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...others: the U.S. Open, the Masters, the P.G.A.) that had eluded him so far. Also on hand was Gary Player, who completed a sweep of his own by winning last month's U.S. Open. In practice, Nicklaus shot a 65, wowed spectators by reaching Royal Birkdale's par-five, 510-yd. 17th hole with a drive and a sand wedge. Tony Lema, the 1964 winner, went Nicklaus one better; he turned his silver trophy over to officials and said cockily: "Put this in safekeeping for me for four days...
Made in 1932 during the Depression, the film concerns the life of the overly rich. Into the poshsetting Lubitsch injects a con man par excellence, far smoother than the bungling James Bond, with overtones of the earthy Mack the Knife. A zany situation comedy follows, set on a foundation of social pretense. Lubitsch pours on the humor, doubling joke upon joke, until his audience splits with laughter. Thirty years later it is just a s effective...
...worst was the sixth hole, a 195-yd. par-three that everybody could reach-and hardly anybody did. On the first day, 37 balls were knocked into the pond guarding its kidney-shaped green-including one belonging to Canada's Bob Panasiuk, who earned extra distinction by rapping his in on a misdirected putt...
...when he double-bogeyed the 15th hole, taking four to get down from a trap off the green. That gave Player a three-stroke lead-which he politely relinquished by three-putting the 16th. After 18, they were all even with a 72-hole total of 282-two over par. Playoff...
...Treas ury announced that the sterling area's gold and foreign currency reserves rose $165 million in May, to a two-year high of $2.9 billion. By week's end the pound rallied on the world money markets and climbed to within a fraction of its $2.80 par value...