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Playoff Contenders Most Surprised Graham, Mahaffey Battle In Playoff SMILE ON SUNDAY, SCRAP ON MONDAY Open Foes Lou Graham (L), John Mahaffey MEDINAH, 111. (AP) A pair of longshots, Lou Graham and John Mahaffey, meet in an 18-hole playoff today for the $40,000 prize in the 75th U.S. Open Golf Championship the "chokers" or "snake-bite" open. It has been a wild one. And none is more surprised at the windup perhaps: than -the playoff contenders themselves.

Graham, a drawing, string- bean tour veteran of 35, was the only person among the 25,145 on the Medinah Club premises who didn't know he had a chance to win outright by pairing the final hole. He dumped his approach shot into a trap and took a bogey. Mahaffey, a young lion of 27 out of Houston, had finished 45 minutes earlier and had rushed to the club house to buy a candy bar and check on the airline reservations out of town. He had to be searched out and informed that his 287 score, three over par, had tied the late-finishing Graham for first place and that he should be on the first tee today promptly at 1:30 p.m. CDT.

The be shown over national television (ABC-TV). It's the first Open playoff since Lee Trevinp beat Jack Nicklaus at Merion in Ardmore, in 1971. Whatever became of that fellow, Nicklaus, anyhow? And Trevino? And Hale Irwin, who won last year? And: Johnny Miller, Coast hotshot? And long Tom Weiskopf, Arnold Palmer and South Africa's Gary Player? Some people, including the golfers themselves, called it a horror story and jested that the winner should have been Boris Karloff. Dazed spectators went around asking if there was some kind of To Colonial's Linda Marsh Home Victory Means Great Deal HM POINT By JIM PETTIT Enterprise Sports Writer Playing one's home course in golf isn't like a home field advantage, in football. Sometimes be a liability.

Linda Marsh overcame that obstacle in fine fashion Sunday, coming back from a three-over-par front nine to birdie three of the last five holes and win the Colonial Club Ladies Invitational Tournament by 11 shots. "I'm just real pleased," she said after her closing 73 gave her a tournament record low of 143 for the two days of competition. "It really means a lot to me to have finally played my home course well in a tournament. I think it's more difficult to play your home course because of the pressure. In the past, I've tried too hard." Marsh was never seriously challenged during the final as would-be challengers had their problems with tough pin placements.

Durham's Margaret Howard, an independent tennis instructor and three-time champion of the LIT, was a distant second at 154 after her second straight 77. Carole Jones, the 1973 tournament winner, took third at 155, and 1974 champion Evalyn Dorn of Greensboro was fourth at 156. "This week I've hit the ball better than I've ever hit it," Marsh evaluated. "I've been hitting driver and all the woods real well. I'm kind of Two Ragsdale Gridders Make All-Star Team Ragsdale High School football players Harold Odum and Mitch Johnston have been named to the North- South All-Star football game July 26 at Greenville.

Johnston is a two-way tackle who started for two years at Ragsdale and an all- conference performer. He will attend East Carolina on a football grant. Odum was Ragsdale's second leading ground gainer from his halfback position and also played in the defensive secondary. A three-year letterman, he was all- conference and also a team co-captain. Odum will attend Walfc Forest this fall.

The North-South game will be played at ECU's Ficklen Stadium. LADIES INVITATIONAL CHAMP LINDA MARSH Fired Record 143 In Colonial Tournament stunned by the whole thing; I how else to describe it." Marsh admitted she might have been playing too conservatively pii the front nine, but pointed bjit she changed her thinking on the back nine. "I didn't play conservative' oh the back," she noted. "On No. 15 I decided to go all out and hit a 4-wood." With the pin cut deep on the par three hole and guarded by a sand trap, it proved to be the right move.

Her tee shot carried the trap, then rolled up to within three feet of. the hole. She rolled in the for her second straight birdie. Howard, who noted this was her first golf tournament of the year, felt her round could have been better. 'i, realized finally that I was lining up to the right," she sighed.

"I guess I have to do that for about six holes before I can get organized. After the 12th hole, I played even par." The Sunday pin placements also brought a chuckle. "They were batting 1.000 with those pin placements;" Howard laughed. "If there was a knob or a hump on the green, that's where they put the pin." Jones, whose 76 was the second best score of the day and earned third place, three-putted three times. "I played about as well as I can play," she offered.

