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...Colonial is still 700 yds. longer than the typical LPGA setup. But it is also the kind of classic course Sorenstam loves, with narrow, tree-lined fairways, deep, ball-eating bunkers and small, slick greens. "Length is not the most important thing," says Colonial head pro Dow Finsterwald Jr. "This is a position golf course"--a plus for Sorenstam, one of the most accurate hitters in the game. She'll have to hope her straight shooting will make up for her power disadvantage--her current 275.4-yd. average drive would rank her 159th on the PGA tour...
...peculiar design of Augusta National allows both sizzling scoring streaks and unmitigated debacles. Since the Masters began, every hole has been eagled during the tournament. On the other hand, Frank Walsh needed 12 strokes on the eighth hole, Herman Barron took an 11 on the 16th, and Dow Finsterwald carded a 12 on the par three 12th...
Like most duffers, Henry Hook tried everything. He bought Jack Nicklaus golf clubs, Arnold Palmer golf gloves and Ben Hogan golf shoes; he memorized Gary Player's Positive Golf, watched Dow Finsterwald's Golf Tips on TV, and visited a Sam Snead Driving Range three times a week. He used balls with rubber centers, steel centers and liquid centers, switched from a cash-in putter to a bull's-eye putter to a mallet-head putter. And he still couldn't break 100. "I don't understand it," he complained. "I played worse last year...
...Snead and Shirley Englehorn: the $40,000 Haig & Haig Scotch Mixed Foursome golf tournament, at Sebring, Fla. Taking turns hitting the ball, Sam and Shirley, who won one tournament and $19,582 on the ladies' tour this year, shot a final round 65 to beat Dow Finsterwald and Marlene Bauer Hagge by one stroke. Shirley's contributions to the partnership included a 25-ft. putt for one eagle and a 50-yd. wedge shot into the cup for another...
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