Salt Lake Telegram | 1951-03-12 | Page 17 | Jim Ferrier Captures Miami Open Easily

Jim Ferrier Captures Captures Miami Open Easily By r Ben en Funk Flink I MIAMI rr BEACH Fla March arch 12 if Few wi-Few Few golfers ever enjoyed playing a hole more than Jim urn Ferrier Ferrier Ferrier Fer- Fer rier did the at Normandy isle Sunda Sunday y as he won the Miami Beach open golf gol ment As AJ he passed the the big Californian learned he could wini win II I the 2000 2000 top money with a five two over par at the The I news meant the end of four days of heavy pressure and Ferrier relaxed relaxed relaxed re re- re- re and began to have a good time He hit two shots cautiously down the middle of the fairway I chipped just as as ag carefully to the green babied up on the cup with his first putt then sank an easy one to put the big prize in the bag Total of Ferrier's Farrier's under three 69 for forthe forthe forthe the final round gave ave him a 72 hole total of and a stroke one e victory victory victory vic vic- tory over Sam Snead of White Sulphur Sulphur Sul Sul- Springs W. W Va and Chuck Klein of San Antonio Tex It was Jims Jim's second straight tournament victory He won the St. St Petersburg open last week and now is near the top among winter golf circuit mone money winners Snead and Klein Kein who tied for second with to collect 1200 each were sitting In the locker room when the announcement came in that Ferrier had won Snead had finished with a 68 and Klein 69 I lost the tournament Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day Snead said referring to his third-round third 72 when he blew upon up upon upon on the back nine rune Two-Month Two Layoff LaJoU Sam returned to competition competition competition com com- petition this week after a two- two month layoff because of a fractured fractured fractured frac frac- bone in h his s left hand The hand t troubled e J. J o 0 u ubI b l e d Snead throughout the week and he said he planned to take a further rest before entering another ment He was the leading 1950 money winner J Tommy Bolt of Durham N C. C closed with a 69 for to win fourth place There was a fourway fourway fourway four- four way tie for fifth among Bob lof of Northampton Mass ass Jack Burke Jr of Houston Tex A. A Besselink of Mt Clemens Mich and Earl of ot Miami with Lloyd Loyd Mang rum rang nn of Chicago the top money winner so far in 1951 was tied for ninth at I