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...player is permitted to lift the ball and wipe it off. But in the competitive sphere of professional golf, where scrutiny is high and tolerance understandably low, such cheating is rare. Which is why the U.S. golfing world last week was closely following the case of pretty Jane Blalock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Play It as It Lies | 6/26/1972 | See Source »

...Miss Blalock, who is the leading money winner this year on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour with earnings of $38,286, stood accused of several times placing her ball in a more advantageous position. Two weeks ago, the L.P.G.A.'s executive board, made up of five fellow players, decided to suspend her from the circuit for one year on grounds of "actions inconsistent with the code of ethics of the organization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Play It as It Lies | 6/26/1972 | See Source »

...severity of the sentence was one reason for the unusual interest in the case. Another was that Miss Blalock countered with a $5,000,000 antitrust suit against the L.P.G.A., claiming that the association had deprived her of a living, had damaged her reputation and good will, and had not permitted her to face her accusers at a hearing or have legal counsel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Play It as It Lies | 6/26/1972 | See Source »

...battling blonde in pigtails, Miss Blalock won a temporary court order that allowed her to compete in the $50,000 EVE-L.P.G.A. Championship at Sutton, Mass., near her home town of Portsmouth, N.H. She played in an atmosphere of overt snubs and behind-the-back whispers. Said one competitor: "If I had been caught doing what she was doing, I wouldn't have the nerve to show my face around here." Miss Blalock, 26, and only in her fourth year on the tour, finished by showing her heels to all but one player, earning second-place prize money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Play It as It Lies | 6/26/1972 | See Source »

...performance was typical of Janie's aggressiveness and independence, two traits that have never endeared her to the L.P.G.A.'s largely conservative hierarchy. While the association has been working hard to impress tournament sponsors with a solid, businesslike image, free-spirited Miss Blalock has adorned her bank checks with the peace symbol and her golf bag with a sign that reads P.O.W.S NEVER HAVE A NICE DAY. In short, some of her peers clearly dislike her, and are probably enjoying her discomfort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Play It as It Lies | 6/26/1972 | See Source »

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