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Palmer Favored By Masters Man
NEW YORK AP Watch out for the three P s Palmer Player and Pott and write off the amateurs oldsters and outsiders in next week s Masters Golf Tournament Fred Corcoran said today To have to pick Arnold Palmer to win again he is playing superbly hitting his approach shots right on the pin and putting exceptionally well Gary Player also is on top of his game and supremely confident Of the outside threats you have to take Johnny Pott He is a tremendous hitter who will be favored with starting the PGA tour toward its present multimillion dollar status has returned home after watching a dark horse Dan Sikes win the Doral Open the second long shot in as many weeks to whip the top pros in Florida Ray Floyd captured the St Petersburg Open the week before Nobody is going to come out of the clouds to win the Masters Corcoran said The Augusta course is too big and too tough It takes a finished golfer to whip it The Masters is scheduled April 47 Corcoran a thick necked Bostonian who runs the Canada Cup and International matches predicted that no amateur nor old timer would be able to finish in the top 15 Now that Jack Nicklaus has turned pro the amateur threat has completely vanished And there are too many hills for the old fellows at Augusta Sam Snead who has won three Masters might have a chance but he has a bad foot and says he doesn t know whether he can stand up under the grind It s going to be equally tough for fellows like Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson