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15 “the most traumatic”—D‘Antonio, Michael,
Tour ’72: Nicklaus,
Palmer, Player,
Trevino:
The Story of One Great Season
(New York: Hyperion, 2002), p. 139.
Tour ’72: Nicklaus,
Palmer, Player,
Trevino:
The Story of One Great Season
(New York: Hyperion, 2002), p. 139.
15 “Arnie had to withdraw”—Beard,
Frank, Pro: Frank Beard on the Golf Tour,
edited by Dick Schaap (New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1970), p. 319.
Frank, Pro: Frank Beard on the Golf Tour,
edited by Dick Schaap (New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1970), p. 319.
16 “not to signal”—
Sports Illustrated,
September 1, 1969, Dan Jenkins, “Thanks for the Memories.”
Sports Illustrated,
September 1, 1969, Dan Jenkins, “Thanks for the Memories.”
16 “given a nobility”—ibid.
17 “This was as important”—
Moberly
(MO
)
Monitor Index,
(AP), December 1, 1969, Bob Green, “Palmer Wins in Heritage Classic.”
Moberly
(MO
)
Monitor Index,
(AP), December 1, 1969, Bob Green, “Palmer Wins in Heritage Classic.”
17 “Getting it going”
—Jefferson
C
ity (MO) Post-Tribune,
(AP), December 8, 1969, “Crowd Yells ‘Charge, Arnie!’ and grinning Palmer Does.”
—Jefferson
C
ity (MO) Post-Tribune,
(AP), December 8, 1969, “Crowd Yells ‘Charge, Arnie!’ and grinning Palmer Does.”
18 “probably the toughest”—
Tucson
Daily Citizen,
(AP), June 19, 1972, “Arnie Calls It ‘Toughest Open.’”
Tucson
Daily Citizen,
(AP), June 19, 1972, “Arnie Calls It ‘Toughest Open.’”
19 “I’ve got to”
—Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, February 8, 1973, Jim Hackleman, “‘If I Quit, I’d Be Climbing the Walls . . .”’
—Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, February 8, 1973, Jim Hackleman, “‘If I Quit, I’d Be Climbing the Walls . . .”’
20 “There was a time”—
Long Beach
(CA)
Independent Press-Telegram,
February 11, 1973, Doug Ives, “A Nicklaus-Palmer Showdown.”
Long Beach
(CA)
Independent Press-Telegram,
February 11, 1973, Doug Ives, “A Nicklaus-Palmer Showdown.”
20 “usual form”—
Los Angeles Times
, February 12, 1973, Shav Glick, “Arnie Marches Troops Through Mud, Wins Day.”
Los Angeles Times
, February 12, 1973, Shav Glick, “Arnie Marches Troops Through Mud, Wins Day.”
20 “I kept thinking”—
New
York Times, February 12, 1973, Lincoln A. Werden, “Palmer’s Closing 69 Wins Hope Golf by Two Shots.”
New
York Times, February 12, 1973, Lincoln A. Werden, “Palmer’s Closing 69 Wins Hope Golf by Two Shots.”
21 “When you haven’t”—
Eureka
(CA)
Times-Standard,
(UPI), February 12, 1973, “Palmer Ends Long Struggle.”
Eureka
(CA)
Times-Standard,
(UPI), February 12, 1973, “Palmer Ends Long Struggle.”
21 “[I feared] someone”—
Nevada
State
Journal,
(UPI), February 12, 1973, “Nicklaus, Johnny Miller 2nd.”
Nevada
State
Journal,
(UPI), February 12, 1973, “Nicklaus, Johnny Miller 2nd.”
21 “I hope”—Glick, “Arnie Marches.”
21 “Call the florist”—
Los
Angeles Times, February 13, 1973, Jim Murray, “The Star Is Reborn.”
Los
Angeles Times, February 13, 1973, Jim Murray, “The Star Is Reborn.”
22 “I’m not upset”—
Victoria
(TX) Advocate, (AP), April 6, 1973, “77 ‘Disgusting’ to Arnie.”
Victoria
(TX) Advocate, (AP), April 6, 1973, “77 ‘Disgusting’ to Arnie.”
22 “I’ll play the Byron Nelson”
—Albuquerque Journal,
(AP), April 22, 1973, “Nicklaus, Trevino 1-2 in Champs Meet.”
