The crowds had come to see the Byron Nelsons, the Sam Sneads, the Ben Hogans. Of the other 130 hopefuls entered in the $10,000 St. Petersburg Open Tournament, only 20 had much chance to finish in the money. The rest had a cheerful name for themselves: the dew sweepers.
They were the also-rans of golf who were assigned the early morning starting times, so that the afternoons could be kept for the crowd-drawing stars. During wartime 1944, only 25 players competed in the "grapefruit" circuit, now the woods and the fairways were full of...
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