In miniature golf although there were many contours and bank shots required, there were no “trick shots,” required, although to the occasional player, no one really cared.
While Merle, as mentioned just a paragraph or so ago, had brought along his Jack Nicklaus MacGregor putter, he was, to be clear, not in the tournament. Leroy, along with all the other golfers, had to qualify in one of the ten regional events, most of them being held beginning in early January, with the exception of previous October tourneys, usually near Halloween, which were held in cities north along the 38th parallel. Leroy, using his Palmer Tear Drop putter, had qualified in a still cold, windy, and freezing Dallas, Texas, in the parking lot of the Cotton Bowl, always a nice setup, finishing 3rd this time behind A
