Word: parred
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...par four, with a gaping trap stretched across the front of the green. Other players sensibly hit irons off the tee -purposely playing short of the trap - but Nicklaus pulled out his driver. The ball dropped 6 ft. from the pin - an easy eagle. Waiting on the tee, Bob Rosburg threw up his hands. "What can I do for an encore," he asked, "after a man hits a shot like that...
Nicklaus played his own encores. He sliced his tee shot badly on the 411-yd. sixth hole, still got down in three for a birdie. On the par-five, 549-yd. seventh, Jack got into trouble again. This time, he underestimated his own strength and all but overshot the green with his second shot-a No. 2 iron. Luckily, the ball came to rest on the back fringe. Two putts gave Nicklaus still another birdie, and at the end of seven holes, Jack was six under par...
...shakes as a putter. By the time he finished the round, Jack had three-putted two greens, muffed four easy putts of 5 ft. That pretty well settled his hash: the best he could manage was a score of 66 for a 72-hole total of 271 (13 under par) and a three-stroke victory. He even managed to look annoyed at himself as he pocketed a $7,500 check that boosted his bankroll to $8,700 and made him golf's No. 1 money-winner...
PILGRIM AT SEA by Par Lagerkvist. 116 pages. Random House...
Swedish Novelist Par Lagerkvist may be a little too much at sea himself. His mystical message does not differ much from the amoralism of a Robert Ruark or a Mickey Spillane. But since it comes from a Nobel prizewinner and is dressed up in the proper symbolism, it has already been hailed in Europe as the last word in existentialism...