Sport: Unmatched Quartet

Most professional golfers cannot take the tension of watching their competitors hole out in the final stages of a big tournament. They sweat it out in the clubhouse locker room. But as husky Joyce Ziske clumped confidently onto the 18th green at the Worcester, Mass. Country Club last week needing only a 5-ft. putt to tie the U.S. Women's Open, a nervous, long-legged blonde moved to the edge of the crowd and prayed silently: "Miss it! Please miss it!"

Coolly, Joyce addressed the ball, tapped it toward the cup—and saw it run wide....

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