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Gives you an inside look at the earlier days of the professional Golf Association and some of the great names of the game. With Beach Lei Leightons account of this great pros life, you will be laughing, thinking, and keep you practising your chip shots.
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Harrison, Ernest Joe,--1910- , Golfers--United States--Biography.
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1991
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GV964.H37L45 1991eb
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796.352/092
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Harrison, Ernest Joe,--1910- , Golfers--United States--Biography.
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Mr. Dutch
The Arkansas Traveler
A Biography by Beach Leighton
Foreword by Bob Hope
SAGAMORE PUBLISHING INC. Champaign, Illinois 61824-0673
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1991 Sagamore Publishing, Inc. P.O. Box 673 Champaign, IL 61824-0673
All rights reserved. Except for appropriate use in reviews, no part of this book my be reproduced in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Book design: Brian J. Moore Cover and photo insert design: Michelle R. Dressen Cover photo: St. Louis Globe-Democrat Editor: Lisa A. Busjahn Proofreader: Phyllis L. Bannon
Printed in the United States of America
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ISBN: 0-915611-44-9 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 91-60004
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To Bob Hope who has meant so much to golf, and to Dutch Harrison, and for that matter to all of us who have followed his career as the "Good Humor Man of America."
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Contents
Foreword
vi
Preface
ix
Acknowledgments
xii
Front Nine
1 Huck Finn Days
1
2 Caddie Days
11
3 Wet Behind the Ears
23
4 The Will Rogers of the Fairway
39
5 Playing in the Roughs
53
6 Hustling
67
7 Manila Crossroads
85
8 Playing Through
95
9 Ardmore
107
Back Nine
10 Old Warson
121
11 Olympic Club
139
12 International Championships
151
13 Showtime
169
14 Touring and Forest Hills
185
15 A New Romance
201
16 Golden Days
215
17 Farewell
227
18 Remembering Dutch
231
19th Hole-Unbelievable Shots and Rounds
243
Sources and References
259
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Foreward
Dutch Harrison was my kind of guy. He loved golf and people. I remember telling the press back in the 1970s I'd rather play a round of golf with Arnie Palmer or Dutch than anybody else in the world. With Dutch, I'd have a lot of laughs, get some tips on how to improve my game, and most of all, I'd feel comfortable. Dutch was special.
I remember a round I played with the "Dutchman" in Palm Springs. For three holes we laughed and swapped golf and race horse stories. On the fourth tee Dutch said, "Mr. Bob, if you would just keep your head down, slow down the talking and your back swing, you would have a bit more fun."
We continued playing with Dutch encouraging me and still smiling that easy grin. At the 12th hole he said, "Mr. Bob, if you par three straight holes, I'll carry your clubs the rest of the way."
Prodded by his wheedling and his earlier advice, I parred numbers 15, 16, and 17 and Dutch kept his word. He toted my bag up the 18th fairway and onto the green. What an impression that made on the veranda crowd, especially when I told them why Dutch was carrying my bag. But just to let everybody know that he was still the boss, he knocked in a 20-footer on the last green for a birdwinning the hole and my money.
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Dutch did for the two-dollar nassau what Lee Iacocca did for Chrysler. He invented more betting contests in golf than the big casinos have gaming tactics. In practice rounds Dutch was easy to spot. Look for the foursome with raw amateurs and the host pro and there was Dutch. He felt obliged to initiate the rookies. As he summed it up after accepting his winnings, "Well, I reckon they needed a bit of experience."
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