Sport: Mrs. Five-by-Five

In men's golf, as Lightweight (139 lb.) Ben Hogan has proved again & again, a good little man can outhit a good big one. In women's golf, it seems quite the other way: the bigger they are, the harder they hit. By far the biggest of the women golfers these days is a roly-poly (5 ft. 3 in., 222 Ibs.) Hawaiian named Mrs. Jacqueline ("Jackie") Pung, who celebrated a victory in last year's Women's Amateur championship with a hip-swinging hula that brought frowns of disapproval from the staid U.S.G.A. This year, playing for pro pay, Jackie has restrained her hulas, but...

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