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...Greenbrier Open in 1951, he had a tremendous moment on the 12th hole, a wicked, 535-yard par five. Sam's drive faded into the rough, but left him with a fair lie. He asked Curtis Griffith, his regular caddy, what club he recommended...
...White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., Herman Scharlau, a pro protég of Tommy Armour, won the Greenbrier Open golf tournament in a sudden-death play-off against Home Pro Sammy Snead. Scharlau, 33, won his first major tournament victory (and $2,000) when Snead flubbed a 2-ft. putt...
...without even a mention of the Mountain State, we think it is time to step in and defend our honor. The Kentucky julep didn't even become popular until around 1881 . . . In the early 1830s, a tavern, which later became the Old White and still later the Greenbrier Hotel at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., was famous for its mint juleps . . . But there are indications, turned up by our office, that the julep was invented right in this section early in 1800 by slaves who used a mountain brew called fulcher* whisky and garnished their master's juleps...
Most lavish is the Greenbrier Clinic, set up in a wing of the Greenbrier Hotel in 1948 by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. Now, 45 big companies send their executives to the Greenbrier periodically for a leisurely, three-day checkup on the company (cost: $100, plus hotel-room charges). Executives may take their wives (many clients foot the hotel bill for wives too) and play golf or swim between medical examinations. Said the wife of one recent visitor: "The only time in years I have spent so long with my husband at one time was when he was at the Greenbrier...
With this sugar-coating on the pill, the executive usually is willing to undergo the numerous tests. While these are going on, one of the Greenbrier's doctors gives him a light psychiatric once-over, looking for hidden tensions in his office or home life. In most cases, Greenbrier's director, Dr. James P. Baker, has found that executives take treatment for ailments detected. Nine out of ten whose examinations show organic troubles undergo surgery or change their habits. Six out of ten patients found overweight start reducing. To help them, companies like Du Pont have developed special...