Word: beman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Owner Jack Pulford, 48; Colorado Stockbroker Joel Mosser, 45; Texas Trial Lawyer Kelly Ireland, 42; and Pennsylvania Grocer Angelo Spagnolo, 31. "I took up golf because my bowling was so bad," Spagnolo explained, "though I didn't lose that many bowling balls." Given the blessing of PGA Commissioner Deane Beman, a man with an inclination to smile, the foursome was brought to the Tournament Players Club in Ponte Vedra, Fla., essentially an unplayable course. Observing rules that practically every amateur ignores, they played from championship distances that on many holes put the fairway beyond the reach of their best shot...
...audience by diving joyously into a water hazard. After winning the $90,000 first-place prize at the Tournament Players Championship in Ponte Vedra, Fla., Pate, 28, plotted to make an even bigger splash. "Come here, I want you to see something," said Pate to P.G.A. Tour Commissioner Deane Beman, 43, leading him to the edge of the water hazard near the 18th green. Too late. Into four feet of water, said to be inhabited by a sleepy, well-fed alligator, went Beman, camel blazer, tassled loafers and all. Pate then cast Tournament Players Club course Architect Pete...