Word: dufferism
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...oddest Masters in years. Complaining that the grass on Augusta's fairways was too high. Player shot a first-round 75 and never got back into contention. Palmer had all kinds of trouble with his putter and the par-five 13th hole. And Nicklaus? Playing like any duffer, he staggered through a second-round 79, missed the 36-hole cut, and joined the spectators-staying around the last two days only to perform the formality of helping the new champion into his winner's blazer...
...shrewdest duffer in Buckinghamshire sized up the competition and decided: don't get licked-join him. So Britain's Prime Minister Harold Wilson, 50, who plays golf with a handicap of 18, arranged for Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, 42, to be on his side against two of 'Arold's customary golfing partners, a pair of businessmen. That was a neat stroke, since Lee, in England on an eight-day visit, handles the clubs better than almost any Prime Minister in the world. But after a half-hour's play...
...when the ball struck Walsh, said the judge, he was sitting in a golf cart 20 ft. to Sellers' rear - a place of supposedly perfect safety. As a result, Walsh cannot be said to have "voluntarily assumed the risk" of being partly blinded. Ruled the judge: Duffer-Defendant Sellers must stand trial...
Also up from the freshman team will be number two man Bob Sinclair, who has been described as "brilliant, but often erratic." Einclair placed fifth and third in the two fall tournaments, averaging 79, but shanked to a duffer's 92 in the ECAC finals...
...green. Taking Kentucky windage on the oceanside 18th, Palmer sent a No. 3 wood angling out to sea, smiled happily as the ball blew back right in line with the flag. Scores skyrocketed: Don January shot an 88, and P.G.A. Champ Bobby Nichols checked in with a Sunday duffer...