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Though he ranks fifth behind Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper, Jack Nicklaus and Julius Boros among pro golf's alltime top-money winners, San Diego's Gene Littler, 36, is so inconspicuous that he has been refused entry at the players' gate. He frankly prefers it that way. "I just like to go out and play my game and be left alone," he says. Littler's game is called Finish in the Money, But Don't Be Greedy. His lifetime earnings total $434,324, most of which has come from finishing second (23 times) or third...
...World Series of Golf. A TV spectacular that carries a top prize of $50,000, the World Series is supposed to match the winners of golfs top four tournaments -the U.S. Open, the Masters, the British Open and the P.G.A. Three of the slots were easy to fill: Billy Casper won the Open, Al Geiberger won the P.G.A., and Jack Nicklaus was the Masters, champion. But Nicklaus also won the British Open. That left an open slot, and under the rules, it belonged to the winner of the Western Open. Only that was Billy Casper. So the promoters...
Total Won In Average Billy Casper . $107,715. .. .4. ...17. ...56,336 Jack Nicklaus . 87,953. . . .1. . . .13. . . . 6,765 Arnold Palmer 79,717. .. .2. .. .17. ... 4,689 Doug Sanders 70,996. . . .2. . . .23. . . . 3,036 Gay Brewer . . 68,015 .... 1 .... 20 .... 3,400 Phil Rcdgers . 65,112. . . .2. . . .23. . . . 2,830 Gene Littler . 61,653 .. .0. . . .20. ... 3,082 R.H. Sikes . . . 61,584. . . .1. . . .24. . . . 2,566 Frank Beard . 59,681. . . .1. . . .25. . . . 2,387 Al Geiberger...
...P.G.A.'s alltime leaders: Palmer $723,699 in twelve years, Casper $579,714 in twelve years, and Nicklaus $503,898 in five years...
...Nicklaus is only a putt or so away. Jowly Jack has been skipping a few contests in favor of some fishing and hunting, but when he does play, he averages more winnings than any other man on the tour. With seven official tournaments to go, he could catch Casper. The standings to date...