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As Player stepped on the first tee he knew that Palmer had birdied the first two holes and already was 2 under par for the day.
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Player and on
Palmer was now putting merely for a tie, and Player, who was sitting beside his wife and watching it all on television in Tournament Chairman Clifford Roberts' clubhouse apartment, stared in amazement when Palmer missed the putt.
Long after the erratic climate and the washed-out final round on Sunday have become meteorological footnotes, the 1961 Masters will be remembered as the scene of the mano a mano between Arnold Palmer and Gary Player.
Rosburg had started early in the day, and by the time Palmer and Player were on the course -- separated, as they were destined to be for the rest of the weekend, by about half an hour -- they could see on the numerous scoreboards spotted around the course that Rosburg, who ended with a 73, was not having a good day.
Player began with a birdie on the first hole, added five straight pars and then another birdie at the 9th.
At one point late in the day, when Palmer was lining up a 25-foot putt on the 16th, a thunderous cheer from the direction of the 18th green unmistakably announced that Player had birdied the final hole.
The winners are listed ( 1 ) below in the section on " ALCS results ( 1969-present )", in the " Series MVP " column, ( 2 ) at League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award, and ( 3 ) on the MLB website.
Thirty years later, on March 6, 2009, Philips received an IEEE Milestone award with the following citation: " On 8 March 1979, N. V. Philips ' Gloeilampenfabrieken demonstrated for the international press a Compact Disc Audio Player.
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* Player names on jersey backs, which appeared in 1970, were originally in block-letter style ; from 1982 onward the names were slightly smaller and in footed, " serif " style.
* Player is at either end of the group of players on the line of scrimmage ( usually the split end and tight end )
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Player characters in both games, for instance, have six Attributes rated on a scale of 3 to 18, randomly generated by rolling six-sided dice.
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Chadwick edited The Beadle Baseball Player, the first baseball guide on public sale, as well as the Spalding and Reach annual guides for a number of years and in this capacity promoted the game and influenced the then-infant discipline of sports journalism.
Ice-T made an appearance on the comedy television series Chappelle's Show as himself presenting the award for " Player Hater of the Year " at the " Player-Haters Ball ", a parody of his own appearance at the Players Ball.
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Player and first
Player was the first to feel its teeth.
On the final round at Pensacola, the luck of the draw paired Palmer and Player in the same threesome and, although it was far from obvious at the time, the gallery was treated to the first chapter of what promises to be one of the most exciting duels in sport for a long time to come.
On Thursday, the first day of the Masters, the contest between Palmer and Player developed instantly.
The following year, Robinson won the American League Most Valuable Player award, thus becoming the first ( and so far only ) man to win the MVP in each league ( Robinson won the NL MVP in 1961, leading the Reds to the pennant ).
A healthy Walker became the first player in club history to win the NL Most Valuable Player award in 1997, batting. 366 with 49 homers and 130 RBI.
In that same year, Smith became the first player to win the Super Bowl, the NFL rushing title ( i. e. lead the league in rushing ), the NFL Most Valuable Player Award, and the Super Bowl MVP all in one season.
Miguel Cabrera ( also from the Mudcats ) filled in well, hitting a walk off home run in his first major league game, against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Pro Player Stadium.
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He was selected for six consecutive All-Star Games from 1949 to 1954, was the recipient of the inaugural MLB Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949 — the first black player so honored.
In the late 1990s, Puerto Rican rapper Big Punisher became the first Latino solo artist to reach platinum sales for an LP with his debut album Capital Punishment, which included hit song Still Not a Player.
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For his effort, he finished third in the 2007 National League Most Valuable Player voting, garnering 284 total points including 5 first place votes.
In 1868 one of her paintings, A Mandoline Player, was accepted for the first time by the selection jury for the Paris Salon.
Player and tee
In 2012, golf's The Big Three reunited as South African golfer Gary Player joined for the ceremonial tee shots as honorary starters for the 76th playing of the Masters Tournament.
If Player A teed off on the first hole and Player B holed the final putt, Player B would not tee off at the second, meaning that Player A could, in theory, play every tee shot on the round.
Player and knew
Starting the second nine, Palmer was already four strokes behind Player and knew it.
Player and Palmer
The Augusta National Golf Club Course got up and bit both Player and Palmer.
Palmer had started the round four strokes behind Player, and at one point in the afternoon had trailed by as many as six strokes.
Half an hour after he finished his round, Player holed out at the 18th green with a 69 and a three-round total of 206, four strokes ahead of Palmer.
But as the tour reached Pensacola a month ago, Player was leading Palmer in official winnings by a few hundred dollars, and the rest of the field was somewhere off in nowhere.
On that final Sunday at Pensacola neither Palmer nor Player was leading the tournament and, as it turned out, neither won it.
Player immediately proved he was not in the least awed by the dramatic proximity of Palmer.
Thereafter, until the Masters, Player gradually increased his lead over Palmer in winnings and added one more tournament victory at Miami.
Even so, it was still not clear to many in the enormous horde of spectators -- unquestionably the largest golf crowd ever -- that this tournament was to be, essentially, a match between Palmer and Player.
Starting half an hour behind Player in company with British Open Champion Kel Nagle, Palmer birdied the 2nd, the 9th, the 13th and the 16th -- four birdies, one bogey and 13 pars for a 69.
And last week at the Masters Palmer and Player did.
Carson Palmer, the future star quarterback, was drafted in 2003, but did not play a snap that whole season, as Jon Kitna had a comeback year ( voted NFL Comeback Player of the Year ).
By the late 1960s Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player had both acquired clear ascendancy in their rivalry, but Palmer won a PGA Tour event every year from 1955 to 1971 inclusive, and in 1971 he enjoyed a revival, winning four events.
Such golfers have included Fred McLeod, Jock Hutchinson, Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player.
Other multiple winners include Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods, with four each ; and Jimmy Demaret, Sam Snead, Gary Player, Nick Faldo and Phil Mickelson, with three each.
Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods have each won four, and Jimmy Demaret, Gary Player, Sam Snead, Nick Faldo and Phil Mickelson have three titles to their name.
This was at the beginning of the " Big Three " era in professional golf, the three players in question being Player, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.
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