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Sammy Davis Handicap
One day in the 1950s, Sammy Davis, Jr lost his left eye in a car crash (on his w...
Two-Stroke Penalty
During a memorable LPGA game in 1995, Elaine Johnson was astonished to have one ...
Arnold Palmer: Tee Shot
During a PGA golf tournament one day a television commentator offered a curious ...
Slick Willy
In May, 2000, fourth-ranked NCAA golfer Bryce Molder played a round of golf with...
Irish Eyes (long)
For many years, fellow comedians George Burns and Harpo Marx played golf togethe...
Ford's Mulligan
While playing golf with President Gerald Ford one day, hockey legend Gordie Howe...
Alan Shepard: Moon Shot (long)
"When Apollo 14 went to the moon, in 1971, it carried a rock-and-soil sampling t...
Golfing for Cats
Famed British humorist Alan Coren was once advised that anyone seeking to draw t...
Arnold Palmer: Putter Blooper
A golf commentator made a curious observation about Arnold Palmer during a tourn...
Nice Shot? (long)
Golfer Tommy Bolt, famed for his tempestuous nature, once found himself playing ...
Bolt Action
Golfer Tommy Bolt was famed for his furious temper. During one tournament, he li...
High Spirits
Free-spirited Canadian golfer Moe Norman was as much an entertainer as a golfer,...
Executive Privilege
One day following his retirement, Dwight Eisenhower was asked whether his depart...
Grandstand View
"Roger Maxwell, an actor who always played generals, brigadiers, Conservative MP...
Extreme Sportsman?
Late in life, former Russian statesman Boris Yeltsin developed a curious method ...
Golf of Misunderstanding
Pop doyenne Christina Aguilera was once introduced to famed golfer Tiger Woods. ...
Foursome
Following one of his many Masters victories, Tiger Woods received a congratulato...
Golf Lessons
W. C. Fields once hired a doctor to help him stop drinking. Though Fields freque...
Tiger Woods Prototype
Nike Golf once sent Tiger Woods a batch of five prototype drivers to test out. H...
Jackie Gleason: Toots Shor'...
While playing golf with Jackie Gleason one day, Toots Shor racked up a brutal sc...
The Hoogeyman?
Golfer Sam Snead once declared that the only thing which he feared on a golf cou...
Tom Bosley: Happy Days Blooper
While shooting an episode of "Happy Days" one afternoon, Tom Bosley (who played ...
Lesson 9 From Outer Space?
Golfer Tommy Bolt was famed for his oddball antics and mercurial temper. Endeavo...
Volkswagon Golf?
Golfer Joe Hackler, who ran a famous restaurant in Myrtle Beach for 21 years, w...
Tiger Woods: Black & White
"Hockey is a sport for white men," Tiger Woods once declared. "Basketball is a s...
Young Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods won his first international tournament at the age of eight. This was...
Slippery Slope
In May 2001, the United States Supreme Court ruled seven to two that Casey Marti...
New Putter
Golfer Craig Stadler was once asked why he had started using a new putter. "why ...
Open Secret
Golfing legend Ben Hogan was once asked (by Nick Faldo) whether there was any "s...
Tree
While playing in a tournament in 1982, Bernhard Langer found himself in a quanda...
Club Rules
While playing golf one hot summer day, Harpo Marx and George Burns elected to fi...
Cool Invention?
Rudyard Kipling spent five of the happiest years of his life in Brattleboro, Ver...
Nice Shot
Luke Wilson was often confused with other actors. One day he found himself playi...
Record Put
One windy day in 2003, Fergus Muir recorded a hole in one on the par-3 fifth hol...
Al Capone: Par for the Course
Legendary gangster Al Capone was once shot on a golf course (at Olympia Fields i...
Handicap
"Gross in appetite and appearance, with nimble wit concealed beneath buffoon's e...
Make Way for Roland Hancock
At the 1928 US Open at Olympia Fields, Roland Hancock, an unknown 21-year-old pr...
Cruickshank
Bobby Cruickshank reached the 11th hole in the final round of the 1934 US Open i...
Palmer Blooper
At the L.A. Open at Rancho Park one year, Arnold Palmer reached the 18th tee in ...
George W. Bush: Killer Comment
While golfing one morning, President George W. Bush was asked to comment on the ...
Tiger F---ing Woods
Though raised as a Buddhist by his mother Kultida, Tiger Woods often struggled t...
Aaron Baddeley: Fashion Sense?
"I don't like to blend in," Australian golfer Aaron Baddeley once remarked of hi...
Arnold Palmer & Frank Sinatra
Arnold Palmer once shot a friendly round with Frank Sinatra. "How you like my ga...
Donald Trump: Apprentice Go...
In July 2004, Donald Trump played in a celebrity golf tournament. "We had a huge...
Natalie Gulbis: Par 3
"I did a photo shoot for Adidas," Natalie Gulbis once recalled, "and they had me...
James Caan & Don Adams: Win...
Don Adams was among a group of comedian-golfers who gambled on their games toget...
