Vernal Express | 1950-08-31 | Page 1 | Vernal Golf Pro Wins City Parks Open Tournament Section

writa I 1 golf pro P ro 1 wins wind city cit yc J parri f open tournament ent bill john johneton Joh niton to vernal em ii T empire E golf and gun country club pro PM lj Is the salt lake city parks pis open champi champl onby virtue of his victory sunday Sunda over Ted Branca old time professional bill who Is just a freshman among the professionals and in fact Is newest addition to the employed pro ranks de feared branca I 1 up on the ath hole to gain the 1950 city parks open golf championship john feat of winning the title gains added recognition 1 when it is realized that he bested j one of the keenest competitors in the business and one who I 1 has been on an the golfing scene long enough to have his name efre qu e alj written writ ten in the utah an ria I 1 golf etwas it was just ago that the united states golf informed bill that he be was a professional fess ional lonal golfer and sunday at af hernoon at the forestdale Forest Dale links johnston let it be known that continued on page 8 1 VERNAL GOLF PRO WINS CITY PARKS OPEN TOURNEY ri r i grovr rw vage it 11 the wai was right in the finals johnston Joh niton hot shot a 63 83 71 against Br blancas Bra ancas 68 69 the new pro received and a huge trophy for blis hi winning performance performance he ile hai has now enter e ed two tournament tournaments as a professional and has picked up for his efforts he tied with dick kramer for the top utah professional in the utah open the championship match was termed the out outstanding g contest of the nine year history of the city tournament it was a match of good tee shots sensational approaches a and n di spectacular putts it was a match which witnessed branca ahead only once but always able to corn come up for an evening johnston according to a number of the states professionals who watched the finals played the best co competitive golf of bis nix long amateur and short t pro career in an exciting climax john ston took his victory margin on the with an easy par the was johnstons with a birdie and it left branca two down two to 10 go branca took care of one of the two on the when he sank a 25 foot putt for a birdie on the hole brancas blancas Br ancas second shot found the trap on the right side of the green john joh n ton ston was over slightly branca blasted out and was left with a threefoot three foot putt johnston left himself a three footer branca sank his johnston sank his and the city parks tourney had a new champion