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...decades ago, Palmer, along with Barber, 68, and Don January, 69, were still competitive in the regular PGA Tour when they got senior golf off to its rousing start. Even today, though these oldsters play less frequently and finish well down in the field, they are still mobbed by the fans...
...parade of stars of great magnitude" to what he describes as "a highly competitive experience," one that Irwin himself epitomizes. While he projects less personality or flamboyance than Palmer or Nicklaus and evokes less passion from the gallery, he is an intense perfectionist who still competes in regular PGA Tour events and this season stands a good chance of being the senior tour's leading money winner for the third consecutive year. To critics of his lack of pizazz, Irwin responds, "Playing great golf ought to be enough...
...both golf and tennis, however, there have been a few concessions to age. Instead of the 72 holes that are standard on the PGA Tour, senior golfers usually play only 54, and they play on courses that are generally gentler and a couple of hundred yards shorter. Golf carts, forbidden on the regular tour, are allowed. The problem in tennis, McEnroe explains, "is that we've still got to run, and they haven't yet come up with a shrunken court." Seniors competition is limited to two sets, however, and if necessary a 10-point tie breaker instead...
...club-head speed and a palpable love of the game. The son of a Spanish golf pro and a woman who worked in the clubhouse shop, Sergio was, only five months ago, an unknown amateur. Now, after a sensational summer campaign in Europe and a thrilling debut at the PGA Championship, he is an idol at home and a phenomenon worldwide. "I just want to play golf and enjoy myself," he says. "I know if I play well, I'll have enough money, so I don't really care about that." He prefers to be known, soccer-like...
Garcia captivated the world at the PGA. While chasing Mr. Woods and coming up just a stroke short, Master Sergio accomplished a remarkable thing: he made the world's best player look old at 23. Here was the Spanish lad, eyes closed, slashing at a ball burrowed behind a tree, then sprinting up the fairway and leaping into the air to see the marvelous result. Here, meanwhile, was the American, eyes glassy, agonizing over 5-ft. putts that have in the past--though not this year--been his bete noire...