Word: mikes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wintering golf pros paused for breath before they swung north on the tournament trail that leads toward Augusta, Ga. and the Masters, the game's critics had plenty to carp about. No one was giving them more cause for concern than burly (5 ft. 11 in., 210 lbs.) Mike Souchak, an All-Southern end just four years out of Duke University and a relative newcomer to the grinding "grapefruit circuit...
String of Birdies. On the flat, sunbaked fairways of the Southwest, Big Mike was belting out astonishing scores. In the Texas Open, on San Antonio's municipal Brackenridge Park course, he shot two par holes, six birdies and an eagle for a record-breaking 27 on the back nine and turned in a total of 257 for 72 holes-27 under par and more than enough to win the tournament. The next week in the Houston Open, he won again with a 15-under...
...would look good on a pitch-and-putt course. Even in the tournaments he has not won, his cards have kept him in contention with such seasoned campaigners as onetime Amateur Champion Gene Littler, Tommy Bolt and U.S. Open Champion Ed Furgol. With only four more tournaments to go, Mike has finished in the money often enough that, barring a complete collapse, he is almost certain to earn an invitation to the Masters...
...Long Ball. There is little danger of Mike's collapsing. He has the crowd-proof calm of a winner. Once he is on the tee, his green eyes settle into a squint, his rugged shoulders swivel through a couple of practice swings; then he steps up to belt the ball a country mile. Lately he has been trying so hard to substitute control for power that his drives sometimes roll out to a mere 300 yards. A perfectionist with his irons, Mike is one of those rare types, a long-ball hitter who can also handle approaches and putts...
...eight possible starters named by Albert are seniors. Veteran Nat Cooke and quarterback Jerry Marsh are a likely half-back combination, with the centers coming from veteran Buzzy Smith and varsity ends Joe Ross and Bob Cochran. Candidates for the wing positions are Phil Pereira and Argentinian freshman Mike Reynal. Albert will probably play fullback...