"I'm glad to see Linda win this one because she's come so close lately. I think she's playing better than anyone in the state right now." The young computer programmer at the Research Triangle noted her own game has been affected by a heavy work load. "We've really been working hard since January. There's been a lot of overtime and weekend work. I haven't been playing as much as I'd like, but I've been doing pretty well in the tournaments I've played in.

I guess it's just experience. "Now. that all the tournaments are over, I'm going to start practicing," she grinned. In flight competition, Eileen Richardson won first flight honors in a scorecard playoff over Ruth Beck. Carol Smith took, third and Peggy Yountz was fourth.

Tucker Crawford's 168 total was good enough for top honors in the second flight, two shots better than Eunies Futch. Maxine Palmer placed third and Edna Earle Einstein was fourth. Sue Hallow won the third flight on the fifth hole of a scorecard playoff with Mon- SNTER I SB Page 3B June 23,1975 ty Ridenhour. Dot Stevens finished in third place and Lois Green was fourth. Helen Kerihedy was a scorecard playoff winner over Bern Moran in the fourth flight, followed by Mary Wiggin and Margaret Willard.

Edna Correll won the fifth flight by two shots over Jan Loflin. Mary Stewart" won third place in a storecard playoff over Frances Morris. Goldie Newton swept the sixth flight by five shots over Christine Bondurant. Lummie Jo Huneycutt won third place and took fourth. In special contests, Margaret Howard and Carole Jones won longest drive contests; Ann Reynolds and Margaret Howard took closest-to-the-hole prizes; and Goldie Newton won a prize for shortest drive on the 15th hole.

Keesler Wins Amateur In Sudden Death Playoff For Post 87 A A A Lee Keesler of Charlotte fired a one-over par 73 Sunday while the leaders faltered and then survived a sudden death playoff to win the North Amateur Golf championship. i a a Keesler, a Duke University senior, sank a five-inch putt for a par on the second extra tennis Lessons Begin Tuesday The parks and recreation department will sponsor tennis lessons at Blair Park, beginning tomorrow and each Tuesday and Thursday evening for four weeks. Summer Cage Pond Giants Results YMCA SUMMER BASKETBALL RESULTS HUSTLERS 84 HOT SHOTS 57 Hiah Scorer Bobby Prict 16, Royster Tucker IT HOODS 60 HERD High Scorer Howard Alexander 14 John Potts 12 Ctrtton'lngrim 12 OLD TIMERS 13 MERRVMEN 75 High Scorer Tony Shaver 24 Mike Kivett 21 STANDINGS OLDTIMERS 3 8 HUSTLERS 2 1 MERRVMEN I HOODS 2 2 HOT SHOTS 2 WILDMEN 1 HERD 2 HOT DOGS 0 2 TARHEELS S3 LAKERS 31 High Scorer T. Marsh 24 R. Sawyer 14 31 CELTICS 37 High Scorer M.

Horm 12 K. Murphy II KNICKS SI PACERS 41 High Scow D. Harp 84 K. GarrUon 22 Si 2 0 1 0 I 1 0 Lose By 6-3 The Winston-Salem Pond Giants lost 6-3 Sunday to the All-Stars of Greensboro in a game played at Ernie Shore Field. The Pond Giants, which have a 17-8 record, play the Charlotte Rangers Sunday at Finch Field.

hole at the Bermuda Run Golf and Country Club course. His opponent, Tony Hollifield of Gastonia, missed his four foot putt on the crucial shot. Both Keesler and Hollifield had parred the first extra hole. Each found himself in the trap on the second hole, but excellent sand shots put each near the cup. Bobby Craven of 'Greensboro, who held a one-stroke lead going into Sunday's round, carded a 79 for a 296 arid fifth place.

