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Newest moonface to shine is Bob Murphy, 25, a 5 ft. 10 in., 210-lb. redhead who last week rolled and scrambled to a sudden-death triumph over Oklahoman Labron Harris in the $100,000 Philadelphia Golf Classic. Murph the Girth shot a twelve-under-par 276 for 72 holes, then rammed home a 15-ft. birdie putt on the third play-off hole to gain his first professional victory and the $20,000 winner's check. The previous week he led the $250,000 Westchester Classic after three rounds, only to lose to Boros on the final hole...
...matches got under way. an icy wind roared off the Firth of Clyde, dumping rain and sleet on Ailsa. "I'd heard about this Scottish weather," complained one U.S. golfer, "but I never believed it before." The Americans blew skyhigh. U.S. Amateur Champion Labron Harris lost to Ireland's David Sheahan, one up. California's Richard Davies, the 1962 British Amateur champion, blew a three-hole lead to England's Mike Bonallak. When night finally fell, the upset-minded British took a 6-3 lead with them into the clubhouse bar. U.S. Team Captain Dick Tufts...
...waiting for him there was Labron Harris, Jr., a 20-year-old graduate student in statistics at Oklahoma State University and son of the university golf coach. Twice Billy Joe whittled down Harris' lead to stand all even after 32 holes of the 36-hole match. Yet this was match-play elimination golf, not the usual 72-hole stroke-play tournament. Both had already played close to 100 holes, and it was Billy Joe who went to pieces-into the trees on the 34th and a sand trap on the 35th-leaving Harris to face Downing Gray...
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