Word: pars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Going into the last nine holes of the "All-American" round, Locke seemed hopelessly out of the running. His outgoing 36 had been right on par, but dapper Lloyd Mangrum was already sitting comfortably in the clubhouse with a trim 282 for the 72 holes. To tie, Bobby needed an incoming 31, i.e., five birdies in the last nine holes. He did it. His rusty old putter herded in putts of 10, 32, 12, 30, and 22 feet, for a five-under-par...
...year after that he won his first national title, the boys' doubles. His engineer-father sent him to Tulane Coach Emmett Paré for more drill, with special attention to his forehand. The drill paid off. In 1948, Ham entered six singles tournaments, won them...
...others practiced too, and Locke's opening 69 was one stroke off the pace. On the second round, he seemed to slip a cog on the par-three fifth hole. His tee shot slid into the rough, his attempt to get out of trouble landed him in a bunker. His third shot failed to clear, and he had to take a fat six strokes on the little hole...
...Par. In Louisville, Ky., a traffic judge considered a policeman's testimony that Mrs. Katherine Mae Sahner had been "very talkative" when arrested for reckless driving, dismissed the drunken-driving charge against her with the comment: "Many women are talkative...
...good humor, kept right on smiling all through the go-hole Palm Beach Round Robin.* On the final hole, Mangrum had every reason to grin. He saved himself putting troubles by laying his approach shot within nudging distance of the hole, wound up with a winning 16-under-par for the tournament and $3,000. Tired little Ben Hogan, who had squeezed Winner Mangrum out of the U.S. Open playoff the week before, just went through the motions, finished eleventh in a field...