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Sport: The Young Turks

Ken Venturi tapped his ball firmly. Unerringly it rolled across the green, plunked into the cup 65 ft. away. A roar went up from the gallery at the Gleneagles Country Club in suburban Chicago. The putt gave Venturi a birdie 3 for the 69th hole, and an eventual one-stroke victory in the Chicago Open. Pocketing $9,000 in prize money, Venturi added another chapter to golf's big story of 1958: the coming of age of a new group of young golfers who promise to dominate the game for years to come.

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