...hole under the current format where playoffs begin at No. 18. A look back 36 hole1935: PLAYERS: Gene Sarazen and Craig Wood - Story - ScoreboardHOW SARAZEN WON: In the tournament's only 36-hole playoff, Sarazen won by five strokesOF NOTE...
...name of every one of them," Derr said.Sarazen knew he needed three birdies on the last four holes to catch leader Craig Wood. His drive on 15 landed in a muddy patch and was partly embedded.He wanted to hit the 3-wood to reach the green...
...Smith held at least a share of the lead each day. On the final day, Smith came to the final three holes tied with Craig Wood. He birdied the 71st hole to edge Wood by a stroke.Smith was a fan of the course and tournament from the start...
...Smith held at least a share of the lead each day. On the final day, Smith came to the final three holes tied with Craig Wood. He birdied the 71st hole to edge Wood by a stroke.Smith was a fan of the course and tournament from the start...
...premonition on the 14th hole in 1935. He had hooked his tee shot into the rough, and that's when he heard the roar from Craig Wood's birdie on the final hole."Well, Gene, that looks as if it's all over," Walter Hagen said to Sarazen, according...
...have either led or been tied for the lead who went on to win. Only four golfers have led outright after each round ? Craig Wood in 1941, Arnold Palmer in 1960, Jack Nicklaus in 1972 and Raymond Floyd in 1976 ? and six more were tied for the lead...
...18th green down to the golfers. They soon learned that Craig Wood had birdied the final hole to move three shots in front...hole (now eighth hole) for a one-shot victory over Craig Wood. Smith won the Masters in 1936, which makes him the...
...as the official starter and chairman of the Starters and Pairings Committee from 1947 until 2007.CRAIG WOODIn 1941, Craig Wood shed his label as a player who couldn't quite get over the Masters hump. He was runner-up in the inaugural event...
...and he played extremely well in practice rounds.But Craig Wood was also on top of his game, and he held the clubhouse...final day, Smith came to the final three holes tied with Craig Wood. He birdied the 71st hole to edge Wood by a stroke...
With a little bit of luck, Craig Wood could have won multiple Masters before the tournament was interrupted by World War II. He was runner-up by a shot in the inaugural...
The Augusta Chronicle ©2011. All Rights Reserved.