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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...until he died last week after playing a round of golf in Spain with three Spanish professionals, Bing Crosby had been one of the game of golf's greatest benefactors. For 30 years he hosted and sponsored the gala California golf tournament known as the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am, which is affectionately referred to as "Bing's clambake...
...seems that Harry Lillis Crosby first became enamored of the game after he landed a role in the 1930 Paul Whiteman musical "The King of Jazz." During the filming, Crosby and some other musicians played a round at the Lakeside Golf Club in Los Angeles. Crosby became a life-long member of Lakeside and won. the club championship several times...
Despite an elegant and truly rhapsodical swing, MacDonald never won a major championship. He was "always the bridesmaid but never the bride." In the 1925 British Open he needed a final round of 78 to win, and staggered to an 82. In 1936 H.B. Martin wrote: "There is no more flagrant case of miscarried justice than in the story of MacDonald Smith, youngest of the Smith clan and the most brilliant...Dame Fate took a particular delight in mocking his genius, encouraging him with lesser prizes but always refusing his demand for stellar honors...
...Massachusetts hospital lobby group last week won the first round of a legislative dispute when a bill limiting government control of hospital research and education programs passed the Joint Committee on Health Care of the Massachusetts state legislature...
...Roberts, playing number one singles as she has throughout the season, advanced to the semifinals with her serve and volley game, before falling to the eventual champion, Robin Rich of Springfield, 6-0, 6-2. Roberts eliminated UMass' Cathy Maher, the fifth ranking woman in Canada, in the second round, four and two, after defeating the Worcester Polytech entry, 6-2, 6-0, in her opener...