Ulysses S. Grant: Hack Golfer
In an attempt to encourage him to take up golfing, a friend once took Ulysses S....
Golf of Emotion (long)
The Golf Channel's Peter Kessler, a noted golf historian, once recounted followi...
19th Hole?
During the 1960's, Henry Luce often experimented with LSD (acid) under the fucki...
Nixed Blessings? (long)
Legendary high stakes gambler Johnny Moss once played a round of golf against a ...
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
Irked by Muhammad Ali's perpetual boasts ("I am the greatest") a colleague once ...
Holy Indifference
1973 British Open champion Tom Weiskopf once played a practice round with Jack N...
Speedy Golfer
"Louis B. Mayer admired 'class' and wanted badly to possess it. Told that golf w...
Professional Abandon
Sam Snead was a no-nonsense professional. "I won a lot of tournaments because I ...
Colin Montgomerie & Bernhar...
In November 2002, Colin Montgomerie entered the Volvo Masters tournament in Spai...
Tiger Woods Endorsement Deal
In September 2000, Tiger Woods (who was playing golf at the age of two and beati...
Holy Advice?
Golfing legend Ben Hogan was once asked how one could improve one's game. Hogan'...
Golfer's Excuse
"There is a story of [legendary Punch editor] Owen Seaman, as a golfer, m...
Rough Remark
"Jim Thorpe, the American golfer and 1982 Canadian Open Champion, flew to Turnbe...
Couples
"I'm playing as well as I've ever played," golfer Fred Couples declared in 2002,...
'Fore
After one reasonably adequate shot in a particularly bad game of golf in Scotlan...
Wishful Thinking
Dylan McDermott, best known for his role on "The Practice," was once invited to ...
Indian Guru
"When I was in India making a film many years ago," Hugh Grant once recalled, "I...
Rough Day
To his chagrin, Hank Aaron's famous swing did not translate well into other spor...
Cedric the Entertainer: Gol...
While shooting The Honeymooners (2005) in Ireland, Cedric the Entertainer...
Classic Crosby
Bing Crosby was once offered the lead in the hit television series "Columbo." Wh...
Scheduling Conflict
Bing Crosby was once offered the lead in "Columbo." He turned it down. The progr...
White House Squirrels
Dwight Eisenhower once banished squirrels from the White House grounds. Why? An ...
Fore Eyes?
In the 1930s, Clint Russell and Dr Beach Oxenham were both featured in different...
Dymbiosis?
"I don't think anywhere is there a symbiotic relationship between caddie and pla...
Golden Observation
Jack Nicklaus was once asked why he teed his ball so high above the ground. "Thr...
Abandoned Course?
One day in 1946, golfer Sam Snead traveled by train to a golf course in Scotland...
Looking Up
Noted cartoonist Don Herold, a golf enthusiast and writer, once offered some use...
Girdle Golfer
Famed Olympian and golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias was once asked how she managed...
Microdeth?
While recording Youthanasia, Megadeth's Dave Mustaine played his first ro...
High Aspirations
From an early age, Tiger Woods seemed destined to be a professional golfer. One ...
Claret Cup
While practicing his swing in his office one day, five-time British Open champio...
Carefree?
"There was no greater perfectionist in films than Fred Astaire, who
rehearsed t...
Jack Nicklaus
"Jack, you are spectacular," Jack Nicklaus was told during an interview one day....
Scott Hoch
At the 1989 Masters Tournament, Scott Hoch found himself on the 10th green of a ...
Nelson's Caddie
Byron Nelson was winning the 1946 US Open at Canterbury - until his caddie accid...
Sam Snead & the US Open
Incredibly Sam Snead, the winner of more PGA events than anyone in history, neve...
Marty Fleckman
After shooting a 67-73-69 at the 1969 US Open at Baltusrol, Marty Fleckman hoped...
Up the Creek
Ray Ainsley was a contender at the 1938 US Open at Cherry Hills - until he hit h...
Leoni & Duchovny
Tea Leoni and David Duchovny first met - briefly - during a "barbaric" pre-inter...
Barry Fitzgerald: Amateur G...
In 1945, Barry Fitzgerald won a Best Supporting Actor Osacr for his role as Fath...
James II: Entitleist?
In 1457, King James II of Scotland banned a game which he claimed was distractin...
Samuel L. Jackson: Amateur ...
"To be frank, I am as passionate about golf as I am about acting," Samuel L. Jac...
Bob Newhart: Favorite Pastime
From an early age, Bob Newhart's favorite pastime was golf. "I've heard it's bor...
Telly Savalas: Who Loves Ya...
Before embarking on a writing career, James Ellroy caddied for various celebriti...
Polo Collar
"Polo collars should only be turned up against the weather - say, a three-club w...
Sean Connery: Golfing with ...
"Jack Lemmon was in a talkative mood during a match with a tight-lipped Sean Con...
Dan Quayle: Golfing Vacation?
"[In 1980] Dan Quayle goes on a Florida golfing vacation with seven other men an...
