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...didn't want to go over, and I left myself short about 30 ft. I couldn't see the cup because of a roll in the green, so I had the pin left in. I bounced it off the pin and dropped the second putt for a par...
...VENTURI, 28 (6 ft., 170 Ibs.), has the smoothest swing of the younger players, is a wonderfully talented shotmaker whose game is still marred by inexplicable runs of bad play (he lost the Masters mostly because of a dismal six-over-par 42 on the back nine of the opening round). Son of a ship chandlery salesman in San Francisco, Venturi began playing golf at the age of nine, was a senior at San Jose State College when he came under the benevolent care of Millionaire Lincoln-Mercury Dealer Ed Lowery. A golf nut, Lowery not only bankrolled Venturi...
Whipping the Woods. Next day Palmer was off form-for Palmer. Frowning and shaking his head, he missed putt after putt, finished the first nine two over par. But he whipped his woods and irons into shape, finished with a respectable 73, one over par. That was good enough for the lead-but only because of an odd penalty to another bright young pro, Dow Finsterwald, 30. Finsterwald, with a 69 for the first round and a 70 for the second, would have been a stroke ahead of Palmer. But after sinking a second-day putt, he started to take...
...still well out on the course when Venturi finished with a silky 70, giving him a 283 - or five under par - for the tournament. By the time he got to the 1 6th hole Palmer needed one birdie to tie, two to win. On the 16th he had to make a 20-ft. uphill putt for a birdie. He opted to leave the flag in the hole. The putt was true - but overstroked. It hit the flag and ricocheted away...
...Palmer was on target often enough to win the Palm Springs Classic and the Texas Open. It called for a spectacular change of pace at Pensacola, where he came from behind on moist, slow Gulf Coast greens, banked on long, bold putts to rack up a seven-under-par 65 in the second round to take the tournament by a single stroke...