Word: littler
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Then Mr. Ben tossed his crowning achievement, a trifle of black feathers, lace, rhinestones and a soupçon of warmed-over custard. Two ladies clawed away for life. "Ladies, please," begged Mr. Ben, rounding off his numbers, "that is a $475 hat." The littler lady finally let go, holding back her tears...
...there was any man at Oakland Hills with the brand of golf needed to take the Monster's measure, it was Gene Littler, 30, a sandy-haired, ham-handed ex-sailor from La Jolla, Calif. A reserved, coldly efficient man dubbed "Gene the Machine" and "Stone Face." he was runnerup in the 1954 Open. But then he went into a disastrous slump, and had yet to redeem his promise. Out of play with a rib injury early this year, he had not won a tournament, but he was slowly regaining his old style and steadily perfecting his putting...
Going into the final round-the last 18 holes of the last day's grueling 36-Littler was three strokes behind lanky Georgian Doug Sanders, 27, the only man shooting par golf. A dozen others were so close that the Open was still a scramble. Burly Mike Souchak seemed to be hot, birdied the first hole of the last round to tie Sanders, but faded to a 284 and a fourth-place tie with blond, brawny Jack Nicklaus, top Amateur in the tournament...
...Then Littler, playing his patented, deliberate game, picked up momentum. He birdied the 7th, 11th and 13th holes to draw even with par. The gallery rushed to watch him, and Littler did not let the rubberneckers down. His consistent, steely-nerved game meant the difference. He took the next four holes in par, bogeyed the 18th when a putt fell 2 ft. short, came home with a 1-over-par 281. It was exactly what he needed: Bob Goalby, onetime Darien, Conn., club pro, had finished earlier with a 282. Sanders, playing behind Littler, knew he had to birdie...