It was Craven's worst performance during the four-day tournament. Dean Sheetz, who was tied with Hollifield for second place after Saturday's 18 holes, skyed to an 81 and finished llth at 299. Julian Bunn III of Raleigh ended up in third place with a 295, UcKceslcr 72-75-74-73-394 Tony Hollilitld Julian Bunn Chip Beck 77-72-74-7Z-JM- Healner 74.74.7«-72-2tt Craven johnny John Jr. 76-70-74-75-2W John Crooks 7Z-'7-72-77-3W Chuck Scolt 73-75-74-74-J9I Collelf 71-77-75-75-JM John Bunn 70-7MI-74-JM Sheeli 75-7l-72-8l-29f Bill Hifvey Cob Calo Sill Anderson 75-75-74-77-300 Bright BilPWilkins 72-73-74-79-300 tytlon Perrill 78-70-75-77-300 Mark Andrew 7S-74-74-73--301 Pale Morey 71-76-77-77-301 Todd Smith 76-74-74-77-301 Tuttlc 74-73-76-78-3CI Claude Lawhon 70-78-77-74-301 Larry Dempsey 77-72-77-7S-30I tfini Haney 78-72-73-7J-302 Bob Sebastian 74-77-75-74-302 Joe Patton 72-74-75-81-302 Charles Lyncy 76-76-70-8U-302 Mike Barkley 74-74-74-10-302 fcennie Law 76-74-77-75-302 Sklo Dunaway 80-7I-78-74-30J 'poug Owenj Alike Shannon 74-72-74-82-304 Brian Collelt 75-77-78-74-304 'William Boles 77-74-80-73-304 John McNeely Jr. 74.74-73-80-305 Trip Gentry ddle Tlddy Tommy 5on Adderton 74-79-71-83-Mr Morgan 74-74-80-77-307 Wylit 75-76-78-71-307 Chris Newman 78-74-76-7I-308 Bob Efird 77-74-75-82-308 Zim Zimmerman 75-77-79-77--308 Vfes Minion 77-74-74-83-310 Sieve Islcy 74-74-77-8J-3IO Carter Don Tngut Einstein 73-77-8I-80-31I Billy Deweesc Nance 77-7242-81-312 Robert Robert Morrison Eli Atwell Guy WilKerson Seller 75-74-S3-81-315 James Brown Jr.

74-78-78-83-315 Billy Gray Tom Barnes George Reams 74-74-71-NC Won playoti on second holt. High Point American Legion Post 87 puts its 7-5 record on the line tonight at Lewis Field in Greensboro when the locals take on Greensboro Burtner at 7:45. Post 87 hammered out 12 hits Sunday in dealing Burlington a 7-3 loss at High Point College field, pitcher Rick Beamon scattering six hits. Roscoe Friday's two-run single in the sixth snapped a 3-3 tie and put Post 87 into the lead to stay. Beamon, now 22, led the team in hitting with two for three.

a Williard was two for four, and Roy Dixon two for five. Rick Johnson paced the losers with two hits in three tries. Burlington 200 Old 000-3 6 2 High Point 200 104 OOx-7 13 2 Fletcher, Small (4), Crisp (6) and Maultsby; Beamon and Williard Beamon (2-2) Fletcher TARHEELS KNICKS LAKERS COOL CATS PACfRi CELTICS 1 6 2 BobG.bMflortheSt.Loaii CtrdHub became the ftcond pitcher to strike oat S.OM batters when he fanned Geronimo July 17. Walter JOIMM was tht I tlllt tOUl. To The CITIZENS of ARCHOALE The minute we put an attractive ABC store on Main Street we are saying to the young people of our town: "This is a good product.

Our community 'puts! its stamp of approval upon it. It is just as honorable to buy a bottle of liquor as it is to buy a bottle of Do you want to give alcohol that kind of a stamp of approval? VOn IN THE AIC REFERENDUM OH JIM! tttfc, by the Cemented Otisern ef JUdiMe Wimten I. Advertising Owkmcm MJM MORGAN'S EXPERT FENCE CO. MORGAN Installed Fencing FINANCING OPERATED 882-0797 FOR penalty against a guy who won. Everybody, including the incomparable Nicklaus, blew it- that is, all except Graham They almost did.

They backed into their- tie for -the top, Mahaffey shooting a final round 71 that he thought might get him about 10th money and Graham a 73. Irwin, who whipped the terrors of Winged Foot a year ago, rallied for a 70 and tied at 288 with Frank Beard, Ben Crenshaw and plump Bob Murphy. Nicklaus, bogeying the last three holes, tied with England's towering Peter Oosterhuis at 289. Palmer was at 290 with young Pat Fitzsimons and Tom Watson. All of them were wondering how they managed to let this Open slip from their hands.

"There will be 20 guys leaving here who will say, 'If I had played halfway decently I would have Nicklaus said. Irwin acknowledged that the tournament left him completely dumbfounded. "This was the easiest open to win I've ever seen," the bespectacled 1974 Open winner said. "Everybody was just throwing it away. It's unbelievable.

"We tend to choke in the Open," Irwin said, "but it was a horrendous experience for most of us. The greens were getting brown and dying from suffocation. Some fairways were mowed, others weren't the noise was terrible and the gallery at times seemed completely disinterested. "I i everybody--because of the bad early weather and conditions--went into the tournament with a bad frame of mind." One of the most shell- shocked competitors must have been Beard, the 36- year-old former leading money i from Louisville, who had just snapped his game out of a prolonged slump to forge into a three-stroke lead after three rounds. He saw his game flounder to a 78 after i i a phenomenal 67 on Saturday.

