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That gave Player a six-stroke victory over Nicklaus, whose ten-under 63 in the second round and 22-under for the match were surely no blots on his copy book. Naturally, both had kind words for Kooyonga. "Very fair," said Jack. Said Gary: "I have never seen a course in better condition...
...here they may play baseball with a rabbit ball, but Down Under they must play golf with a kangaroo ball. Or so it seemed last week, as South Africa's Gary Player and the U.S.'s Jack Nicklaus made a shambles of Adelaide's Kooyonga Golf Course in the Australian Open...
...Kooyonga has fairways that are broad and flat, well-watered greens that allow approach shots to bite and hold, and a par of 73 over a respectable 6,578 yds. That doesn't make it all that easy; most of the 52 golfers in last week's tournament were pressed to stay close to regulation figures. Not Gary Player. Gary started the tournament by sinking a 10-ft. putt for an eagle on the par-five, 493-yd. first hole. Five birdies, a par and two more birdies gave him a fantastic 28- nine under...
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