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Ken Venturi: Arnold Palmer
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Venturi said he didn't mean to imply that Palmer cheated, only that Palmer took an illegal drop because he didn't know the rules. Palmer has refused comment, though he was up-front about the incident in a pair of his own books, "Playing by the Rules" and "A Golfer's Life," and his version of the story is that he did indeed declare to Lacey that he was playing a second ball before he ever attempted that second shot at his first ball.
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"Arnold played a second ball incorrectly," Venturi said in the statement. "This was due in part to Arnold not understanding the rule, which stipulates a player must declare playing a second ball prior to the playing of the original ball. This does not make Arnold Palmer a cheat."
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FOUR YEARS LATER, Venturi again finished second, again one shot back. This time, 1960, it was behind the 6-under 282 total of Arnold Palmer, who won the second of his four green jackets.
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"You have to declare a second ball before you hit your first one," Venturi said he told Palmer. "Suppose you had chipped in with the other ball? Would you still be playing a second?"
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