On the lush golf links of La Boulie, close to Paris, an exceptionally tall Frenchman, swinging his clubs like a clock, led a smaller Frenchman around 36 holes and strode in to the refreshment room. There the smaller gentleman, Andre Vagliano, twice amateur champion of France, drank the health of his tall friend, Andre Gobert, new French champion. M. Gobert had prevailed in the so-difficult but so-enchanting final of the tournament 5 holes up and 4 to play.
Internationally famed for his Davis Cup tennis play, Champion Gobert took up golf not...
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