Word: yd
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first three rounds of this year's Masters, husky Arnold Palmer, 32, did indeed seem to own the 6,980-yd Augusta National course. His long drives hugged the center of the rolling fairways. His powerfully punched iron shots dug deep into the rain-softened greens. His putting was deliberate and deadly. On the second day of the tournament, he birdied eight holes and scored a silky 66. "I've won this tournament twice [in 1958 and 1960]," said Palmer, "but the only thing people seem to remember is the way I lost it to Gary...
...produced a 16-ft. pole vault, a 64-ft. shot-put, a sub-4-min. mile. Last week, as the trackmen started moving from indoor boards to outdoor cinders, Negro Sprinter Francis Joseph Budd, 22, prepared an assault on the sturdiest barrier of all: 9 sec. for the 100-yd. dash...
...already run the 100 in 9.2, lowering the 9.3 mark set by Mel Patton in 1948. He is certain that he is just beginning to test his real speed. At the I.C.4-A. indoor meet in Manhattan recently, he clocked a record-tying 6 sec. flat for the difficult 60-yd. dash not once, but twice in the same day. Outdoors at the longer distance, with his flashing acceleration, there is no telling what...
...Rome," says his Villanova Teammate Paul Drayton, "he was a good sprinter. When he came back, he was great." A solid 5 ft. 10 in., 172 lbs., Budd ran away from everyone in six straight meets during the 1960-61 indoor season. Outdoors that summer, he smashed the 100-yd. record, came within .2 sec. of Sime's 220-yd. mark (20 sec.), and set his sights on still lower times...
...sprinter who could push Budd to the limit is Florida A. & M. Sophomore Robert Hayes, who tied his 9.2-sec. 100-yd. record last month. Budd is eager to race. "I know I can beat Hayes's time," he says. "I'm stronger this year, and I'm much faster...