Word: vik
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Alex Vik, the team captain and reigning Norwegian Amateur champion, was low man for the Crimson with a 78, five strokes behind medalist Tom Day. Vik, who finished eighth in the European Amateur this summer at Graz, Austria, will jet to Andalusia next week for the World Amateur Championship held over the Penina golf course in Portugal. Golfers from 60 nations will participate...
...Vik, who normally has a putting eye sharp enough to split teak in the forests of Borneo, three-putted the first hole and was unable to drop his putts the rest of the round...
...Vik had to scramble on hole four after sailing his approach over the green. He foozled a four-foot birdie putt on five, and lipped out again on ten. He finally got his birdie on the 500-yard par five eleventh when, after booming his drive, he slapped a two iron in a bunker and followed with a semi-explosion shot that ended up stony...
Spense Fitzgibbons, who anchored down the second position most of last season, carded a 79, one stroke off Vik's pace. He gunned for the leaders early on, fashioning an even par 36 going out, but faded badly as he neared the clubhouse...
...first course in Spanish territory was the Las Palmas G.C. in the Canary Islands formed in 1891, which is incidentally the home course of two-time Ivy League champion and Harvard's leading golfer, Alex Vik. It was another 13 years until golf sunk roots in the mainland with the establishment of the Madrid Polo Club. As late as 1959, though, Spain could boast of only fourteen clubs. By 1970, the number has sprouted...