—Albuquerque Journal,
(AP), April 22, 1973, “Nicklaus, Trevino 1-2 in Champs Meet.”
23 “Now that the big guy”—Palmer, Arnold, with James Dodson, A
Golfer’s Life
(New York: Ballantine Books, 1999), p. 211.
Golfer’s Life
(New York: Ballantine Books, 1999), p. 211.
23 “I wanted every putt”
—Pittsburgh
Press, June 18, 1962, “Three-Putt Greens Called No. 1 Factor in Palmer’s Defeat.”
—Pittsburgh
Press, June 18, 1962, “Three-Putt Greens Called No. 1 Factor in Palmer’s Defeat.”
24 “I can’t play”—ibid.
24 “Ever since I lost”—
Miami
Herald,
June 14, 1973, “Recluse Trevino Likes Chances.”
Miami
Herald,
June 14, 1973, “Recluse Trevino Likes Chances.”
25 “A great amount of desire”—
Reno
Evening Gazette, May 7, 1973, “Palmer, 44, Jokes About Age in Reno.”
Reno
Evening Gazette, May 7, 1973, “Palmer, 44, Jokes About Age in Reno.”
26 “out of position”—
The
Billings Gazette, (AP), June 13, 1973, Bob Green, “Palmer: Elder Statesman at 43.”
The
Billings Gazette, (AP), June 13, 1973, Bob Green, “Palmer: Elder Statesman at 43.”
26 “[We changed] the whole ball”—ibid.
26 “Almost from the moment”—Palmer, A
Golfer’s
Life, p. 19.
Golfer’s
Life, p. 19.
26 “I worked pretty hard”—Interview with Arnold Palmer, September 2008.
26 “I’m discouraged”—
New
York Times, June 4, 1973, Lincoln A. Werden, “Weiskopf Gets 68 for 271 and 3-Shot Open Victory.”
New
York Times, June 4, 1973, Lincoln A. Werden, “Weiskopf Gets 68 for 271 and 3-Shot Open Victory.”
27 “I feel very much at home”—
Latrobe
Bulletin, (UPI), June 13, 1973, Ira Miller, “Arnold Palmer Plays It Cool.”
Latrobe
Bulletin, (UPI), June 13, 1973, Ira Miller, “Arnold Palmer Plays It Cool.”
27 “I probably should”—ibid.
28 “Palmer still is”—
Cleveland
Plain Dealer, June 17, 1973, Bill Nichols, “Tee Time with Bill Nichols.”
Cleveland
Plain Dealer, June 17, 1973, Bill Nichols, “Tee Time with Bill Nichols.”
28 “Buthe’s 43 years old”—
New
York Times
, June 14, 1973, Dave Anderson, “The Last Stand.”
CHAPTER 2New
York Times
, June 14, 1973, Dave Anderson, “The Last Stand.”
The Big Three Reborn
30 “I was happy with”
—Philadelphia
Inquirer, June 15, 1973, “‘Shell-Shocked’ Player Says He’d Settle for 72-72-72 Finish.”
—Philadelphia
Inquirer, June 15, 1973, “‘Shell-Shocked’ Player Says He’d Settle for 72-72-72 Finish.”
31 “Through that period”—Interview with Jack Nicklaus, September 2008.
31 “Even in ’73”—ibid.
32 “The Whitemarsh course”—
New
York Times, May 31, 1973, Lincoln Werden, “To Palmer, There’s Only One Oakmont.”
New
York Times, May 31, 1973, Lincoln Werden, “To Palmer, There’s Only One Oakmont.”
33 “There’s no similarity”—ibid.
34 “He returns now”—
Hamilton
(OH)
Journal
News, (AP), June 10, 1973, Bob Green, “Nick Could Join Golf’s All-time Elite This Week.”
Hamilton
(OH)
Journal
News, (AP), June 10, 1973, Bob Green, “Nick Could Join Golf’s All-time Elite This Week.”
34 “Honestly, I don’t remember”—
Cleveland
Plain Dealer, June 13, 1973, Bill Nichols, “Oakmont Is Severe Test.”
Cleveland
Plain Dealer, June 13, 1973, Bill Nichols, “Oakmont Is Severe Test.”
34 “I played with blinders on”—
Golf
Digest, July 2000, Bob Verdi, “I Had My Century.”
