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...there have been days when the 18th played easier; a San Franciscan named Mat Palacio once hit a drive in the general direction of China and muttered, "Only God can save that one." Whereupon the waves rolled back and the ball caromed off a convenient rock straight onto the fairway. "Thank you, God," sighed Palacio...
Texas' Don Massengale, 28, does not pretend to be a big hitter. Besides, as he said, "I am always conscious of the ocean here." So conscious, in fact, that he sliced his second shot clear over to the opposite side of the 18th fairway, wound up stymied behind a tree. Whereupon Massengale pulled a No. 8 iron from his bag, said a silent prayer and swung. The ball sailed straight through a hole in the branches and landed on the green only 4 ft. from the pin. The easy birdie putt gave him a one-stroke victory worth...
...Casper and barely two strokes behind his playing partner, Dave Marr, a journeyman golfer who had not won a tournament since 1962. A birdie for Nicklaus and a bogie for Marr would mean a playoff. Teeing off for the 470 yd. par-four, Marr hooked his drive into a fairway trap, while Nicklaus slammed one 300 yds deadcenter. But after all those years, Marr was not about to throw it away. With a beautiful recovery and approach, he salvaged his par, and Jack missed his birdie. That did it. The new P.G.A. champion, $25,-000 richer, was Dave Marr. Nicklaus...
...included the Hound Ears Golf and Ski Club, a remote mountain resort in western North Carolina whose nearest commercial airport is 50 miles away at Hickory. Club Owner Grover Robbins meets his guests at the airport, shuttles them in his own plane to the club, lands them on the fairway. To prepare for shooting one such arrival (no one was sure just where the craft would put down), Roberts took a few practice turns on an electric golf cart, then waited for Robbins. As the plane dipped down, Roberts set off with cart steering gear in one hand, Nikon...
...number two slot, Harvard Captain Fairway Campen dropped the first five holes to the Indians' F. Scott Carlson, and lost 6 and 5. But Crimson number three man Brain McGuinn, en route to a 74, ruined George Garemella of Dartmouth...