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Article: MENACE `OUT OF AFRICA'; IMPORTED KIKUYU PANNED BY CRITICS.(SPORTS)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- July 24, 1998
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Byline: Dave Shelburne Daily News Staff Writer
If it were a Spielberg movie, it might be called ``The Lost Ball,'' ``Close Encounters of a Third-Swing Kind'' or ``Color (The Air) Purple.''
At Riviera Country Club, they call it kikuyu, or ``that bleeping stuff,'' as one pro labeled the club-twisting, ball-grabbing grass that makes the rough live up to its name in this week's U.S. Senior Open.
Call it Jaws and you don't even have to tweak a film title to get the real picture.
``It's kind of scary,'' said Jay Sigel. And he shared the tournament lead with Hugh Baiocchi, Bob Murphy and Ray Vucinich most of the first round after shooting ...