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...Open champion in 1933. Shute won the match on the 15th green in the afternoon. He had played 98 holes in 28 under par by the time he was eliminated in the semi-finals by blond Craig Wood of New Jersey. Next day Wood played his onetime assistant, Paul Runyan, in the final of the Professional Golfers' Association tournament at Buffalo last week...
Wood uses a brassie off most tees because with a driver he often hits the ball into hazards meant for second shots. Wispy little Runyan, who learned his golf in Hot Springs, Ark., where his father's farm was opposite the country club, hits short drives but he carries five spoons in his bag and uses them more expertly than any other golf professional in the world. Wood's prodigious driving, Runyan's spoon shots and his brilliant putting, brought them to the 36th green all even. Both sank 12-ft. putts. They halved the 37th with...
...thought of the monster seeking a bride makes £ showman's fingers fairly itch." A classic with catholic tastes, Carl Laemmle Jr. Universal's birdlike little production chief last week also promised his patrons Show Boat, a series of shorts showing Moor Mullins and a new picture by Damon Runyan called Princess O'Hara...
...Mound Country Club, the P. G. A. accepted. The only problem was the date of the tournament. To make sure of a first-class field, officials agreed to let members of the Ryder Cup team enter without qualifying in their sections. Nonetheless, Walter Hagen, Densmore Shute, Craig Wood, Paul Runyan and Gene Sarazen said the time was inconvenient. They had exhibition dates. There was talk of withdrawing the $9,000 guarantee, counter-suggestions of withdrawal by many of the pros who were entered. Finally, grinning little Sarazen and smiling little Runyan appeared at Blue Mound, but not Hagen, Shute...
...last week there were two in the round of eight: Goggin and Hines. The real surprise of the tournament came when both won ther matches-Hines 4 & 3 against Tom Creavy, who was P. G. A. champion in 1931; Goggin 6 & 5 against Runyan. Next day the gallery followed Farrell and Sarazen, who was 1 up on the third hole and never less than that afterwards till he won the match on the 32nd. Goggins and Hines played a better match. They were all even after the first 18. In the afternoon, Hines was 1 up at the 20th, Goggin...