Word: nicklaus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jack Nicklaus was not the first to discover that nobody loves a fat man, but he made characteristic use of the information. Nicklaus slimmed himself into a model for a line of clothes and a mold for a line of golfers: towheads shaped like one-irons. The definition of an avid golf fan now is anyone who can tell Johnny Miller from John Mahaffey from Ben Crenshaw from Bill Rogers from Jerry Pate...
...Bogart Jackson had to do was go out and play par golf for one more afternoon, and he would become the hottest new property on the tour since the once-chubby Jack Nicklaus shed 60 pounds and began playing--instead of eating--like a Golden Bear...
...What's taking him so long?" "Jeez, it's getting late. Who does this guy think he is, Jack Nicklaus...
...redundant to say Jack is back. But I guess he never left. He has copped two major titles in one summer, a season many observers predicted would be the undeniable end of Nicklaus' reign as King. Then, just as Tom Watson and Andy Bean thought it was safe to view for the throne. Jack stopped pulling his putts and collected two major tourneys, knocking the "kids"--by now accomplished pros--back on their butts...
...easy. Everybody loves him. It's not like team sports, where each city has its favorites and at the same time loves to hate brilliant athletes who do not don the team's colors. It's not even like tennis, where fans have their unequivocal favorites and enemies. Nicklaus transcends these regional and individual tastes--every golf fan roots for him, worships him. Oh, there were the days when Arnie captured the hearts and minds of the weekend mulligan-and-duff set, at the expense of Jack's popularity. But that was long ago, and the aging hero has returned...