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Only until you've felt the crack of a ball hitting the sweet spot of your Big Bertha or the rush of sinking your first par putt can you know just how powerful and alluring this sport is. There is nothing like smashing a ball to kingdom come to put a smile on your face and a spring in your step...

Author: By Chris W. Mcevoy, | Title: Golf: A Good Walk Spoiled | 9/25/1997 | See Source »

...course itself is not overly challenging but offers plenty of opportunities to foul up your score. There are three par 3s, four par 4s and two par...

Author: By Chris W. Mcevoy, | Title: Golf: A Good Walk Spoiled | 9/25/1997 | See Source »

...Harvard's day did not welcome women, students of color, Jews and Muslims, and there was certainly no tolerance of differences in sexual orientation! Yet, here I was, in a meeting of the student government, listening to folks (clearly possessing good intentions)talk about John Harvard as the mascot par excellence. I was stunned as they reported their delight at the administration's favorable response...

Author: By Lamelle D. rawlins, | Title: We Need You: Diversity on the U.C. | 9/23/1997 | See Source »

Such viewers are already helping turn senior golf and tennis tournaments into one of the hottest trends in sports. The allure of such veteran par busters as Lee Trevino, 57, Jack Nicklaus, 57, and Arnold Palmer, 68, is bringing the Senior PGA Tour to TV for a total of 221 hours this year, mostly on the sports network ESPN. The tour has grown from 35 tournaments with a total purse of $8.7 million a decade ago to 43 events with $41.65 million in prize money today. The future of senior tennis looks just as bright, with crowd pleasers such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGE IS NO BARRIER | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

According to Kathleen A. Bray, manager of the first-year dorms, the objective of the renovation was to bring Apley up to par with living conditions in the other first-year dorms, which were renovated over a six-year period ending two years...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: First-Years Give High Marks to Apley Court | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

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