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Home My WebLink About2006-04-06 A Retrospective And Coverage Of The Masters, In Sports (Palm Beach Post)20 years later, echoes reverberate from Nicklaus' Masters miracle A RETROSPECTIVE AND COVERAGE OF THE MASTERS, IN SPORTS ROB CARR/The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Charlie Nicklaus, 11, gets a hug from his grandfather, Jack, after making a putt Wednesday during the Masters Par 3 contest. Jack Nicklaus, a six -time Masters champion from North Palm Beach, will not be in the field when the tournament begins today. €Ei'rt?s� 'i �I�I�rI!'�y�4��e��ti'',`•• :,h,, S,. �i�.. :ltiS'�j`q ti'r'`.''hr'`h rfi ti THE IASTIERS At Augusta National Today's TV: 4 p.m., USA 1986 Getty Images file photo In the signature moment of the 1986 Masters, Jack Nicklaus raises his putter as his 10-footer for birdie finds the cup on No. 17. f.. �fif.:..ff .....: r: !i. ri ....... ..:. r...... rr .. rr . • • « r r r :.:. .......... r ., r............... r........................ ............ ............ No. 10, 485-yard, par 4: Driver to right of fairway into gallery, 4-iron to green, 1 putt from 25 feet, birdie 3. No. 11, 455-yard, par 4: Driver to fairway, 8-iron to green, 1-putt from 20 feet, birdie 3. No. 12, 155-yard, par 3: 7-iron over green in back fringe, wedge to green, 2 putts from 6 feet, bogey 4. No. 13, 465-yard, par 5: 3-wood to fairway, 3-iron to green, 2 putts from 30 feet, birdie 4. No. 14, 405-yard, par 4: 3-wood to fairway, 6-iron to back fringe of green, pitching wedge to green, 1 putt from 1 foot, par 4. No. 15, 500-yard, par 5: Driver to fairway, 4-iron to green, 1 putt from 12 feet, eagle 3. No. 16, 170-yard, par 3: 5-iron to green, 1-putt from 3 feet, birdie 2. No. 17, 400-yard, par 4: Driver to fairway, pitching wedge to green, 1 putt from 10 feet, birdie 3. No. 18, 405-yard, par 4: 3-wood to fairway, 5-iron to green, 2 putts from 40 feet, par 4. Par in: 36-72-288 Nicklaus in: 30-65-279 Comment But for bogey at 12, could have shot 29 Needing par at 18 to force playoff, badly missed green Steady back nine, but missed 10-footer on 18 to tie Bogeys at 15 (water), 17 (3-putt) doomed him 1986 Masters final scores Player Finla par Score Money Jack Nicklaus 1 Greg Norman T-2 Tom Kite T-2 Seve Ballesteros 4 Nick Price 5 Tom Watson T-6 Jay Haas T-6 Tommy Nakajima T-8 Bob Tway T-8 Payne Stewart T-8 Corey Pavin T-11 Donnie Hammond T-11 Calvin Peete T-11 Mark McCumber T-11 Sandy Lyle T-11 Gary Koch T-16 Ben Crenshaw T-16 Bernhard Langer T-16 Larry Mize T-16 Dave Barr T-16 Fuzzy Zoeller T 21 Curtis Strange T-21 T.C. Chen T 23 Roger Maltbie T-23 Bill Glasson T-25 Peter Jacobsen T-25 Scott Simpson T 25 Danny Edwards T-28 David Graham T-28 Johnny Miller .T 28 Dan Pohl T-31 Fred Couples T-31 Bruce Lietzke T-31 Lanny Wadkins T-31 Wayne Levi 35 Hubert Green T-36 Rick Fehr T-36 Sam Randolph T-36 Larry Nelson T-36 Tony Sills T-36 Don Pooley 41 Bill Kratzert T-42 John Mahaffey T-42 Ken Green 44 Phil Blackmar T-45 Jim Thorpe T-45 Lee Trevino 47 Mark