Show New Orleans Golf Tournament Looms as Winters Winter's Toughest I NEW ORLEANS S Feb 9 UP Golf's GoIC's money boys tee off in hi the opening rounds of the New Orleans open today in what the favorites predict will be the tough toughest est tournament of the winter series Slender Henry Picard Harrisburg Harrisburg Harrisburg Harris- Harris burg Pa twice winner of the New Orleans open and holder of the City Park course record at s says ys a might be good goodenough goodenough goodenough enough to win Picard joins the tho touring pros after a brief retirement following his tiis second place performance Inthe in inthe inthe the December Miami open Sammy Snead golf's golC's leading slammer from Hot Springs Va says saya a should vin win over the Ule yard course Snead has been shooting expertly here in practice rounds the past several days This tournament will be his first since the Tucson open Detroit's Sammy Byrd defendIng defendIng defend defend- ing champion who has been suffering suffering suf suf- fering from a lame arm ann since the Corpus Christi tournament last week will win be bo happy to finish sh with his winning 1944 score score score-a a Give me a and I wont won't leave my hotel ho said Byron Nelson Toledo 0 O top money winner of the 45 1944 season sea season season sea sea- son who has never won a tournament tournament tournament ment in five tries here predicts the score will go o as low as I dont don't know who's going to shoot a Nc Nelson on said but I believe Its It's going to be done this time Sure the course is tough but the boys are going good now Fifth mem member r of the Big Five Harold Jug Sanford Me shot a 3 35 32 67 35 67 yesterday but joins the others in fo forecasting ting a high score for the tournament I |