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...over Augusta, Ga. was clear and blue, the sun was bright, and the wind was brisk and bracing. Azalea and pink dogwood bloomed along the green fairways of the Augusta National Golf Club...
...telling exactly what had caused the attack-although it seemed likely it was set off by the savory, highly spiced bass dish the President ate for lunch-but he suffered sharp abdominal pain, and slept little. Next morning, when Mamie bade him an anxious goodbye at their Augusta hideaway (the green-shuttered, three-room Bobby Jones cottage) he was running a slight (100°) fever...
...looked pale and almost dazed with fatigue when he finally got back to Augusta, and he kept to his bed until noon the next day. Then, his temperature back to normal, he got up to soak up the sun and watch healthier golfers banging away...
...week's end, he seemed fully recovered; he attended services at Augusta's Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church, and then hied himself back to the course and played 18 holes with Senator Bob Taft, newly arrived for a two-day visit. The President was mum about the outcome, but fairly exuded satisfaction afterward: "I'll tell you this-I made my best score . . ." Champion-Emeritus Bobby Jones let the cat out of the bag: the President, he reported, had shot an 86, thus breaking 90, as far as anyone knew, for the first time since Inauguration...
They 11 never catch him now." Ben finished with a 66, "the best I've ever played it Augusta," for an insurmountable four-stroke lead going into the final round. This week cool-as-ice Ben banged out his fourth straight sub-par round, a 69 to beat Runner-Up Oliver and the Masters scoring record by five strokes with a fabulous...