Word: soundness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Fitzgibbons and Dales arrived at the Houston resort mecca of April Sound, replete with golf course, artificial lake and serried rows of condominiums, last Friday. The Crimson tandem was invited to the event, along with 24 other entries, including teams from Yale and Princeton, by Rice University, the tournament's host...
Unfortunately, the paradisical setting of April Sound was marred by a demonic cold front sweeping the southwest. "On Friday during the sponsors' tournament the chill factor was seven degrees so we only played four holes," Ftizgibbons recounts in a taut voice. "We never got to practice...
Nevertheless, the Crimson linksters played commendable golf through most of the 36-hole best ball event when the cold weather, soggy fairways and overgrown greens are taken into account. On Saturday they carded a 77, which is seven over par on the April Sound layout. On Sunday they went around...
That night the captains stayed with the University of Miami team at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob McClelland, the owners of a plush April Sound condominium. Spence returned the Texan hospitality by performing a series of bawdy Harvard fight songs assisted by the megaphone and pom-poms belong to the McClelland daughters, who are high school cheerleaders...
Dales and Fitzgibbons also chatted for awhile with Dave Marr, the director of golf at April Sound and a leading professional golfer before he became commentator on ABC-TV. Marr noted that he had once attended a class at Harvard. Fitzgibbons casually replied, "I once went to a class...