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...most likely respond to the rare slur or setback with a blithe "Well, did you evah?" Crosby's last words, before the heart attack that killed him in 1977, at the conclusion of a foursome on a Madrid course, were "That was a great game of golf, fellas...
...repertoire. When Pops went to Hollywood for the 1930 musical extravagance "King of Jazz," they went along - though Crosby had to commute to the set from jail, where he was working off a month's sentence for drunk driving. (He weaned himself from this addiction and replaced it with golf...
...Imagine. Beside him a young blond girl wearing a ruffly white dress she might have worn to her prom smiles happily, her hands poised, ready to clap when her elderly companion finishes his song. At another table a man dressed in a white V-neck sweater and cream-colored golf pants is flanked by two big-boned Nordic women. In halting English, he regales them with tales of how much his hotel accommodations cost on a recent trip. "Very much expensive," he repeats, as they dutifully nod. Across the room a powerfully built man in his 30s - displaying the latest...
Gene Pierce grew up in Tupelo but left to work as an air-bag engineer for Ford. He came home to manage True Temper, whose 473 employees produce steel shafts for golf clubs sold from Tokyo to Turin. Comparing Tupelo with the metropolitan areas, Pierce says, "The pay is just as good here, and there's less hassle...
...count the ways! But your best bet: in September, Scotland's St. Andrews Links (the birthplace of golf), in conjunction with a nearby college, will offer Caddie Connect, the world's only college course in club assistance. Among other topics, you'll study golf etiquette, grooming and how to defuse drunken duffers. Price: $215 for three weeks. Pricey? Note: Tiger Woods' caddie made $1 million last year...