Word: golfed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first thing the British Ryder Cup golf team did upon reaching the U.S., was to consume ten man-sized steaks-one per man. Then, in subsequent meals, they shoveled in eggs and chops and more steak. They hadn't eaten like that since Hitler started his march through Europe. Said Commander C.R.T. Roe, the non-playing British captain: "The ham I ate for breakfast would last a month in England." They ate their way cross-country to Portland, Ore. and arrived on the playing scene as contented, and as unready for battle, as a cat with canary feathers...
...Hogan & Co. of the U.S. were waiting on the rain-flooded Portland Golf Club course to take them apart. They did, 11-1. It was the worst shellacking any Ryder Cup team had taken in 16 years. Said Britain's crack pro Henry Cotton: "We didn't deserve...
Wellesley was "charming" to the authors after they got over the feeling it was all a cross country race. The rolling hills and valleys that the girls cycle over so dexterously also reminded the boys of one of "the tougher golf courses back home." They recommended as a major spring pastime "those long walks through the Hunnewell estate and around Lake Waban." Harvard men are reminded that "with a little ingenuity, you can stay lost...
...maintains a chain of 16 cabins and several shelters reaching out into the Vermont hills. On Mt. Moosilauke, known familiarly as "Dartmouth's Mountain," the club has set up 14 miles of ski trails with "Hell's Highway" one of the steepest runs in New England. Out on the golf course are 13 more miles of ski trails, a 1200 foot tramway, and two mammoth jumps. The Outing Club is probably one of the most active outdoor groups in the country...
...Zumikon, Switzerland, Leopold, exiled King of the Belgians, briefly rose from obscurity by giving his royal all to the rigors of the Swiss Golf Tournament, then settled down again with a beaker of something refreshing...