Word: shanters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This week, in Chicago for the All-American Tournament at suburban Tarn O'Shanter Country Club, Sam Snead just scoffed at the "threats," declared: "I get calls from guys like that all the time." But as the tournament got under way, both Snead and Mangrum, playing under the watchful eyes of a convoy of cops and plainclothesmen, were clearly off their games. Mangrum wound up tied for sixth place; Snead was out of the running. The winner: former (1949) U.S. Open Champion Gary Middlecoff, with...
...days, .the Aga Khan had been sitting in the lobby keeping an eye on the door, waiting to greet Farouk. For two days, aging Sacha Guitry, 65, playwright-playboy, in green tam-o'-shanter and Scottish plaid mantle, had been sitting on the opposite side of the lobby, ready with a sophisticated sneer. At last, the King appeared. The Aga Khan greeted him; Guitry sneered. The King smiled vaguely. While he dined hugely (poisson à la crème, veau à la crème, champignons à la crème, framboises à la crème), a phalanx...
...Shanter's "World Championship" round this week, Locke picked up another: $1,250 12th-place money...
...year, including the British Open (TIME, July 17). He did not hurry over to the U.S. as soon as the P.G.A. lifted the ban; he waited for the biggest money tournament in the U.S., the ten-day merry-go-round at Promoter George May's Tam O'Shanter course...