SIXTY-ONE YEARS AGO TODAY JACK FLECK teed it up in the 36-hole U.S. Open sectional qualifier at Lincolnshire Country Club in Crete, Illinois. It was a wet and breezy day, and Fleck played 34 holes in a cool rain. He finished with 73 and 73 for 146, and didn't like his chances of qualifying for the 1955 U.S. Open to be played at the Olympic Club.
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Club pro Errie Ball saw things differently.