Word: golf
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were in hibernation. Last week, except for a burst of New Year's Eve celebrating, country clubs from Maine to Medicine Hat were silent and windswept, their fairways and greens deserted. One that was not lay in a small coastal canyon about a mile from the Pacific Ocean. Golf balls by the dozens whizzed down Riviera's lush fairways; crowds of gawkers hustled along among the eucalyptus trees; caddies were busy as bird dogs. The $15,000 Los Angeles Open, which puts golf's winter circuit in high gear, opens there this week...
...Golf's big names were there, straining to put a final touch of polish on their games. Ed Furgol, who manages to break par despite a withered left arm, had been drilling over the course for a month. Jimmy ("Smiles") Demaret, the best wind-shot in the business, and slim Lloyd ("Mustache") Mangrum haunted the practice rounds along with some 120 others. Besides high-compression temperament and a steely command of the emotions, it had taken hard work to get to the top of the tournament business and it was taking hard work to keep them there. With most...
Longer Tee Shots. Because of "hypoed" golf balls, and steel shafts, today's top pros were unhappy with anything short of a 260-yard drive. When Bobby Jones was in his prime, 225 yards was considered a good tee shot...
...crew races will be held on May 20, 1950, and the golf event...
Atlantic City is the site of the 1940 eastern inter-collegiate golf championship, scheduled for May 6 and 7. Last year's eastern intercollegiates took place on the greens at Princeton, New Jersey...