| Show George Fazio's Under 7 Par p Paces Open Through 27 Hok Ho i John Palmer Racks For Second By Jack Jock Schroeder A dark horse pro the defending champion and arid a young Utah amateur amateur ama ama- were neck and neck ahead of the pack in the Utah open golf goll tournament Friday at Fort Douglas Douglas Doug Doug- las as as about half of the field rounded the ninth hole of the second second second sec sec- sec sec- ond round of the hole 72 tournament ment George Fazio who hails halls from Conshohocken Pa made the turn seven under par after he made Skip Alexander one of the first of the tho golfers goUers to finish out his 36 26 holes fired a great 67 Friday at Ft Douglas to give gl him a total and a certain spot up among the tho leaders at the half ay y point plenty lenty of hay on the first nine Friday Fri Fri- day coming in with a under three-under- par 32 Fazio had a 68 63 Thursday one stroke behind the leader Lloyd Mangrum and Mangrum will have ha to shoot his best to keep the top spot Palmer Playing in the same threesome as Fazio was Johnny Palmer who rates the defending honors b by virtue of his victory here last year in m the Western Vestern open Johnny who also had a 6 6 Thursday came through with a 19 11 Friday for his first nine to total and spot at that time But the fans were hailing young Billy Johnston the Ogden youth who won the Utah amateur title in 1917 1947 and who is now a student at the University of Utah Bill Billy Billj two nd 70 Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- carved out a two two- r day and then trimmed two more strokes off par in his first nine holes Friday to count and see his name posted ahead of such golfers as Ben Hogan Clayton Heafner Skip Alexander and a host of others Hogan Heafner Heather Tied Hogan and Heafner playing like twins turns each carded a 34 Friday for nine holes to go with their equal of Thursday and totals The No 6 hole yards was tough for both of ot them Friday Heafner getting a seven and Hogan forced to settle for a bogey six It was Heafner's second seven of the tournament tournament tournament tour tour- and if he hopes to finish high hell he'll have to give up getting the luck lucky number Of course all of the field had hadnot hadnot hadnot not made the turn when these scores were turned In Mangrum still was o out t working on his 67 So was wa George Schneiter who had hada a 68 Thursday Ralph Ralph- Blomquist with a 68 Jimmy Demaret and Ed Furgol with Thursday and Ellsworth Vines and Gene Webb both with Thursday still were to be heard from Branca Wins Vins Praise The big gallery following Hogan and Heafner got a bang when the two travelers were outscored by Tee Branca likable pro at the Salt Lake Country club Branca fired a nifty 32 Friday for his first nine holes and Emd moved up in inthe inthe inthe the list with a total even en par for the 27 holes Skip Alexander the North Carolina Carolina Caro Caro- lina Una pro had 33 going out Friday and that gave him 1 10 l for the distance distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance a nice spot to be in for the two-day two drive to the finish Only the best 60 golfers will finish out the tournament Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- d day y and Sunday The officials of the tournament figured that it would take a hole 36 score of of about to land in the favored I class Hence those with scores I of worse than or for the I 27 holes co could ld just about consider themselves out especially with that tough 37 par in m nine at the I Fort ort staring them in th fa fae Hole 27 Scores in Utah Uth Open Par mr for 27 lii m GC George 32 66 32 Fazl Fazio Buster Mills 74 37 Dick Lundahl J John o h n PaIme Palmer Ernie 7 37 Schneiter 68 34 34 76 35 Newt Bassler los Bill Johnston pw 75 36 niri k- k 70 33 n kI e e. e I 10 1 Wally Johnson Johnon Skip Alexander 75 36 71 33 f lO Arnold Goff 38 75 75 0 Ben Hogan 11 1 71 34 Cla Clayton ton Heafner Clare Swanson 71 34 77 37 Glen Burt 10 77 37 Kay Laffoon Noble Chalfant 71 35 71 35 73 41 Dick Metz Melz J Harry Borg Bortl q 72 34 79 35 10 Hu Hugh h Florence I Tee Branca 75 32 11 Al Smith Art Freer 72 35 80 35 Jerry Henderson George Bolesta 73 35 Walt Harris Jack Robertson 71 37 80 36 George e Low Tom DeBaca 72 37 77 40 Joe Calwell Ray MacMillian 75 34 80 37 Chat Crowley H Harold aro I d Sommers 78 39 Jim Haynes 73 37 fin Clare Emery Emery- 72 38 George Geore Cal Ca RI Riggs gs 74 36 78 40 r l' l r. r i J r. r 4 t tr r 1 t e I 1 V X i I ef z r f f. f 4 4 4 y 7 p 74 p r j 4 A s fi 1 rv 5 K 5 kL j 5 fj jM I 14 r z L The tremendous gallery that followed Ben Hogan Cla Clayton ton Heafner and amI Tee Branca Thursday gathers at No 9 green to watch the three competitors finish the first nine I All AH three golfers golfer took a bogey boge on the hole to relinquish I I I figures figure At the left is Hogan in the foreground j is H Heafner afner and eu on the far side of the green is Branca Branc the I Tribune Tribune Telegram Telegram Photo telle Countr Country club professional The great gallery followed 9 the three stars throughout the remainder of or the nine holes hole 1 |
