Show Zimmerman Retains Utah Open Title Emerys Emery's Drag in Top Award By JOHN MOONEY Just when it appeared Ed KIngsley Kingsley Kingsley Kings- Kings ley had broken the state out-of-state monopoly on the 1000 Utah open golf tourney Sunday slender Emery Emery Emery Em Em- ery Zimmerman the defending champion came blazing across the canyon packing his second su par 66 round of the day to clinch the title for the fourth straight time for the from Port Port- land Brother Al AI who finished eighth at the Salt Lake Country club Sunday had won the title in 1937 and 38 while Emery won his first Utah open crown last year on the swept storm-swept course of ot Fort Doug Doug- las Emerys Emery's winning total for the hole 72 medal play grind was Kingsley had John 81 George Schneiter Paul Jopes Jerry Henderson lien Hen derson Harry Borg Al Zimmerman Bill Korns Sid Harman Barman and Ven Savage Despite the gallant finish of the smaller of the Zimmerman bo boys s 's the play of ot Kingsley and Geertsen Country club amateur and BonnevIlle Bonneville Bonneville Bonne- Bonne ville professional respectively really stole the show v. It wasn't that Ed and John played better golf because if they had they'd have won the title but it was courageous bids in the face of the golf hurled at them by the visitors which really gave th the home folks cause for joy The Zimmerman victory was particularly disappointing to Kingsley Kingsley Kingsley Kings- Kings ley who was up with the leaders all the way while Zimmerman waited until the final day to make his play Ed was knotted in a way four-way tie for fourth place at the conclusion of the opening 18 holes hotes Friday with witha a 71 and took the lead Saturday which he held until Zimmerman finished Emery on the other hand was out nut of the pressure area Friday with a 75 came back with a 69 Saturday and then unleashed that double 66 attack Sunday when the chips were down While Emery Zimmerman and Kingsley were engaged in their dogfight for first place Geertsen and George Schneiter of Ogden played brilliant golf goIt which almost but not quite lifted them into the top spot Geertsen finished with one stroke ahead of Schneiter It was Schneiter professional at atthe atthe atthe the Ogden Country club and Paul Jopes Whittier Cal pro who flashed the most brilliant shots Jopes was the lad who didn't know about the tournament date until the day before drove all night from the coast without sleeping sleeping sleeping sleep sleep- ing and came racing up to the first tee set to go without any kind of warm How Paul took tooka a disappointing 77 on the first 18 came back with a par 72 Saturday and then really got warmed up Sunday as he shattered the Country Country Country Coun Coun- try club course competitive record with a sizzling 63 is more than locker room chatter now He had nine pars and nine birdies on that round to trail Kingsley the leader by only three strokes with against to start the final round Eagles No S 3 Schneiter playing hot-and-cold hot golf throughout the three-day three tourney set a new record for the out nine taking just 29 strokes for forthe forthe forthe the par 35 layout but he cooled considerably In coming back and finished with a 66 George had birdies on second fourth seventh and ninth holes and nd an eagle on the third in registering registering registering regis regis- that 29 The new champion too had his share of holes in that final days day's classic which saw the tricky host clubs club's regulation figures shunted and Ignored like a pair of blue denims at a spring formal Emerys Emery's morning card showed two eagles and four lour birdies and comIng coming coming com com- ing back in on the last 18 holes in inthe inthe inthe the afternoon he clocked four straight birdies to serve warning that this was his year again The pressure was removed considerably considerably considerably consider consider- ably when Kingsley three-putted three No 17 and the champion played No 18 with calm assurance drivIng driving ing the green in two as he took a birdie 4 4 Both as well as all the rest of the visiting pros and amateurs promised to return next year with a Zimmerman vs Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmerman Zim Zim- merman battle for the third open title forecast now that each has won two crowns |