(BOSTON) March 23, 2011 — Francis Scheid, a mathematician who took up golf in 1961 while on sabbatical in Rangoon, has died, the Boston Globe reported.
Scheid was a founding member of the USGA committee that reworked the handicap-calculation system in 1991. He was 90.
Elsewhere …
Twin Warriors Golf Club at The Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa has been named one of the “Top Ten Western Golf Resorts” by Conde Nast Traveler. The Hyatt Regency Tamaya was ranked as the eighth top Western U.S. golf resort in the national magazine’s April issue.
