Word: manero
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Dates: during 1936-1936
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Walter Hagen, five times winner, failed to qualify. Tony Manero, U. S. Open champion, played 123 holes three under par and groaned about his putting. One-time Champions Tommy Armour, Paul Runyan and Gene Sarazen were all put out the same morning and the defending champion, Johnny Revolta, was beaten in the afternoon. Jimmy Thomson, famed as the husband of onetime Cinemactress Viola Dana and the longest driver in golf, wore the same green socks every day, washing them himself at night. His conviction that they brought him luck was not contradicted by victories over Henry Picard, Harold McSpaden, Craig...
...strokes better than the record made by Chick Evans at Minikahda in 1916. only one stroke over the British Open Record made by Gene Sarazen in 1932. The only golfer in the field who still had a chance of beating it was an obscure young Italian professional named Anthony Manero who, playing 20 minutes behind Cooper, now needed exactly one over par on the last three holes to tie. Cooper, however, was in no state of mind for casual reading. Instead he was experiencing those moments of total recall which, an essential part of their favorite pastime, are even more...
...narrowly missed winning it more often than any other golfer in the world, had needed to gain five strokes to tie. He gained only one. Handsome Victor Ghezzi, needing a final 71, had taken 81. If he had further doubts last week as he waited for Manero to finish, Cooper could have thankfully reflected that lightning rarely strikes twice in the same place. In the 1927 Open, he posted what looked like a winning 301. Tommy Armour tied it, beat him in the playoff...