Word: manero
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week at Shawnee, 30-year-old Paul Runyan lived up to his reputation. First he eliminated Levi Lynch. Then he put out Tony Manero, Ray Mangrum, Horton Smith and Henry Picard, four of the game's master shotmakers. Facing him in the final was the biggest titan of them all, young Sam Snead, leading money-winning pro of the year and quite a bugaboo himself. Sam Snead of White Sulphur Springs had reached the final 23 strokes under par (for 165 holes), and was 2-to-1 favorite...
Other top golfers were also chosen last week. At Pinehurst, N. C. professional golfers took to the courses to compete for the Mid-South championship. In a pro-pro best ball tournament, the teams of Mike Turnesa & Tony Manero, and Horton Smith & Jimmy Thompson tied for first with...
Ralph Guldahl, U. S. Open champion, Ed Dudley, and Tony Manero, U. S. Open champion in 1936. Their statements...
...Manero: "In my match, with Henry Cotton, I begged the gallery to give me room . . . they crowded me so closely and talked so much I couldn't hit the ball...
...dead to the cup. Opening against Padgham, Ralph Guldahl won four holes in the first nine, ended the match at the 29th. Sam Snead dismayed his opponent by blasting the ball 300 yd. at the eleventh, easily won 5 & 4. Denny Shute finished all even with young Sam King. Manero was defeated by Cotton and Nelson lost to little David Rees. By this time defense of the Ryder Cup fell to Gene Sarazen and again Crumley's proved the crucial point. Coming to the 34th hole 1 up on Percy Alliss, Sarazen proceeded to drive into the deep trap...