PLAYING WITH JFK

residents were also playing partners of my father’s, among them John F. Kennedy, with whom Dad played at Palm Beach Country Club in April 1961. “The president has a good-looking golf swing,” my father said. “It’s smooth. All the fundamentals are right. He has a good stance and grip and slow backswing. He hits the ball with determination. He’s out there 240 or 250 yards.” Dad partnered with the president in a match against Kennedy’s father, Joseph, and Chris Dunphy.

One of the legendary stories included Dunphy failing to concede Kennedy’s threefoot putt for par on the first hole, despite the president’s plea to do so. golfdigestme. com january 2017