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...into the playoff, Nicklaus had to defeat 148 top-ranked pros and amateurs, including Defending Open Champion Gene Littler. To beat them, he put together rounds of 72, 70, 72, 69 for a 72-hole total of 283 that tied the competitive course record* at Pennsylvania's Oakmont Country Club, one of the country's most exacting golf courses. When it was all over and he had beaten Palmer as well, Jack Nicklaus had stamped himself the No. 1 challenger for Palmer's uneasy crown-a confident, talented prodigy whose bold, intimidating game and precocious poise should...
...Hogan in the 1953 U.S. Open. In the three Opens that had been played at Oakmont before this year, only two golfers-Hogan and Sam Snead-had ever broken...
...missed a tie with Winner Gary Middlecoff by a single stroke. Last year, at Oakmont, Pa., he was runner-up to his longtime rival, Ben Hogan...
...15th at Pittsburgh's Oakmont Country Club...
Hogan's winning 283 whipped Runner-Up Snead by six strokes, Oakmont's par by five. Ben's fourth title tied the record first set by Willie Anderson just after the turn of the century, later tied by Bobby Jones when he completed his"grand slam" in 1930. Would Ben try for a record-breaking fifth next year? Maybe. But this week, concentrating on one title at a time, Ben was on his way to Carnoustie, Scotland for his first crack at one of golf's most venerable titles, the British Open...