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Spratley. Vernon
Stafford, Roland
Sterling, Enrique
Stevens, Johnny
Stewart, Payne
Stockton, Dave
Stoner, Joe
Stoner, Joe, Jr.
Stritch, Elaine
Summerhays, Bruce
Tabor, Cecil Harold
Tabor, John Harald. (see Schlee, John)
Tatum, Frank “Sandy”
Taylor, Cliff
Taylor, Mike
Thompson, Dick
Thompson, Rocky
Thomson, Jimmy
Tihey, Tom
Time
Tirico, Mike
Tonight Show
Toscano, Harry
Trevino, Claudia Bove
Trevino, Claudia Fenley
Trevino, Joe
Trevino, Juanita
Trevino, Lee
post-1973 career of
in Senior PGA Tour
in U.S. Open of 1966
in U.S. Open of 1968
in U.S. Open of 1971
in U.S. Open of 1973, day 1
in U.S. Open of 1973, day 2
in U.S. Open of 1973, day 3
in U.S. Open of 1973, day 4,
in U.S. Open of 1983
Trevino, Lesley
Trevor, George
Tucker, Karl
Underwood, Hal
Venturi, Ken
Voigt, Elmer
Voigt, Jon
Volpone, Charles, Jr.
Wadkins, Lanny
Wadkins, Rachel
Wall, Art, Jr.
Ward, Harvie
Wargo, Tom
Wasson, Father
Watson, Tom
Webb, Del
Weiskopf, Eva Shorb
Weiskopf, Jeanne Marie Ruth
Weiskopf, Thomas Mannix
Weiskopf, Tom
golf course design by Nicklaus and
as Player of the Year in 1973
post-1973 career of
in Senior PGA Tour3
in U.S. Open of 1973, day 1
in U.S. Open of 1973, day 2
in U.S. Open of 1973, day 3
in U.S. Open of 1973, day 4
in U.S. Open of 1980
Werden, Lincoln
Whitten, Ron
Whittenton, Jesse
Wind, Herbert Warren
Wood, Larry
Woods, Tiger
Worsham, Lew
Woy, Bucky
Yamamoto, Toshio
Yancey, Bert
Yancey, Cheryl
Zarley, Kermit
Ziegler, Larry
Ziobro, Billy
1 Beaudine’s account of the change to Miller’s stance appeared in a Pittsburgh Press article in July 1978, five years after he caddied for Miller in the 1973 U.S. Open. Miller himself validated Beaudine’s account five years later. When the U.S. Open returned to Oakmont in 1983, Ron Rapoport reported as follows on his interview with Miller regarding his play during the first three rounds in 1973: “Miller had scored decently the first two days of the tournament, shooting a 71 and a 69, but he was not happy with his play from tee to green. Only his putting was keeping him in the tournament. So despite the fact that he is not one to practice much during tournaments, he went to the practice tee after his Friday round and did the silliest thing imaginable—he changed his swing. ‘I brought my hands four inches forward and opened the club face,’ he said. ‘I was hitting the ball farther. It was a major swing change, which was really dumb.’” Ron Rapoport, “Johnny Miller Returns to the Scene of His Miracle 63,” June 13, 1983, Los Angeles Times (Chicago Sun-Times).
2 Five years later, in a newspaper article (Ray Kienzl, “Caddie Hopes to Bag Miller Again,” Pittsburgh Press, July 23, 1978) that recapped the final round, Miller’s caddie, Lou Beaudine, claimed that the ball was actually deeply buried in the grass, so deep, in fact, that it appeared to have been stepped on. According to Beaudine—who passed away in 2006, and whose claim has not been verified—Miller asked for a ruling and a U.S.G.A. official concluded that it had been stepped on, probably by a marshal, and the official granted Miller a free lift and drop.
3 This section was written with Professor Joel Greenhouse, Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University.
4 Quoted in Gerry Dulac, “Johnny Miller: The Best Round Ever,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 10, 2007.
5 The first three U.S. Opens, 1895-1897, were only two rounds.