The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1963, Page 68

The 1955 Manitoba Open Golf final was something that was very close to the heart of
Niakiawa ppro Harold Eidsvig. As a perennial president of the Manitoba Professional
Golfers Association, he had struggled to raise the standard of the open, begging and
cajoling for more prize money to attract outstanding players. He hadn’t told anybody,
but he obviously felt he had a good chance to win it on his home course, despite the
presence of such noted Canadian pros as Stan Leonard of Vancouver and A1 Balding
of Toronto. And on this rainy, cool Saturday, Eidsvig and Balding, the new CPGA
champion fought down the 54ibh green where everything depended on one’s putter.
Eidsvig had to sink a 15-footer and hope that Balding would miss a 12-footer. The
Ontario pro rimmed the cup and Eidsvig’s putt went home. Deadlocked with 221
strokes, ithe heartened Eidsvig drove truly and chipped his second shot eight feet from
the pin. Balding found he had to go for a 20-footer on the green. He didn’t make it.
Eidsvig sank his putt to win the open he had hoped would be the best of them all.
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