Word: hole
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Next day Sam had a job as teaching professional at the Cascades, an 18-hole golf course about three miles from the hotel...
...youngster, he learned golf under the stern eye of his brother Homer, who showed him how to drive a ball toward a hole in a cow pasture, and gave him a kick in the pants every time he muffed a shot...
...even own a full set of clubs. He had a couple of battered woods, no irons, and a bag with a hole in it. He took his $10 salary (for two weeks' work) and made a down payment on a cheap set of irons. At the Cascades he had few customers, plenty of time to practice. Within two weeks Snead could beat both Homestead professionals. In 1935 Freddy Martin, golf manager at the rival Greenbrier. spotted Snead. For $45 a month, room & board, he lured Sam across the mountains to the Greenbrier. (With the exception of one year...
When he was remodeling the 4th at Baltusrol (top, opposite page), Jones put so much new character into the hole that club members objected. Now the hole was far too tough, they said. Politely, Jones disagreed. Next time he played a round with the chairman of the construction committee and the club pro, Jones stepped to the 4th tee, walloped an iron shot to the green, and watched it drop into the cup on the first bounce...
...Hole No. 1, the 18th hole at Cleveland's Canterbury Golf Club...