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1337:"Player Stats for Gil Nichols"
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598:Results in major championships
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535:Philadelphia Open Championship
528:Note: This list is incomplete.
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457:World Golf Hall of Fame
264:Gilbert Ernest Nicholls
59:Gilbert Ernest Nicholls
494:Golf club shaft patent
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350:Brae Burn Country Club
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1000:"Bernard Nicholls"
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605:Tournament
483:at age 31.
435:, the 1912
395:Golf career
154:(1897â1989)
150:(1878â1927)
42: 1945
1359:Categories
1189:Barkow, Al
952:References
589:Maine Open
477:Eben Byers
465:Pittsburgh
441:Maine Open
413:U.S. Opens
278:Early life
72:1878-07-23
37:Nicholls,
1201:Doubleday
1170:April 26,
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647:U.S. Open
320:U.S. Open
272:U.S. Open
257:T13: 1924
236:U.S. Open
230:T33: 1922
55:Full name
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1050:(1933).
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406:PGA Tour
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