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...golfer with the two-step swing, Torakichi Nakamura, introduced an enduring craze for golf to postwar Japan with his 1957 victory in the Canada Cup. Nakamura, also known as Pete, first worked on a golf course as a caddie at 14 and compensated for his height with an innovative game. By 20, he was a pro, and in 1958 he became one of the first two Japanese golfers to play in the U.S. Masters after World War II. Later in life, he coached champions such as Hisako Higuchi, the first Asian to be inducted into the World Golf Hall...
...trip to Tokyo should have been a relaxing diversion for crack Amateur Golfer Frank Pace Jr. President of the General Dynamics Corp. and onetime Secretary of the Army, Pace was simply a spectator, watching Japan's Torakichi Nakamura and Koichi Ono win the International Golf Association's Canada Cup (TIME, Nov. 4). But after viewing the wearing competition, Golfer Pace donned his other hat, spoke out as president of the I.G.A., and proposed in all seriousness that matches should be cut from 18 to twelve holes. After this revolution on the links, argued Pace, the player would...
...pine trees, its wiry Korai-grass greens, and its slight but well-stacked female caddies, was too much for the occidental stars competing for the Canada Cup. While U.S. Tourists Sam ("Mr. Sneado") Snead and Jimmy Demaret paced the visitors with a respectable 72-hole total of 566, pudgy Torakichi Nakamura teamed up with Manchurian-born Koichi Ono to score an incredible 557. Said an observer of the Japanese: "I never saw such putting in my life." Said Mr. Sneado: "I never saw better caddies either...
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