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...DEMARET WINS TOURNAMENT...
...name fills oldtimers with nostalgia: Jack Burke Sr. was a pro who came close to glory by tying for second money in the 1920 U.S. Open. Better known as a Texas golf teacher, Burke Sr. died in 1942, failed to see his own son crowd Pro Jimmy Demaret for the honor of being old Jack Burke's most illustrious pupil. Young Jack literally carried on where the elder Burke left off. He qualified for the U.S. Open in 1939-and his father failed to do so for the first time in 25 years...
...Jimmy Demaret...
...score to 73, moved up to 16th place (with ten others), five strokes off the leading pace set by South Africa's Bobby Locke. In the third round, Hogan's 71 gained three more strokes on Locke, then in a tie for the lead with Jimmy Demaret. Going into the final round, Hogan teed off early, wound up by giving the others something to shoot at: a spectacular 67, the first par-busting score of the tournament. Under the pressure of Hogan's blazing finish, Locke misfired to take a 73, finished third (behind Clayton Heafner); Demaret...
...Anne Baxter) struggle along on shrinking funds from tournament to tournament before he hits a champion's stride. He practices interminably, frets over his game, the antagonism of a sport columnist, his victories over a happy-go-lucky friend (Dennis O'Keefe) resembling the real-life Jimmy Demaret (who, like Golfers Sam Snead and Gary Middlecoff, plays himself in the movie). Then comes the near-fatal crash...