Show S S 4 I cI rr 4 0 I F J 4 I w c t. t J J II S 1 1 A S f J 5 f u- u ii 7 r V i jV S. S tL I 1 1 r 3 I I- I THE WINNER AND NEW CHAMPION P Palmer Imer yells yens with delight delight-as hr his f final n i.- i. I J tt I goes goe down at the Salt Lake Co Country try club west st Golf Crown I hoes esL Lt to Palmer ws I J 1 l BILL BILL- COLTRIN J Gu Ex-Gu Gunner Ex-Gunner ner Johnny Jonny P Palmer Palm rf top jitterbug in the time big-time circuit t t em tr and true but didn't do any jitt jit- jit at g MOI day at the r Salt Lake 1 Country r t club b as he carded a 69 V C hud hard way and ici q wO 7 Vest Western rn open cha championship pi si Johnny ohn a relative Y newcomer 1 to professional profession l g golf totaled led 1 tIe the tournament ament a new record Bantam Ben who ot at himself out of the first prize ithe the e early rounds of or the the tour tour- merit ment but who finished with a Zing 63 set the f former r record cord 1 last year last year when he won the tern open in St St. Louis Palm PaIm Palmer r started 1 His s l last Jast st round roundo strokes Ed Por Ol Oli- Oli o lip on Porky Pork r ri r but bit th the fat man mart made up the ference And d a UtU more little as he hem m me In hi an ii hour or so before ilmer ln er with witha a Johnny funded the turn at nine holes In Inen inn en n par pari That h t wasn't good enough h he started firing tiring for keeps Thrill him Finish fie He e got his pars on 10 and 11 d d. d then c cut t loose for birdies on and Md 13 Th That t evened him up Locke who d come comein in a few minutes earlier th Ui another by tanking birdies five of the last seven se holes for fore e of 01 the m st ns golf Johnny obi y knew he had to have haveS havee e birdie on the last five holes holes holes- il the Jie S didn't gb go go over over par on on- th the St St. He t got t his pars on 14 15 1116 16 6 and anthe the biggest gallery inh in ih h golf history let out a roar en sen he birdied d 17 He had th the itch if he could par No 18 an anBy By hole ole a terrible le e 0 if played Wro wrong ge g. g tie e had live strokes left for a and the champi championship ship He was lying ying rIng It safe eafe and h he hEt played It itS S safe His drive took a little ok k and went over the the- edge of V. V yawning canyon He Re had two Ices rices He could pl play y It out or aback back to the tee and be tie shooting o. o Shoots Over Calmer aliner decided to go back and andt andrt rt t over Now the whole comon com com- on ion h had hao d changed Instead of strokes left to negotiate the par hole he had only four pit S t shot Into the canyon W was 8 pugh ugh to unnerve a robot but bother Johnny le e C birdied the hole That Is he heit het it t from tee to cup in in four kes okes Adding the penalty stroke e him hint five blows for th the hole for tor the day a for the lament flUent the Western the Western Open and a a. a first prize ek ck k for for- 2200 III b 11 last shot hot was aa M difficult they come mel It wasn't a long tong tt t ti only six lix or seven feet ly easy for tor a g golfer as good 5 Johnny Johnby but th that t cup must Fe looked like a pinhole when lined Un d up his putt the putt the putt t would either give him the S See e Page 1 16 Column 8 That six or seven foot shot meant that he ho had I won the 1947 Western Westell open golf championship John Palmer Finishes Stron 0 Win Western Open en rS' rS S' S r 7 3 W WI I 1 f Ti 4 c i I Ii i J 4 J 1 i I c. c J I J JL 01 L J 1 W j K Ii Jj f t I MAN MANOF OF THE HOUR IN S. S L. L d I Johnny Palmer apparently Is concentrating as I I much on signing scorecards balls programs and anything else as he did In lining up his hili payoff payoff pay pay- I off shots in in th the Western Vestern open r. r eT H iship I I Continued from Pare Page champ championship or throw him I Ia a way three-way tie with Oliver i Locke But ho he stroked It U in as aa asas as if he were fooling around the putting clock ft Surpasses Fiction Palmers Palmer's finish topped a M of climaxes a 0 fiction w couldn't u use no no c-no no one would have it could happen Most amazing of cour courie CO Arthur D' D DArcy D'Arcy Arcy Bobby Loei garrison finish fin h. h Locke I ata tatted started final 18 holes five strokes b j Palmer He was waa only two ta going out finishing the first i in 33 and since Oliver had hadin oi oiin in with it meant that Lt had bad to shoot hoot a 0 32 on the 37 in nine to tic tie for the lead leader Most followers of ot the South can gave up but not Bobby When he only shot pari pars o oa on 3 10 and 11 you could have bo be ban his chances for a nickel Then tho the long loose un Ul I dox man from the veldt ita pelting belting the ball Four bird birdi birdia a row rattled off his club clubs two pars He stood on No 18 28 Another birdie and he woul would Oliver and at that time the looked good enough for ata at I Ia a a. first firt place tie Got It Easily U He got his birdie four asas as u. as a week-end week golfer tata tak ta seven on a. a short par the thelast ee last putt was a y inches from the cup Oliver blew his chances chancel oi OB George Schneiter 67 Bill Korns Kom Salt Snit Lak Lake 73 7 i Ed Kingsley Salt Lake 7 2157 Ernie Schneiter Ogden ZU- ZU 89 Harry B Borg rg Salt Lake L. U Walt Valt S. S L. L 70 2214 I Joe Bernolfo o Salt Snit Lake 7 1 Tee Branca Salt Lake 71 2237 Dick Lundahl Logan 77 17 Claro Clara Emery Salt Lake 7 19 J JDick Dick Kramer S. S L. L 71 Bill Johnston Ogden 7 Woody Laffoon Logan 7 1 Phil Kunkel Salt Lake 75 7 Jerry Henderson HendersonS S. S L. L 76 7 Earl Schneiter Ogden 76 7 7 finishing holes He was 18 par through 15 holes and p prest pa rest of the way would w uld hav have him a one measly bi Wi On the hole the pro pulled off oft golf's goUs sin He three-putted three the from only about 20 feet he had 8 a b bogey gey And then 1 missed a four footer on the when the ball didn't take Ui th he had figured was there Palmers Palmer's rounds read 67 69 69 Oliver had 68 66 and Locke had 71 69 Palmer got 2200 Lock Oliver 1350 each Follow Trio Back of the trio of le 1 1 came Jimmy Demaret and Ed EC gol gel both with and J 3 Jand Jand and Ed picked up ap flock of guys were tied a at at Bob Hamilton Sam Snead G Pay Payton ton Lloyd Mangrum J Ferrier and Dick Met Metz an angot got checks for for th forts forb 2 Clayton Heafner Frank S ahan the top amateur and G Schneiter finished with Hogan Tom Wright and all finished wi with Utah was was fairly well rep rep ed Schneiter of course w the money Billy Korns th thai th of Utah student W win won a flock of local titles in with ahead of or pl pI plea great golfers and in th the 3 spot for tor amateurs Ed Eda a time long-time Utah favor favorite favori Ernie Emle 1 Borg and Walt Cosgriff 29 29 |