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I've never set up any golf course that would favor anybody. I try to make it exactly the opposite, which is what we did at Valhalla when we modernized it to accommodate the lengths players are hitting it today.
Jack Nicklaus
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Jack Nicklaus
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: January 21
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