Golf
Digest, July 2000, Bob Verdi, “I Had My Century.”
35 “Did you play golf
‘—Chicago
Tribune, June 15, 1973, Cooper Rollow, “Nicklaus ‘Stupid Shot’ Turns into Eagle Deuce.”
‘—Chicago
Tribune, June 15, 1973, Cooper Rollow, “Nicklaus ‘Stupid Shot’ Turns into Eagle Deuce.”
37 “A man would be a fool”
—Pittsburgh
Press, June 10, 1973, Ray Kienzl, “Jack Nicklaus Returns to Where It All Began.”
—Pittsburgh
Press, June 10, 1973, Ray Kienzl, “Jack Nicklaus Returns to Where It All Began.”
37 “It wouldn’t be worth”—
Pittsburgh
Press, June 15, 1973, Pat Livingston, “The Scoreboard: Jack’s Gamble Pays Off.”
Pittsburgh
Press, June 15, 1973, Pat Livingston, “The Scoreboard: Jack’s Gamble Pays Off.”
38 “Maybe you can”—ibid.
38 “The fairway is not”—
Dallas
Morning News, (UPI), “Driving the Green.”
Dallas
Morning News, (UPI), “Driving the Green.”
38 “I didn’t want to start”—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
June 15, 1973, Al Smith, “Jack ‘Tickled’ with a 71.”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
June 15, 1973, Al Smith, “Jack ‘Tickled’ with a 71.”
39 “When I saw him point”—
Miami
Herald, June 15, 1973, Edwin Pope, “‘Stupid’ Shot Keeps Jack in Line.”
Miami
Herald, June 15, 1973, Edwin Pope, “‘Stupid’ Shot Keeps Jack in Line.”
39 “I needed to keep”—
Rochester
(NY) Democrat and Chronicle, June 15, 1973, Tony Destino, “Player Fires 67, Leads by 3.”
Rochester
(NY) Democrat and Chronicle, June 15, 1973, Tony Destino, “Player Fires 67, Leads by 3.”
39 “to be in the air”—
Los
Angeles Times, June 17, 1973, Jim Murray, “The Stuff of Legend.”
Los
Angeles Times, June 17, 1973, Jim Murray, “The Stuff of Legend.”
39 “That one’s on the green”—Pope, “‘Stupid’ Shot.”
39 “When we got down the fairway”—ibid.
39 “You watch now”—ibid.
40 “the best iron shot”—
Dallas Morning
News, July 22, 1962, Frank Reece, “Player Snares PGA Lead.”
Dallas Morning
News, July 22, 1962, Frank Reece, “Player Snares PGA Lead.”
41 “The Americans”—
Toronto
Star, June 15, 1973, Ken McKee, “Three-way Tie for Lead in U.S. Open.”
Toronto
Star, June 15, 1973, Ken McKee, “Three-way Tie for Lead in U.S. Open.”
42 “The record speaks”
—Charleston
(WV) Sunday Gazette-Mail, August 6, 1972, Bob Baker, “Down the Fairway.”
—Charleston
(WV) Sunday Gazette-Mail, August 6, 1972, Bob Baker, “Down the Fairway.”
42 “I think it will be”—
Las Cruces
(NM) Sun News (UPI), August 6, 1972, “Gary Player Only Golfer to Break Par.”
Las Cruces
(NM) Sun News (UPI), August 6, 1972, “Gary Player Only Golfer to Break Par.”
43 “Still, the big question”—Player, Gary, with Floyd Thatcher,
Gary
Player, World Golfer (Nashville, TN: W Publishing Group, 1974), p. 142.
Gary
Player, World Golfer (Nashville, TN: W Publishing Group, 1974), p. 142.
44 “I’m fit as a”—
Miami
Herald, (AP), June 15, 1973, Bob Green, “Player’s Putter Pays Off in Three-shot Open Lead.”
Miami
Herald, (AP), June 15, 1973, Bob Green, “Player’s Putter Pays Off in Three-shot Open Lead.”
44 “I’m playing worse”—
Columbus
(OH) Dispatch, June 13, 1973, Paul Hornung, “Open Field Waits Sun.”
Columbus
(OH) Dispatch, June 13, 1973, Paul Hornung, “Open Field Waits Sun.”
