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...putt fell by the wayside and someone else besides Alex Vik took away the Ivy golf crown for the first time in three years. Agawam Hunt Golf Course Card of the course No 1 422 yards par 4 No 2 175 yards par 3 No 3 502 yards par 5 No 4 470 yards par 5 No 5 168 yards par 3 No 6 463 yards par 4 No 7 293 yards par 4 No 8 155 yards par 3 No 9 347 yards par 4 No 10 388 yards par 4 No 11 152 yards...
During Christmas of 1969, Alex Vik moved to Las Palmas and quickly whittled an 18 handicap down to a nine while playing on that original Spanish gold course. By 1973, Vik had become a regular on the European amateur circuit, winning the Norwegian amateur that summer. In the fall of 1974, the amiable Canary Islander with the tousled, leonine mane enrolled at Harvard and quickly became the linksmen's number one player...
Yesterday afternoon, Vik, who has earned the nickname "Captain Ajax" from his teammates, finished second in the Ivy League individual golf title, two strokes behind Dartmouth's Peter Tervainen...
...Vik is one of a galaxy of young Spanish pros and amateurs who are dominating the continental golfing scene. The entire Iberian penninsula is experiencing a golf boom. In 1954 there were only 14 golf clubs in all of Spain. By 1970 there were 35 with a dozen in the works last year, including a 36-hole layout in Las Palmas...
...Vik acquired his classical swing under the tutelage of Felipe Santana, the pro at his home course. While playing in the Felipe Santana Memorial Tournament at Las Palmas, Vik met Ramon Sota, the greatest Spanish golfer of the 1960s, and his nephew, Manuel Ballesteros. Manuel is one of the four Ballesteros brothers, all of whom followed in their uncle's footsteps by turning pro. The youngest brother is 19 year old Severiano, who finished in a tie for second with Jack Nicklaus in last year's British Open...