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...sports fans, there's nothing more disappointing than to see a career end before we want it to. This week, the world learned that two soon would. Belgian tennis player Justine Henin and Swedish golfer Annika Sorenstam both announced their retirements. Sorenstam, a career Grand Slam winner, is 37. Henin, a seven-time Grand Slam champion and current world No. 1, is 25. Neither plays a sport in which youth is at a premium. So it is difficult not to feel cheated: we will never again see Henin's spry figure unleashing shots with such a variety of spins that...
...finished 73-69-142 at even par. “Danny’s played well all spring,” Shore said. “He was the low finisher a of couple times and put together a bunch of great rounds. Danny is a really talented golfer, a really good putter, and has solid overall game.” Also playing for the Crimson, Greg Shuman finished tied for 13th overall in a solid showing. He shot 77-75 and was the only Harvard player to perform better in the second round than the first...
...that are weighted with the female swing in mind, and the Karma, a ball that efficiently transfers the least amount of energy from a swing into a longer distance on the fairway. Amazingly, the new clubs cost less than traditional ones. And that's a sweet spot any new golfer can appreciate...
...compete is that they seem to manage, in their attainment of the ostensibly impossible, to transcend mortality. Perhaps the Masters' success in fostering its own glorious illusion of immortality helps to explain the tournament's enduring popularity. One thinks of the call of the on-course ranger before a golfer hits a shot. At Augusta, the request seems to be directed at the passage of time itself: "Stand still please...
...light rough around some of its fairways, they couldn't bear to call it by its name, instead christening it "the second cut" of the fairway. Their squeamishness gives some indication of how ardently Augusta honors its idiosyncratic traditions. Most infamously, the club, which was founded by the legendary golfer Bobby Jones in 1933, didn't admit a black member until 1990, and for decades all of the caddies that the club provided at the tournament were black. Even now, the club refuses to allow women to join...