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...allows both sizzling scoring streaks and unmitigated debacles. Since the Masters began, every hole has been eagled during the tournament. On the other hand, Frank Walsh needed 12 strokes on the eighth hole, Herman Barron took an 11 on the 16th, and Dow Finsterwald carded a 12 on the par three 12th...
...Augusta National lies in the 11th through 13th holes, the so-called Amen Corner, which is crisscrossed by meandering Rae's Creek. No one knows who coined the name Amen Corner, but former pro Dave Marr remarked, "It's called that because if you get around it in par, you believe a little bit more...
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...
...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...
...Rand Corp., the U.S.'s premier think tank, who hired Schlesinger as a senior staff member. He later became director of strategic studies. At Rand, Schlesinger proved, as one colleague recalls, that "he could out-McNamara Mc-Namara"-then the cerebral Defense Secretary and systems analyst par excellence...