LOS ANGELES OPEN
U.S. Season Begins
(N.Z. Press Assn—Cotwright) LOB ANGELES, Jan •
G. Player and A. Palmer opened th* IMI United State* golf season with ordinary performance* yesterday, both shorn, in* first rounds of 7i in th* *5.000 dollar Los Angola* open M. Goalby, who won th* event last year. aet th* pace with a •even-under-par first round nf M. only one stroke off th* course record.
It gave him a three-atrok* advantage over hia nearest competitor*. D. Sanders. T. Jacob*. P. Rodgers and R. Kollar, who turned in *Ta ovor th* Rancho Municipal Golt Club course Player, leading money-winner of IMI. but only recently arrived from South Africa waa not too concerned about hu performance.
"I played all right, but I'm atill having trouble readjuating my distance*” he commented J. Nicklatu. the IMI national amateur champion, who la plating In his first big tournament •a a profeaaional her*, had a
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29715, 8 January 1962, Page 6
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