Word: perteet
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...182Willie ("Cemetery") Perteet, the aging (51) Georgia caddy who lost his job as President Eisenhower's exclusive club toter because the Augusta National pro decided he was "too decrepit," got a longdistance vote of confidence from Spokane. Members of the Spokane Athletic Round Table invited Cemetery to caddy in their national seniors open (for men over 50), were still undecided whether to assign him to Ike's brother Edgar (68) or Augusta Pro Ed Dudley (55), the man who fired...
...made a quick change, got out on the course in matter of minutes. On hand to greet him at the first tee was his favorite caddy, Willie Perteet. Ike calls Willie "Cemetery," a refinement on his usual nickname, "Dead Man." (In 1932 Willie was cut up so badly in a brawl that a doctor pronounced him dead.) With Willie in tow, the President set off over the course, striding along briskly, as he habitually does while golfing. He got in seven holes before dusk...
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