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...prize was his third major title, the Professional Golfers Association championship. Boros still chomped on grass, still smoked. In fact, the only changes worth noting were that Ben Hogan was not in the field and that Arnold Palmer, although present, did not force Boros into a playoff. Jack Nicklaus? He didn't even make the 36-hole...
...yakking," he says, "is when Im asleep. I even had to quit smoking on the golf course because I nearly choked to death while I was talking." After he won last week's Open at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., with a 275 that tied Jack Nicklaus' record, somebody asked Trevino what he planned to do with his $30,000 winner's check. "Buy the Alamo," he said, "and give it back to Mexico...
...Carol cannot yet afford to buy her own jet, like Arnie Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, her golf winnings do allow her to indulge her penchant for thigh-high, pastel-colored skirts ("I wear miniskirts and maxi-legs"). And if worse comes to worst, she can always pick up a little change by challenging men to a driving contest. Probably the longest hitter on the ladies' tour, Carol consistently belts her drives 250 yds. or more, and there is little wrong with the rest of her game. Last month, in Atlanta's Lady Carling Open, she shot...
...Only one of the competitors in U.S. golf's most prestigious tournament can win the $20,000, the green coat and the lifetime playing privileges, but all will leave proud that they were even invited to play at Augusta National, the club that three-time Masters Champion Jack Nicklaus calls "a monument to everything great in golf...
...WEISKOPF, 25, 6 ft. 3 in., 175 Ibs. Like Nicklaus, an alumnus of Ohio State University, Weiskopf earned $40,069 last year without winning a single tournament. His first pro victory came last month in the Andy Williams-San Diego Open. On the final hole, a 501-yd. par five, he sank a 25-ft. putt for an eagle three that earned him $30,000. When he bogeyed the 72nd hole to lose the $100,000 Doral Open last week, Weiskopf shrugged off his $8,000 blunder with the casual comment: "I had a bad day at the office." Second...