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WEISKOPF SKIES WITH 75
Open'leado 6 under
Nicklaus rabs 9
By SCOTT M. LEWIS
Special to The Daily
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. - He didn't
shoot another 63 yesterday, but Jack
Nicklaus, had reason to be satisfied af-
ter posting a one-over-par 71 to grab the
lead midway through the 80th United
States Golf Championship.
Nicklaus, who, along with Tom
Weiskopf came within one strike Thur-
sday of breaking the Open record 63 for
a single round, played what he con-
sidered "a good round" in rout to a 33-38,
on the 7,076-yard Baltusrol Golf Club
layout.
"I PLAYED well, actually," said
Nicklaus, seeking his fourth Open title
and eighteenth major championship.
"All the putts I hit Thursday went in.
Today they stayed on the edge of the
cup. I didn't get anything in the hole."
The forty-year-old Golden Bear is at
134 through 36 holes, an Open record. He
hnl. cn t.- ,,nlra ad near fmi
players who either matched or bested
par yesterday. Tied at 136 are Mike
Reid, Lon' Hinkle, Keith Furgus and
Japan's Isao Aoki.
Weiskopf, meanwhile, struggled to a
five-over 75, including bogies on the last
three holes. That put the temperamen-
tal Ohioan in a tie for seventh with Pat
McGowan at 138. Mark Hayes was
alone in sixth at 137, while Tom Watson
and Peter Jacobsen were five strokes
off the pace.
AFTER A record-tying nineteen
golfers broke par Thursday, tour-
nament officials tried to restore the in-
tegrity of Baltusrol yesterday by
making the pin placements extra dif-
ficult. They succeeded in grand fashion,
as Weiskopf would attest.
"Yesterday, I thought there was one
(pin placement) that was questionable.
Today, there were three," said
Weiskopf, who made good on his
promise to play aggressively but at
times saw his bold approach backfire.
Nicklaus agreed. "The pins were
really tough, about as tough as they can
set them," he said. "A couple of them
were on the border of being on the edge
of a slope. The greens were quicker
because they didn't put water on them
and they'll be quicker (today.)"
Nicklaus apparently didn't find the
greens too hard to handle in the early
portion of his round. He sank two birdie
putts on the first three holes to place
him at nine under. And when he
recovered nicely from an errant tee
shot on the fourth to salvage a par
three, he seemed impossible to catch.
INDEED, NICKLAUS had just that in
mind. "I came out with the attitude to
be as aggressive as I could - and leave
the field behind if I get off to a good
start," he said.
But his putter failed him on the 470-
yard par four sixth, as it has done all
too often this season. He three-putted
there for a bogey and lost another
stroke on No. 11 when his drive caught a
fairway trap.
Matters got even stickier on the
twelfth. He hit a short four iron which
landed in a bunker, misplayed a sand
wedge and settled for a double bogey
five.
From that point, however, Nicklaus
reached each green in regulation, and
recorded a birdie on the monstrous 630-
yard 17th.
FURGUS, PLAVING in the Open for
only the second time, was tied with
Nicklaus after 16 holes at five under. He
then three-putted twice to fall a pair of
strokes back. He shot a 70, four more
than on Thursday but a good score con-
sidering his tentative short game.
"When you have a chance for a birdie
you go for it, but if you don't, you don't
try to force it," said Furgus, whose best
showing this season was a third place -
finish at the Dural Open. "'If you do go
for it, you'll make bogey and double
bogey."
Reid, like Furgus a 26-year-old
seeking his first PGA title, missed only
one fairway on his way to a 34-33-67,
which tied Craig Stadler for the day's
lowest round.
Reid expressed doubts that he has the
ability to defeat the likes of Nicklaus,
Weiskopf and Hinkle. "You don't win
tournaments on Thursday and Friday,"
he said. "I haven't won on the tour so
there are some questions on my mind
about when I will win... Can I win?"
HINKLE, WHO placed third on last
year's earnings list, shot a par 70 (33-
37) despite a five on the par three ninth.
After his round, he begged reporters to
refrain from mentioning the tree
dedicated in his honor at the 1979 Open.
