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...looks like the Ponderosa. A par-four hole is overdriven from the tee, while a par-three one is unreachable from anywhere. Most of the holes are par fives. The sole compensation for being lost and confused all day is a blind 3-iron shot at the 201-yd. fifth hole, aimed high over a scrubby embankment but pushed comically to the right. It turns out to be 5 ft. from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Misty Birthplace of Golf | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

With just under two minutes gone in the second quarter, he finds Mike Stewart streaking down the sidelines and gets him the ball. Cheers roll around the Yale Bowl. You take a sip of the strong stuff. With halftime 10 seconds away, Yale kicker Dave Derby attempts a 44-yd. field goal. No way he makes it, you say. He does--the longest boot of his career. You take another...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Only The Game Remained... | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

...Easterns, Bird placed first in the 200-yd. butterfly, second in the 500 freestyle and sixth in the 100 butterfly. He also swam in two Harvard relays, with each finishing in second place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Taking Flight in Water | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

Jaffe led the way for the aquamen, scoring in two individual events. The Lexington native also posted the team's best split in its record-setting 400-yd. freestyle relay...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Aquamen Grab 28th In NCAA Swim Meet | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

...grass imported from Georgia, four artificial lakes and countless natural sand traps. No one in the royal family actually plays golf. So Pakistani President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, a demon golfer, was invited to hit the maiden ball with a gold-inlaid golf club. After Zia managed a 240-yd. drive on his first swing, his hosts allowed him to keep the club and tossed in a solid gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: Talk About Sand Traps | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

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