Word: elder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Elder left his birdie putt short and to the low side of the cup, collapsing and grimacing as if the ball had really had a chance of going...
Incredibly enough, Killer might have been right. The portable scoreboard read WEISKOPF -3, ELDER - 1, and REGALADO -5! Somewhere along the way, Killer and his man had picked up two shots on par and three shots on Weiskopf. Still Weichers or Hill could easily be even with or ahead of Regalado. And the young Mexican still had a tricky putt for a par. It seemed doubtful he would lead for long, if in fact he was leading...
...Weiskopf, one-iron snugly in place, was walking onto the putting surface amidst thunderous applause and a smattering of boos. He had just placed a rather routine iron shot to the right center of the green, about 25 feet short of the pin. Included in his group were Lee Elder, one of the few black hopes on the PGA tour, and none other than Killer and his man, Regalado. Elder had played his second shot from the fairway, and had wound up about 20 feet past the flag. Regalado, meanwhile, had hit his second from a portion of steeply banked...
...paint salesman, who adopted young Leslie and gave the boy his name?as well as his penchant for hard work, athletics and community involvement. He also instructed his stepson in a certain humility. Remember, he told the boy, someone else can always do the job better than you. The elder Ford, who died in 1962, never prospered as a businessman but established a reputation for character and good works. Says Jerry's half brother Richard:* "Being his son meant a lot in Grand Rapids in those days...
...leadership of the Republican Party at large, the fall of Richard Nixon was a moment of genuine distress. Barry Goldwater called it "the saddest days of my life." Many, like Georgia Party Chairman Robert J. Shaw, wept. John J. McCloy, an elder among New York Republicans, called the Nixon speech "a dignified statement, a dignified exit," adding: "We shouldn't expect any more than what it contained; we shouldn't cavil at it now." After watching the Nixon speech in California, Governor Ronald Reagan, who had continued to support the President until only a day earlier, said that...