One for the Ages: Jack Nicklaus and the 1986 Masters

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The Masters tournament has provided some of golfs most memorable finishesnone more so than the improbable triumph by Jack Nicklaus in 1986. Twenty-five years later many regard it as the most exciting Masters ever. Nicklaus 46 was 160th on the PGA Tour money list. His last win in a major championship had been six years earlier. Many of his rivals on the tour thought he was well on his way to being washed up. But for Nicklaus the Masters was an opportunity for redemption. The somewhat tarnished Golden Bear with his eldest son Jackie as his caddy hung on for the first three rounds. Then it was Sunday. Ballesteros Norman Kite Watson and others were ahead of him. During the afternoon he charged. One for the Ages is the pulse-pounding story of the most glorious moment in Jack Nicklauss career. It is also a celebration of the Masters arguably the most prestigious tournament in golf and its world-class players who clashed during a golden weekend in Augusta until only one man with his son at his side was left standing.