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With a slender one-stroke edge to protect on the last day, Nicklaus played so slowly that he reminded fellow pros of "a turtle in leg irons." One after another, they took their shots at the big blond who had just turned 23. On the 15th hole, Sam Snead who, at 50, was playing in his 24th Masters, sank a birdie putt and learned that he had jumped into the lead. But on the next hole, Snead three-putted for a bogey and dropped back into the pack. Gary Player led Nicklaus briefly; but he bogeyed the last two holes...
Jack Nicklaus stood off fourth round bids by Tony Lema and aging Sam Snead to win the Masters Golf Tournament by a stroke in Augusta, Ga. yesterday. The 23-year-old Nicklaus became the youngest player ever to win a Masters. His 286 total was the highest winning score in seven years of play...
...Gerry de Wit at The Hague. The U.S.'s Dave Ragan will play against the Philippines' Celestino Tugot at Manila's Wack-Wack Golf Club. So it goes for all but one of the eleven matches in the series. In late February Jack Nicklaus plays Sam Snead at Pebble Beach, Calif., and it is difficult to guess what NBC considers foreign-Nicklaus, Snead, or Pebble Beach...
...Arnold Palmer and Sam Snead: the 34-nation Canada Cup, emblematic of world golf supremacy, at San Isidro, Argentina. Snead and Palmer took a three-stroke first-round lead, held on to beat Argentina by two strokes. - Underdog Georgia Tech: a 7-6 victory over previously unbeaten. No. 2-ranked Alabama. Tech Fullback Mike McNames intercepted a pass in the second quarter, scored two plays later; Quarterback Billy Lothridge kicked the extra point that handed Bear Bryant's Crimson Tide its first loss in 27 games. Wisconsin mowed down Illinois 35-6. needed only to defeat Minnesota...
...pique (see cut), after a 4-ft. putt went awry during a practice round. But his complaints cut few divots with Britain's bookmakers, who installed him as the 2-to-1 favorite, or with his fellow pros. "Don't you worry about old Arnie," drawled Sam Snead. "'There ain't nothin' wrong with him that a two-stroke lead won't fix. He's just trying to sweet-talk that tough old course into lyin' down and playin' dead...