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Was there ever yearly in golf like 1960? It had been the year that the activity and its vivid personalities exploded on the consciousness of the nation, when the past, present, and future of the game collided. Television, still a new medium, provided a fresh window to the fascinating show and enabled this rich man's sport to make an impression on millions of new fans. Here was Arnold Palmer, the working man's hero, sweating, chain-smoking, shirt-tail flying, winning, it seemed, every tournament with a last-second charge; grim Ben Hogan, Arnie's opposite, the best player of the '50s, a perfectionist battling the twin demons old and nerves; and, making his debut in the big style, a chunky, crewcut university kid who seemed to hold the makings of your champion?20-year-old Jack Nicklaus.
