Sports
Once upon a time, there was this marvelous golfer. His swing was as pure as new snow.
Feb. 10, 1991
Well, Aesop had it wrong. This time, the hare beat the tortoise. The tortoise couldn’t putt.
June 21, 1988
Books
The Shadow Catcher A Novel Marianne Wiggins Simon & Schuster: 326 pp., $25
June 3, 2007
Some guys go into halls of fame with spikes flashing, fists flying, banners waving, crowds roaring.
May 5, 1985
Curtis Strange and Mark O’Meara combined their talents for a six-under-par 66 Friday in an alternate-shot format that opened the $1-million Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities Invitational golf tournament at the new Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks.
Nov. 18, 1989
For everyone who has been waiting for him, it is certain that the real No. 1 player in all of golfdom will show up this weekend, stand out on the small, round, hard putting surfaces that sound more like marble slabs than greens from their description, win the U.S.
June 16, 1988
Controversy, thy name is ... Tiger?
Sept. 27, 2002
If God is a golfer, Curtis Strange will win the 88th U.S. Open here today.
June 19, 1988
Curtis Strange leads through the first two rounds of the Masters, but he’s not looking back, because virtually everyone who has won the tournament in the last decade is gaining on him.
April 11, 1987
Curtis Strange played a brilliant short iron game and teammate Mark O’Meara contributed some hot putting as the pair shot a best-ball round of 10-under-par 62 Saturday to open a seven-stroke lead in the Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities Invitational at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks.
Nov. 19, 1989