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When a gale blows up and the course is soggy with rain, the grim men who play big-time golf are apt to mutter: "It's a Demaret day." Like a mud-running race horse, Jimmy Demaret (pronounced demerit) always seems to do his best when conditions are worst...
This week, with 28 tournaments behind him and another winter circuit about to begin, Jimmy Demaret is, at present, 1947's most successful pro golfer. His 1947 earnings to date are $23,636, which gives him a slight lead over South Africa's Bobby Locke ($22,927) and fellow-Texan Ben Hogan ($22,310). For a brief vacation (he competes eleven months out of twelve), the veteran pro headed home to Houston to shoot deer and ducks...
Last week, with the help of a rusty old gooseneck putter, Bobby Locke collected his $5,000 guarantee and $2,000 besides. Other golfers-like Ben Hogan and Jimmy Demaret-refused to indulge in such Tam O' Shanter shenanigans as wearing numbers on their backs, but since there was money in it, Locke was willing. After 72 holes, he was twelve strokes under par and in a first-place tie with Ed ("Porky") Oliver. He went on to beat Oliver in a playoff, and to become the third biggest money winner on this year's pro golf circuit...
...Locke's total is now $16,187.50. Ahead of him: Ben Hogan, with $18,724; Jimmy Demaret, with...
Such was the end of the first national P.G.A. tournament in two years, played despite the absence of 410 PGAers in the service (including Ben Hogan, Horton Smith, Vic Ghezzi, Jim Turnesa, Jim Demaret). And the last match was not the only interesting one. On hand were...