American Golfing Legend. In Columbus dispatch (30/5/08) he said "I used to be 5-11 3/4, and now I'm lucky if I'm 5-8 something"..."We just beat up our bodies," Nicklaus said, adding that X-rays of his lower back show disks mere millimeters apart

Not only that, I used to be called Big Jack, and I'm 5‑8 now. I was 6‑foot at that time. The guys today are all 6‑3, 6‑4, 6‑5

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