Evening star., 1962-04-09

green, but he grabbed a wedge
and Clipped it in from so feet
as the returning army whooped
and hollered. This must have
brought life back into his game,
for on II he banged his sec
ond shot Is feet from the cup
with a ive-iron and ran down
the putt for another bird which
pulled him even with Player
and Finsterwald. The latter al
ready had finished.
Palmer-Player Duel
Once again it was Palmer
and Player, left to battle it
out as they did last year
when Gary won it by a shot
from Arnie and Amateur Char
lie Coe after Palmer double
bogied the final hole.
| Both Gary and Palmer we're
l on the 420.Yard 18th hole in
regulation s but. both had long
tputts. Palmer was 80 feet away
and Player about 10. Neither
could drop the long one and
the estimated $4,000 fans had
\ another dose Of the same thrills
tset for them today.
Palmer was quick to con-
denim his play.
IT couldn't have won the
Podunk Open the way I played
today. I couldn't get it going,
and trying to figure out what's
wrong in the middle of a round
is pretty hard" When asked
if he knew what he had to
do the last three holes, he re-
piled tersely: every minute"
1t was his worst round here
since 1857, when he had 76
in the final round.
Should another tie result
from today's playoff, a sudden
death clash will be held i'm
mediately. This will be the
fourth Masters playoff.
! Advantage With Palmer
Finsterwald, as many ex-
pected, never could come close
to the fabulous IS he shot
Saturday to charge into Sec
ond place. Dow had one birdie
and two bogies for 81 going
out, one birdie and one bogey
coming in for SO. He pared
the rest. He said later that
the way I'm playing, I'm
tickled to be in a playoff.
Player. whose favorite pas
time is praising Palmer. thinks
the advantage today is with
Arnie. He hits it so much
farther than I and plays the
par fives so well. But you
can't tell what'll happen"
Player, with II for his 280.
knocked in five brides to COM
pensate for four bogies. His
worst hole probably was the
18th.
At this point, Gary duck
hooked a six-iron shot from
the tee which almost went out
of bounds. He got the next one
on the fringe of the green and
two-putted for a costly bogey.
He settled for pars on the next
six.
Player said he was really
shaking" on his final three
footer on Is but managed to
stroke it in.
Demaret Played Well
Palmer has played in nine
playoffs since joining the pro
tour and has won six. Player
has yet to win in four tries.
Finsterwald stands 2-3 in this
department.
From Littler's 282 there was
five-stroke gap to four players
aging Jimmy Demaret, who
played very we'll; Jerry Barber,
Billy Maxwell and Mike Sou
chsk. Each earned So, 800 from
their four-day efforts. Coe,
again the top amateur, finished
lat 288, with Ken Ventura.
Among the biggest disappoint-
ments were Jack Nicklaus,
picked by many to win. and
Billy Casper, another early
Standout. Both finished at 291
and were beaten by the likes
of Jack Fleck, Gay Brewer,
Harold Henning and Julius
Boros.
Julius shot SO opening day
two strokes behind Players
leading 81, but silently faded
away. Maxwell, who had a II
yesterday for a 287, carded two
eagles during the round with
wedge shots on the eighth and
12tb both nor fi1oa