Word: koichi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trip to Tokyo should have been a relaxing diversion for crack Amateur Golfer Frank Pace Jr. President of the General Dynamics Corp. and onetime Secretary of the Army, Pace was simply a spectator, watching Japan's Torakichi Nakamura and Koichi Ono win the International Golf Association's Canada Cup (TIME, Nov. 4). But after viewing the wearing competition, Golfer Pace donned his other hat, spoke out as president of the I.G.A., and proposed in all seriousness that matches should be cut from 18 to twelve holes. After this revolution on the links, argued Pace, the player would...
...slight but well-stacked female caddies, was too much for the occidental stars competing for the Canada Cup. While U.S. Tourists Sam ("Mr. Sneado") Snead and Jimmy Demaret paced the visitors with a respectable 72-hole total of 566, pudgy Torakichi Nakamura teamed up with Manchurian-born Koichi Ono to score an incredible 557. Said an observer of the Japanese: "I never saw such putting in my life." Said Mr. Sneado: "I never saw better caddies either...