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...match into the Goodall round-robin tourney. By the twelfth green, Burton was out. In the round-robin, he quickly became isth in a field of 15. But he got to see some sub-70 performances by U.S. golfers-with no teeing up on the fairways. The lowest: Jug McSpaden's seven-under...
...Harold ("Jug") McSpaden, Nelson's inseparable partner (they practice together, coach each other, and Nelson is godfather to McSpaden's son). Jug also lost to Hamilton-in the quarterfinals...
...this phenomenon two veterans too ill for military service are chiefly responsible. So far this year the duel between Jug McSpaden (35, sinus) and Byron Nelson (32, hemophilia) is the longest stretch of consistently great golf in almost half a century...
...McSpaden set the terrific pace in Los Angeles last January with six under par for four rounds. In San Francisco, Nelson did even better, with a blistering 13 under par for 72 holes. Moving eastward, the competition kept going at such high pressure that one or the other seemed bound to crack. But neither did. At the end of ten major tournaments, McSpaden had piled up a dazzling total of 69 strokes under par, with Nelson only nine behind...
...lesser characters, rehearsing for this one performance for weeks, put on a good show. Veteran Harold McSpaden's winning total of 272 (67-70-69-66) was only three strokes higher than Byron Nelson's winning score over the same course last year. Runner-up was Johnny Revolta with...