[GeorgeT]

I always thought "Alice "was a woman's name. I have also heard people use Nancy and Mary when someone putts the ball short of the hole. I never new the real explanation until a couple of weeks ago.

Here's the real story!

At the 1963 Ryder Cup in Atlanta, Alliss played Arnold Palmer and Tony Lema in back-to-back singles matches and won 1.5 points, halving with Lema and beating Palmer.

At some point during his match against Palmer, Alliss - for whom putting was not a strength - badly missed a 3-foot putt. Someone in the gallery yelled out, "Nice putt, Alliss!"