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Well, I think that Augusta is not the same golf course that I grew up on. Bobby Jones' philosophy was giving you space off the tee if you put it in the right side of the fairway, you ended up getting the right angle to the green.

Jack Nicklaus

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Jack Nicklaus
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Born: 1940
Born: January 21
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