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Highlight of Ayub's busy week was his first night in Washington, when he was guest of honor at Jackie Kennedy's imaginative fête champêtre at Mount Vernon. The silty Potomac glittered golden in the setting sun as 138 guests boarded four flower-laden boats (each with its own musicians) for the 15-mile cruise to George Washington's sprawling estate. The ladies had been instructed to wear short dresses (the better to clamber about Mount Vernon's expansive lawn), and the men wore white dinner coats-except, unaccountably-the clothes-conscious...
...hole final day, Palmer turned on the steam. He opened the third round with a flutter of birdies, carded a 69. Henning fell five strokes back, last year's champ, Australian Kel Nagle, six. Palmer's greatest challenge came from Rees, a plucky, 48-year-old veteran who has futilely pursued the Open title for a quarter of a century. But Rees slipped a stroke behind with a 71 in the third round, could only match Palmer's final round of 72 to lose...
...After eliminating defending champ Joe Carr and U.S. Airman Ralph Morrow in the British Amateur Golf Championship, grizzled Scot Jimmy Walker, 40, ran out of steam, lost to husky British Walker Cupper Michael Bonallack...
...hard tough mean mucky real bad thing to see an old champ go soft. Like the Sugarman rubber-kneed against Fender. Like Papa not making it to those trees in time. Like Mickey Spillane coming back with his first book in eight years: "I let him get close enough to kiss me off with his eyes, took the blade out of his fingers so fast he never knew I had it until I raked him hard over the ribs where the blood could make a mess for everybody to see. When I hit him his teeth powdered and he fell...
Wide World of Sports (ABC, 5-7 p.m.). Jack Kramer narrates as his professional tennis menagerie, including Champ Pancho Gonzales and Runner-Up Andres Gimeno, plays in Mexico City...