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f ♦ — — — Boros Quits PGA Tourney; Will Wait Regular Turn LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 18 UP — National Open champion Julius Boros of Mid Pines, N. C, specially invited to compete in the PGA golf champion- ship, withdrew today as qualifying rounds got under way, to prevent build- ing animosity. Boros, 32-year-old surprise winner of last weeks Open, was invited by the £ a PGA executive committee to compete £ in the PGA, breaking all precedent. 1 Five-year apprenticeship is required before being permitted to play and Boros has been a pro for less than * three years. The PGA in the past ignored such I non-member pros as Lawson Little and j-Cary Middlecoff after they had won the Open. So the invitation to Boros . r has resulted in much criticism. t "I decided Id rather wait my regular turn for PGA membership like Cary v Middlecoff and the others have done before me," Boros said. "I plan to be s a PGA member for many years to * come and I want all the PGA members ■ . to be my friends." and
