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304:Deane Beman
1723:Categories
1678:James Piot
1646:Doc Redman
1605:Steven Fox
1565:Colt Knost
1541:Ryan Moore
1410:Eric Meeks
1346:Hal Sutton
1298:Jerry Pate
1274:Gary Cowan
1233:Gary Cowan
1225:Bob Murphy
1071:Ted Bishop
780:Eben Byers
637:Gary Cowan
517:References
402:Porter Cup
365:business.
327:Porter Cup
263:Moe Norman
232:Gary Cowan
54:1938-10-28
23:Gary Cowan
1622:Gunn Yang
1573:Danny Lee
1370:Jay Sigel
1362:Jay Sigel
1330:John Cook
680:champions
363:insurance
329:in 1969.
255:Kitchener
249:Biography
164:U.S. Open
148:T25: 1964
1055:Bud Ward
1039:Bud Ward
641:PGA Tour
594:oshof.ca
538:(1992).
236:Canadian
639:at the
465:Amateur
270:Ontario
259:Ontario
243:amateur
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239:golfer
110:Career
104:Canada
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81:Weight
71:Height
1692:2023
1684:2022
1676:2021
1668:2020
1660:2019
1652:2018
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1328:1978
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972:1931
964:1930
956:1929
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827:1912
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377:1961
285:Japan
610:2014
548:ISBN
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501:1970
497:1968
493:1966
489:1964
485:1962
481:1960
221:2000
211:1972
199:1967
120:1990
47:Born
310:in
178:DNP
168:DNP
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