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...each team take turns hitting the ball) and led by the score of 7-6. By midafternoon, they had added three straight singles victories. On the 16th green, two up over England's Mike Lunt, New Jersey's Bob Gardner, 41, was surveying a tricky, 4-ft. putt when Captain Tufts whispered in his ear. "Bob," he said, "this is the one we need." Gardner calmly stepped up, sank the putt-and with it the British hope for a Walker Cup upset...
...twelve holes, bogeyed only once and clomped up to the 15th, a 501 -yd. dogleg left, with six under par on his scorecard. A drive like a German 88 carried him 305 yds. down the fairway, a crisp No. 4 iron nicked the green-and a curling 35-ft. putt plunked in the cup for an eagle three. Score for the day: a record eight-under-par 64 that gave him a two-stroke lead over Defending Champion Arnold Palmer. Nobody got any closer. Over the next three days, Nicklaus shot rounds of 68, 72 and 69; he had only...
Compact golf is several things. It is "pitch-and-putt," where the average hole is 50 yds.; "par-three" (also called "par-thirty" and "executive''), in which the average hole is 150 yds., with several par-four holes; and putting courses, also known as miniature golf...
...major mass-producer is Don Clayton, 37, of Fayetteville, N.C. An insurance mortgage broker nine years ago, he built his first course during an ulcer-enforced vacation, added a second within weeks, and took in around $13,000 during his first year of business. Clayton's Putt-Putt Golf Courses Inc. has more than 350 courses going in 36 states (plus Panama, Japan, Okinawa and Canada), and he expects to add 45 more this year. Cost per course is from $6,500 to $44,000, plus the standard $200 franchise fee and a straight 3% of the gross...
Miniature golf is especially popular with teenagers, but many regular golfers are addicts. Clayton is planning a $100,000 National Open Tournament for putters in 1965. "It isn't a fad," explained a Putt-Putt executive last week. "We avoid putting in new traps and other gimmicks. What we're doing is building a golf course on which a golfer can score a hole in one on every hole...