Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-11
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passed the ninth hole two under
par and Hogan. his closest chal-
lenger, only even. that he start
ing thinking Of the presentation
ceremonies. However, that mood
didn't last long because On, the
10th he had his only double
DOGGY Of the tournament. q six.
and he had to make q 5-footer
| for that. He wasted b shot I'm
a trap and generally messed up
1.-THE hole.
THAT put my feet right back
on the ground" Cary said later.
81 realized eight tough holes
were ahead and three of them
crossed water" And he might
have been thinking of Easter
Sunday five years. ago when he
was playing with Jim Terrier and
the latter was five strokes ahead
with six holes to play, only to
lose to Jimmy Demaret with q
complete blowup.
Treat for Crowd at 18th
Middlecof finished strong, two
under on the last eight, and that
included a spectacular treat for
the many thousands around the
18th green when his 6-iron APP
proach shot Tipped the cup. He
tapped the ball in for a birdie
three, but long before had as
sured the Masters Club of q new
member.
Middlecof actually. won the
tournament on the par SIS. which
he. played in ii under par. AS
he had said earlier, on this golf
course you try to play the hard
holes with a minimum of diff
Guilty and hope you can birdie
the easy ones. That's what he
did.
Cary had only one over-par
hine. the first of the tourna-
ment. and before teeing of on
10 he gave his putter grip two
extra coats Of gauze. He liked
the fatter grip and putted mag
nificiently. He 3-putted only
| two greens In y holes, superb
for these huge, undulating car
pets. with the hidden cups.
It wasea one-man show. Ho-
gan was second for the fourth
time in the Masters with 286.
three strokes under the score
that tied for the title last year.
Hogan played half hour ahead
of Middleton and never made
the challenge that would have
disturbed the new champion.
Hogan's Putting Poor
Hogan. putting poorly for him,
shot 70. He played the last sew
en- in l under par to nose out
Sam Snead by a shot for second
money. Middleton won $1,000.
Hogan s3.125 and Snead $3.50.
| Middlecoff beat Snead by eight
strokes and was 10 better than
Sam on the par fives. Snead said
he didn't like the pin placements,
but where he lost his chance was
| Saturday when he went over par
| on 9, 10 and : IL. That was a
greater handicap than the eight
he took on the 18th hole Of
the first round. =
Remember Mike Souchak, Bob
Rosburg. Gene Littler and the
other youngsters who were sup
posed to push the old pros in
the background? Well, Souchak
and Rosburg tied for fourth and
Littler for 22d.
Asked about the challenge of
the youngsters, Middlecof said
this is a course you have to play
many years to learn. In addition
to his 10 Masters, Cary played
it many times while a lieutenant
at nearby Oliver General Hos
pital.
That was highly creditable
showing for Souchak in his first
Masters and Rosburg in his Sec
ond. After a few, looks at the
course; Souchak said he hoped
to shoot 288. He shot 289 and
had no complaints He has many
years ahead.
NOTES--Hard luck story of
the day was Jack Burke's, the
first-round leader with 81, who
shot 80 and tied for 18th. Burke
was out Of the running, but not
the big money, when he reached
the 18th. But he took nine
there, hitting himself with the
ball out Of ditch for a 2-stroke
penalty and taking another
2-stroke penalty for an UNI
playable lie. He made a S.
footer to escape a 10. The 18th
has more character for a rela-
lively short par-flve than any
hole in the country.
Palmer Low For Last SO
Lowest score for the last So
holes was by Arnold Palmer, last
years National Amateur cham
pion. with 1899 to Frank
Stranahan's It'll. Palmer is
one of the most egotistical
players on the tour and his SO
came as no surprise to him.
Byron Nelson played with Mid
dlec0ff and brought home a
champion for the sixth time.
Cary said Nelson was a tremen-
dous steadying influence, re-
Winding him many times mo