Eleven U. S. Golfers Enter British Open Championship, Daily Racing Form, 1951-06-22

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- d y- P ie he 2 s# l- is r- fly ly t- es m ill at at id Eleven U.S. Golfers Enter British Open Championship ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, June 21 UP. — Eleven Americans, headed by profession-l~ " als Johnny Bulla and Jimmy Demaret and a Walker Cup players Charley Coe, Prank k Stranahan and Jim McHale, were in the e field of 183 entered today for the British h Open Gold Championship to be played at ,t the Royal Portrush club near Belfast, | July 2-6. The other U. S. entries are professionals Al Zimmerman of Portland, Ore., Art Clark k of Huntington, W. Va., and Skee Riegel of f Tulsa, Okla., and three servicemen from a the occupation army in Germany, Charles s Rotar, Capt. Clarence D. White and Lt. Col. 1 F. Donoval. _ Bobby Locke of South Africa, who won a for the last two years, will try to become e the first player to win the event three e straight times since the championship was sv extended to 72 holes in 1892. i •


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