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Entering the final round of the 1960 U.S. Open, few people gave Arnold Palmer a chance. He was seven strokes behind 54-hole leader Mike Souchak and even writers told him a 65 wouldn't be enough. Palmer never adhered to such rhetoric. He promptly drove the short par-4 first hole and made a birdie en route to a 65. Meanwhile, the leaders faltered, leaving only Ben Hogan and an unheralded 20-year-old amateur by the name of Jack Nicklaus with a chance. Hogan sank his hopes at the par-5 17th, while Nicklaus, playing with Hogan, three-putted 13 and 14 to fall out of contention. Palmer suddenly had his championship. It would be Palmer's only U.S. Open title.
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Arnold Palmer gives his patented thumbs-up gesture to the crowd during the 2002 U.S. Senior Open at Caves Valley outside Baltimore, MD.
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Arnold Palmer poses with the Havemeyer Trophy after winning the 1954 U.S. Amateur at the Country Club of Detroit in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.
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Arnold Palmer drew enormous galleries at the 1966 U.S. Open at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.
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Arnold Palmer's 1960 U.S. Open title was the greatest comeback in the championship's history
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