Word: nicklaus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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MASTERS GOLF TOURNAMENT (CBS, 5-6 p.m.). The 30th annual tournament, with Jack Nicklaus defending his title against top U.S. and foreign professionals and amateurs...
...absence really does make the heart grow fonder, Arnie Palmer and Ken Venturi must think that Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player are the tops, the Colosseum and the Small Business Administration all rolled into one. Nick laus (at $152,000) and Player (at $71,000) were big winners on the 1965 pro tour, but so far this year they could qualify for unemployment compensation. Jack has played in one tournament and earned $1,405; Gary has yet to see a sixpence. And last week, with $57,000 up for grabs in San Francisco's Lucky International tournament, they were...
...Swimming. Jack Nicklaus could have used a little of the same in last week's Crosby. Pro golf's top money winner ($152,000) in 1965, Nicklaus was playing his first tournament of 1966, and he was still in the running for big money when he teed off at No. 18 in the final round. The 18th doglegs slightly to the left, and for a long hitter like Nicklaus the temptation is strong to try reaching the green in two-by cutting the corner across the sea. Nicklaus' first drive splashed into the surf...
...first time in al most a year. It was a sort of hollow victory, because neither Jack Nicklaus nor Gary Player was entered in the tournament. But it did wonders for Arnie's pride, and it was worth $11,000 -which automatically (since it was the year's first tournament) put Palmer back into his once-familiar position atop pro golfs money-winning list...
...last round, Palmer settled for a 73 and a three-stroke victory. "I don't intend to be a lingerer," said Arnie, 36, as he flew off to film a TV show with Nicklaus and Player, "but I don't see any reason why I shouldn't be able to play competitively until...