O'Meara 48 -9 74-71-69-65-279 $144,000.00 -8 70-72-68-70-280 $70,400.00 - 8 70-74-68-68-280 $70,400.00 -7 71-68-72-70-281 $38,400.00 -6 79-69-63-71-282 $32,000.00 -5 70-74-68-71-283 $27,800.00 -5 76-69-71-67-283 $27,800.00 -4 70-71-71-72-284 $23,200.00 -4 70-73-71-70-284 $23,200.00 - 4 75-71-69-69-284 $23,200.00 -3 71-72-71-71-285 $16,960.00 -3 73-71-67-74-285 $16,960.00 - 3 75-71-69-70-285 $16,960.00 -3 76-67-71-71-285 $16,960.00 -3 76-70-68-71-285 $16,960.00 -2 69-74-71-72-286 $12,000.00 -2 71-71-74-70-286 $12,000.00 - 2 74-68-69-75-286 $12,000.00 -2 75-74-72-65-286 $12,000.00 -2 70-77-71-68-286 $12,000.00 -1 73-73-69-72-287 $9,300.00 -1 73-74-68-72-287 $9,300.00 E 69-73-75-71-288 $8,000.00 E 71-75-69-73-288 $8,000.00 +1 72-74-72-71-289 $6,533.33 +1 75-73-68-73-289 $6,533.33 +1 76-72-67-74-289 $6,533.34 +2 71-71-72-76-290 $5,666.66 +2 76-72-74-68-290 $5,666.67 +2 74-70-77-69-290 $5,666.67 +3 76-70-72-73-291 $4,875.00 +3 72-77-70-72-291 $4,875.00 +3 78-70-68-75-291 $4,875.00 +3 78-71-73-69-291 $4,875.00 +4 73-76-67-76-292 $4,300.00 +5 71-75-73-74-293 $3,850.00 +5 75-74-69-75-293 $3,850.00 +5 75-73-72-73-293 $3,850.00 +5 73-73-71-76-293 $3,850.00 +5 76-73-73-71-293 $3,850.00 +6 77-72-73-72-294 $3,400.00 +7 68-72-76-79-295 $3,200.00 +7 79-69-72-75-295 $3,200.00 +8 68-78-74-76-296 $3,000.00 +10 76-73-73-76-298 $2,700.00 +10 74-74-73-77-298 $2,700.00 +11 76-73-73-77-299 $2,500.00 +13 74-73-81-73-301 $2,300.00 Nicklaus stroke -by -stroke Jack Nicklaus in the Sunday final round of the Masters on the 6,905-yard par-72 August National Golf Club Course: No. 1, 400 yards, par 4: Driver to fairway, 8-iron to green, 2 putts from 20 feet, par 4. No. 2, 555 yard, par 5: Driver, missed fairway right, 3-iron short of green, pitching wedge to green, 1 putt from 8 feet, birdie 4. No. 3, 360 yard, par 4: 1-iron to fairway, 9-iron to green, 2 putts from 18 feet, par 4. No. 4, 205 yard, par 3: 2-iron to green, 3-putts from 40 feet, bogey 4. No. 5, 435 yard, par 4: Driver to fairway, 6-iron to green, 2 putts from 22 feet, par 4. No. 6, 180-yard, par 3: 5-iron to green, 2 putts from 4 feet, par 3. No. 7, 360-yard, par 4: Driver to fairway, 9-iron just off green, pitching wedge to green, tap -in par 4. No. 8, 535-yard, par 5: Driver to fairway, 3-wood short of green, pitching wedge to green, 2 putts from 10 feet, par 5. No. 9, 435 yard, par 4: Driver to fairway, pitching wedge to green, 1 putt from 10 feet, birdie 3. Par out: 36 Nicklaus out: 35 Jack Nicklaus got his first green jacket defeating Tony Lema by one stroke. //J/ f /7„:" Nicklaus scored a then -tournament record 17-under-par 271 to win by nine shots. Nicklaus became the first repeat Masters champion, winning in a playoff. • Nicklaus joined Arnold Palmer, the Masters only other four -time winner, scoring 286. rrrp;.;{r,.;rr,{r, •rr.•.. r?}•.'.•.'•pr'r•r,.r•,rrr'r, ;r r;rrr' rj;rr'• •r'r}'rrr.rFfr�• Nicklaus fended off challenges from Tom Weiskopf and Johnny Miller to win by 1 shot. At age 46, Nicklaus scored a final -round 65 to earn his sixth green jacket.