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Stanley Bielat

The Silver Anniversary Championship was played at the Seneca Golf Course on its return to Louisville, Ky., and Stanley Bielat, a 37-year-old truck driver from Yonkers, took the title to the metropolitan New York area for the third time. Bielat had to win four extra-hole matches to reach the final, but once there he made five birdies on the last eight holes and beat John Cobro, of Chicago, 7 and 5. Towns was eliminated in the fourth round.

The Los Angeles section took the team Championship for the sixth time by scoring 217, the record for three-man, 18-hole competition. The team consisted of Stephen Z. Shaw, who scored 67, Robert Roux, 74, and James R. Griffin, 76. Thirty-eight teams participated, a record since the establishment of the event as a separate competition.

 
Championship Facts

Amateur Public Links

PAR AND YARDAGE – Jimmie Austin/OU Golf Club will play at 7,289 yards and a par of 35-36—71. Holes 1-9 will play at 3,582 yards and par 35. Holes 10-18 will play at 3,707 yards and par 36.

ARCHITECT – Jimmie Austin/OU Golf Club was designed by Perry Maxwell and opened in 1951. A course renovation by Bob Cupp was completed in 1996.

SCHEDULE OF PLAY:
Monday and Tuesday, July 13-14 – Stroke-play qualifying, 18 holes (field reduced to the lowest 64 players, who advance to match play).

Wednesday, July 15 — First round, match play (18 holes)

Thursday, July 16 — Second round, match play (18 holes), Third round, match play (18 holes)

Friday, July 17 — Quarterfinals, match play (18 holes), Semifinals, match play (18 holes)

Saturday, July 18 — Final, match play (36 holes)

ADMISSION – Admission is free. Tickets are not needed for this USGA championship and spectators are encouraged to attend.

COURSE SETUP – The USGA Course Rating® for the APL championship at Jimmie Austin/OU Golf Club is 75.5 and the USGA Slope Rating® is 130.

Tees, approaches and collars, height of grass – just below 0.5 inch
Fairways, height of grass – 0.5 inch
Putting greens, height of grass – 0.120 inch with a speed of 11 feet on USGA Stimpmeter
Primary Rough – 2.5 inches
Intermediate Rough – 1.5 inches (6-foot width)

 

 
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