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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

On the beach, Club pro Bobby Breen tests sand traps on final hole at Glen Abbey golf course near Oakville

Date5/12/1976
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  • 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. And yes, that is a pond. a six-acre pond, on far side of green. It runs along left side of 18th fairway for last part of 517-yard hole. Course which will become permanent site of Canadian Open championship tournament was designed by Jack Nicklaus who turned flat, basically uninteresting piece of land, into rolling country. He considers it ôone of my best jobs.ö
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Original Toronto Star caption: On the beach, Club pro Bobby Breen tests sand traps on final hole at Glen Abbey golf course near Oakville. And yes, that is a pond. a six-acre pond, on far side of green. It runs along left side of 18th fairway for last part of 517-yard hole. Course which will become permanent site of Canadian Open championship tournament was designed by Jack Nicklaus who turned flat, basically uninteresting piece of land, into rolling country. He considers it ?one of my best jobs.?
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Segment of estimated crowd of 20,000 jams area near 18th hole to the left, and also gets view of the 17th hole's Sahara fairway, where 13 sand traps await errant shots
Segment of estimated crowd of 20,000 jams area near 18th hole to the left, and also gets view of the 17th hole's Sahara fairway, where 13 sand traps await errant shots
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A Birdie watcher's view of the 18th hole at Glen Abbey on the first day of the canadian open
A Birdie watcher's view of the 18th hole at Glen Abbey on the first day of the canadian open
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Bock, Tony
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