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Bing Crosby, in a sloppy orange sweater, stepped jauntily from tee to green. He was shooting good golf ("Something around 80," he guessed). On the 18th hole, his ball plopped within five feet of the pin (applause) and then he sank the putt (more applause). Bing looked reproachfully over his shoulder and husked: "What did ya expect...
Every time Louise hit the ball, father Johnny Suggs looked anxiously on with the appearance of a man protecting a one-run lead with the bases loaded. At the 34th hole, the match was even. At the 35th, Louise was one up. At the 36th, Louise's tee shot faded into the rough and her father was half afraid to look. Calmly she selected a club, wiggled once and sent a tremendous wood shot to the green. Then she curved a putt around a partial stymie and the ball dropped into the cup. That gave her the match...
...entirely her own: "George and I talked it over for a long while and he finally said O.K." George is her 300-lb. husband, known in his wrestling days as the Weeping Greek from Cripple Creek, one of the few men who can sometimes better her average (240 yards) tee shots...
Easy Does It. Because of South Africa's gusty winds, Locke developed a low pitch-and-run shot approaching the greens (most U.S. players take a deep undercut that throws the ball high in the air and stops it dead on the green). His tee shots are medium-long but uncannily straight. His putting ("an easy, relaxed swing with the putter blade square to the ball at the impact ... an easy follow-through in the direction of the ball and pin") is as smooth and precise as Willie Hoppe stroking a billiard ball. "It just takes practice...
That attitude got him through the tough grind which made good golfers spray tee shots into the wire-haired rough, even quit in disgust...