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...hard to think of Jack Nicklaus as an old man, especially at 28, when he is still the favorite to win practically every tournament he plays. But Jack is suddenly experiencing the problem that every aging prodigy faces: youngsters are tapping him on the shoulder and saying, "Move over, Dad." This spring, as never before, professional golf has been invaded by an army of ambitious newcomers who can belt a ball every bit as far as their elders (or farther), dig divots on the greens with the bite of their approach shots, and putt as if the cups were canyons...
...THREE GOLF (NBC, 4-5 p.m.). Last in a series of four matches between Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player competing for $50,000. Filmed at the Dorado Beach Golf Club in Puerto Rico...
...AMERICAN SPORTSMAN (ABC, 4-5 p.m.). Texas Governor John Connally hunts elephants in Africa; Golfer Jack Nicklaus fishes for tarpon in Nicaragua...
...HOPE DESERT GOLF CLASSIC (NBC, 6-7 p.m.). Such pros as Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus along with a flock of golfing celebrities join Bob in his ninth annual tourney, live from Palm Desert, Calif. Final round on Sunday...
...16th hole, for example, an alert cameraman caught Jack Nicklaus opening his club face on an approach shot. That, explained Commentator Byron Nelson, was for backspin. And sure enough, the ball hit beyond the pin and rolled back, back-whoops, too far. When he got to the par-five 18th hole, Nicklaus was four strokes behind, so he audaciously decided to go for an eagle. His second shot landed on an impossible rock perch at the top of a sheer drop down to the ocean. A forehanded ABC crewman was in the right place with a hand-held camera...