Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-12-07 | Page 13 | Leo Diegel Seeded in National Open Links Tournament

Leo Diegel Seeded In National Open Links Tournament SAN FRANCISCO Dec Dee 7 UP UP- UP Leo o Diegel defending champion was was placed laced at the head of the list today in n a seeded draw ordered for lor the national m mat match a t c ii h t F play lay open cham cham- start starting i n g h y 4 at t Lake Merced I next Wednesday L t Officials of the o d' d L to tt- tt 1 tourney pos pas I sibly with an eye eyen ye t on n the box office I decided on t the h e I seeded ceded d draw r a aV w V to j prevent top notch notch- I d ers rs from eliminating ing ng each other in Diegel the Jie early stages Ranked behind DIegel in the order named amed were Billy Burke national open pen champion Tommy Armour British open champion Tom Creavey Creavey Crea- Crea vey ey P. P G. G A. A George Von Elm to Burke this year Walter Hagen Canadian open m cham- cham pion lon Al Espinosa to Die Die- Diegel gel el last year Gene Denny Shute and Harry Cooper Farrell former open champion cham pion lion was seeded No 9 9 but decided he ic would not let the t tourney inter inter- fere ere with his honeymoon and embarked embarked em em- S barked with his bride for Hawaii Diegel was excused from rom the lf ing hying round which starts Wednes da day ay Finals will wUl be played next Sun Sun- day I Sid Harmon Forest Dale pale ional o of ot Salt Lake City is 0 o an entrant