Global Golf Post: Who, What, When, Where and How Many

By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com

DUBLIN, OHIO — It was the belief of my first boss, a gentle soul named Alex Kahn, sports editor of the Los Angeles bureau of the late, kind-of-great news service UPI, the writer is never the story. And don't forget that.

Sonny Liston might be the story, or Sandy Koufax, or in later years Joe Montana, Jack Nicklaus or Tiger Woods. Not the person typing the words about them. Even now there remains a personal discomfort in ruminating about personal achievements.

But you stay around long enough ...

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SF Examiner: Pebble's 18th a tough beast to tame

By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner

SAN FRANCISCO — It’s the beast that’s the best; water on the left, out-of-bounds on the right and possibly success dead ahead. It’s the 18th hole at Pebble Beach, a last stop on the road to glory or to oblivion.

Someone will come parading up 18 Sunday, the scheduled last round of this 110th U.S Open, surf crackling, crowd cheering, headed for America’s golfing championship.

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Global Golf Post: Tennis Anyone?

By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com

It was June 1972, on the bluffs above Carmel Bay, the first time America's golf championship was brought to Pebble Beach. There was plenty of history: Jack Nicklaus winning, to tie Bobby Jones' record of 13 majors; a first U.S. Open ever on a course available to the public.

There was also a great deal of hysteria.

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