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...finals, however, Palmer settled down. He shot the first four holes in par. But it was a discouraging performance. Sweeny's deft and delicate putter earned him three birdies and sent him three-up. Still, it was Sweeny himself who gave Palmer hope. On the fifth tee he put his arm around his rugged (5 ft. 11 in., 170 Ibs.) rival and said, "This can't last forever...
...even; twice Sweeny held him off. Then, with a fine par 4 on the 32nd, Palmer went ahead. On the next hole he shot a birdie 3 to go two-up. Dog-tired, Sweeny came back to halve the next hole and win the 35th. But from the last tee Sweeny pushed his drive into the rough, chipped up to the green in three. Palmer ran his third shot three inches from the pin. Sweeny shook his head, shook Palmer's hand, conceded the putt and the U.S. Amateur Golf Championship...
Interviewed in Manhattan, debonair Crooner Billy Eckstine announced plans to record an Eckstine-composed duet, Two for Tee, with an old fairway acquaintance, Golfer Jimmy Demaret, three-time winner of the Masters Tournament, and described by Billy as "a surprisingly sweet Killarney tenor type." But Golfer Demaret has no place in Eckstine's vision of the composite "dream crooner." His choices and their attributes: "The ideal lad would have Perry Como's voice, Frank Sinatra's ease, Tony Martin's showmanship, Nat 'King' Cole's soul-and Bing Crosby's money...
...Sacred Button. Peyote (pronounced pay-oh-tee) is a small, carrot-shaped cactus that grows wild in the valley of the Rio Grande. Cut off and dried, its top forms a bitter-tasting "button" that, eaten or brewed as tea, is capable of strong and strange effects upon the mind. Just what the effects are has not yet been scientifically determined.* The Indians have known about peyote for centuries; Cortez' men found the Aztecs using it when they invaded Mexico. It has always been associated with religious ceremony...
...opposite page), Jones put so much new character into the hole that club members objected. Now the hole was far too tough, they said. Politely, Jones disagreed. Next time he played a round with the chairman of the construction committee and the club pro, Jones stepped to the 4th tee, walloped an iron shot to the green, and watched it drop into the cup on the first bounce...