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Title: 52nd Amateur [Golf] Championship of the USGA, Seattle Golf & Country Club, August 18-23, 1952, Official Program Author: Heffelfinger, Totton P., USGA President Place: Seattle Publisher: USGA/Seattle Golf & Country Club Date: 1952 Description: 196 pp. Illustrated from photographs, course maps with green coloring (showing all 18-holes on 3 pages), and ads. Advertising flier for “Initial Playing of the Americas Cup Match” at Seattle Golf Club, August 14-15 [1952] (two 36-hole matches), printed on green paper, laid in. 11x8½, original color pictorial wrappers. Won by Jack Westland 3 & 2 over Al Mengert; making him the oldest to do so, winning at the age of 47. Nearly twenty years earlier he was runner-up in the same event (held in Chicago) to the 38 year old Francis Ouimet (the previous record holder). Westland (1904-1982), a U.S. Representative from Washington, served during WWII in the Pacific as a commander in the Navy; was elected to Congress during the 1950’s, was friends with many high ranking officials and celebrities and later moved to Pebble Beach. Lot Amendments Condition: Light edge wear and rubbing, slight fading to spine and top edges; still a nice clean copy, near fine. Item number: 186599