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...Jack Nicklaus, a round-cheeked youth of 23, must wait until he is 27 before he can join that hallowed body of experts, the Professional Golfers' Association. But no matter. Last week in Dallas, the winner of the 1962 Open and the 1963 Masters trounced his peers for the P.G.A. championship, thus joining a more exclusive club-the fourth golfer to win all three top U.S. tournaments...
...heat bothered 205-lb. "Baby Beef," he failed to show it. In the dry Dallas air, Nicklaus' drives almost soared out of sight; the day before the tournament started, he won a driving contest and set a P.G.A. record by booming a ball 341 yds. off the tee. He blasted boldly out of the dry, soft traps, handled the wiry Bermuda rough with ease. But in the end it was Nicklaus' putting that won for him. Trailing Australia's Crampton by three strokes with 18 holes to play, Nicklaus ran in an 18-ft. putt...
...minority-he is a lefthanded golfer on the U.S. pro tour. That alone is enough to make him the hero of 400,000 amateur lefties who wire him encouragement and even dip into the cooky jar to bet on their boy against the likes of Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. Those bets have begun to pay off. Last April Charles became the first left-hander ever to win a major pro tournament when he took the $10,000 top money in the Houston Classic. Last week, at Britain's Royal Lytham and St. Annes Golf Course, Southpaw Charles...
...hard way. The 120-man field included Palmer, Nicklaus and Phil Rodgers, 25, an ex-marine who attacked St. Annes as if he were storming Iwo. Palmer played himself out of contention with a first-round 76, but after 36 holes, Charles trailed Rodgers by five strokes, Nicklaus by two. In the third round, Charles shot a record 66 -four under par, followed it up with a 71 that left him deadlocked with Rodgers at 277, one stroke ahead of Runner-up Nicklaus...
...already broken his record ($81,448 in 1962) for money winnings in a single season. Pro golf's top ten, with six months still to go on the tour: Tournaments Dollars Won Won 1. Arnold Palmer 5 $85,545 2. Julius Boros 3 63,996 3. Jack Nicklaus 3 62,140 4. Tony Lema 1 60,963 5. Gary Player 1 46,665 6. Dow Finsterwald 1 38,438 7. Gene Littler 0 25,439 8. Tommy Aaron 0 22,734 9. Don January 1 21,089 10. Paul Harney...