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At the age of forty-six, Jack Nicklaus was considered by some to be done as a championship golfer. Entering the 1986 Masters, most folks had written off the Golden Bear. But the winner of a recordseventeen professional majors wasn't done yet. After a slow start, Nicklaus got in the hunt during the weekend, and he played the final nine holes in a 6-under-par 30. He roared past a who's who of top golfers that day to win his sixth Masters title-a record that still exists. Most experts agree that it was the most thrilling day of tournament golf ever played. Upon the twenty-fifth anniversary of arguably the most exciting Masters in history,THE 1986 MASTERSis nearly a hole-by-hole account written by a veteran sports journalist who was there. Illustrated with more than fifty exclusive photographsof the tournament from the award-winning team at the Augusta Chronicle, ittakes you right onto the course with the golfers. Author John Boyette includes commentary frominterviews with the keyfigures connected to the 1986 Masters. From Nicklaus's wife and son to CBS announcers to the players themselves-Greg Norman, Tom Kite, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Seve Ballesteros, and many more-an amazing chorus of voices that helps tell this remarkable story. And thevoice ofJack Nicklaus shines as well, in an interview providedexclusively for the book. A thoroughly absorbing narrative about one of golf's greatest moments created by one of golf's greatest figures, THE 1986 MASTERS is amust-read for any golf fan.