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...Hogan in the 1953 U.S. Open. In the three Opens that had been played at Oakmont before this year, only two golfers-Hogan and Sam Snead-had ever broken...
...Having won his third Masters title in April, he now had visions of a one-year "grand slam," winning all four of pro golf's major championships-Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and Professional Golfers' Association. Nobody, not Hagen or Hogan or Snead or Sarazen, had ever accomplished that before. "I want to win this one more than any tournament I've ever played," said Palmer on the eve of the Nicklaus play-off-but he was frankly worried. "I'd rather it was anybody but that big, strong, happy dude," he said...
...most wonderful money I ever spent," says Charles Nicklaus. "I figure it's like living my life all over again. I always wanted to be a champ." By the time he was 14. Jack already was a local hero in Columbus. MOVE OVER SNEAD-MAKE ROOM FOR JACKIE, read a headline in the Columbus Citizen in 1954. Sportswriters compared Jack to Bobby Jone-who had captured the Georgia Amateur at 14, gone on to the third round of the National Amateur. Even Jones showed up to watch Nicklaus play in his first U.S. Amateur at 15, and the Ohioan...
...Only other three-time Masters winners: Jimmy Demaret (1940, '47, '50), Sam Snead...
That grand slammer, Sammy Snead, 49, boasts the most naturally graceful swing in big-time golf, and last week he proved that he also has the most relaxed crouch. Retrieving his ball from the scraggly rough at Miami's Doral Country Club, he resembled nothing more than a praying mantis at bay. After which he slapped his next shot spang on the green, went on to pick up $700 in the pro-am prelude to the Miami open invitational...