Nicklaus Silences Critics with Win in British Open
Lw2l jLffi foaJfi 2P Page6A COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN, Sunday, July 16, 1978 H8M0B B MM Mmii ' ' Nicklaus silences critics with win in British Open By Neil Amdur vived prequalifying, heightened the in a long birdie putt at the 15th and went Crenshaw was in and out of the race, N.Y. Times Service drama and seemed to ignite the com- on to a one-stro- ke victory. Here we go first losing three strokes on the first 10 petitive fires in Nicklaus. again, Nicklaus thought. holes and then rallying with birdies on ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - It was a Owen finished with a final round 71 "I didn't think he knew the course as the last three to finish with a 71 . "horse race," just as Tom Watson had and 283. bunched with Ray Floyd, Tom well as I did," continued Nicklaus, who Neither Kite nor Floyd was satisfied figured. Except that the two golfers Kite and Ben Crenshaw. had two-putt- ed the 10th, 13th and 15th with his final round. Kite shot 70 but who wound up going head-to-he-ad for Ten golfers started the final 18 holes and shook his head in frustration when could not muster a birdie over the last the 107th British Open championship only two strokes apart. But the focus a 25-fo-ot birdie putt lipped the 11th hole. seven holes. Birdie putts flowed from Saturday were Jack Nicklaus and shifted to Nicklaus and Owen, who were "My mind flashed back to last year, Floyd on the back nine on the 10th, Simon Owen.
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