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...plunge into the primaries as an announced candidate, the McGovern candidacy would be all but buried. McGovern almost certainly would urge his followers to support Kennedy, and some of McGovern's aides would rush to Teddy's side. As one of the party's top pros put it: "McGovern wouldn't last five minutes." Yet that reality does not necessarily make McGovern a mere stalking horse for Kennedy. The most compelling reason for denying the charge is that many of those aides are thoroughly convinced that Kennedy has no intention of seeking the nomination-at least...
...pros appreciate the way Trevino courts the crowds. "All the world loves a loudmouth," says one image-conscious veteran. "But sometimes Lee can be so coarse"?a reference to Trevino's predilection for jokes about "booze and broads." Most players agree, however, that he may be one of the best things to happen to golf since the steel-shafted club. "He sure brings the people in," says Frank Beard. After one tournament. Beard recalls, he saw Trevino "packing up his car, wearing his cowboy hat and his cowboy boots. I couldn't help noticing that he had more people...
...food may be, I've eaten worse. And I couldn't care less about the laundry because I can remember when I only had one shirt." Even today, Trevino shudders at the thought of turning out in one of the snazzy ensembles favored by the other pros. "Wouldn't that be somethin'? Lee Trevino from El Paso stepping out on the course in a $150 pair of shoes, a $50 alpaca sweater and a $40 pair of trousers. You give me a pair of $8.95 pants, a $4 shirt and a pair of sneakers and I'm ready...
...golf has grown more popular, the pro prodigies have grown not only more numerous but vastly more proficient. Able to polish their game on college golf scholarships and then on the "satellite tournaments"-the P.G.A.'s equivalent of baseball's minor leagues-today's rising young pros are better trained than ever. Many are all-round athletes who in years past would have been inclined to pursue careers in other sports. In the past decade, though, the total purses have increased sevenfold to $7,180,500. As Sam Snead, still active at 59, points out: "With this...
GRIER JONES, 25, is considered by some veterans one of the most impressive young pros to join the tour in years. A star high school fullback in Wichita, Kans., he was wooed by football scouts from several colleges. Instead he chose to go to Oklahoma State on a golf scholarship, where he won the 1968 N.C.A.A. championship. Relying on a rhythmically compact swing, he won $37,193 in his first full season on the tour, and was named the 1969 Rookie of the Year. Off to a so-so start after winning $55,913 last season, Jones echoes the sentiments...