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Bobby Mitchell sank a dramatic 20 foot birdie putt on the first extra hole Sunday and defeated heavily-favored Jack Nicklaus in playoff for the title in pro golf's Tournament of Champions...
...player matched Billie Jean King's earnings of $117,000 last year, Australian Rod Laver collected $292,000. In women's golf, last year's top moneymaker was Kathy Whitworth, with $43,500; in men's golf, 58 men made more than that, and Jack Nicklaus topped everybody with $244,490. In bowling, Patty Costello led the women last year with $5,275; John Petraglia led the men, with more than...
Great? That Trevino undoubtedly is. The greatest? Many of the touring pros would vote for Nicklaus, who can outdrive Trevino by 30 yds. and win any tournament when he puts his total game together. Most colorful? Most popular? From the public, there is no argument. That became dramatically apparent at the recent Canadian Open in Montreal. As Arnold Palmer stepped up to the tenth tee, an official on the adjacent first tee announced: "Now on the tee, the U.S. Open champion, Senor Lee Trevino!" Just like that, several hundred spectators deserted Arnie's Army, for years pro golf's largest...
...game that demands the concentration of a watchmaker, Trevino confesses that "the only time I stop yakking is when I'm asleep." A methodical player like Nicklaus will go an entire round without uttering a word. Lee the Lip chatters before, after and sometimes even during a shot. "You know," he will say as he tees up, "I've got to be the only Mexican"?thwack goes his drive down the fairway?"who's never been in a detention home. I just never got caught." On another hole, he will announce: "Five years ago, I was teeing...
Trevino takes little time off; this season he is playing in more tournaments than any other top pro. Nicklaus, for one, thinks that could be harmful to Lee's game. "Right now," he says, "Lee's like a kid a few years out of college?it's go, go, go. But in a couple of years, he'll have to learn to pace himself or he'll burn himself out." Trevino pays no heed. "You have to remember," he says, "that I'm only playing tour golf for four years. I have a lot of ground to make...