"I wish people would stop asking me
whether they're going to plant a spruce
tree in the middle of the green," said
Hinkle, a native of Flint. "On the same
level, if you ask them who won the
Crosby or the World Series of Golf last
year, they wouldn't know."
(Hinkle, incidentally won both of
those events.)
The most surprising performance
among the leaders had to be that of
Aoki. In Japan, he receives the atten-
tion Nicklaus commands here, but Aoki
has not played well on the American
tour. The courses are much longer in
the U.S. than are the Asian Circuit, a
troublesome factor for the slight-of-
build Aoki.
Aoki's putting style is unique - he
opens the shaft and uses only the heel of
the club - but it has been working won-
ders the past two days. He used only
twenty three putts yesterday during his
second straight round of 68.
Watson, who has yet to win an Open in
nine appearances, was in the middle of
the pack until he chipped in from 100
feet for an eagle on the last hole. He too
closed with a 68, a figure which left him
optimistic about the next two days.
"I'm extremely happy about the way
I played," he said. "If I had made a few
more putts it could have been a lot bet-
ter."
THE GROUP of seven at even par 140
includes defending champ Hale Irwin,
J.C. Snead, Lee Trevino, Stadler, and
Gene Littler. Littler, 50, was an Open
winner in 1961.
* * *
The field of 156 was sliced to 62 after
yesterday's action. The final 'cut, 146,
established a record low for the Open.
The old mark of 147 was set in 1977.
Among the casualties were Andy Bean,
Johnny Miller, Larry Nelson, Jerry
Pate and Gary Player.
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SEVE BALLESTEROS strides to his car on his way to the airport after being
disqualified from the U.S. Open. Ballesteros arrived late for his teeoff time
and was disqualified.
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Bailesteros
SPRINGFIELD, N. J. (AP)-Seve Ballesteros, the
young Spaniard who holds the British Open and
Masters titles, failed to make his tee time yesterday
morning and was disqualified in the United States
Ope Golf Championship.
He declined to talk with American reporters who
tried to contact him at his hotel.
He told British journalists, however, that he was
"very upset" and may "never play in the U.S. Open
again."
His manager later issued a statement in which
Ballelsteros was quoted as saying he thought his star-
ting time was one hour later than it really was.
"I was very hot when I heard the decision that I had
been disqualified," Ballesteros said in the statement.
"I didn't want to say anything I'd be sorry for.
"I'm very disappointed."
Ballesteros, who had shot a first-round 75 and was
in danger of mising the cut when the field is trimmed
to the low 60 scorers for the final two rounds, was
confused; disqualified
scheduled to tee off at 9:45 a.m. yesterday.
When he did not appear, his partners, defending
U.S. Open titleholder Hale Irwin and amateur Mark
O'Meara, played away on schedule.
He still had not reached the tee when they played
their second shots. Under the rules of golf, the player
is disqualified when his partners play their second
shots on the first hole.
"He came running on to the tee about 15 seconds af-
ter they'd hit their second shots," said Lon Hinkle,
who was in the next group off the first tee.
Ballesteros said he thought his tee time was 10:45.
The correct time had been published as early as last
week.
"I left my hotel at 9:25," Ballesteros said in his
statement.
"The trip took us longer than usual because of the
traffic. It took about 20 minutes. I arrived three-four
minutes late." It is the responsibility of the player,
said Jim Hand, chairman of the United States Golf
Association's Competitons Committee, to meet his
tee time and to allow adequate time to meet such
situations as traffic delays.
"We regret being forced to take the action we did,"
he said.
Apologetically, he said he had thought his starting
time was an hour later and got hung up in traffic in
his rush from his motel.
Embassassed by his blunder, disappointed and-by
his own admission "hot," the talented young
Spaniard fled the course and sought sanctuary in his
hotel, refusing to meet the press. Through an agent,
he sent a statement, explaining his error.
Fellow pros were astounded at his shortsighted-
ness.
"I always get to the course an hour before my
teeoff time," said Jack Nicklaus. "Others do the
same."
"I haven't been late on the tee in all my 50 years,"
commented Arnold Palmer.
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