44 “cannot yet be”—
London
Times, June 13, 1973, Peter Ryde, “Great Course Will Find a Champion to Match.”
London
Times, June 13, 1973, Peter Ryde, “Great Course Will Find a Champion to Match.”
44 “I still say this is”
—Pittsburgh
Press, June 17, 1962, James O’Brien, “Palmer Foes Like Lee at Appomattox.”
—Pittsburgh
Press, June 17, 1962, James O’Brien, “Palmer Foes Like Lee at Appomattox.”
44 “Still I don’t throw”—ibid.
44 “I played a practice round”—
Pittsburgh
Press (Evening Edition), June 15, 1973, “Player’s 70 Holds Lead; Borek (Who’s He?) Fires 65.”
Pittsburgh
Press (Evening Edition), June 15, 1973, “Player’s 70 Holds Lead; Borek (Who’s He?) Fires 65.”
45 “I putted as well as”—Green, “Player’s Putter Pays Off.”
45 “This course is a pleasure”—
Erie
(PA) Morning News, June 15, 1973, Jack Polancy, “Player Fully Recovered.”
Erie
(PA) Morning News, June 15, 1973, Jack Polancy, “Player Fully Recovered.”
46 “Someday you’ll realize”—Green, “Player’s Putter Pays Off.”
46 “What surprises me”—San
Francisco
Chronicle, June 15, 1973, Art Spander, “Player Leads Open by Three.”
Francisco
Chronicle, June 15, 1973, Art Spander, “Player Leads Open by Three.”
46 “I remember one U.S. Open”—Green, “Player’s Putter Pays Off.”
46 “You never know”—United States Golf Association, 1973 U.S. Open:
Miller’s
Miracle
at Oakmont.
New York: Trans World International, 1973.
CHAPTER 3Miller’s
Miracle
at Oakmont.
New York: Trans World International, 1973.
A View from the Parking Lot
47 “It was a lonely life”—
Sports
Illustrated, December 20, 1971, Curry Kirkpatrick, “A Common Man with an Uncommon Touch.”
Sports
Illustrated, December 20, 1971, Curry Kirkpatrick, “A Common Man with an Uncommon Touch.”
47 “In those days”—
Sports
Illustrated, June 17, 1968, Myron Cope, “A Firm Hand on a Carefree Cat.”
Sports
Illustrated, June 17, 1968, Myron Cope, “A Firm Hand on a Carefree Cat.”
48 “I feel like I helped”—
Dallas Morning
News, June 17, 1995, Sam Blair, “Back in His Old Backyard.”
Dallas Morning
News, June 17, 1995, Sam Blair, “Back in His Old Backyard.”
48 “I caddied for one”—Trevino, Lee, and Sam Blair, They
Call
Me Super Mex (New York: Random House, 1982), p. 22.
Call
Me Super Mex (New York: Random House, 1982), p. 22.
48 “I went from a country kid”—ibid., p. 23.
49 “Confused, unsettled”—ibid., p. 32.
49 “I got hit in the”—ibid., p. 34.
49 “I didn’t do anything but”
—New York Times
, June 17, 1968, “Golf’s No. 1 Extrovert.”
—New York Times
, June 17, 1968, “Golf’s No. 1 Extrovert.”
50 “Either it’s going to”—Trevino and Blair, They
Call
Me Super Mex, p. 53.
Call
Me Super Mex, p. 53.
50 “a savage uninhibited”—Kirkpatrick, “A Common Man.”
50 “the only way to forget”—ibid.
51 “Hardy wouldn’t”—Trevino and Blair,
They
Call
Me Super Mex,
p. 58.
They
Call
Me Super Mex,
p. 58.
51 “Instead, I stayed”—ibid.
52 “We discovered Lee”—
New
Y
ork Times,
January 5, 1968, (UPI), “PGA Names Trevino Rookie Golfer of 1967.”
New
Y
ork Times,
January 5, 1968, (UPI), “PGA Names Trevino Rookie Golfer of 1967.”
53 “You had to wear”—Trevino and Blair, They
Call
Me Super Mex, p. 84.
Call
Me Super Mex, p. 84.
53 “scuba goggles because”—New
York Times,
June 19, 1967, “Finish Is Rosy to Trevino without Scuba Goggles.”
