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Snead, De vifenzo
Win IN Rouis;; Barber
Tops BassIer on 3Sth
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the low medalist, 3 and I. Belt
busted Jim Browning Of Weston.
Mass, second -round conqueror
Of National Open Champion Ed
Furgol. p and /.
BurkeTno won over his former
teacher, 43-year-old Johnny Re-
volta, 4 and 5. Middleton grew
stronger IN the afternoon after
q bitter pre-lunch duel to expel
Ted Kroil Of New. Hartford.
Conn, 5 and 4. Mayfield elimi-
mated Horton Smitl8 46-year-old
#PGA president whose career
dates to the Bobby Jones era. 3
and 2.
Bassler FaIters On seth.
Bassler had Barber 2 down
with three holes to play. Barber
sank q 2O-foot putt for q birdie
8 on the 34th and then won the
36th when Bassler muffed q shot
from the rough and hit out no
more than 80 yards.
The first extra hole was halved
in pars. On the 397-yard 38th.
Barber hit out Of the downhill
rough to put his ball on the
green within as feet and then
sank for q birdie 5. Bassler was
lying 8 after hooking his drive
into the deep grass and making
q poor pitch.
Bassler played two-llnder- par
golf for the SO holes as did
Barber, the strokes coming out
the same because Bassler had a
4 on the third hole and Barber.
o 9. Bassler was 2 up at nine, Is
and 81.
Burkemo was one under par
for his SO holes against Revolta.
He won the first two holes and
increased his advantage to i've
holes after the first 10. Revolta.
putting badly, never threatened.
Middlecoff. 2 down at one
stage. had only a one-fole lead
over Knoll at, the end Of the
morning round. But he got ac-
customed to his new putter and
piled up an advantage in the
afternoon. playing the last IA
holes in three under par.
Harbert, shooting a one
under-par 70, took a four hole.
lead over Oliver before intermis-
sion and increased 1t to i've
holes at the goth hole. Porky
made q strong comeback but it
wasn't enough as Harbert played
the last eight holes in two
under par.
Smith Puts Up Fight.
Mayfield had only a one-hole
lead over Smith after 20 holes
and it appeared for a while the
old putting master might come
through. But the blond Texan
won the 30th and 31st in sue
cession and held on to win.
Bolt had the second best med
al of the day for the morning
.18 holes, shooting a .68 for a
two-hole lead at that point. But
Browning never let him get
more than two holes ahead.
Snead is seeking his fourth
PEA championship, which would
make him the greatest winner
since Walter Hagen packaged
i've Of the titles. De Vicenzo is
making a bid to become the first
foreigner ever to take this ma
tional match play championship.
Snead Awes Crowd.
Playing loosely and sending
his drives booming down the in
viting fairways. Snead won the
first two holes and never let the
towering 44-year-old Harrison
get even.
Snead had a two-hole advan-
tage with a SO on the morning
round. Then he really applied
the pressure, mailing three
brides on the first four holes of
the afternoon to turn the close
battle into q rout.
Snead was six under par for
the 80 holes he played.
De Vicenzo. who uses a brassie
without q tee on most Of his
drives, seized a six-hole advan-
tage over Martin in the morning
round with q medal 81 and won
the first two holes of the