European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse June 18, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 17 out Nicklaus far 1st tourney Wink. _ Revino wins open on record Matching 275 Iester . A buckling Lee Trevino a $30 a week assistant batched Jack Nicklaus 275 to win the . Here sunday. Ino fired consecutive on the Lith and 12th rat Oak Hill Golf course to a 69. Nicklaus Fin with a 67 and 279 to wrest place from faltering became the first Man in to play four rounds in pen under Par. He had 69-Par for the 6,962-Yard is 70. It was his first sent Victory As a Yancey who record front running Pace Fen the first three rounds his Rusty Blade Putter turn blast heat to ice missed i putts under three feet and de with 76 for 281.pushed him Back into place behind the lat of the defending Cham Nicklaus. Mark at Baltusrol Klaus who set the open of 275 a year ago at bal in Springfield n.j., Shook leaders Early with birdies third and fourth holes no to within three shots of3, but it was t his Day. Prize was Worth $30,000revino, who was almost 12 months ago. Nicklaus cited $15,000 and Yancey 00.otners in the Star studded were playing for kicks an dollars. Bobby Nichols plated a great comeback a 69 for fourth place at 282 Steve Spray playing in privacy broke the course id with a 65, knocking i birdies but settled for 284be stubby Wise cracking Vino gave the gallery of near and the nationwide Televik audience a show with Abling dramatic finish. The 463-Yard 17th, after ing into the Fairway the an dubbed his second Shor he Green and then had to a 12-foot putt to save his the 449-Yard 18th, with Sands lining the Fairway and Green he hooked his tee hot into the rough Duck hooked Lis second into the thick grass120 Yards Short of the Green Hen lashed the Ball to within our feet of the cup. He Sank it or his fourth straight subpar round. I m Happy to win the open Trevino said afterwards. It will make me he added i would get Rich anyhow some Way or the other but this will make it Trevino was born in shined shoes and caddies As a kid. He picked eating Money the Best Way he could. He lived with his Grandfather a Dallas grave Digger. I Don t remember much about my parents they separated when i was a kid he worked around Golf clubs and then enrolled in the Marine corps being stationed in Okina did t do anything but play Golf with the colonels he said. That Sto play. Where i really Learned started out As a Pri vate but after beating the Colo Nels a few times i Rose to ser dark haired snub nosed Trevino worked for a while As operator of a pitch and putt , he says he frequently picked up eating Money by bet Ting some of the regular customers that he could make better score using a family size soft drink bottle while they used How they scored Rochester . A final scores and Money winning sunday in the . Open Golf tournament Over the Par 70 Oak Hill course a denotes Amateur Lee Trevino $30,00069-68-69-69275 Jack Nicklaus $10,00072-70-70-67279 Bert Yancey $10,00067-68-70-76281 Bobby Nichols j7.50074-71-68-09282 stove Spray $5,50073-75-71-69284 Don Bies $5,50070-70-75-69284 Jerry Pittman $3,75073-67-74-71285 Bob Charles $3,75073-69-72-71285 Billy Casper $2,516.06 75-68-71-72286 Bruce Devlin $2.r 16.671-r9-75-71 286 Gay Brewer jr., $2,510. 66. 71-71-75-69286 David Stockton $2,516. W Al Geiberger $2,510.00 sum Snead $2,516.66 Dan bikes $1,90071-71-73-72287 Rod Funseth $1,0333 74-72-69-73288 Gary player $1,6 53.3376-69-70-73288 George Archer $1,633.33 74-72-73-69288 Dave Hill $1,633.3374-08-74-72288 Julius Boros $1,633.33 71-71-71-75288 Charles Coody $1,633.33 Benson Mcleod Lon $1,425 Hugh Royer jr., $1,425 Tom Weiskopf 81, 203.00 Larry Ziegler $1,203.66don january $1,203 6u r. De Vicenzo $1 ,203.66 regular Golf equipment i wrapped the bottle with adhesive tape and made a Good hitting surface he explained. I got to a Point that i could drive a Ball 150 Yards with the bottle and could hit a tree fro that distance almost every time. I putted with the bottle As would with a Cue stick. I could shoot around 56 or 58 with the bottle and i could win most of my later Trevino got a Job As assistant to Don Whittington at the horizon Hill course in Al was Whittington who staked the new open Champion to his first open trip a year ago. With the $6,000 he won at Baltusrol Trevino stayed on tour and started winning Money regularly. He won $27,072 last year and his $30,000 brings his earnings this year to $84,426. Whittington is still his sponsor and Backer. Don told me to win this thing or not come in higher than 72-73-69-72286 72-74-68-72286 73-71-74-68 286 09-71-72-76 28872-76-70-71289 75-72-73-69289 75-72-70-73200 71-71-74-74 2do 71-75-71-73290 72-76-72-70290 Bob Lunn $1,203.60 74-73-73-70290 Rochester . A masters Champion Bob goal by packed his clubs sunday and said he would take a rest because my left Arm i be been playing too much i m worn out he said after carding a fourth round 73 and a 72-Hole 293 inthe United states open Golf said he injured his left Elbow last thanksgiving Day while throwing a football to his 14-year-old said he