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winners, played in four Ryder Cups without losing
a match and in 1950 became the first three-time
winner of the Masters.
The Thunderbird in Palm Springs was one of
Demaret’s favorites. He won all the marbles at
the desert tournament in 1953 with a birdie on
the 17th hole and an eagle on the 18th to beat the
incomparable Ben Hogan.
Three years later at the Thunderbird, Demaret
shared the lead with Cary Middlecoff halfway
through the 72-hole event. The Texan shot a 67 on
the third day, but the dentist responded with a 66
for a one-stroke advantage.
Demaret finally caught Middlecoff on the 14th
hole of the decisive round. He put his approach
shot two feet from the pin and sank the short putt
for a birdie. Then he ended the suspense with a
long birdie putt on the next green that put him
ahead for good.
Even at a distance, Demaret was easy to spot.
His colorful attire might include purple shoes,
green slacks and a three-tone cardigan sweater, but
he always wore a big smile.
Today Demaret would be called a “party
animal.” He stayed up half the night drinking
and swapping stories, often nursing a hangover
through the front nine, but never regretted his wild
ways. “I lost some sleep,” he once said, “but I
made thousands of friends.”
As the sun started to set on his touring days,
Demaret together with old friend Jack Burke Jr.
opened Champions Golf Club in 1958 on the
northern outskirts of Houston. In the 1970’s, he
designed the Onion Creek course in Austin, site
of the first seniors tournament known as The Leg-
ends of Golf.
Demaret was a natural for television, which
brought golf into everybody’s living rooms in the
1960s. As co-host of Shell’s Wonderful World of
Golf he entertained millions and even taught them
a thing or two about the sport he loved.
In December 1983, Demaret died of a heart
attack in his hometown of Houston. At the time of
his death, he ranked ninth on the all-time tourna-
ment winners list with 35 titles.
Many remember Jimmy Demaret as the life
of the party instead of a great golfer. “I’m sure
his personality kept people from recognizing just
how good he was,’’conceded Jack Burke Jr. who
turns 97 this month. “He didn’t have to practice
as much as Hogan. He was a much more natural
player than Ben. So he had more time for fun.”
Contact Bartee Haile at barteehaile@gmail.com
or by mail at P.O. Box 130011, Spring, TX 77393.
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HISTORICAL COLUMNIST
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During monthly reports, Sher- from TxDOT so far. The depart-
iff David Traylor stated that the ment will continue to focus on
jail had passed inspection and roads in precincts one and four
commissioners asked that the this year.
report be placed into the minutes In administrative comments,
of the meeting. Commissioner Patsy Marshall
Road & Bridge Administra- stated that she had talked to the
tor Ronnie Morgan reported that supervisor for the U.S. Census
crews have used two-thirds of workers in Rains County and
imitated the best and developed into a promising
young golfer. At 15 he dropped out of school to
work as an assistant to Jack Burke Sr. at the River
Oaks Country Club.
Demaret started playing for money around the
Lone Star State while in his teens. He was the
resident pro at the municipal course in Galveston,
when he finally came out on top winning the first
of his five Texas Professional Golfers Association
championships.
“Then as now,” Demaret reminisced 40 years
later, “I’d jump up on the stand and croon a bal-
lad or two with the orchestra if given the slightest
encouragement.” “Yeah,” chimed in lifelong pal
and business partner Jack Burke Jr., “and he’d
always make certain one of his friends furnished
the encouragement.”
After belting out a couple of songs on stage at
a Galveston nightclub in 1935, the struggling golf
pro was propositioned by the bandleader. “Jimmy,
how would you like to sing for us full-time?” The
offer was tempting, but he could not give up on
his dream.
Demaret soon got his big chance courtesy of
gangster Sam Maceo, who provided the financial
backing for him to go on the PGA tour. He came
into his own during the 1939-40 season with six
major tournament victories and his first green
jacket.
Sick as a dog from some bad shrimp he had
eaten, Demaret began the third round of the 1940
Masters deadlocked with Lloyd Mangrum for first
place. But sheer determination and an amazing
wedge shot on the 15th hole put him a stroke up
on the fellow Texan.
The final 18 was anticlimactic. Demaret crafted
a one-under-par 71 to Mangrum’s 74 to win the
Augusta classic by three shots.
Demaret spent World War II in uniform and
did not return to the professional golf circuit until
1946. But the long layoff had not hurt him one
bit. In fact, as he soon showed, he was better than
ever.
In 1947 Demaret was the king of the tour. He
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the county had only 26 percent
of the needed employees to do
the census.
Due to illness, Commission-
er Joe Humphrey was the only
commissioner not present at the
meeting.
The next regular meeting of
the Rains County Commission-
ers Court is scheduled for Thurs-
day, January 23, at 10:00 a.m.
in the courtroom of the Rains
County Courthouse.
Jimmy Demaret trailed Dr. Cary Middlecoff by won seven tournaments, including his second
one stroke with five holes to go in the fourth and Masters, the most money and the coveted Vardon
final round of the Thunderbird tournament at Palm Trophy with an average round of 69.9 strokes.
Springs on January 22, 1956. Demaret stayed at the top of his game through
Jimmie Newton Demaret was the rest of the 1940’s and into the next decade.
ge- born the fourth of 10 children in He consistently ranked among the top ten money
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Hill, Earl, III. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 133, No. 31, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 14, 2020, newspaper, January 14, 2020; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1471248/m1/9/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rains County Library.