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...annual Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta, Ga., probably holds more memories, happy and unhappy, than any other in the world. It was there that Gene Sarazen shot his famed double eagle, holing out with a 220-yd. wood shot for a two on a par five hole, to tie and later win in 1935. Last week Old Pro Sarazen, now 50, carried away another memory: a "shocking" eight, five over par, on the short 12th hole. For the first time in 30 years of tournament play, Sarazen quit in disgust. But not Sam Snead...
...like a man plugged in on a busy switchboard. Lights keep blinking and flashing in Hogan's brain, carrying danger signals from his nerves and muscles. When the switchboard is really busy-as it will be on April 3 when Hogan plays in the Masters Tournament at Augusta, Ga.-he deliberately shifts himself into a state in which people blend into the landscape like so many trees or blades of grass. Opponents actually believe that he has learned how to control his heartbeat and regulate the flow of juices from his thyroid and adrenal glands...
...Mildred ("Babe") Zaharias, the Titleholders golf tournament, with a score of 299, eleven over par, for four rounds; at Augusta...
...smashed the tournament record with his 72-hole score of 266, eight strokes better than the total of Runner-Up Al Besselink. Pocketing the $2,000 prize for his 22-under-par romp, Burke cocked a calculating eye at next month's prestige-heavy Masters tournament in Augusta, Ga. Said he: "I have hopes of holding...
...Workers. On the highway southeast of Augusta, Ga., houses are being towed by truck out of the 315 square miles of rundown farmland that must be depopulated. Near the perimeter of the project, 22 miles across, are woods full of trailers. Already there are more than 21,000 workers on the project, and the labor force is expected to peak...