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...dynamic is a gift for the tour. When the pair went shot for shot at the Ford championship on a Sunday in early March (Woods won by a stroke), NBC's year-over-year ratings ballooned 96%. Tour officials are salivating over the rebirth of classic rivalries like Jack Nicklaus-- Arnold Palmer and Nicklaus--Tom Watson that could sustain pro golf for a decade...
...Tokyo: Kazusa Monarch Country Club, Chiba A 90-minute drive south of the city center, this Jack Nicklaus-designed course is open on weekdays at $110; weekends and holidays...
...hook or a slice; farther on, the gaping mouths of four hungry sand traps guard a tiny, fast green. And I've been grouped with three aces who fly in every year from Japan to be humbled by this obstacle course of bunkers, lakes and foliage designed by Jack Nicklaus to keep balls out of holes and golfers returning for more. "Jai yen, jai yen," whispers my caddy, Sawat, in Thai. "Keep a cool heart...
...Jack Nicklaus carries three tees and three pennies in his pocket when he plays. Fred Couples only uses balls with ones and threes on them. Golfers may be the most superstitious of all pro athletes, but no good-luck charm has swept the tour like a little ornament called the QLink. A lightweight pendant worn as a necklace, it supposedly helps the body ward off electromagnetic fields and increases mental stamina. Clarus Products International has sold more than 200,000 of the pendants since 1999 and claims that 300 pros are now wearing them. The company cites scientists who tout...
...Times editorial board undoubtedly would argue that it singled out Woods not because he is partly black but because he is the game's No. 1 player, and the second editorial did call upon Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus to protest as well. But asking Woods to lead the charge still struck me as implying that only a Magic Negro could be expected to wave his putter like a magic wand and singlehandedly settle the bitter quarrel between two entrenched camps. The people drafting Woods seem to feel that he has a special obligation to spearhead the assault on discrimination...