Middle Age Man Does the Impossible

Some sports moments are so transcendent, so unbelievable, they feel almost like fairy tales in hindsight. That's certainly the case with the 1986 Masters, where 46-year-old Jack Nicklaus made a back-nine charge for the ages, chasing down his younger competitors to win his sixth green jacket.

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