gene sarazen Stories - Waggle Room
The Club That Made the Shot Heard Around the World
The USGA Museum up in New Jersey has apparently acquired the 4 wood that The Squire Gene Sarazen used to make his double eagle two at The Masters in 1935 - the Shot Heard Around the World. But, as the USGA tells us, verifying that this club was THE club is tough to do. Sarazen died in 1999, ...
Licking the Postage Stamp
Craig Stadler has something to "wine" about this morning (other than my headlines, that is): He aced the famous "Postage Stamp" in the Senior British Open today. The 123-yard No. 8 hole with the tiny green is at Royal Troon, and for scoring the hole-in-one Stadler received 123 bottles of wine (one...
A Big Hole
Flipping through the new Golf magazine, here's a quote from Gene Sarazen after winning the 1922 U.S. Open: "All men are created equal, I'm just one stroke better than the rest." Good one, Gene. I was reminded of the Squire a few pages later, too, when Kevin Cook argues that the size of the...
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
