Word: putters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that sent the hammer thudding to earth 230 ft. 9 in. away-thereby breaking his own world record by 5 ft. 5 in. Discus thrower Rink Babka, 23, equaled the world record of Poland's Edmund Piatowski twice, with tosses that went 196 ft. 6½ in. Shot-putter Bill Nieder, 26, had a special incentive to go for broke. Hampered by an injured knee at the July trials, he had made the Olympic squad only as an alternate, though he holds the world record of 65 ft. 7 in. Out to prove his ability, Nieder put the shot...
...17th needing only one birdie for a four-under-par 69. which would have put him in second place, two strokes behind Mexico's Roberto de Vicenzo. Charging for his birdie, Palmer overstroked his first putt; it ran 7 ft. past the cup. Normally a coldly precise putter. Palmer lost his poise, missed his return, and ended the round with a 70. Next day Palmer again three-putted the 17th. and his score of 71 dropped him seven strokes behind De Vicenzo, five behind Australia's balding Kelvin Nagle. Tense and disgusted, Palmer stalked off the course, packed...
Birdie-Birdie. A burly muscle-boy, Souchak not only was driving the ball out of sight, as expected, but his erratic putter was so steady that his two-round total of 135 was the lowest in Open history. Full of his customary good cheer, Souchak seemed about to disprove the old golfing axiom that relaxed guys finish last. But in the third round, Souchak began to suffer. Startled by the sudden sound of a spectator's camera, he drove out-of-bounds on the 18th, and smiled no more. Still, going into the final round, he had what seemed...
...MIKE SOUCHAK, 32, has sweated down to his rock-hard playing weight (5 ft. 11 in., 198 Ibs.) as a crack end at Duke University, is one of golf's longest hitters. But "Souch" seems too nonchalant for the pro wars, wields a cold putter, and blunts the edge of his game by frequently packing up, leaving the circuit and going home to see his family...
...matter of argument between himself and his father. Arnold Palmer favors a wrist motion, the Deacon a pendulum-like arm stroke ("Pap's theory requires more nerves than I have," says Palmer). But whatever the merits of his style, Palmer has acquired the confidence necessary to a top putter. Says Finsterwald: "When Palmer addresses an 8-or 10-ft. putt, by God, he acts like he expects to sink it, which I suppose is the way you ought to think...