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That about sums up the attitude of Leslie Greis, a 7-handicapper from Holden, Mass., with brains and balance. Greis made Crimson golfing history yesterday when she played number one on the men's varsity against MIT and Bates.
Greis is no newcomer to the psychic struggles that play such a big part in men's golf. As a high school senior at Waschusett Regional H.S., she shuffled between the first and third slots on the boys' team and was voted co-MVP. That was in addition to garnering...
Nevertheless, Greis cannot compete with men in terms of distance so she has to rely on the lyrical accuracy of her swing. She routinely plays from the men's championship tees, saying "If I'm going to play with them, I have to play their game." From the men's...
Greis had acquired quite a load of silverware since she took up the game six years ago. She was the Massachusetts Girls' Champion in 1975 and finished as runner-up in the state Schoolgirl Championship three times.
Greis's game began to unravel after she took a hard luck double bogey on the second. She slapped her approach to the second into a bunker before a full Chevalier lip, and faced one of the trickiest shots since Walter Hagen chipped with a swizzle stick. She exploded out...