aggravated the in jury with extra Long practice sessions Early last week. Putting emphasis Lee Trevino encourages a 36-foot Birdie putt to go in with a Little emphasis on the Lith Hole of sunday s final round of the . Open. It did for a 2 and Trevino went to take the title. Associated press photo on the stars and stripes Pat Schwab $1,203.60 Miller Barber $1,203.68terry Dill $1,020dave Marr $1,020 Robert Murphy $1,020charles sic Ford ,020 Bui Collins $1,020 Doug Sanders $1150 Harold Hemming $950 Bob Goalby $897.05 Gib by Gilbert $897.05billy Farrell a 7.05 Mac Hunter $897.05labron Harris jr., $8fifi.6 d. Eichelberger $b5h.f 6 76-70-75-69290 74-68-78-70290 74-71-73-73291 70-72-74-75291 76-71-70-74291 75-69-75-72291 71-72-76-7229173-72-73-74292 75-68-76-73292 78-71-73-73293 73-72-76-72293 70-72-74-77293 75-73-74-71293 70-72-77-75294 74-73-76-71294 Al balding $856.66 70-76-71-77294 Bob Dickson $835 76-70-75-74295 Bruce Crampton $83575-72-75-73295 Ronnie Reif $815 72-74-74-76296 Bob Stone $815 75-72-75-74296 Monty Kaser $795 73-72-75-77297 Art Wall $795 74-74-75-74297homero Blancas jr., $75. 72-75-74-77298 Frank Beard $765 76-72-73-77298kel Anglo $765 72-75-76-75298 Billy Maxwell $765 72-74-78-74298 Gene Borek $740 73-74-76-76299 a Richard Siderowf 71-76-76-77300paul Harney $730 74-73-78-75300 Arnold Palmer $720 73-74-79-75301 Al Chandler $710 74-72-78-78302 Ajack Lewis or 73-75-80-74302 Johnny Pott $700 76-72-76-70303 a Jamos Simons 75-73-81-81310 a denotes Amateur Champ suddenly a Star by Milton Richmany Cilester . Up the crepe hangers who Are Vinced this is a sick society the .a. No longer is Theof Opportunity should have tie talk today with a certain h Grade dropout it they la have to a lotto want Jay. Hey want stand info other with him to talk with Lee the new . Open Gol Lampion and the new Horatio in. And they want to make it Achl Trevino is a Devil May care Joppy go Lucky 28-year-old mex american from Elpaso who rarely stops talking owning or Beer drinking Al he quit All three for one Sui ulay after winning and Golf s top Honor simply to reflect out loud with the background i come from i did t think this could Ever happen to puts it right there on the line for everybody to hear and quit school in 1953," he says. I was in the eighth Grade there was no Money the House and i work. My Mother i did t know my my Grandfather my Grandfather s he worked in a coming into Hadda go Towas divorced father an raised me. Name is Joe. Washington whips Bays Baltimore a a Sec Ond half goal by Antonio de Oliveira of Brazil gave the Washington whips a 1-0 Victory Over the Baltimore Bays in Anorth american soccer league game sunday. Mausoleum. He was a grave Trevino a beaming ebullient Young Man might be said Mohave lifted himself up by his Bootstraps except that he never had any Money to buy boots. There were times he never Hadany Money to eat either. And recently one year ago for example he had to borrow $400for transportation to Spring Field n.j., where they we replaying the . Open. He finished fifth and won $6,000.that put a Bug in his ear. Maybe there was something to this business of playing Golf for a living after played in subsequent tournaments and won $30,000 Over a period of 14 said to myself How Long has this been going on said Trevino recalling the Windfall Why i could t make that much Money working 10 Trevino stuck with it and did All right despite the fact whenever won a tournament until he knocked Over All the big boys , the f i r s t thing Young golfers do when they join the tour As Trevino did after the . Open last year is sign on Wilh As Many manufacturer Sas want to have anything to do with them. That s How they get their Golf balls free their shirts free their Slacks free and their shoes Trevino though. "1 guess i m the Only Guy who Ever won the . Open who was t under contract to a sou.," he said after equalling Jack Nicklaus scoring record continued on Pyc 22 fifth Lee explained. It would Cost us too much dough for drinks. You see we made a proposition to our members at horizon Hill. If i win it s free drinks atthe club until the bar closes at Midnight. If i finish second third or fourth it s two hours of free drinks. If it s fifth one Trevino has become a favorit with newsmen and fans. He walks with a cocky swagger de lights in sitting around telling Golf stories usually More fiction than fact and he carries on constant banter on the course. I like to talk to the spectators he said. If they Don t talk to me i talk to was dressed in a Sloppy red sports shirt and re socks when he teed off for the final round sunday playing wit Yancey who had led the first three rounds with scores of 67-68-70, setting records for the 36 Hole and 54-Hole ahead of him was the awesome Nicklaus famed for Birdie charges. Just Back of him was the Crest fallen Arnold pal Mer playing with two amateurs at the tag end of the millionaire Palmer shot a final 75 for 30121 strokes overpay and 26 in Back of Trevino. Playing in a dreary drizzle continued on Pago 22 first with 4 under Rochester . 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