Maybe? Yes sir! Final Round of the 1986 Masters

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The 1986 Masters Tournament was the 50th Masters Tournament and was held April 10–13, 1986. Jack Nicklaus began the day an unthinkable winner at age 46 and was 4 strokes back (-2) of Greg Norman (-6). When Jack reached the par 5 15th in two, he faced a putt to move to 7 under and two strokes behind the leader Seve Ballesteros. The eagle dropped and on-course commentator Ben Wright noted, "There's life in the bear yet." Seve would hit his approach on 15 in the water making Jack's quest for a sixth green jacket very real. Jack would birdie 16 tying for the lead, setting the stage for one of the most memorable moments in Masters history. After a wayward drive off the tee his recovery approach to 17 green gave him an 18 foot look at birdie and the solo lead. Would he make it? Maybe? Yes sir! Greg Norman fashion he was tied for the lead on 18 with a chance to win or push or playoff. In typical Norman fashion, he did neither and bogeyed 18 to lose, and what a complete loser Greg Norman has been in every facet of his life. Just like his LIV Tour experiment. He's injected terrorist and division into the game of golf. Thankfully Jack won in 1986 and Greg did not.

Jack won his record 18th professional major with a historic one-stroke victory. He shot a final round 65 (−7), with a back nine of 30 (−6), for a total score of 279 (−9).[2][3] At age 46, he became the oldest winner of the Masters and the second-oldest winner of any major championship, behind Julius Boros, who was 48 when he captured the PGA Championship in 1968 (until they were both passed by Phil Mickelson when he won the 2021 PGA Championship aged 50). The win also gave Nicklaus a record six Masters victories, the first in 1963, less than ten months after his first major win at the 1962 U.S. Open. The 23-year span of Masters victories and 24-year span of major victories are also records.

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