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By Matt Ward
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. ? With the
playing of any major sporting
event there are the usual questions
as to who will be the winner. This
year's U.S. Open golf championship
at Baltusrol should be a
real barn burner of a tournament.
Leading the way as the odds-on
favorite is the tour's leading
money winner and the top player
for the last three years, Tom
Watson. Watson is off to another
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gruai suu'i mis year. He s won live
tournaments, including one stretch
where the Missouri native won
three consecutive tournaments.
However, though Watson has
dominated the tour for a period of
three years he still has one goal yet
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Lee Trevino
to fulfill; win the U.S. Open. At last
year's Open at Inverness Watson
missed the cut and because of his
failure at Inverness the pressure
and spotlight will be on him this
year.
GOING INTO THIS YEAR'S
Open at Baltusrol, Watson will
take a different route. Instead of
taking two weeks off to prepare for
the Open as he did last year,
Watson has said he will play
straight into the Open. Another
element which could either help or
hurt Watson is that he has never
played Baltusrol before.
The pressure on Watson will be
j something he must learn to cope
with. In the 1974 Open at Winged
Foot, Watson led after three
rounds, only to fold in the final
round wiht a 79. The following year
ai Medinah he set the 36 hole
record of 135, yet folded again.
With every year the Open is
played, Watson faces a tougher
challenge from not only himself,
but the fans and the media.
Watson has openly admitted that
the Open is the tournament he
wants to win badly. By his own
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not to be himself during the
championship. The key problem
Watson must conquer is the mental
aspect. Watson appears to be
nervous and unsure of himself
when the majors are played. After
the conclusion of the Masters, he
went on a tear, winning ^he
Tournament of Champions, the
New Orleans Open and the Byron
Nelson Classic. If Watson can
display the calmness and confidence
he displayed in winning
those three tournaments then he
should be in the fight all the way.
THE NEXT LIKELY candidates
who should do well at Baltusrol are
two veterans of U.S. Opens; Lee
Trevino and Jack Nicklaus. It was
at Baltusrol in 1967 that Trevino
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pro golf. Trevino finished in a tie
for fifth, won $6,000, and since then
has become one of the tour's
greatest golfers.
So far this year he is second on
the money list behind Watson and
his play this year has firmly
convinced his critics that Super
Mex can play top-notch golf after
his back surgery a year and a half
ago. One reason he is always a
contender in any Open is his ability
to keep the ball in the fairway.
Without question, Trevino is
probably the best driver the tour
has seen since the days of Ben
Hogan.
Whenever one talks about the
Open the name Nicklaus must
alwavs be mentioned It was hero
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in 1967 that Nicklaus won his
second Open with a record 275 total
and a final round 65. Though
Nicklaus has not won in America
since 11)78 at Philadelphia, a win at
Baltusrol could cease the continuing
talk that Nicklaus cannot
come back.
A WIN AT BALTUSROL would
do much for Nicklaus' career. A
victory would mean his fourth
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Willie Anderson, Ben Hogan and
Bobby Jones as the only four time
winners. A win would also mean
that Nicklaus would be the first
golfer to win two Opens at the
same course. And finally a victory
would mean that Nicklaus has won
at least one Open championship for
the last three decades.
The only problem for Jack is that
his play hasn't been up to par. He
has cut down his tournament
appearances and he may be a bit
rusty when he tees off at Baltusrol.
In this past Masters he had his
worst finish since 1967 when he
missed the cut.
Of course, Nicklaus still has the
ability to play superb golf, but
many are wondering whether
Nicklaus still possesses the ability
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a major championship. The only
way for him to dispel all these
thoughts is to win. And winning
tournaments is something the
Golden Bear has lost the scent of in
the last two years.
Right below these three players
are a host of others who could very
easily walk away from Baltusrol
with the Open trophy and the
Ben Crenshaw
$55,000 first place check. The list
includes Masters champ Severiano
Ballersteros, PGA runner-up Ben
Crenshaw, Larry Nelson, Jerry
Pate, defending champion Hale
Irwin, and maybe a darkhorse
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Arnold Palmer has to be the
choice. In 1967 Arnold finished
second to Nicklaus with a four
round total of 279. Wouldn't it be
nice to see Palmer win one more
major championship? Palmer
though finds himself in the same
category as Nicklaus. Though he
can still play great golf (witness
his final ronnrt A4 nt Hnnctnrn nan
he still play consistent golf over the
long haul of 72 holes during the
Open?
WITH ALL THESE PLAYERS
teeing it up (a total of 153 will play)
there are many questions that
cannot be truly answered until the
final putt is sunk. No matter who
wins the Open the initial spotlight
win be on Watson. A victory at
Baltursrol would earn Tom the
respect and stature he so rightly
deserves from the critics who still
purport that Watson chokes in the
big tournaments. For Watson's
sake, one can only hope his fate
will not be the same as it was for
'Sam Snead who never was able to
win the Open.
Watson is the king of golf for
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the ultimate reward for the king
would be to win the crown jewels
with victoryat Baltusrol.
Twitty
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Jeff Twitty has been called up to
the major leagues by the Kansas
City Royals. Twitty, a left handed
relief pitcher replaced Jim Busby
on the Royals roster.
Last year for the Gamecocks,
Twitty posted a record of 5-2 with
an impressive earned run average
of 0.76.
Liebler honored
USC golfer Steve Leibler was
recently named honorable mention
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Norfolk, Va., qualified for this
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held in Columbus. Ohio. Liebler
was the first player recruited by
head golf coach Bobby Foster.
Former USC golfer Mike
Holland qualified for his
Professional Golfers' Association
tour card this past weekend.
Holland, a native of Bishopville,
shot a four day total of 297 on tfte
Pinehurst number-six course ,to
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