Carnoustie’s treachery and a golf history tour
The article recalls Carnoustie as the British Open venue famed for tough greens and treacherous burns. It traces links legends from Horton Smith to Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, notes Hogan’s 1953 triumph, and recalls Armour and Jurado amid a tapestry of Continental rivalry and Scottish pride.
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New York
Carnoustie
Jack Nicklaus
Gary Player
Horton Smith
Barr Burn
U.S
North Sea
Stewart Maiden
Bobby Jones
United States
South America
Scotland
Ben Hogan
Henry Longhurst
Hogan
Professional Golfers Association
P.G.A
Henry Cotton
Tommy Armour
Pro Football Trades And Sailing Race Headlines
NFL moves shuffle players including Norm Bulaich to Miami and Mac Arthur Lane to Kansas City while Arnie Manning signs a five year Saints deal. The Marblehead Ocean Race features La Forza del Destino as defending champ. horse racing notes include jockey Mike Phelps’s fatal riding accident at Ak-Sar-Ben.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Eagles
National Basketball Association
Norm Bulaich
Miami Dolphins
Green Bay
Wisc
MacArthur Lane
Kansas City Chiefs
NEW Orleans
New Orleans Saints
Archie Manning
Halifax
N.S
la Forza del Destino
Marblehead
General Omaha
Neb
Mike Phelps
Sioux Falls
S. D
Ak-Sar-Ben
Forbes Trial Begins in Aggressive NHL Incident
Minneapolis AP reports Dave Forbes of the Boston Bruins faces an aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon charge after a Jan 4 game with the Minnesota North Stars. Prosecutors say he used his stick as a bayonet and punched Boucha, who was injured and sidelined. A videotape shown at trial documents events leading to the fight.
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Tommy Armour
Carnoustie
Muirfield
Lee Trevino
Neil Coles
Trevino
Coles
New York Times
Minneapolis
Dave Forbes
Boston Bruins
Henry Boucha
Forbes
Boucha
Hennepin County
Atty
Gary Flakne
Bruins
Minnesota North Stars
Minnesota Fighting Saints
World Hockey Association
Flakne
Oosterhuis Takes Early British Open Lead at Carnoustie
Peter Oosterhuis shot a four under par 68 to lead the British Open after the first round at Carnoustie. Jack Nicklaus matched the day’s low, five under at one point but finished with a bogey. Hale Irwin, Jack Newton, Bob Shearers, Andries Oosthuizen and David Huish tied for second. The field will be cut to 80 after today.
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Carnoustie
Scotland
Hale Irwin
Peter Quosterhuis
Jack Nicklaus
Nicklaus
Irwin
Jack Newton
Bob Shearers
Andries Oosthuizen
David Huish
Oosterhuis
Taiwan
Alan Tapie
Danny Edwards
Johnny Miller
George Burns
Ray Floyd
Tom Watson
John Mahaffey
Red Sox Rally Past Twins in 9 8 Victory at Fenway
Boston overcoming a seven run third inning by Minnesota the Red Sox rallied for a 9 8 win before 21 103 at Fenway Park. Dwight Evans hit his 8th homer and Fred Lynn added a 3 4 day including a two run shot while Cecil Cooper sparked the late comeback. Diego Segui earned the win as Jim Willoughby contributed relief and Jim Rice delivered the decisive two base hit in the ninth.
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Boston
Darrell Johnson
Boston Red Sox
Johnson
Red Sox
Minnesota Twins
Fenway Park
Minnesota
Twins
Dwight Evans
Bob Heise
Bernie Carbo
Fred Lynn
Jim Willoughby
Rogelio Moret
Carlton Fisk
Lynn
Diego Segui
Willoughby
Denny Doyle
Jim Rice
Doyle
Cecil Cooper
Doug Griffin
Rice
Segui
St. Louis Cardinals
Diego
Braun
Thelly
Dford Cf
Griffin H
Walton
Yatriski
Sockholm
Ricelf
Briggs
Lynnes
Borgman
Fiske
Bostock
Evansrt
Lgomez Ss
Burleson
Goltz
Hesse
Albury
Cooper Phiil Johnson
Moret
Burgmeir
Wilghby
Sateen
K—Goltz
Willoughby Goltz
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Dave Anderson
Cotton
al Laney
Byam Nelson
Armour
Edinburgh
America
Jose Jurado
Jurado
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Bengals
Greg Cook
South Africa
Liang-Huan Lu
Eddie Pearce
Hubert Green
John Jacobs
Mark Pfeil
Tom Weiskopf
Arnold Palmer
UPI
Sox
Texas Rangers
Steve Barr
Fron Pawtucket
Gaylord Perry
Rangers
Perry
Cleveland
Wells
Ogunquit
Sanford
Springvale
West Biddeford
Saco
East
Biddeford
Kittery
Maremont
York
East Biddeford
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