GODFREY SECOND
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuteri
CALCUTTA.
An American newcomer, R. McClean and the Filipino veteran, B. Arda, scored six-under-par 67s to share the first-round lead in the Indian Open golf championship. Just behind were the New Zealander, W. Godfrey, on 68, and Japan’s Katsayuki Hirano on 69.
Four challengers were bunched on 70—the 20-year-old Australia B. Jones, the Japanese Mitsuhiko Masuda, and two Taiwanese, Chen Chien Chung and Kuo Chie
f Hsiung. , McClean, tackling the . Asian circuit for the first . time, and 42-year-old Arda, . the 1969 Indian Open cham- > pion, equalled the record for • the Royal Calcutta Club’s . 6968-yard course. ri < The American shot a ■ sizzling 32 on' the, front nine With' four birdies and was i home in 35. . The chain-smoking Godfrey, who shared second ’ place in the Malaysian Open • in Kuala Lumpur last week ' behind Japan’s Takashi Murakami, had an erratic ■ round of two eagles, seven ' birdies, and several one
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32869, 18 March 1972, Page 46
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