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...numerologist were to pick a lucky number for Jack Nicklaus, it would have to be a nice round figure. Like 100,000. Big Jack is the only golfer in history to win an average of more than $100,000 a year throughout his pro career. And last week he became the only golfer ever to win $100,000 in the space of twelve days...
...play at last week's $250,000 Westchester Golf Classic in Harrison, N.Y. - second-richest tournament in pro-golf history.* And that was fine with Jack, because it gave him a chance to catch up on his sleep - which had not been too peaceful lately. For weeks Nicklaus had been "duck hooking" his tee shots, curving them wildly, and he had yet to figure out why. In Westchester, Jack got his answer in a dream. There he was, standing on the tee. "As I turned my shoulder, taking the driver back, I also turned my head." Presto! Next...
...also earned him a direct confrontation with Nicklaus, whose power and phlegmatic self-confidence make him the most unwelcome opponent in golf...
...third round, Arnold Palmer had to play head-to-head with Nicklaus; Jack shot a 65 to Palmer's 67. On the last day, it was Dan Sikes's turn. For 14 holes he held his own; then he broke. On the par-four 15th, he drove into the rough and took a bogey. Nicklaus coolly collected his par. Finishing with a 16-under-par 272, one stroke ahead of Sikes, Jack picked up a check for $50,000 that boosted his official 1967 earnings to $156,748 and broke his own two-year-old season record...
...Topped only by last year's $280,000 P.G.A. National Team Championship won by Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, who split first-prize money...