Otto Hackbarth
... that when Otto Hackbarth nearly defeated eventual winner Jim Barnes in the second round of the 1919 PGA Championship, The New York Times described the match as "the proverbial close shave"?
... that when <b id="mwBsU"><a href="./Otto_Hackbarth" id="mwBsY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Otto Hackbarth">Otto Hackbarth</a></b> nearly defeated eventual winner <a href="./Jim_Barnes" id="mwBsc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jim Barnes">Jim Barnes</a> in the second round of the <a href="./1919_PGA_Championship" id="mwBsg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1919 PGA Championship">1919 PGA Championship</a>, <i id="mwBsk"><a href="./The_New_York_Times" id="mwBso" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> described the match as "the proverbial close shave"?