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Treasured Links: Letters to Herbert Warren Wind

April 30, 2012
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With characteristic humor, P.G. (Plum) Wodehouse replies to a letter from Herbert Warren Wind.

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Tom Watson acknowledges a Wind missive ahead of the 1993 Ryder Cup won by the United States.

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Arthur Schlesinger references his 1965 book A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy In the White House.

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Bing Crosby writes with excitement of the upcoming 1972 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.

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John Updike was just another TV fan when it came to the early days of the senior tour.

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Bobby Jones wishes he'd had a mulligan on the scoring snafu at the 1968 Masters.

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Scant months ahead of his passing, a failing Jones takes a moment to offer Wind thanks.

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George Plimpton was preoccupied by his imminent Paper Lion assignment.

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Days after his wife's death, Byron Nelson shares the news with his writer friend.

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Jack Nicklaus writes during his transition from the regular to the senior tour.

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Ben Crenshaw can barely contain his enthusiasm for his Sand Hills project.

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Ben Hogan, who'd years earlier worked with Wind on Five Lessons, is grateful for a copy of Wind's last major work.

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Gene Sarazen was grateful for Wind's words after the death of the golfer's wife, Mary.