“Every golfer can expect to have four bad shots in a round and when you do, just put them out of your mind. This, of course, is hard to do when you've had them and you’re not even off the first tee.” Walter Hagen, pro golfer
I polled three golf savants: Fran O'Brien, Ed Bradley and Steve Puzas: “Do you know who Max Faulkner is and what he did?” All three replied, “No, never heard of him. Who is he?” I replied, “He won the Open Championship in 1951. The only other time the tournament was held at Royal Portrush.”
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