Word: teeing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Golfers have a curious way of paying their respects to a course. They cry. For last week's U.S. Open, St. Louis' Bellerive Country Club was stretched out to 7,191 yds., longest in the tournament's history: one hole (the 17th) measured 606 yds. from tee to green. "Ridiculous," said Julius Boros. Another pro wailed that the fairways were so narrow, "you have to walk them single file." Ditches and water hazards bisected twelve of the 18 holes-to say nothing of 74 sand traps, 6-in.-deep Bermuda rough, and the big, slick greens. Complained...
...Tee Campen, captain of the Harvard golf team, shot a two-over-par as the Crimson narrowly gained its seventh victory of the year over Cornell yesterday...
...wind whipped vigorously off Narranansett Bay--not unlike Harvard's drives of the tee--as the Crimson golf team contested Brown yesterday...
...person). After two days at the Masters, they shared something else: the lead, at six under par. "Disgusting!" said one pro. "Show-offs!" huffed another. They hadn't seen anything yet. Warming up for the third round, Nicklaus belted six drives the length (280 yds.) of the practice tee, sending each soaring over a clump of pine trees onto a six-lane highway beyond. He held a brief courtesy conference with some golf-equipment sales representatives. Then he started for the first tee. "Sorry, fellows," he said, "it's time for me to go to work...
Look, One Hand. At an exhibition in Caracas last week, Hahn walked down a line of six balls, swinging onehanded and switching from left to right, knocked them 130 yds. or so. He drove 225 yds. off a tee 3 ft. high, poked fun at golfers who fuss about leaves and such around their ball, by covering his ball with a sheet of newspaper and picking it off cleanly. Hooking and slicing madly, Hahn cracked: "To a lot of you, these shots aren't too unusual." Then he boomed a perfect screamer 250 yds. down the middle. "I just...