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...holed out a birdie four to win with four consecutive sub-par rounds: 69, 70, 69 and 70. In the short span of one month, Lee Buck Trevino?Mexican-American, grade-school dropout, ex-Marine sergeant and all-round hustler?had become the first golfer in history to win the British, Canadian and U.S. Opens in the same year. "Now," he cried, "maybe they'll consider me a good international player...
...seasons since, swaggering down the fairways, wearing gaudy red socks and a grin as wide as the Rio Grande, Trevino has captured the fancy of the fans?and the purses of the Professional Golfers' Association. Since that first U.S. Open triumph, he has won more money ($597,461) and finished among the top ten in more tournaments (79) than any other golfer on the tour. With official P.G.A. earnings of $196,000 so far this season?the $13,200 he won in the British Open is not included in P.G.A. money rankings?he is a cinch to break Billy Casper...
Vice President Spiro Agnew packed up his clubs, bade farewell to Fellow Golfer Bob Hope in Palm Springs, and embarked upon an official good-will tour of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. In all, he will be out of the country for 32 days, longer than any Vice President since Richard Nixon...
...carrying a message of good will as well as an "explanation of the Nixon foreign policy." That should leave ample time for golf: enroute to South Korea, Agnew toured the course in Guam. He plans a "logistics" stay in Singapore, whose Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew is an ardent golfer...
...days in his Hong Kong office. More often he can be found in or en route to shipping capitals on three continents. He nonetheless finds time to keep his 5-ft. 8-in. frame down to a trim 160 Ibs. with ritualistic daily swims. Pao is also an avid golfer, keeping a set of clubs in each of the three cities he visits most frequently, Tokyo, London and New York (three of his four daughters attend school in the U.S.). His wife never travels with him on business. Indeed, she is rarely seen publicly with her husband even on those...