Word: palmer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Three weeks ago, Parmiter wrote our cover story on Jack Nicklaus, the 22-year-old wonder who won the U.S. Open. This week Parmiter chronicles the dramatic comeback of the old master, Arnold Palmer, whose amazing performance in the British Open will be the stuff of sport legends to come. Parmiter, a man of decided opinions, believes 1) that the competition in golf has never been as tough as it is right now. and 2) that Arnold Palmer "is the greatest golfer the world has ever seen...
Buick Open Golf Tournament (NBC, 5:30-7 p.m.). Bud Palmer, Chick Hearn and Walter Hagen Jr. are commentators for this fifth annual event from Warwick Hills club in Grand Blanc, Mich...
...Idiot.""I wasn't scared," recalls Nicklaus. "I wasn't supposed to beat him anyhow, so why should I be scared? I just told myself, 'Most people get flustered when Palmer does this and start bogeying. Don't be an idiot. Remember, you've played twelve holes and you're one up-that's all that counts. Just play your own game. Palmer can bogey them too.' " On the par-three, 161-yd. 13th hole, Palmer did just that: he underclubbed himself, hit the green 40 ft. short...
...Nicklaus had a comfortable two-stroke cushion, and Palmer was running out of holes. Like a poker player who has caught his opponent bluffing, Nicklaus raised the ante. "I told myself not to play conservatively for any reason," says Nicklaus, "because if I did, I'd lose. So I went for birdies on every hole. I didn't make them, but neither did Arnie. By the 18th, I still had a two-stroke lead...
...Mass., chunky Phil Rodgers. then a University of Houston student, turned around and announced to the gallery: "I've got a hundred bucks says I'll win this thing." No one felt like betting, and Rodgers went on to win 8 and 7. To these youngsters, Arnold Palmer is no bogey man, but just another pro trying to take money out of their pockets. Says Jack Nicklaus: "Arnie's not that much better than anyone else. Everybody thinks Palmer will win, and he has come from behind often enough so that pretty soon the player facing...