Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-28
Eastern Open Title Caps
Brilliant Streok for Wall

DfIIII0nt STR
by MRRREIL wHITTLEsEY
star stan writer
Art Wall. who never was more
than two strokes out Of the
lead In Baltimore's Eastern
Open golf tournament. said
early In the tournament that
the field was so strong and
Gary Player was so sharp that
the eventual winner would
have 10 take charge and not
wait for somebody TO collapse
The slender. 34-year-old
Duke graduate never made a
truer statement. and he pro-
ceeded 10 be the man 10 take
charge yesterday.
Wall. Jack Burke and Bob
Rosburg. tied for second after
81 holes. all shot CTS In the
final round at Mount Pleasant
on a hot. muggy day and passed
Player. who shot SO with a 2-3
finish.
Art then won the sudden
death playoif by dropping a.
side-hill s-footer for a birdie
4 on the first hole. Rosburg.
Just a yard short Of the green
after two tremendous wood
shots. Clipped 6 feet short and
missed the putt. Burke's futile
birdie bid was from 40 feet.
Quick PlayOn Necessary
The sudden-death playoff in
stead Of an l8-hole one was
made necessary because the
next stop is Chicago, too distant
TO hold the players over for
another day.
Wall had a bunch. because
he's in the hottest streak Of
his eight-year pro career.
Everything seems to fall into
place." he said Of his sub-par
streak. My nerves are better,
and the puts are dropping"
In the last four weeks Wall
won $4,000 top money at Akron,
tied for second and pocketed
S2,050 at Hartford, tied for 18th /
in the PGA. worth Sl,0l6. and
won $4,000 top money at Mount
Pleasant.
Art jumped TO sixth on the
PGA money winning list with
a 500 1894 total, and has almost
$4,000 in unofficial winnings.
Has Only Three BOgeys
Wall played 70 holes at Mount
Pleasant and had only three
bogeys. He said that never had
happened to him before. and he
doubted that anybody else
could show a record to equal it.
II Art had checked the score
board he would have found that
the 22-year-old Player had
completed 70 holes with only |
two bogeys-and didn't win the
tournament.
Wall said he actually hit only |
one bad shot in four days, his
long iron on the nth Saturday |
that found the trap. His other
bogeys we're on the seventh Fri
day, where he had mud on the
ball and it flew" and on the
10th Saturday where he used
the wrong club.
He figured the DOGGY with the
mud on the ball wasn't his
fault. So his only mistakes we're
one bad shot and one poor club
selection.
The ninth Eastern Open was |
a lucrative one for four pros
who have been playing the best |
golf of midsummer, and vir-
tually a lost week for the three |
biggest names, Sam Snead,
Tommy Bolt and Cary Middle
coff. plus Dow Finsterwald. the
new PEA champion.
Snead, whose out nine of 80
on Saturday created the biggest
sensation, developed a streak of
hooking woods and irons and
played the last 10 holes in three
over par. Sam cost himself
about $500 by hooking out of
bounds on the last hole, and
although he made a 3 with his
next ball, he shot "a for 285.
Bolt, completely uninterested
and playing only because he
was defending champion and
had committed himself. shot
70 and won 1892, not even ex-
penSes for the tournament. the
way he lives. And Middlecoff
bogied the l4th, 18th and 10th
holes on the final round to shoot
20 and win $40. He was five
under par when he started his
DOGGY streak. Finsterwald added
another 70 for $3.50.
The tournament marked the
best showing for 27-year-old
Jim Ferree. a Carolinian who
has been on tour for two years.
Ferree had a final round 81.
including 3 bogeys. and won
$l.050. He had picked up an
other SIS in the driving contest.
Burke Goes to Front
Player, co-leader after one
round, and on top at SO and 81
holes, wasn't as sharp yester-
day. But the South African
youth still didn't make a DOGGY,
and put on a dazzling finSh by
chipping into the cup from the
deem rough on the list hole.