Golf: More Jack for Jack

"A man wants to improve at anything he does," said Jack Nicklaus. "And I'm certainly not doing my best." It was the sort of sincere, sensible thing any young man might say if he was just 23 and had practically his whole life ahead of him. But coming from Nicklaus, it sent a surge of dismay through the battle-scarred ranks of golf's professionals. In the space of eleven short months. Jack ("Baby Beef") Nicklaus has won the U.S. Open (prize: $15,000). the World Series of Golf ($50,000), the Seattle...

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