yard 18th, the
wind was in the players faces
yesterday and it was the tough
est par S imaginable. Many
were hitting three wood shots.
Toski, for instance, used a
driver, spoon and four-wood.
Most of them were not getting
on in whatever they used,
because there's a nest Of traps
in front of this green, too.
This could be one of the
great open championships of
them all, and this is the 54th.
Only one or two courses have
been tougher. Personally, and
for what it's worth. I walked
around yesterday with Lloyd
Mangrum, Cary Middleton and
Skip Alexander in their practice
round. and I thought it was the
toughest golf course I've seen.
The greens were cut short this
morning and will be cut again
as soon as play is concluded
today. They'll have to hurry,
too, because It will take at least
two hours to cut that fourth
green. It's not quite as big as
the White House grounds.
Puts Start to Slide.
The long puts were starting
to slip 4 and S feet past the cups
yesterday, and they'll be slipping
8 and 8 feet past when the bell
rings. And in the Open cham
pionShip, that's where the yips
come up, on those second puts.
Hogan and Snead, who have
been carrying on a battle OF
nerves with their ailments, OPP
posite predictions on the score,
ETC., tapered off lightly yester-
day. Hogan got into a car and
rode away from the club to prac-
tice, while Snead started from
the first tee but cut over and
did not play a full round.
The other outstanding cripple,
Lew Worsham, reported his bad
knee was better. On this golf
course, Lew appears to have as
good or better chance than any
of the former champions except
Hogan. It appears too much
for Mangrum, and it probably