Sport: Winner at Oakmont

Slamming Sam Snead, the lanky West Virginian whose tee-to-green game is the best in golf, was having a hot spell last week. Going into the final match of the Professional Golfers' Association championship at the Oakmont (Pa.) Country

Club, Snead was 17 strokes under par after defeating five topflight opponents. Said Snead: "I don't know that I've ever scored better." In the final, against Newcomer Walter Burkemo, Snead outdid himself.

A booming drive and a well-placed approach shot left him 40 ft. from the pin on the 483-yd. first hole (par five). Burkemo, also well-placed, was in line for a birdie. He got...

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