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Article: Golf's mind game: When a golfer thinks he's in a groove, it's time to think again.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- May 11, 2005
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Byline: Bill Nichols
DALLAS _ Ralph Guldahl was born the same year (1912) as Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, and he rose to the top quicker than any of them.
He became the game's preeminent player over a stretch from 1936 to 1940. He finished first or second 37 times. His 16 victories included consecutive U.S. Opens, a Masters and three straight Western Opens. He went undefeated in the 1937 Ryder Cup.
But the tour's biggest winner lost it. Guldahl's game mysteriously vanished. In 1945, he was selling insurance while Nelson was winning 18 events, including 11 straight. Golf's worst slump had been replaced by its greatest streak.
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