Word: pars
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...four highest titles-British Open, British Amateur, U. S. Open-a record never before held by any man-took his golfing machine out on the No. 2 course at his home East Lake Country Club near Atlanta, Ga., to see how it was running. It scored 70, one under par. Putts were all that seemed to need oiling and tightening up as Jones packed his equipment and headed for the Merion Cricket club near Philadelphia, where he would try the coming week, in the U. S. Amateur Championship, for four-square perfection...
Thus shorn of old alliances, Sinclair may crusade as it will. For future offensives, stockholders will soon be asked to approve a remarkable weapon-5,000,000 shares of preferred stock. The unusual feature of this issue (second largest in U. S. corporate history) is that it has no par, may be issued from time to time with any rates, voting power, convertibility, or other provisions decided by the Board...
...once Congress adjourns and the work of the Appropriations Committee is balanced and reviewed, Messrs. Wood and Byrns revert instantly to the roles of par-tisan readers, each striving fiercely for a political advantage from the committee's record. Last week in statements in a supplementary issue of the Congressional Record they began their political war. Each used the same set of official figures and came to opposite conclusions...
...73?a half-stroke less than his second-round average, a stroke less than his first-round average, three strokes less than his fourth-round average. That third morning at Interlachen was a little cooler. Jones started by sinking a ten-foot putt on the first green, played par golf to the fourth where he took the first of six birdies. His gallery, stirred to an intent, incredulous tension, saw that he might have a 66 for the round, but he drove into a trap at the seventeenth and sliced his drive into a clump of trees on the home...
Five strokes ahead of the nearest pro, Lighthorse Harry Cooper, Jones wavered after lunch, barely stayed safe. He frightened his followers by starting the last nine 4 5 5 5?two over par. On the seventeenth he lost his ball in the water hazard. Then he finished as a champion should?holed a 40-ft. uphill putt on the last green for a birdie it seemed sure he would need...