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...other sources. Contestants indulged in no disputes or blunders of behavior. After five days of play, four of the young men whose names appear regularly near the top of the lists in major U. S. open tournaments went out to play the semifinals. They were Tony Manero and Denny Shute, Ky Laffoon and Harold McSpaden...
...Because Shute was the defending P. G. A. champion, his match with Open Champion Manero might have been the climax of the tournament. It ended on the 34th green when Manero, who had never been less than i down since the third, just failed to hole a 20-yd. chip shot he needed to keep the match alive. The match was not the climax of the tournament because the final the following day, between Shute and McSpaden, who had nosed out Laffoon, turned out to be as bitterly contested as any engagement in the P. G. A.'s earnest...
...luck was not contradicted by victories over Henry Picard, Harold McSpaden, Craig Wood. Wild Bill Melhorn appeared with a putter that had a head like a croquet mallet. With it he putted well enough to be two up with four to play in his semi-final match with Denny Shute. Shute won on the 36th green. Next morning he and Thomson went out on the fragrant No. 2 course at Pinehurst, to play the final of the Professional Golfers' Association tournament, hardest match-play championship in the world...
After winning his first major tournament-the British Open in 1933-Densmore Shute did what most playing professionals predicted would speedily ruin his game. Instead of joining the troupe who spend the whole year playing golf for prizes, he calmly continued giving lessons. Shute's lack of competitive sharpening and Thomson's prodigious driving made Thomson a 2-to-1 favorite in last week's final. Out-driven on every hole, sometimes as much as 125 yards, on a course where distance counts, Shute played down the middle of the fairways. Thomson lost the first hole...
...down at the 28th hole. Sarazen got birdies on the next two holes to square the match, then got a birdie 3 at the 33rd. sank a 15-ft. putt at the 34th to win 3 up. Walter Hagen scored a 68 in his first round against Densmore Shute, British 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...