On November 17th, 1973, Lloyd Mangrum, the US Open champion of 1946, died aged 59. Generally seen with a cigarette in his mouth and his hair parted down the middle, Mangrum had a reputation for being a hard man, but fair. As a US serviceman during the second World War, he twice won the Purple Heart for wounds received during the Battle of the Bulge. Later, when recuperating at St Andrews, he won a tournament for British-based American GIs, before returning to the US. He was also involved in the longest play-off in USPGA Tour history when, in 1949, he and Cary Middlecoff agreed to tie the Motor City Open when they remained deadlocked after 11 tie holes, with darkness rapidly closing in.

Teaser: A player's ball lies in ground under repair through the green. The player elects to take relief and drops the ball in accordance with Rule 25-1b (i). The ball remains outside the ground under repair area but it rolls to a position where the player would have to stand in the area to play his stroke. Must the player redrop the ball?

Answer: Yes. The ball has rolled "to a position where there is interference by the condition from which relief was taken" - Rule 20-2c (v). The same applies if the player is taking relief from an immovable obstruction.