18 things about Jack Nicklaus you need to know
We've compiled these incredible facts and figures about Jack Nicklaus's golf career
2. During the 1967 US Open Australian writer Don Lawrence said Nicklaus looked like a “big, cuddly, golden bear.” Also, the mascot at Nicklaus’s school, Upper Arlington High in Columbus, Ohio, was a golden bear. Which is a lot nicer than ‘Fat Jack’. He’ll be glad that one stuck.
Joe Hughes
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