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...like jumping off the top of a building," Ken Venturi said recently, surveying the shreds of his tattered career. "There are no steps on the way down...
Once he was the hottest player in golf. Arnie Palmer was just a promising young pro when Venturi, a 24-year-old amateur, shot a final-round 80 and lost the 1956 Masters by a single stroke. Jack Nicklaus was a chubby-cheeked Ohio State freshman when Ken was winning four tournaments in 1958 and hearing himself hailed as "the new Ben Hogan." In his first four years as a pro, Venturi won $141,276. Critics raved about the silky smoothness of his swing. "Ken stands up to the ball," said one, "as if he, the club, the ball...
Bizarre Ailments. It is always impossible to single out the snowflake that starts an avalanche. Maybe, for Venturi, it was the last day of the 1960 Masters, when he was half-carried away from the 18th hole, measured for a green winner's blazer, and plunked down in front of a TV set-to watch Palmer birdie the last two holes and win. Things certainly went from bad to worse after that. He was plagued by a series of bizarre physical ailments: a pinched nerve that paralyzed half his chest, a stubborn virus infection, a hand injury, an automobile...
...twice did he fail to reach a green in par figures; and he did not miss a single putt under 12 ft. Jacobs' six-under-par 64 tied for the lowest score ever recorded in a U.S. Open. In all the excitement, who was going to notice Ken Venturi, plodding along in fourth place, six strokes behind...
Bravo Giovanni is not intolerable, just interminable. Its plot, its songs and its dances go on and on, but they never really GO. The hero, Giovanni Venturi (Siepi), operates a homey trattoria in Rome. Next door, a flossy branch of the Uriti chain of restaurants opens up and threatens him with bankruptcy. A sly friend (David...