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Golf Swing Thursday: Tony Jacklin Drives Across the Thames River in 1969

TONY JACKLIN TOLD ME HIS GOLF SWING came together in 1969, the year he won the British Open and also won five points in the Ryder Cup that ended in a historic tie, 16 all. A year later Jacklin won the U.S. Open at Hazeltine.

Jacklin played practice rounds with Tom Weiskopf, Bert Yancey and other Americans, and mastered his leg action, a departure from the wristy golf swings of many Brits at that time.

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"That was a publicity stunt," Jacklin said. "... There was a ship in the Thames with a .