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Suddenly, it was Jack's, not Arnie's, private tournament. Everybody tried to take it away, including one distraught Palmer fan who ran into a pine forest to retrieve his hero's errant ball and throw it back onto the fairway. But Palmer was unable to master his short game, on the third day added a second straight 73 to his opening round 74 and grumpily conceded that he was out of the running. "My putting stinks," he said. "I'll be glad when this is over." So would a lot of other golfers. The weather...
...Translations: curving putts, sand traps, and the grass where the fairway meets the green...
...bachelor's degree in Ohio State University's College of Commerce, burly Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 22, already assured of a $250,000 income in his rookie year as a pro, was all set to put aside his driver and hit the books. But the academic fairway proved full of traps. The school's dean ruled that because the U.S. Open champ was committed to three weeks of golfing exhibitions during the fall term, he must cancel them or withdraw; his instructors felt that he "could not miss that much class time." The edict riled Nicklaus. an insurance...
...strokes ahead of the fast-fading pack. The critical play came at the fearsome. 485-yd. eleventh hole-"the worst hole I've ever played," said Palmer-where three players already had scored sextuple-bogey elevens and Nicklaus later staggered to a ten. Splitting the narrow fairway with a No. 1 iron. Palmer sent a No. 2 iron shot whistling onto the green, just 20 ft. from the pin. Coolly, he stepped up and sank the putt for an eagle...
When the U.S. Peace Corps contingent arrived in Tanganyika nine months ago, recalled Corpsman Eugene Schrieber, 23, an engineer from University City, Mo., "a mere sign on a golf course fairway startled us into the realization that at long last we really made it." Planted near the jungle rough, the sign said: BEWARE OF LIONS...