Word: byronism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Byron Nelson, 33, golf's pro of pros, winner of 17 tourneys and $53,200 during the past year, was momentarily stymied in Spokane. Checking in for the Esmeralda Open (which he later won, making it 18 wins and $55,200), he asked for his hotel reservation and was told by the clerk: "I'm afraid not. All our rooms are being reserved for the golfers...
Quite unexpectedly, the Council rejected the proposed Board, insinuating that political intrigue had played a part in the rapid elevation of Byron Dobell, second-in-command-on the new Board. Spec editors, resenting the Council's implication and interference, countered that the elevation was made on grounds of "ability, initiative, service, originality, and sincerity...
...Despite a 102° fever, he fired a 68 to tie for the first-round lead in the $10.000 Dallas Open. But next day, woozy from sulfa, he slumped to 74. After that he could not catch Sam Snead (lately recovered from a broken arm), Jug Mc-Spaden or Byron Nelson. Hogan finished fourth with a 3-under-par. In the longer run he was a good bet to succeed wartime golf's king of the links, fast-greying Byron Nelson, now 18 Ibs. underweight after the nerve-wearing grind of winning 16 tournaments within a year...
...Appointed Byron Price, of the abolished Office of Censorship, to be public-relations adviser to General Eisenhower in occupied Germany...
...Byron Nelson, who has been making it hard for other golf pros to earn a week's pay, finally lost a tournament-after eleven straight wins. Equally surprising, he and his fellow pros (Nelson finished fourth) lost the $10,000 Memphis Open to an amateur. Unruffled by the fast company, Amateur Fred Haas Jr., a Louisiana insurance salesman, was good on the fairways and even better on the greens. He toured the 72 holes in 18-under-par to become the first amateur winner of a major open tourney since...