Golf Instructor
"When Ben Richter, one of the country's leading left-hand golfers, decided to tu...
Out on a Limb
"If Horatio Alger Jr. were alive today, he would love to write the tale of Jose
...
Shrake & Penick
In 1995, Bud Shrake suggested to the legendary golf teacher Harvey Penick that t...
OJackass
O. J. Simpson often played golf for hundreds of dollars. Though he sometimes los...
Playing Hamlet
Shortly after his arrival in Hollywood to make another Marx Brothers film, Grouc...
The Shot (long)
Tom Watson will always be remembered for 'the shot' which he made during the 198...
Trust Your Swing
During the 2000 Masters tournament, many observers noticed a small piece of pape...
Vatican Visit
While passing through Rome in 1961, legendary golfer Sam Snead stopped in at the...
1966 US Open
With a seven stroke lead over Billy Casper in the 1966 US Open, Arnold Palmer th...
Amy Alcott: Top Female Jewi...
One day the golfer Amy Alcott told a writer friend that she had just been named ...
Don Adams: Hole in Nothing
"I had a wonderful experience on the golf course today," Don Adams once reported...
Walter Hagen Etiquette
Golf great Walter Hagen was among the most flamboyant players in the game's hist...
World's Longest Golf Hole
In 2004, Joe Gibbs, owner of Chaoclay Downs Golf Course in Marquette, Michigan, ...
Daly Occurance?
While practising for the TNT Open in Holland in July 2002, John Daly was dismaye...
Tiger by the Tail
"U.S. Amateur Championship, 1996: [Tiger Woods] is the reigning two-time champio...
Lunch with Hagen
When the legendary Walter Hagen began golfing, golf pros were accorded very litt...
2" Irwin
Hale Irwin lost the 1983 British Open at Royal Birkdale to Tom Watson by a singl...
Di Vicenzo's Scorecard
"The most famous gaffe in major championship [golf] history was registered by Ar...
13th Hole
Japanese golfer Tsuneyuki Nakajima set something of a record at the 1978 Masters...
Charles Howell III: Fashion...
Golfer Charles Howell III, famed for his quirky fashion sense, was once asked to...
Steve Lowery: Comfortable Lead
"The final round of The International at Castle Pines Golf Course at Castle Rock...
Quack Rule
In January 2003, New Zealand's David Hartshorne faced an unlikely adversary on t...
Compulsory Games
"'May I half change?' This question to the house prefect in charge of games was ...
Hole-In-One
In 2003, golfers Richard Evans and Mark Evans (no relation) competed in a pairs ...
Snead's Swing
Sam Snead's unusual croquet-style putting technique once led the game's conserva...
Fore! Eyes
The US Masters in April 2002 did not start off as Sam Snead had hoped. His openi...
Snead
"Commentators vied with each other to do justice to Snead's action. It was 'like...
Rockefrugal
"When John D. Rockefeller [America's first billionaire] drove into the rough and...
Sean Connery: Avid Golfer
Sean Connery, an avid golfer, was once asked by "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno whe...
Sudden-Death Sluman
At the 1987 Masters Tournament Players Cup Championship at Sawgrass, Jeff Sluman...
Jerry Pate Eagle
At the 1982 World Series of Golf at Firestone, US Open champion Jerry Pate reach...
Woosnam Blooper
At the 2001 British Open, Welsh golfer Ian Woosnam called a two-stroke penalty o...
Amateur Golfer
In 1954, Billy Joe Patton nearly became the first amateur player ever to win a M...
Lacey Chabert: Lacey on the...
Stuff magazine's Josh Dean once met Lacey Chabert for a round of golf. ...
Grady Little: Golf Gags
"[Former Boston Red Sox manager] Grady Little loves golf, and is known to do thi...
Todd Hamilton: Winning Swing
After his British Open playoff victory in July 2004, Todd Hamilton appeared on t...
1999 British Open
"Jean Van de Velde was an unheralded nobody until the 1999 British Open. At the ...
Golf Sex
In the early 1980s, Australian golfer Jan Stephenson (the LPGA's pin-up queen) a...
Rapid Fire Golfer
While playing the game of his life at Olympia Fields in Chicago one day, legenda...
Mickey Memorial
While playing golf one day, Mickey Rooney became so angry about a bungled putt t...
Mcf---inGregor
"We use to play a lot [of golf] on public courses," Ewan McGregor once recalled,...
Tail of his Eye
"I associate AJB - as I always heard Arthur Balfour called - with Norfolk jacket...
Aga Khan
"The Aga Khan once went to play golf with Lord Castlerosse, neither of whom coul...
Two Chips Chen
After shooting 65-69-69 at the 1985 US Open at Oakland Hills, Taiwanese golfer T...
Ernie Els & the Unmovable O...
In the final round of the 1994 U.S. Open, Ernie Els hit his first shot into four...
Barbara Bush: Desert Classic
Reporters once asked former First Lady Barbara Bush for her reaction to the news...
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