All week things had been breaking right for Bob Sweeny, New York socialite, R.A.F. veteran, and one of the U.S.'s distinguished amateur golfers. For the sixth time since 1932, 43-year-old Sweeny was shooting for the U.S. Amateur Golf Championship, and he was shooting some of the best golf of his career. On the way to the finals he breezed past such steady competitors as last year's runner-up, Dale Morey, and Connecticut's Dr. Ted Lenczyk. Now, in the last round, he seemed a good bet to upset the tournament favorite: Arnold Palmer, a young (24) ex-coast guardsman from Cleveland, who had yet...
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