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...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...
Tournament of Champions (NBC, 6-7 p.m.). The windup of the high-money ($40,000) invitational golf tournament at Las Vegas, with such shooters as Masters Champion Art Wall Jr., Arnold Palmer, Gene Littler and Gary Middlecoff gunning for the green...
...feuding Walter Winchell (see TV & RADIO) had quietly retired to his room, pleading ill health. Highest bidder of the evening: Desert Inn Owner Morris Kleinman, who bought California's Ken Venturi for $24,000. Right behind him came Crooner Frankie Laine, who got Three-Time Winner Gene Littler for the fourth time...
...sudden, the crowd remembered that Mayer was the young man who had the Open in his hands in 1954 at Baltusrol, then threw it away and finished third, behind Furgol and Littler. "He never wins anything but money," said a spectator, recalling all the times the handsome blond had finished high up and failed to win. Chances seemed good that he would blow it again. This week in the play-off it was Middlecoff who came apart. He splashed shots all over the course. Remarkably calm in the oppressive heat, Mayer played steady, close-to-par golf. While Middlecoff made...