P. G. A. at Pinehurst

Walter Hagen, five times winner, failed to qualify. Tony Manero, U. S. Open champion, played 123 holes three under par and groaned about his putting. One-time Champions Tommy Armour, Paul Runyan and Gene Sarazen were all put out the same morning and the defending champion, Johnny Revolta, was beaten in the afternoon. Jimmy Thomson, famed as the husband of onetime Cinemactress Viola Dana and the longest driver in golf, wore the same green socks every day, washing them himself at night. His conviction that they brought him 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. He caught up to even the match four times. At the 29th, Shute, one up, holed a 30-ft. putt for a winning birdie. The next four holes were halved with steady pars. On the 34th, Thomson, the famed driver, drove into the woods. Shute, famed for his iron shots, hit his second with a spoon. It stopped six feet from the hole, gave him an eagle 3 for match & title.

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