Golf isn’t meant to be easy. It’s hard to take being on the top — or on the bottom. I guess I’m something of a fatalist. You have to have a sense of history, I think, to survive some of these things… Golf is one crisis after another.– (not said by) Richard NixonBiographical note: Richard Nixon was … Read more
From the ARMCHAIR GOLF archives. TOP SEEDS JOHN F. KENNEDY AND DWIGHT EISENHOWER will play for the title in the Presidents Golf Championship at Augusta National Golf Club. JFK and Ike will meet in final. (Public Domain) In semifinals action, No. 1 seed Kennedy easily defeated No. 13 seed Richard Nixon, the surprise player of … Read more
JFK and Ike will square off in final. (Public Domain) TOP SEEDS JOHN F. KENNEDY and Dwight Eisenhower will play for the title in the Presidents Golf Championship (PGC) at Augusta National Golf Club. In semifinals action, No. 1 seed Kennedy easily defeated No. 13 seed Richard Nixon, the surprise player of the tournament with … Read more
Ike still in, Bush is out. (Public Domain) UNDER CLOUDY SKIES at Augusta National Golf Club, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower and Gerald Ford advanced to the semifinals of the Presidents Golf Championship (PGC). For No. 13 seed Nixon, it was the second consecutive upset − this time at the expense of George … Read more
Bill Clinton is a heavy underdog. EIGHT PRESIDENTS ARE STILL ALIVE in the first annual Presidents Golf Championship (PGC) at Augusta National Golf Club. Guest golf analyst Don Van Natta filed the following preview of the upcoming matches. EAGLE BRACKET #1 Kennedy vs. #8 Obama This is the Charisma Quarter-Final. No president looked as cool … Read more
ALL BUT ONE OF THE FAVORITES advanced in the opening matches of the first annual Presidents Golf Championship (PGC) at Augusta National Golf Club. In a stunning upset in the Eagle Bracket, No. 13 seed Richard Nixon defeated No. 4 seed Franklin Delano Roosevelt. “No, I’m not surprised I won,” Nixon said. “People have counted … Read more