He failed to make a single birdie. He took consecutive bogies at the sixth, seventh and eighth holes and saw his hopes die with bogeys at the 16th and 17th. "I am disappointed in the way I played, but I am not surprised," he said. "I didn't expect to reach my comeback for six or seven months. I will be a better player than I ever was." Beard's game collapsed after the 1971 season, and he had missed the cut in 13 straight tour events and won the Philadelphia tournament last week when he first began showing improvement from a tip given him by the old teacher, Paul Runyan.

"I have remade my game--I will be a winner again," Beard vowed. Beard was the only man under par--three under at 210-- when the final round began in muggy weather over the 7,032 yard, par-71 Medinah course, battered by early week thuridershowers. Watson, the halfway leader, and Fitzsimons were at par 213, followed by Crenshaw, Oosterhuis and Graham at 214. The winner was expected to come from these leaders. Mahaffey was six back at 216, as was Trevino.

Nicklaus trailed by seven at 217, but Weiskopf, at 220, and Miller, at 223, had shot themselves out of it. Then bogeys began falling like rain drops. With taut and the course offering rugged resistance, no one was able to muster a charge. Instead, the leaders began falling back to the rest of the field. mid-afternoon the tournament was like a huge wheel of it up where she falls, nobody knows." Beard's putter became a slab of cold steel.

He turned in 48 strokes, bogeying three in a row. Still, he had a chance for a- tie until he bunkered his tee shot on the par-three 17th and then failed to get a birdie on the 18th. As Beard's fortunes deteriorated and no one rushed to seize the advantage, the cry went up from the pushing arid shoving gallery: "Here Nicklaus." Jack turned, in 34, two- underpar, and fbund himself jiist one shot off the lead as he moved to the llth hole. At that stage, Beard, Crenshaw, Graham and Fitzsimons shared first at one-over. NicKlaus was informed of his position by a friend, and he seemed surprised.

"Just one shot back?" he "1 can't believe it." Pumped up, he hit great tee shots at the 12th and 13th and ran off a string of pars--but failing to get a birdie--as he moved, to the 16th, fcfc t'tit ne to i's heartbreak corner. At the 16th, Jack pulled his drive into the rough, great recovery which fell hear a tree. But he chipped strong and took a bogey. On the 220-yard 17th, he flew a four-iron shot over the green and his delicate chip got into the frog's hair, forcing him to sink a 12-foot putt for a bogey. On the 18th, he pulled his tee shot into the trees and sent his second into a bunker, again losing a shot to par.

That was the end of the Grand Slam bid for the reigning Masters champion. "The 16th killed Jack," If you won't be getting a read Many people are not covered by a pension program with their employer. If you're one of them, there is now a tax- deferred way for you to build toward your own retirement fund. With a Metropolitan individual Retirement Program you can defer taxes each year on up to of your income or $1,500, whichever is less, by putting this income to work to help assure your future financial security. A pension is nice to look forward to.

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"Until that point, I thought Jack was going to win it." "I used an artificial swing on the 16th. I wasn't happy with it," Nicklaus said. "I couldn't have hit a better four-iron than I did on 17. It was just that kind of day for me." MEDINAH, III. (AP) Final scores and money winnings in Sunday's round of the 75th U.S.

Open Golf Championship on the par-71 Medinah Country Club course (x-indicates will compete in Monday's 18-hole playoff for first and second place): x-Lou a a 74-72-68-73-287 x-John Mahaffey Frank Beard, $10,875 74.69-67-78-288 Ben Crenshaw, $10,875 70-68-76-74-288 Hale Irwiin, $10,875 74-71-73-70-288 Bob Murphy, $10,875 Peter Ossterhuis, 7,500 74-73-72-69-288 69-73-72-75-289 Jack Nicklaus. $7,500 72-70r75-72-289 Pat Fitzsimons; $5,000 67-73-73-77-290 Tom Watson, $5,000 67-68-78-77-290 Arnold Palmer, $5,000 69-75-73-73-290 heavy duty shocks alignment Regularly $47.85 save 20 WITH COUPON HE AW DUTY SHOCKS ALIGNMENT '27" You get complete front end alignment, regularly 513.95 and two heavy duty shocks installed. regularly S33.90. Good one week only at any B.F.Goodrich store. Offer expires June 28.1975 callforan appointment B.E Goodrich wtfetheotherguys Charge.

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