Next Week

Rejoice, wives and mothers, the grand final kickoff of the season comes Sunday when the Philadelphia Eagles and the Oakland Raiders clash in Super Bowl XV. Paul Zimmerman and a team of SI writers and photographers cover the big game.

The quest for par, one little par, takes George Plimpton and his bag of clubs to the Crosby Pro-Am and its Pebble Beach, Cypress and Spyglass courses, and then, finally, in despair, indoors to a Golf-O-Rama layout far from the California shore.