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...Birdie, Two Eagles. A first-rate golfer, he teamed up with famed Sammy Snead to win a Phoenix pro-amateur match in 1940. Barry dismayed his well-groomed partner by showing up in a soiled shirt, faded khakis and paratrooper boots, further irritated Snead by dubbing his first drive twelve yards off the tee. Snead, who had never met Goldwater, growled to a friend: "Can't that s.o.b. even afford golf shoes?" But Barry birdied one hole, scored eagles on two more; by the time the twosome finished well ahead of the field, they were fast friends...
...greens, putted so badly he wound up 7-over-par with 287 for 72 holes. Defending Open Champion Arnold Palmer fared even worse, failed to duplicate last year's whirlwind finish, shot 289. Two hardy perennials wilted: Ben Hogan, 48, seeking a record fifth Open, fired 289; Sam Snead, seeking his first in 21 tries...
...fairways, Golfers Arnold Palmer, 31, and Sam Snead, 48, sometimes dazzle their fans as much with the hues of their working clothes as they do by their shot making. No less dapper but far more subdued, both showed up last week at the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association dinner in Manhattan in well-tailored dark business suits. But at another dinner in Rochester, Palmer (TIME Cover, May 2) picked up a gaudy accessory: the $10,000 diamond-studded Hickok Belt awarded him as the outstanding professional athlete...
...first team of the pro scouts' All-America (TIME, Dec. 12). Last week he was tapped by the newly formed Minnesota Vikings to become the first man chosen in the annual draft of college stars by the National Football League. Second man picked: Wake Forest's Norm Snead, a king-size (6 ft. 4 in., 208 lbs.) quarterback, who was picked by the Washington Redskins although he was snubbed altogether by the wire-service All-Americas...
Celebrity Golf (NBC, 5-5:30 p.m.). Sam Snead v. Maverick's Jim Garner...