Golf: Sorry About That

Though he ranks fifth behind Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper, Jack Nicklaus and Julius Boros among pro golf's alltime top-money winners, San Diego's Gene Littler, 36, is so inconspicuous that he has been refused entry at the players' gate. He frankly prefers it that way. "I just like to go out and play my game and be left alone," he says. Littler's game is called Finish in the Money, But Don't Be Greedy. His lifetime earnings total $434,324, most of which has come from finishing second (23 times) or third (19 times) behind better-known pros. As a matter of fact,...

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