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*THI PAMS NIWS, SUNDAY, JUNE TO, 1956 —1—11AMK£S HISTORYDavid Goldman Wins AmateurBy HAROLD V. RATLIFFDALLAS, June 9 UFh~David Goldman Jr. of Dallas shot three birdies in a row down Ihe stretch today to beat Jim Hiskey of the University of Houston 2 and 1 For the Texfis Amateur golf championship and make history.I It was the first time in the SO years of the State Amateur that a father and son had won the championship, And they did it in consecutive years because David (Spec) Goldman took his first title at the age of 46 in 1955,It also put a distinct family to Texas amateur golf because 14 years age Ray Kenny won the championship and he is the uncle of young* David Goldman.Goldman's drive to glory today was a glittering story of fight. The 19-year-old Southern Methodist student was two down at the end of the first 18 holes of the 36-hole final. It was his first time during the tournament to be behind, . His father, an anxious gal-leyite, wondered how the boy would react to it.He upheld all traditions of the Goldman golfing family. He whittled away at the lead and Hiskey | had him only one down at the endof 27 holes. Ha blrdied 27, missingan eagle by Inches in a 12-footputt, to pull even. He birdied.llwith a 4-footer after he had drilledtrue to the green with a 5-iron and he wedged within seven feet for another birdie on 13. He faltered for. a bogey on 15 where Hiskey won with a par to cut Goldman's margin to one-up. They halved to 17 where Goldman got an easy par while Hiskey 3-putted from 25 feet for the bogey that closed out the match. rGoldman was two-over par for the 35 holes while Hiskey was three-over.Both of the - boys automatically qualified for the Texas cup team that will play the professionals in October.An interesting sidelight on the., final match was the fact that Gold-, man, taking mechanical engineering at Southern Methodist University, had a test scheduled this morning at 7:30 o’clock. The starting time of the match was changed from 9, to 9:30 so he make it. He arrived at the course at 9 a.m. and got in a little practice before going out in the, championship drive. -j
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Paris, Texas, US
Sun, Jun 10, 1956
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