Word: nelson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...NELSON...
...when the pressure of big-time golf began to keep Byron Nelson from sleeping nights, he quit the tournament circuit. Nelson worked on his 730-acre Texas ranch, drove a tractor, played a little exhibition golf during the summer. But he came out each year for the Masters, exposing himself to the rigors of tournament competition...
Same Old Faces. On the pro circuit things hadn't changed much since 1946. Most of the men who had dominated tournament play when Nelson left were still on top. At the end of the winter circuit, dapper Lloyd Mangrum, 34, led the pack in prize money (with $9,707); close on his heels in second place (with $9,110) was Sam Snead, 36, the country boy from the Allegheny Mountains of Virginia...
Like Byron Nelson, who can go back to his ranch, Middlecoff can always go back to pulling teeth...
...starting lineups: HARVARD BROWN Dunn, ss Gauthier, 2b Caulfield, lf Wasseth, 3b Crosby, c Menard, c Coulson, lb Thompson, 1b Moffie, cf Lapides, cf Neal, rf Nelson, rf Mannino, 3b Schuitz, lf Cavanaugh, 2b Scott, ss Godin, p McClain...