Nicklaus Scores Masters Victory

Jack Nicklaus stood off fourth round bids by Tony Lema and aging Sam Snead to win the Masters Golf Tournament by a stroke in Augusta, Ga. yesterday. The 23-year-old Nicklaus became the youngest player ever to win a Masters. His 286 total was the highest winning score in seven years of play.

Defending champion Arnold Palmer finished five strokes off the lead, good enough for a tie with Don January in sixth place. Until yesterday, the favored Palmer had won three of the last five Masters titles, missing the other two by the total margin of three strokes.