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...thing, the other big tournaments this year are on three of his favorite courses-California's Pebble Beach for the U.S. Open in June; Scotland's Muirfield for the British Open in July; and Michigan's Oakland Hills for the P.G.A. in August. Furthermore, as Nicklaus demonstrated once again at the Masters, even when he is not at his best he still stands a few feet taller than the competition...
Last week Jack got what Jack wanted, but it took an awful lot of desire. The course this year was Scotland's Muirfield links beside the Firth of Forth, a seaside torture pit that resembles Verdun after the battle. Bunk ers like shell craters pock the narrow fairways, and the thick, encroaching rough grows three feet high in spots. "You need a search warrant to get in that stuff," complained South Africa's Harold Henning. Adding to the misery, the howling winds dried the already fast greens to billiard-table speed. "It'll be the same...
BRITISH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP (ABC, 7:30-8 p.m.). The world's top golfers compete at Muirfield Course, Scotland. Coverage will be continued on Saturday, live via satellite, from 11-noon...
...Muirfield, Scotland, Doug Bachli became the first Australian ever to win the British Amateur Golf Championship. Playing a steady, nerveless game, the 34-year-old teetotalling saloon owner came from behind to catch American Walker Cup Player Bill Campbell and beat him 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final round...
...British women's golf team, the Curtis Cup; in Muirfield, Scotland. After 20 years of frustration, during which it gained the satisfaction of only one tie, Britain finally won the coveted cup, 5-4, over U.S. women golfers...