Wright Leads Gals With 142
Defending champion Mickey Wright shot a two under par 64 to take a seven stroke lead after the second round of the Muskogee Women's Open. Betsy Rawls, Ruth Jessen, and Marilyn Smith chased with 149 totals.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1964
Page
15
Defending champion Mickey Wright shot a two under par 64 to take a seven stroke lead after the second round of the Muskogee Women's Open. Betsy Rawls, Ruth Jessen, and Marilyn Smith chased with 149 totals.
Three hometown golfers led by Dave Updegraff advance to the semifinals of the Western Amateur Golf Championship at Tucson Country Club. Bruce Seligman, Steve Opperman, and Leon Operman vie for a spot in the final as groundswell match play narrows the field. Oklahoma City Open rounds feature Souchak and Sifford among leaders ahead of weather-delayed play.
Southern Pines North Carolina AP reports a record field of 256 entries is assured for the fourth annual National Elks Amateur Invitational stroke play golf tournament opening as the Elks converge for the event.
Raleighs Ed Parker survived a leg cramp to beat teammate Billy Trott 6-4 6-2 in the all-Eastern final. Parker, the No 3 seed, defeated Richard Holderness en route to the final as Trott toppled Fred Rawlings. In doubles, Zamilli and Helms beat Spry and Williams to claim the title for Goldsboro.
Joel Gluck 4 of Cumberland Kentucky won the eight mile junior division of the Irish Festival South Carolina State Championship bicycle races in Sumter with 21 minutes 35 seconds. Vic Kilgore East Point Georgia finished second and Greg Gluck third. Allen Lees 16 of West Columbia was the first South Carolinian to finish and took the state junior title with Richard Wakefield Sumter as runnerup. Connie Quirk Sumter won the junior girls division. Tommy Hair Sumter took the junior middleweight class. The senior championship was scheduled for Sunday.
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