York Times,
June 19, 1967, “Finish Is Rosy to Trevino without Scuba Goggles.”
54 “And that night”—Trevino and Blair,
They Call Me Super Mex,
p. 87.
They Call Me Super Mex,
p. 87.
54 “a humble background”—
Dallas Morning News,
April 14, 1968, “Trevino Charms Masters Crowd.”
Dallas Morning News,
April 14, 1968, “Trevino Charms Masters Crowd.”
54 “The 28-year-old Trevino”—ibid.
55 “the swarthy Mexican-American”—
Dallas
Morning News, (AP), June 11, 1968, “Open Course Favors Casper.”
Dallas
Morning News, (AP), June 11, 1968, “Open Course Favors Casper.”
55 “In purely technical terms”—Kirkpatrick, “A Common Man.”
55 “If he ever gets up high”—ibid.
55 “Lee said, ‘I’m not that worried”’—
Golf
Digest, August 2003, Jaime Diaz, “Finding His Way Home.”
Golf
Digest, August 2003, Jaime Diaz, “Finding His Way Home.”
56 “On eighteen, I missed”—Trevino and Blair, They
Call
Me
Super Mex,
p. 102.
Call
Me
Super Mex,
p. 102.
56 “The pin was set right”—ibid.
56 “What Lee Trevino really”—
Sports
Illustrated, June 24, 1968, Dan Jenkins, “Eyes Right ... but Wrong.”
Sports
Illustrated, June 24, 1968, Dan Jenkins, “Eyes Right ... but Wrong.”
57 “I was his traveling”—Woy, Bucky, with James Patterson, Sign
’Em Up,
Bucky:
The Adventures
of a
Sports Agent (New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1975), p. 75.
’Em Up,
Bucky:
The Adventures
of a
Sports Agent (New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1975), p. 75.
57 “I’m so happy”—
Dallas
Morning News, June 17, 1968, Harless Wade, “Olé! Trevino Finds His Place in Sun.”
Dallas
Morning News, June 17, 1968, Harless Wade, “Olé! Trevino Finds His Place in Sun.”
57 “I said I didn’t like it”—Trevino and Blair, They
Call
Me Super Mex, p. 114; Golf, April 1971, Al Barkow, “The Masters, An Idea Betrayed?”
Call
Me Super Mex, p. 114; Golf, April 1971, Al Barkow, “The Masters, An Idea Betrayed?”
57 “I should have just”—Trevino and Blair, They
Call
Me Super Mex, p. 114.
Call
Me Super Mex, p. 114.
58 “isn’t conducive”—
Golf World
, April 20, 1971, “Back in El Paso ... Trevino Wins $150.”
Golf World
, April 20, 1971, “Back in El Paso ... Trevino Wins $150.”
58 “That was the greatest”—Trevino and Blair, They
Call
Me Super Mex, p. 114.
Call
Me Super Mex, p. 114.
58 “You look at my galleries”—
Time
, July 19, 1971, “Lee Trevino: Cantinflas of the Country Clubs.”
Time
, July 19, 1971, “Lee Trevino: Cantinflas of the Country Clubs.”
58 “Yeah, I been married”—Jenkins, “Eyes Right.”
59 “sales pitch would be”—Woy,
Sign ’Em Up Bucky,
pp. 74-75.
Sign ’Em Up Bucky,
pp. 74-75.
59 “Naw, I didn’t bring”—Trevino and Blair,
They Call Me Super Mex,
p. 110.
They Call Me Super Mex,
p. 110.
59 “You’ll seldom see Trevino”—Woy,
Sign ’Em Up Bucky,
pp. 80-81.
Sign ’Em Up Bucky,
pp. 80-81.
59 “I was stumbling, falling”—Trevino and Blair,
They Call Me Super Mex,
p. 142.
They Call Me Super Mex,
p. 142.
60 “crashing and burning”—ibid., p. 144.
60 “Yes, this one is more”—
Dallas
Morning News, June 22, 1971, Harless Wade, “Trevino’s 2d Open ‘More Rewarding.’”
Dallas
Morning News, June 22, 1971, Harless Wade, “Trevino’s 2d Open ‘More Rewarding.’”
61 “a helluva psych artist”—Trevino and Blair, They
Call Me
Super Mex, p. 146.
Call Me
Super Mex, p. 146.
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