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...Open naturally has produced any number of dramatic moments, spectacular shots and brilliant performances-the eagle-two that won the 1939 Open for Byron Nelson, the nine-hole score of 30 that Arnold Palmer shot in 1960, the third-round 66 that boosted a heat-sick and exhausted Ken Venturi toward the title in 1964. But never in 72 years has the Open seen a complete round of golf to equal the final 18 played by Jack Nicklaus on the Lower Course at New Jersey's Baltusrol Golf Club last week. In an almost casual display of power...
...absence really does make the heart grow fonder, Arnie Palmer and Ken Venturi must think that Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player are the tops, the Colosseum and the Small Business Administration all rolled into one. Nick laus (at $152,000) and Player (at $71,000) were big winners on the 1965 pro tour, but so far this year they could qualify for unemployment compensation. Jack has played in one tournament and earned $1,405; Gary has yet to see a sixpence. And last week, with $57,000 up for grabs in San Francisco's Lucky International tournament, they were...
...Play?" Venturi, on the other hand, is satisfied with anything he can get. Ken started his career at the top, and has been trying to climb back there ever since. He barely missed winning the 1956 Masters as an amateur, turned pro, and had earned $122,000 by 1960. But over the next three years, he didn't win a tournament, and his official earnings in 1963 came to $3,843.33. In 1964 Venturi finally won a big tournament-the U.S. Open-only to notice, a few months later, that his fingers were cold and the skin...
...Venturi entered the Mayo Clinic, where surgeons sliced through the ligaments on the backs of both hands to free his pinched nerves. On the strength of his showing last week, the operation was a success. He had to wear gloves on both hands between shots and use hand warmers besides, but he fired an eleven-under-par 273 to win the Lucky by one stroke and collect his first winner's check-$8,500-in almost two years. "It's nice," he said, "to be back among the players...
...shot a 78 in the first round. He sank one decent putt all day, and he only managed that because "the cup got in the way of the ball." Nicklaus had plenty of company. Unable to grip his clubs properly because of a circulatory ailment, Defending Champion Ken Venturi staggered in with an 81; Arnold Palmer, who also had a 67 in practice, got his figures reversed with a 76. Three pros finished in the 90s-"How am I ever going to explain this to the members at my club?" gulped one-and two more picked up in disgust...