Article
by Buck P.
Patton, Memphis Press-Scimitar, Sat., August 19, 1961.
(Bobby
Greenwood-Jack Nicklaus Match)
Photo
Caption: 
THE FIRST AND LAST hole in the Bobby
Greenwood-Jack Nicklaus match turned out to be No. 1. Above,
Greenwood watches calmly as Nicklaus (behind Greenwood) rams in
a 30-footer to go 1 up. However, it was Greenwood who
birdied No. 1 on the first playoff hole after tying it up with
an eagle on 18.
Excerpts from the Article:
"Colonial's form chart, mocked by
yesterday's first round upset of Jackie Nicklaus by Bobby
Greenwood, continued to take a beating today when Billy Joe
Patton was ousted in the second round by Bob Magee, 3 and 2."
-1st paragraph
"Greenwood
eliminated Earl Pate, 3 and 2; ..." - from 4th paragraph
"The
fireworks in the Greenwood-Nicklaus match started on the 16th.
There Greenwood was on the five-par hole in two and had an easy
birdie. Nicklaus was buried in a sandtrap in two and parred.
Loss of the hole evened the match.
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Per Bobby Greenwood: "Greenwood was in the bunker on the
16th in two but only 30 feet from hole. His sand shot
stopped six inches from the cup for an easy birdie. Nicklaus
was in a sandtrap but was ten yards from the green and
unable to get up and down to match Greenwood's birdie. Loss
of the hole evened the match."
***Interview done by Elma Greenwood of Bobby Greenwood,
Cookeville, Tennessee, August 3, 2008. []-for accuracy |
"I
felt pretty good then," said Greenwood, "but it didn't last."
Nicklaus snaked in a [30-footer] to birdie and win the par-three
17th, and the pressure shifted once again to Greenwood.
"I hit a
good tee shot on the 18th and figured my next shot would keep me
in or take me out." he said. It kept him in. He smashed a
three-wood [four feet] from the pin [and was left with a side
hill putt for an eagle] which
it turned out he needed.
"I didn't
think Nicklaus could birdie. He was on the back of the green and
had to come downhill. [But when he chipped to about about nine feet
below the cup I thought he might make it. And, when he did, that
four-footer] of mine got 20 feet long."
Greenwood
spent exactly three minutes surveying the situation then dropped
in [the curling eagle putt to square the match. Then on to the
sudden death playoff.]
[Greenwood
once again hit a beautiful seven iron 2nd shot that stopped four
inches from the hole for a final birdie and the victory.]
