Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17

but he tapped it in for the par.
Palmer came up next and
drove as hard as he could. split
ting the fairway, and dropped
his approach 10 feet from the
cup. He missed too and, the
Open was tied for the first time
since 1857 when Dick Mayer
and Cary Middlecoff dead
locked at Inverness in Toledo.
Ohio, at 282. This is the goth
playoff in Open history.
1t is also the second playoff
for a mayor title Palmer has
been engaged in this season.
He tied with Player and Dow
FinSterwald at 284 for the Mas
tiers in April. beating them
both.
If he wins tomorrow Palmer
will break his money winning
record. First place here is
worth $4,000. A victory would
run Palmer's winnings to $75,-
331. His old record set in 1860
is $75,262.
Complains Of Putting
Il don't know when fin
ished as we'll and putted so
poorly" Palmer said. II missed
four greens in SO holes today.
And I got on two par-five holes
in 2. The only putt I made was
that 15-footer for an eagle on
the 18th in the morning" This
brought him into the tie at 2l2
going into the afternoon round.
At this stage Nicklaus was
two strokes back, tied with
Player. Bob RoSburg and Rod
gers were tied at 213. Rosburg
shot himself out of it with a
70, which put him at 292.
The eagle seemed to get Pal
mer going. He started the
afternoon round by holing a g.
foot birdie putt on the second,
a S55-yard par 4, after making
a regulation par on the first.
Encouraged by Gallery
With the gallery calling en-
couragement from outside the
ropes that line the fairway, it
sounded more like a football
game than a golf match.
go get 'em, Arnie," they
yelled.
Get tough, Arnie," another
offered.
And Arnie got tough. After
getting another regulation par
on the third, two-putting from
20 feet, Palmer played a mag
nlficent pitch from the rough
alongside the 544-yard par S
fourth 10 feet from the hole
and sank it.
Now he was two under for
the round, three under for the
tournament and rolling. A 35-
footer on the 183-yard sixth hit
the pin and bounced away. He
had a 15-footer for another
bride on the eighth and missed
it. Then he clobbered a drive
up the middle on the ninth and
positively crushed the three
wood that caused him all the
trouble.
Birdie Putt Missed
He never recovered from
that setback. He had a 4-footer
on the 18th for a birdie but
missed. He took a regulation
par 5 on the 598-yard 18th, hit
his tee shot into a bunker and
bogied the par 8 18th, missed
from 10 feet at the 14th and
played Is and 16 in ordinary
fashion.
After playing his 70 in the
morning, Nicklaus started as
though he would fall quickly
aside. He 3-putted the first
hole, his only 3-putt green of
the tournament, missed an g.
foot birdie chance at the sec
ond and got down in 2 from
20 feet at the third.
He was bunkered on the
fourth but worked out a par,
got a regulation par at the fifth
and was lucky to par the sixth.
His par putt had to come over
a spike mark, which under
United States Golf Association
rules cannot be repaired before
putting.
Birdie on Seventh
Jack, who has been within 2
strokes of the winner in the last
two Opens, then holed a Is
footer for a birdie on the
seventh. left his birdie putt on
the eighth dead in the hole but
short, then smashed a three
iron shot onto the ninth green,
2 putting for a birdie.
He had made up absolutely
no ground on Palmer and was
still two strokes back. He par
red the 10th. then picked up
one stroke by sinking a IA
footer on the 18th. He misread
the green on the 18th, but still
made par.
Then he pulled even with
Palmer by taking a regulation
par on the 161-yard 18th, the
hole Palmer bogied. After a nor
NAL par at IA, he missed a Is
footer on IS taking his par, left
his first putt on Is 3 feet short,
then SalVaged the par at II.