Word: palmer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...necessary," said Arnold Palmer, 31, the 5-2 favorite to win the ancient, prestige-laden Open after losing it by a stroke in 1960, "I'm prepared to go around in a rowboat." That was not necessary-but the weather nearly cost Palmer the title. On the 510-yd. 16th hole in the second round, the blustery wind nudged the ball as he was about to swing, cost him a penalty stroke for hitting a moving ball. That left him a stroke behind diminutive, 5-ft. 5-in. Welshman Dai Rees and South African Harold Henning, with...
...video-idiocy of the match, it was well worth watching. With a double score to settle-his loss to Player in the Masters last April and his frustrating performance over St. Andrews in the 1960 British Open, when he lost by a stroke-Palmer blazed out the kind of game that made him the top moneymaker in golf history last year (with $80,738). He fired the first nine holes in par 36, came home with a whirlwind 34. After a birdie on the 16th, he blasted an eagle three on his jinx hole, the lyth, which he three-putted...
...cameras, cables and lights all over the course. Cameramen swarmed over roughs and fairways, technicians and officials thronged the greens, and close to 5,000 Scots followed the proceedings with alternating amusement and dismay. For an 18-hole golf match between two of the world's best-Arnold Palmer of Latrobe, Pa., and Gary Player of South Africa-it was a whale of a Hollywood mob scene...
...American Broadcasting Co. set up the scene for its Wide World of Sports series, offering a "$10,000 winner-take-all" prize. For nine sweaty hours, Palmer and Player, warming up for the 101st British Open at Birkdale this week, inched over the 6,936-yd. course, waiting for the lumbering tractors to haul the bluidy magic lanterns into position. Gibed The Scotsman: "A funeral procession could have given today's affair a start and a beating...
...British Open golf championship, at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, Lancashire. Commentator: Participant Arnold Palmer...