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...first drive sailed into a water hazard. The sportsman then proceeded to tee up a new ball, whack it onto the green, and three-putt the par-three hole. Next he shot a seven in a par-four situation and a six on another par-four hole, winding up with a very inefficient seven-over-par. Too bad for General Francisco Franco, 73, who commands quite a few things in Spain, but not the golf courses. As he left the new links at Sotogrande near Gibraltar, Franco asserted himself. The two-hole course on his estate outside Madrid obviously wasn...
...Jack!" Now there was a week. The august members of Georgia's Augusta National Golf Club were embarrassed when Nicklaus ripped their course to shreds last year-firing a record 17-under-par 271 for 72 holes, winning the Masters by nine strokes. Last week there were spongy fairways to deaden long drives and two new greens that were as fast as billiard tables. Hostile fans screamed, "Too bad, Fat Jack!" whenever Nicklaus flubbed a shot. History was against Jack: nobody had ever won the Masters twice in a row. And so, it seemed, was fate...
...clear measure of Nicklaus' greatness that he shot a four-under-par 68 in the first round, when the wind was blowing in gusts up to 30 m.p.h. It was a measure of his state of mind that he soared to a 76 next day, three-putting five greens. Grimly telling himself to "concentrate! concentrate!", he pulled his game together for a third-round 72 that tied him for the lead with Tommy Jacobs...
...other two seniors hung onto their undefeated records. John Hawkins, playing number three, won his third straight. And Wayne Thornborough fired the best round of the day, a five-over par 76, to extend his unbeaten streak to four matches. Thornborough, now number six, will switch positions with number five man Bob Kidder for today's contest...
There were other bright spots. Brian McGuinn swept both his matches, playing even par on the last ten holes. John Hawkins fired a sub-80 round and crushed his two opponents, five and four...