Word: divots
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...divot cut by Bobby Jones disappeared mysteriously. Sleuthing officials found it in the hands of a lady enthusiast who had retrieved it for a souvenir...
Born under a dark star, Nancy Pringle never knew whether it was the Master of Fassefern who had sired her, or Willie Weams, the groom. Divot Meg, the village's woman, out of compassion for Nancy, swore it was the master, then strangled Nancy's mother lest she quaver her own doubts in the matter. Others, less generous, preferred to believe it was the groom; hoped thereby to establish superiority over the spirited little orphan. The flaccid minister took her in; his wife sanctimoniously bullied her; his old mother defended her in malicious warfare with the wife...
Golf club officials had brought them together ? swart Walter Hagen and blond Amateur Champion Bobby Jones. No title impended; it was primarily an affair of honor between two of the keenest match-playy golfers that ever cut a divot. It was also a great resort attraction. They had set aside two Sundays to render each other satisfaction. On the first, Hagen came off 8 up after 36 holes played at Sarasota. The second Sunday found them threading the lagoons and jungled ravines of the Pasadena course at St. Petersburg (Hagen's home links this winter...