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That's sort of overkill. We've had 70 years of the Ryder Cup, and it's gotten along just fine. The pendulum will swing back without making a monumental thing about it.

Jack Nicklaus

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Jack Nicklaus
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: January 21
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