Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-11
TOPS OPEN QUALIFLERS
Beman Still Able to Come Back
BY ROBERT sONKNHERS
star staff Writer

star staff Writer
Deane Beman win be reHnem-
bered for a shot that failed
and Charley Knowles for q
shot that succeeded whenever
yesterdays National Open
qualifier at Congressional is
discussed.
Beman who led the 36-hole
sectional trials with q 146--
two over par on the 7.169-yard.
par-36-36-72 site Of next years
Open-played the most contro-
versial shot Of the Qualifier.
Knowles, who finished at l48,
tied, for second place with
Wayne jackson Of Newport
News, Va, and Clarence Doser
Of the Washingtonian. played
the best.
Mac Main Of Danville, Va,
and Lou Graham Of Fort Meade
shot l49 and won the last two
places in next weeks Open at
The Country Club in Brookline,
Mass.
Slips In Afternoon
After shooting 10 In the
morning round, which gave
him q share Of the l8-hole lead
with jackson, an ex-pro now
seeking reinstatement as an
amateur. Beman was playing
poorly in the afternoon. He
was 3 over par after eight holes
and hit his third shot on the
paris ninth over the green.
His ball stopped on q bank
behind the green, held In place
by q thin. leaf-bearing twig.
Here Deane attempted to putt
onto the green. but the heavy
fringe guarding the edge
grabbed the ball and stopped
it.
Beman wound UP with a dou-
ble-bogey 7 on this hole and
finished the nine in Alive
over par-and set off a discus
sion Of the wisdom Of the shot.
Most spectators thought he
should have used seven or
eight iron and made sure he
got the ball on the green. !,
IF ! had to do it over again.
Beman said later. I'D do the
same thing. I couldn't move
the twig. because the ball would
move. I couldn't even set the
club down behind the ball. I
couldn't get it any closer than
this" Beman said. holding his
hands six inches apart. with
out touching the twig."
ExplOdes Theory |
Knowles came up later and
exploded the theory that no
one can reach the 569-yard
ninth in 2. He not only reached
it. he went overland with q
To- year old, woman's four
wood with q bent shaft.
In fact, Knowles played the
ninth and 10th in the same
number Of strokes Beman used
on the ninth alone. He went
birdie-eagle and came awfully |
close to making a double eagle |
on the 10th. q 537-yard par 5.
Using that same weather-beat-
en- club, Knowles. a husky %
year-old assistant pro at Army
Navy, hit his second shot a |
foot from the hole.
II any further proof was
needed that Beman could come
back after shooting q bad
round. he gave some additional
assurance to his hackers yester-
day when he played the back
nine IN IS to wind up with q 70.
At the age Of rs he now is
ready to play In his eighth
Open, although this Is only the
seventh time he qualified out
right. In 1855 he tied Charley
Bassler Of Indian Spring for |
the last place and lost the sud-
den-doath playoff on the fifth
hole at Columbia. Bassler later |
withdrew and Beman got in as
the first alternate.
Ranks rs Dean
Since then he's qualified each
year. except in 1857.
Doser, Of those who qualified
here yesterday. ranks as the
dean. He's going to his 18th
and might miss qualifying for
the PGA in Richmond q week
from today in order to play
more than one practice round
III 5LoOAlltie.
Knowles. who spent nine
months on the pro tour before
taking the Army Navy Job: the
third for Main and the first
Fop csraharn
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