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“You’d hear a lot more about Jimmy,” said his rivals last week, “if folks knew how to pronounce his name.” Some call it Demaret (to rhyme with croquet), some —including his mother ...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A look at some of the anniversaries this year at the Masters based on The Associated Press account of those victories: 75 years ago (1950) Jimmy Demaret won his third, and ...
Jimmy Demaret took it, becoming the first person to win the Masters three times. The late Texan was nicknamed “The Wardrobe,” so we know he would have been interested in the recent style ...
In the absence of Jimmy Demaret, professional golfing’s flashy fashionplate, Lloyd Mangrum stepped bravely forward to spruce up the Masters golf tournament. His blue cap, pink shirt and lavender ...
No amateur has ever won the Masters, but a few have come close. In 1947, Frank Stranahan finished T-2, two shots behind winner Jimmy Demaret. In 1954, Billy Joe Patton finished one stroke out of the ...
(Ben) Hogan, Jimmy (Demaret). All of my friends are gone.” Last April, 33 champions attended, with the exception of Cabrera and Sandy Lyle. Cabrera, dealing with legal issues, had not been ...
Bryson DeChambeau's gap wedge is called Jimmy Demaret after the 1950 Masters champion. He named his sand wedge after Harvie Ward, the low amateur at the 1955 US Open. Finally, Dechambeau calls his ...
Jimmy Demaret leaned into a microphone shortly after the 1950 Masters Tournament. “I’m going to adopt that 13th hole and take it home with me,” Augusta’s first three-time champ said.