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Since World War II the biggest names in golf have belonged to a pair of truly rugged individuals: hard-bitten little Ben Hogan, a Texan who laboriously constructed his game to a point of mechanical perfection, and Sam Snead, a shrewd hillbilly playing out of West Virginia, with a natural swing that was the sweetest anywhere. Both 47, Hogan and Snead still play the big tournaments, but their reigning days have clearly ended...
...occasion for an individual Palmer triumph: it showed how Palmer's contemporaries have come to dominate professional golf. Of the top four finishers, none was over 30 years old, while the greying Hogan faded badly on the fourth day, wound up tied for sixth place, and the balding Snead tied for eleventh. Among the golfers from whom Palmer will get the toughest competition in the years ahead...
...than a cold one. They share in the physical ailments of their profession: back trouble from the constant twisting of the spine (Finsterwald, Marty Furgol); a torn tendon along the third finger of the left hand that exposes a nerve, keeps a player from gripping his club firmly (Rosburg, Snead, Jack Burke Jr.). They share in their social life. Driving some 35,000 miles a year on the tour that begins in January with the Los Angeles Open and ends in December at the Coral Gables (Fla.) Open, professional golfers hunt first for motels with swimming pools for the kids...
...also keeps him in his high rank-a rank his fellow pros concede. Said one last week, with more admiration than envy: "Arnold is the greatest since Sam Snead...
...Sunday Sports Spectacular (CBS, 3-4:30 p.m.). Golf, as played by Pros Sammy Snead and Dow Finsterwald, Amateurs Ray Milland and Robin Roberts...