Word: nicklauses
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...Shinnecock Hills was last host to the Open, in 1986, Smith was new to the job and nervous. But his course produced one of the most exciting Opens in history, with Ray Floyd emerging from a pack of 10 golfers. This time, Smith is a little more confident. "Jack Nicklaus was here the other day, and he said, 'Pete, I can't wait to get back here next week.' That made me feel a lot better...
...wandered around for a while before I found a seat at the 16th hole, a beautiful par-three, which, I later found out, had been the sight of some of the greatest putts in Masters' history. The year before, Jack Nicklaus had clinched his record sixth green jacket with a huge putt at the hole. In 1975, Nicklaus sunk an even bigger putt, a ridiculous 60-footer, to win the golf tournament...
...wide-eyed when Nicklaus played the hole. He was not even on the tournament's leader board, but he still got the biggest cheer of the field...
...green grass, Nicklaus's red pants, Ben Crenshaw and the results on the radio. I don't think I could tell you a single thing that happened at the wrestling match...
When the possibility of facing the end of your life's work stares back at you in the mirror in the morning, that's an awful lot of pressure. And it's one thing if your name is Nicklaus and you at least get to make that decision; far, far worse is it to have that option taken away before it can be chosen...