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Why are we building golf courses? Because we enjoy being outside, bringing man and nature together.
Jack Nicklaus
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Jack Nicklaus
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: January 21
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Jack William Nicklaus
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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When I look back on when I grew up, not even football players lifted weights. That was back 50 years ago.
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I've had a lot of majors where I didn't play well until the last round. Keep yourself in contention that's the name of the game. I usually ended up shooting a good round and all of a sudden, somehow, I won.
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How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit or other they tell us we ought to get over. Yet most bad habits are tools to help us through life.
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