Word: palmer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Best amateur to stroll the links since the days of Bobby Jones and Lawson Little, burly Jack Nicklaus, 22, seemed a cinch for instant stardom when he turned professional last January. Twice U.S. amateur champion, runner-up to Arnold Palmer in the 1960 U.S. Open, Nicklaus was almost unbeatable on the amateur circuit-and his aggressive, intimidating game seemed ideally suited to the challenge of the rich pro tour. His explosive drives averaged nearly 300 yds. His crisp irons were distinguished by the shovel-sized divots they left behind. His putting was bold and confident. But in his first...
...describes how Erickson (William Holden) was shanghaied into espionage by the Allies, how he made "business trips" to Germany and reported what he saw and heard, how he came to hate the Nazis and to like his work, how he fell in love with a companion in espionage (Lilli Palmer), how he was betrayed by a nasty Nazi schoolboy but was rescued and smuggled to Sweden...
...Palmer Dixon '25, is the benefactor. Dixon, one of the greatest Harvard squash players of all time, also sponsored the 1959 renovation of the University squash courts and the construction of the new galleries in Hemenway completed in the Fall...
...unlucky Dow Finsterwald the match was over quickly: shaken by a wayward drive that injured a spectator on the second hole, he shot a sickly 77. At the end of the front nine, playing superbly, Player led Palmer by three strokes. Then Palmer's putter suddenly got the range-and Player's, just as abruptly, went wild. At the icth hole, Palmer snaked in a downhill 25-footer for a birdie and picked up two strokes when Player's five-footer hung improbably on the lip of the cup. "That was the turning point," admitted Gary later...
...mercurial Arnold Palmer, that one break was enough: over the next six holes, while Player watched helplessly, he rattled off four more birdies. Final scores: Palmer, a four-under-par 68; Player, 71. "Arnie's won this thing three times now,"* said ex-Champion Player. "There's no good reason why he shouldn't win another three. Who's going to beat...