SAMICK MASTERS

"Samick Masters?" said my companion, as we talked the day through over cocktails. "Wasn't he a wildcard in the last Ryder Cup?" Oh, Perhaps the greatest ever riser from the land of Joseon, its folds and lines are as Korean as the carefully measured skirt of a Pansori singer. Some of its more declassé paint jobs will not be missed, but in the right light and in the right hands, it remains a classic of its age. Some say the Samick Avante's lines are even more feminine and sweeping. Some say all kinds of things.