Sport: Pros Against Par

Patricia Jane Berg was bushed. The Titleholders Championship last week was the climax of the lady golf pros' long winter's tournament trek, and the rain-soaked, sidehill fairways of Georgia's Augusta Country Club course sapped the spring from Patty's 39-year-old legs. Between rounds she had to rub them with liniment; she even took an extra nap. "There's no doubt about it," she sighed. "It isn't as easy as it once was. Why, I won the Titleholders here in 1939 with four rounds averaging 80. Today I couldn't win a hamburger with that kind of score. The younger players are pressing us, and...

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