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...will not be easy to win any or all of the upcoming tournaments. Golfdom's perennial Big Four?Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Billy Casper?are still potent, and the sport has a host of other aggressive young stars (see box) who in any given week can run off with the big money. Clearly, though, no other golfer is about to match Trevino's record in 1971. At 31, he is in his prime?and is working through the hottest streak of his career. In addition to finishing among the top five money winners in nine...
Still another test was Trevino's performance last month in the 1971 U.S. Open at the Merion Golf Club on Philadelphia's Main Line. Three strokes off the pace in the first round, Trevino then rallied to tie Jack Nicklaus after 72 holes. At the start of their 18-hole playoff, Trevino playfully tossed a rubber snake at his startled opponent. Then ?smacking gum and wisecracking with the crowd?he jauntily outshot the Golden Bear by three strokes to win the Open for the second time. As Supermex put it when he accepted the trophy: "I think...
...until her winnings are compared with what the men make. Last season, when Kathy led the L.P.G.A. money winners for the fifth time, no fewer than 75 men pros earned more than her $30,235 total. And while no proette has ever topped $50,000 for a season, Jack Nicklaus for one has picked up that much in a single tournament. Even so, Kathy is opposed to joining forces with the men's tour. "We had a mixed-foursome tournament a few years ago," she says, "and the men decided they didn't want us." Now she says...
...Californian certainly has the beginnings of Dave's Dragoons. Unsung and largely unknown, he was the only man among 70 golfers to beat par with a one-under-279 for 72 holes around Tulsa's notoriously tough Southern Hills course. In the 100° heat, Jack Nicklaus soared to a horrendous 76 on the second round and Lee Trevino posted a pair of embarrassing 77s. But Stockton calmly put together a pair of even-par 70s, then on the third round took the course apart with a brilliant 66 that included seven birdies. Going into the fourth...
...that he would be able to engage in any sport, much less championship golf. The back eventually healed, but he has had to avoid contact sports and now wears a half-inch lift in his left shoe. Because of his physical handicap, he could never become a powerhouse like Nicklaus and Palmer, booming out 300-yd. drives. "I'm strictly a popcorn hitter," he says. Yet he learned to keep his drives straight and developed a deadly accurate short game. There was something else, too: the power of positive thinking. "If you just think about what you want...