a split second after they hit the ball off the tee

Lost 2 more (in addition to 62') US Open playoffs (63' and 66'), finished 2nd to Nicklaus in 67' and had his chances in 64', 69' and 72' through 75'. He also frittered away the 59' and 61' Masters; he could have won 5 straight. Palmer should have won a dozen majors, at least.

And he's making a comeback on the PGA Tour.

I saw him play as Arnold Palmer's marker in the third round of the 1980 US Open at Baltusrol.

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And he was a poor putter.

@@Kaddywompous Snead had his phases. At times he was a great putter, an average putter, and when he had various bouts with the yips, a bad short putter

Snead famously 5 putted on 18 at the US open to cause a 3 way playoff with the players who were in 2nd prior to sneads 5 putt to lose the US Open that was held at Philly Country in the 30s, perhaps it was a reference to that

Jimmy Demaret, who ought to know, says in this very video that Sam is a good long putter, but has his problems with the short putts.

It was the 2nd time in 3 years that Palmer was within 1 stroke of winning the Masters , US and British Opens in the same year.

Yes, the current reference to the British Open as simply “The Open”, was marketing genius as it was used by the R&A starting 15-20 years ago and it stuck. Good observation

Without the score card error by De vicenzo. They would have tied, and had a 18 hole playoff the next day. So he was not handed it ' but a playoff would have happened.

It's primitive tv. What do you expect? If this is 1962 tv had only been a mainstream item for about 15 years. It was all new...to everyone.

That's a pretty disrespectful statement, the commentator was an accomplished pro himself and I think it shows. Nothing rubbish or primitive about it, just to the point and no elaborate chitchat.

Not nearly as painful as listening to you I’m sure.

@@johnfury6481 To be sure Sir

@@gertvanderhorst2890 He was a great pro golfer - the first to win the Masters 3 times - but that doesn't necessarily mean he would be equally adept at golf commentary. For ex, "no golfer in his right mind would shoot at the flag - maybe Bob's not in his right mind" (14:20) - so who's being disrespectful? I've heard many of Jimmy's chitchat's, and for me, he had the commentator's curse of not being able to keep quiet.

thanks for writing this quote down. tragic but hysterical all the same.

Same with Hogan...he would have won 20 majors if he could put worth a shit.

@@blackie75 I've read he had an accident, which took the edge off his game.

I call them Volkswagens on a stick

Kinda like Bed Jarrett of Nascar he broadcasted from the mid 60s until the early to mid 2000s and he's still alive today

+rooseveltnut They did not have tape in 1962. They used 16mm film.