Word: watrouse
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...know," he said. "It's hard enough getting him out of bed in the morning without picking up after him." Playing unevenly at Hillcrest Country Club near Los Angeles last week, Hagen was put out in the semifinal by nervous, capable Diegel. John Farrell put out Al Watrous who was his best friend when they used to caddy together on courses in Westchester County...
...those early rounds. Tommy Armour was out of it; Boomer and Compston, the Englishmen, were out of it, far down the list; MacFarlane was barely in the running. Maurice McCarthy, young amateur, paired with Hagen, was taking eights and tens; Chick Evans, once champion, scored a 90. Al Watrous, wild as a hawk, hit a spectator in the stomach with a pitch shot; Sarazen went to pieces; a man named Leach had come up to stand second to Jones and Walter Hagen after a first round of 40 played the last nine in 36 in the rain...
Tommy Armour has only to win the Open Championship of Mexico to hold title to all North American golf. He was already U. S. Open Champion. Last week he won the Canadian Open at Toronto, with 288, defeating Hagen, Diegel, Watrous, Macfarlane, Smith and many another...
...tournament for the British. One by one they dropped behind, Sir Ernest Holderness, Cyril Tolley, Robert Scott, Abe Mitchell, and the three men within striking distance of the winning score were Americans-Jones, Hagen, Al Watrous. From the first tee of the course at St. Ann's they drove off to play the last 36 holes, Jones paired with Watrous, Hagen follow-ing behind...
...Jones set himself to play, the picture golf of his qualifying round. It was assured, brilliant, dependable- not fabulous. Hagen, that master of tensions, came along in the rear, looking to see what was wanted. In the morning he saw that Jones wanted two strokes to be even with Watrous. At the 9th hole in the afternoon he still wanted them. At the 18th hole, the 144th hole of the match, Jones had them, and two more beside. His final score was 291. Watrous had taken 293. And to tie the winning score on the last hole Hagen wanted...