Two for Mr. Clean

Few people enjoy their work as much as Doug Sanders does. A lanky, handsome Georgian who fancies brilliant blazers with 14-karat gold buttons, Sanders, 31, is the contemporary good-time Charlie of the pro-golf tour. Faced with a tricky shot, he has been known to march up to the prettiest face in the gallery, flash his warmest smile, and whisper hoarsely: "What do you suggest?" And at night--well, his fellow pros don't call him "Daiquiri Doug" for nothing. "I've spilled more than Tony

Lema has swallowed," Sanders admits. "Einstein said you could get along on four hours of sleep a night. Practically all my life I've tried to prove you can do it on three."

The trouble with the night before is the morning after. His bankroll suffers most. In 1961 Doug won five tournaments, was the tour's No. 3 money winner with $57,428. By last year his earnings had melted to $34,474, and going into Florida's Pensacola Open two weeks ago, he had not won a tournament in 23 months. So Daiquiri Doug decided to reform. "I have quit drinking," he announced, "except when I have something to celebrate."

He had plenty last week: two victories in eight days. At Pensacola, he sank a 35-ft. birdie putt on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff to beat Jack Nicklaus for the $10,000 winner's check. At the Doral Open in Miami, he fired a five-under-par 67 in the final round and picked up $11,000 more. That boosted his official 1965 winnings to $27,332, tops on the tour by $11,000 over Billy Casper. Now there was an excuse for a party. "I climbed out of the Mr. Clean bottle on Sunday," says Doug. "But on Monday I jumped right back in."

He must have. By week's end he had tied Nicklaus for the top prize in the Jacksonville Open pro-amateur, picking up another $462.50. And he did it all with the silliest swing in golf. Sanders stands stiff-legged, brings his club back such a short way that other pros say he "could swing in a telephone booth." With Jack Nicklaus still looking for his first victory of the year, Gary Player trying to commute from South Africa, and Arnie Palmer semiretired from the tour--he has played in only five of ten tournaments--Sanders sees no reason why he shouldn't Clean up.

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