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June 18, 2008 by admin
Favorite Color Creates ‘Three Generations of Golf’
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It had never happened before. It hasn't happened since. When iconic golfers Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer took to the links for the final round of the 1960 U. S. Open, three generations of golf greatness were represented together for the first, and perhaps only, time. That historic grouping forms the focus of "Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U. S. Open," a lovingly told documentary created by HBO Sports. The Main Title opens with a blaze of sunlight slowly diffusing to reveal a dimpled white ball on a tee. The lone figure of a very young Jack Nicklaus (then playing as an amateur) sends a drive ripping down the verdant fairway. The scene dissolves into shots of caddies and expectant looking crowds along the fairway before revealing still images - one monochrome, one color - of Ben Hogan attempting a chip shot out of a water hazard. Swooping around an ornately textured tree trunk, the camera reveals flawless follow-through of the legendary Arnold Palmer (this tournament's eventual champion). Billed as a "Matchup for the Ages," the scene then joins shots of the three men together on the green, before ending with a final putt and a 3D ball entering the hole. The resulting effect is both palpably dramatic and gently nostalgic.
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