Word: golf
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...golf club with a drill in the top of the shaft for boring a hole in which to insert a wooden tee when the ground is hard...
Invented by Scotch shepherds, golf in the U.S. has been inherited by many Italian day laborers' sons, who caddied on the courses their fathers tended. Guldahl is the first ex-caddie of Norwegian descent to develop top-flight golfing talent. Reared in Texas, Guldahl's talents in the past have sometimes seemed misplaced. After his tragic putt in 1933 which, if it had gone into the cup, would have made him a national celebrity, he speedily lost prestige. In 1935 he failed even to make a living out of golf, took to selling automobiles and working...
...Porter of Manhattan's Millrose Athletic Club: the national Amateur Athletic Union marathon, from Mount Vernon to the White House, winning by a half-mile over Pat Dengis of Baltimore and Canadian James Bartlett. C. Jessie Anderson, 22, dogged daughter of a Perth golf professional: the British Women's Golf Championship, succeeding Pamela Barton; by crushing Doris Parks of Edinburgh, 6 & 4; at Turnberry, Scotland...
Fortnight ago Fumitaka Konoye, 22, son of Japan's new Premier, made the world press by being elected captain of Princeton's golf team (TIME, June 14). Last week Princess Yori, 6, third daughter of Japan's Emperor, had a picture of herself relay racing at the Peeress' School printed in the New York Times. Captioned the Times: A JAPANESE PRINCESS MAKES THE TEAM...
Tomorrow is for sports. Classmates and their older sons go to the Weston Golf Club for luncheon, while wives and youngster children spend the day at the Essex Club at Manchester-by-the-Sea. In the evening the party will attend a Pop Concert at Symphony Hall...