Standing on the fifth fairway of the Augusta (Ga.) National Golf Course, playing his last round in the Augusta Masters' Tournament, Golfer Gene Sarazen last week made the greatest shot of his career. Hit with a spoon, from a difficult downhill lie, his ball flew smoothly to a green 220 yd. away. It rolled slowly toward the hole. It dropped in.
A "double eagle" (i. e., 2 on a par 5 hole) is as rare in golf as a hole-in-one. The chances against Sarazen making such a shot at any time would have been...
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