Word: vik
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Jones served as the non-playing captain of the United States team in the first Eisenhower Trophy Cup Match. Harvard golfer Alex Vik played in this tournament last fall as a representative of Norway. In 1958, the event was held at St. Andrews, the course which Jones most cherished. He was honored by being made a freeman of the burgh of St. Andrews. At the end of the ceremony, Bobby made his way through the throng of wellwishers in an electric trolley that his crippling illness forced him to use to the refrain of "Will ye no' come back again...
...Alex Vik, playing in an unaccustomed third slot, was tourney medalist with a one under par 71. Playing number one, Dave Paxton, the self-styled "Prince of Paducah," fired an 80, as did Dales. Gene Purdy, who appeared at the first tee decked out in plus fours and argyles, lost his putting touch but not his self-dignity...
After limping in with an 87 at Sawgrass, Vik had little trouble in the relatively short Stow Acres layout garnering five birdies...
...eagle putts spin out of the cup on the sixth and 14th, a pair of par fives. Vik came within a heartbeat of acing the 181-yd. 15th hole when he slapped a six-iron onto the punchbowl green within three feet...
Lindsay attributed the Winthrop victory to team spirit. "Everybody shows up for the games so everyone has a sense where we're going to be." Alex "Hatchetman" Vik, varsity golfer and a former all-Oslo player, said "We outroughed Kirkland House...