Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
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

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

Date8/12/1973
Names
(photographer)
FormatPicture
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: 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.
Subject
    Medium
    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0035271F
      Glove in mouth, Canadian Amateur leader George Burns practises putt
      Glove in mouth, Canadian Amateur leader George Burns practises putt
      Bull, Ron
      8/8/1973
      Swing's the thing. At 51, amateur Nick Weslock is playing some of the best golf of his career. Already this year he's won both Ontario Amateur and Ope(...)
      Swing's the thing. At 51, amateur Nick Weslock is playing some of the best golf of his career. Already this year he's won both Ontario Amateur and Ope(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      7/18/1969
      Finance Minister Michael Wilson finds it's easier to lower a deficit than sink a putt during a Canadian Open warmup tournament at Oakdale golf club in Oakville yesterday
      Finance Minister Michael Wilson finds it's easier to lower a deficit than sink a putt during a Canadian Open warmup tournament at Oakdale golf club in Oakville yesterday
      Bock, Tony
      6/19/1989
      Back in the swing: Mississauga chiropractor Ron Burns lunges for a return on a shot by his opponent, York firefighter Jim Duffney, at the Airport Racquetball Club
      Back in the swing: Mississauga chiropractor Ron Burns lunges for a return on a shot by his opponent, York firefighter Jim Duffney, at the Airport Racquetball Club
      Dunlop, Al
      1/18/1992
      Title shot: John Nimick of Philadelphia backhands a return in his hard ball match with Anil Nayar of New York that decided the Canadian Open amateur championship at Toronto Squash Club yesterday
      Title shot: John Nimick of Philadelphia backhands a return in his hard ball match with Anil Nayar of New York that decided the Canadian Open amateur championship at Toronto Squash Club yesterday
      Beaty, Keith
      2/7/1982
      Up . . . and over. Ian Millar, on B oses his cap as he soars over a jump in the final tests for the ian Olympic Equestrian team at Varsity Stadium yes(...)
      Up . . . and over. Ian Millar, on B oses his cap as he soars over a jump in the final tests for the ian Olympic Equestrian team at Varsity Stadium yes(...)
      Bull, Ron
      7/15/1972
      A Studay in cocentration, Bob Andrews of Sarnia lines up putt during second and final round of OUAA golf championship at National course in Woodbridge(...)
      A Studay in cocentration, Bob Andrews of Sarnia lines up putt during second and final round of OUAA golf championship at National course in Woodbridge(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      10/9/1975
      Short game: While George Knudson had a great golf swing, he was never satisfied with his short game, including bunker shots.
      Short game: While George Knudson had a great golf swing, he was never satisfied with his short game, including bunker shots.
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/12/1965
      A thrilled Minnie Rosenberg (who's a mere 61-year-old kid) presented 80-year-old George Burns with a bouquet of chrysanthemums on his arrival at Toron(...)
      A thrilled Minnie Rosenberg (who's a mere 61-year-old kid) presented 80-year-old George Burns with a bouquet of chrysanthemums on his arrival at Toron(...)
      Burns, George, 1896-1996
      9/20/1976
      I'm always meeting people,' streetcleaner Fred Bowers, 64, says as he talks with George Fallis, an attorney who lives on Strathallan Blvd. Most persons on his beat know Bowers, who finds lost children and delivers messages - and, off duty, collect cameras, processes still and movie films, fishes and ties flies.
      I'm always meeting people,' streetcleaner Fred Bowers, 64, says as he talks with George Fallis, an attorney who lives on Strathallan Blvd. Most persons on his beat know Bowers, who finds lost children and delivers messages - and, off duty, collect cameras, processes still and movie films, fishes and ties flies.
      Teskey, Frank
      6/9/1972
      On the beach, Club pro Bobby Breen tests sand traps on final hole at Glen Abbey golf course near Oakville
      On the beach, Club pro Bobby Breen tests sand traps on final hole at Glen Abbey golf course near Oakville
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      5/12/1976
      Hot time: It certainly was hot at the City Buick Pro-Junior Classic at Islington Golf Club yesterday and Wayne Chiky of Pine Hill used a towel to protect his head from sun while lining up a putt
      Hot time: It certainly was hot at the City Buick Pro-Junior Classic at Islington Golf Club yesterday and Wayne Chiky of Pine Hill used a towel to protect his head from sun while lining up a putt
      Spremo, Boris
      7/21/1980