Word: harney
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...each year, the average pro travels 30,000 miles, sleeps in 40 different motels, plays 3,000 holes of golf, and spends most of his spare time complaining about the lousy life he leads. Not Paul Harney. He's got the system licked...
...time he won only four minor tournaments, finally quit to take a club pro's job in 1963, saying, "My nerves can't take it any more." But every now and then, when things get a little lonely around the Sunset Oaks Country Club in Sacramento, Calif., Harney packs off to play a few rounds with his old traveling buddies...
...Harney was obviously embarrassed about the whole thing when he showed up at Los Angeles' 6,840-yd. Rancho Park course to defend his title last week. "The odds against a repeat victory must be 1,000 to 1," he told reporters. Actually, they were nowhere near that bad: 15 to 1. Jack Nicklaus, 1964's top money winner (at $113,284) was sitting this one out. Of course, that still left Ken Venturi, Billy Casper, Tony Lema-and Arnold Palmer, who shot a 66 in practice and happily allowed as how he was playing "pretty good...
Goodbye, Arnie. On opening day, Palmer shot a one-over-par 72, six strokes off the pace-and was never heard from again. After two rounds, Casper was deadlocked at the top with Florida's Dan Sikes; Harney was a stroke back in third. A third-round 68 shot Paul into the lead, and the rest was easy-with a little bit of luck. Harney's wild No. 2-iron second shot on the par-five ninth hole barely missed a boundary fence, scooted through a crowd of fans in the rough, bounced into another crowd around...
...hardly figures to last. Come fall, golf's fearsome twosome will undoubtedly have fat bankrolls again. But for the moment at least, the meek were inheriting the earth. Paul Harney, 34, who quit the pro tour last year because "my nerves can't take it any more," returned from retirement just long enough to win $7,500 in the Los Angeles Open. Art Wall, who had not won a tournament since 1960, collected the $4,000 big money at San Diego. "Champagne Tony" Lema, 29, who hardly qualifies as a hardship case ($67,112 last year...