The Archive · 1938

Picard Leads Field In US. Open

Cards Another 70; Besi Score Zimmerman's 67; 1939 Site Announced

Denver, June 10.

Henry Picard today repeated his core of 70 on the Cherry Hills Coun-Wy Club Golf links {o beat Dave etz in a rousing twilight finish in he second day of the 1938 United States National Open Golf championship.

t the half-way mark Picard led-y only a small margin but on 1465 yard hole made a birdie o squeeze out Metz, 140 and 142 A mashie shot from the tee landed interval. It seemed that the ground record of 35250 was beaten.

The sands of people squatted on the gr twelve deep, Other records were: established today Four centuries in a Test innings— a world record.

New fifth wicket record stand for an Anglo-Australian Test of 206 runs

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