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Turf talk, Winner of everything and designer of Glen Abbey, Jack Nicklaus (right) may be apologizing to George Burns for the state of the greens at Gl(...)
Turf talk, Winner of everything and designer of Glen Abbey, Jack Nicklaus (right) may be apologizing to George Burns for the state of the greens at Gl(...)

Turf talk, Winner of everything and designer of Glen Abbey, Jack Nicklaus (right) may be apologizing to George Burns for the state of the greens at Gl(...)

Date7/29/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Turf talk, Winner of everything and designer of Glen Abbey, Jack Nicklaus (right) may be apologizing to George Burns for the state of the greens at Glen Abbey, site of the Canadian Open which got under way this morning. Burns, a former Canadian Amateur champion, finished ahead of Nicklaus, who is clutching his scorecard-notebook and a list of the faults he found on his first tour of the course this year.
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Testing a rolled trap, Glen Abbey designer Jack Nicklaus blasts out of a trap in yesterday's practive for today's opening round of the Canadian Open g(...)
Testing a rolled trap, Glen Abbey designer Jack Nicklaus blasts out of a trap in yesterday's practive for today's opening round of the Canadian Open g(...)
7/20/1977
Breaking par, Jack Nicklaus, one of the all-time top money winners on the professional golf circuit, designed the Glen Abbey course in Oakville which is the site of the Canadian Open
Breaking par, Jack Nicklaus, one of the all-time top money winners on the professional golf circuit, designed the Glen Abbey course in Oakville which is the site of the Canadian Open
7/31/1981
Warming up. Jack Nicklaus bends and twists with putter behind his back as he warms up at Glen Abbey today. Nicklaus, who designed the course, it among(...)
Warming up. Jack Nicklaus bends and twists with putter behind his back as he warms up at Glen Abbey today. Nicklaus, who designed the course, it among(...)
6/21/1979
Occupational hazard, Jack Nicklaus blasts out of one of the myriad bunkers he designed at Glen Abbey, this one on the fourth hole. The Golden Bear car(...)
Occupational hazard, Jack Nicklaus blasts out of one of the myriad bunkers he designed at Glen Abbey, this one on the fourth hole. The Golden Bear car(...)
7/5/1985
Golf legend Jack Nicklaus touched base with fans yesterday signing autographs at the practice round for the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey yesterday. The(...)
Golf legend Jack Nicklaus touched base with fans yesterday signing autographs at the practice round for the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey yesterday. The(...)
8/31/1988
18th hole takes the cake. Golfing great Jack Nicklaus, who tees off today in the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey, course designed in Oakville, admires a c(...)
18th hole takes the cake. Golfing great Jack Nicklaus, who tees off today in the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey, course designed in Oakville, admires a c(...)
6/21/1978
No design on title, Jack Nicklaus spent too much time in bunkers at Glen Abbey course he designed for Canadian Open golf championship and never was se(...)
No design on title, Jack Nicklaus spent too much time in bunkers at Glen Abbey course he designed for Canadian Open golf championship and never was se(...)
7/24/1977
Fine form, Jack Nicklaus, who played a practice round at Toronto Golf Club yesterday, commented on the improved condition of Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, where the Canadian Open begins Thursday
Fine form, Jack Nicklaus, who played a practice round at Toronto Golf Club yesterday, commented on the improved condition of Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, where the Canadian Open begins Thursday
7/26/1982
Who says Jack Nicklaus doesn't communicate? Nicklaus has a wide congratulatory smile for New Zealander Bob Charles on 18th green of St. George's, seco(...)
Who says Jack Nicklaus doesn't communicate? Nicklaus has a wide congratulatory smile for New Zealander Bob Charles on 18th green of St. George's, seco(...)
6/23/1968
George Burns III, winner of Canadian Amateur championship, finds his mouth a convenient receptacle for golf ball as he tests his swing for his final putt
George Burns III, winner of Canadian Amateur championship, finds his mouth a convenient receptacle for golf ball as he tests his swing for his final putt
8/12/1973
Gracie Allen gives George Burns plenty to worry about in their comedy skits and Mary Livingstone is constantly getting in Jack Benny's hair. But if th(...)
Gracie Allen gives George Burns plenty to worry about in their comedy skits and Mary Livingstone is constantly getting in Jack Benny's hair. But if th(...)
1/11/1939
Why - it's. George Burns. George Burns, 71 years od now, but still the gravel-voiced wiseacre of the Burns and Allen team, is in Toronto to tape a TV (...)
Why - it's. George Burns. George Burns, 71 years od now, but still the gravel-voiced wiseacre of the Burns and Allen team, is in Toronto to tape a TV (...)
4/25/1967