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...Swimming. Jack Nicklaus could have used a little of the same in last week's Crosby. Pro golf's top money winner ($152,000) in 1965, Nicklaus was playing his first tournament of 1966, and he was still in the running for big money when he teed off at No. 18 in the final round. The 18th doglegs slightly to the left, and for a long hitter like Nicklaus the temptation is strong to try reaching the green in two-by cutting the corner across the sea. Nicklaus' first drive splashed into the surf...
...first time in al most a year. It was a sort of hollow victory, because neither Jack Nicklaus nor Gary Player was entered in the tournament. But it did wonders for Arnie's pride, and it was worth $11,000 -which automatically (since it was the year's first tournament) put Palmer back into his once-familiar position atop pro golfs money-winning list...
...last round, Palmer settled for a 73 and a three-stroke victory. "I don't intend to be a lingerer," said Arnie, 36, as he flew off to film a TV show with Nicklaus and Player, "but I don't see any reason why I shouldn't be able to play competitively until...
...interest Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player to discover that they are now a menace to fans-as well as to their opponents on the pro golf tour. Frowning on golfers who celebrate their victories by tossing the winning ball into the crowd, the Professional Golfers' Association decreed last week that each such display of overexuberance henceforth will meet with appropriate disciplinary action: a $25 fine. Somebody, explained the P.G.A., could get hurt. As usual, the winners are better off than the losers. The maximum fine for swearing...
That gave Player a six-stroke victory over Nicklaus, whose ten-under 63 in the second round and 22-under for the match were surely no blots on his copy book. Naturally, both had kind words for Kooyonga. "Very fair," said Jack. Said Gary: "I have never seen a course in better condition...