Word: pars
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Buck's words did not long go unanswered. Since 1946-47 six things have happened to put Harvard on a virtual par with Princeton, Dartmouth, and Yale in at least its physical capacity to spread its name and admissions data...
...first round of the Palm Beach Round Robin tournament at Westchester's Wykagyl Country Club, he turned in a three-under-par 69, trailed Bobby Locke's leading 68 by four points under the man-for-man scoring system in each foursome. De Vicenzo soon got the hang of the point scoring, banged out a 68 on the second round and took the lead. He followed with another sparkling 68, and all but won the tournament before it was officially over with a 67 on his fourth round...
...proved to be a golfer who is willing to take big chances for big money (first prize: $3,000). On the 509-yd. sixth hole his woods put him well over the green with his second shot. From the downslope back of a bunker, instead of playing safe for par, De Vicenzo shot boldly for the pin, missed it by 18 inches, but sank the short putt for his birdie. Grinned Roberto: "Excuse my English. My best shot was at this sixth today. I never play one better...
Going into the final round 19 points ahead of Jim Ferrier, De Vicenzo breezed through to an easy victory in spite of a final-round 75, finished up with a total 347-13 strokes under par and twelve points ahead of Runner-Up Ferrier. This week, as the U.S. Open gets under way at Birmingham, Mich., South Africa's Bobby Locke, Australian Jim Ferrier and the newcomer from the Argentine seemed to be the players with the best chance to upset the Sneads and the Hogans. If one "of them wins, it will be the first time that...
Keep Out of Trouble. Last week Patty Berg gave Babe something to shoot at. After slamming home an eagle 2 on the 372-yd. tenth hole, Patty finished with a sparkling 73, 2 over men's par. Babe heard about Patty's round on the 17th tee, knew that even to tie she needed a birdie and a par. She got them. She rammed in a birdie 4 on the 540-yd. 17th, got her par 4 on the 445-yd. 18th by reaching the green with a drive and a dazzling No. 2 iron shot. Final score...