Jack Nicklaus Turns Back Time at Augusta
On April 13, 1986 – 1986: Jack Nicklaus read the story about his chances for this year’s Masters. He couldn’t miss it. A friend had clipped the article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and pasted it on the refrigerator of the Augusta home where the Nicklaus family stayed this week. “Nicklaus is done,” the story said. “He’s gone.”
“I kept thinking all week, ‘Through, washed up, huh?'” Nicklaus said. “I sizzled for a while.”
But not like how he sizzles on the back nine in the final round today at Augusta National. Down by four strokes, he plays like the Golden Bear of another era. Driving awesomely long and putting deadly, he charges past the field with a brilliant 30 to shoot a 65 for the day and 279 for the tournament. He wins his sixth Masters green jacket by one stroke over Tom Kite (who misses a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole) and Greg Norman (who bogeys 18).
At 46, Nicklaus is the oldest to win the Masters.
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