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...course, now he hated Her too. She had drawn his attention away from two-woods and fairway bunkers, and his life had become confused. There is no simple or pleasurable thing that compares to a clean golf shot, yet She had diverted him from practice, pulling him away from his Spalding sweet-spot. And when her esteemed husband, 11th on last year's money list, had discovered her affair, he had waged a personal campaign to disassociate Bogart Jackson from the world of professional golf. Bogart Jackson would return from a long round, and his shoes would be missing...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: From Tee to Green: A Christmas Tale | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

...with his excommunication because he loved the sensation of a pure golf shot. And Bogart Jackson had a dream: he would be lounging around at the Bing Crosby, and a tournament official would inform him he was paired with the Husband. Bogart Jackson knew exactly what he would do. The Husband would be searching the woods for an errant tee shot, and Bogart Jackson would play away. Bogart Jackson would use his three-iron and peg the ball low and hard, curling it into the woods where the Husband would be bent over. Perhaps if the three-iron were perfectly...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: From Tee to Green: A Christmas Tale | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

...exhausting round of golf in the Florida sun. But as Bogart Jackson approached the 18th hole, he realized he must be among the leaders. A few precision wedges out of the sand had kept his score to 64 with the rigorous par-four 18th still to play. Passing the leader board, he noticed that his name was at the top--five shots ahead of his nearest competitors. This was nothing new, so he shrugged. He had two days remaining in which to lose the tournament...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: From Tee to Green: A Christmas Tale | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

Cautioning himself against fatalism, he addressed the ball after a round of polite applause. The gallery consisted of a few golf cognoscenti, out to see potential comers on the tour. They all recognized him by now. ("There's Jackson." "He'll be past his prime before he makes the tour.") Bogart Jackson twirled his three-wood and considered the heavily-forested 18th and its narrow fairway. Scanning the three bunkers on the left, he was distracted by a couple of stragglers making their way through the woods. And then, he spotted Her. She was with the Husband. They were about...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: From Tee to Green: A Christmas Tale | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

Bogart Jackson went back to his golf bag and extracted his three-iron...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: From Tee to Green: A Christmas Tale | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

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