Word: palmer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...five-stroke victory and the biggest paycheck in golf: $50,000. It was all "unofficial" as far as the Professional Golfers' Association was concerned, but the victory boosted Lema's 1964 win nings to $122,555 - ranking him ahead of the two top "official" moneywinners, Arnold Palmer ($110,743) and Jack Nicklaus...
...SPORTS SPECIAL (NBC, 5:30-6 p.m.). Bud Palmer hosts a preview of the N.C.A.A. football season...
...first round, he drove into the rough four times - and each time got a birdie, with miraculous recoveries, for a six-under-par 64, the lowest score ever shot in a P.G.A.championship. A second-day 71 was good enough to keep him out front, onestroke ahead of Palmer. Then came the third round, and not even Nicholswas prepared for what happened...
Still a stroke behind at the start of the final round, Arnold Palmer shot a 69 that was good, but not nearly good enough. Nicklaus matched Nichols' first-round record with a magnificent 64. But that only got him a 274, and a tie with Palmer for second place. Nichols had his game under control now. He only hit one tree in 18 holes, sank putts of 15, 18, 35 and 51 ft. for a three-under 67 and a 72-hole total of 271. "All week long, I've been praying to St. Jude, the patron saint...
...also gave Nichols a shot (along with Palmer, Venturi and Lema) at the biggest bonanza of all: the $50,000 first prize in September's World Series of Golf at Akron, Ohio...