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Tiger Woods posted a note to Jack Nicklaus on his website, congratulating Nicklaus on receiving Sports Illustrated's Muhammad Ali Legacy Award.

The note read:

"I'd like to congratulate Jack on receiving [Sports Illustrated's] Muhammad Ali Legacy Award. Every honor Jack receives is well-deserved, and this one, that recognizes the ideals of sportsmanship, leadership and philanthropy as tools for changing the world, is pretty special.

Jack's tournament records are incredible, not just his 18 majors (plus two U.S. amateurs) and 73 PGA TOUR wins, but his 19 second-place finishes in the majors, which I think may be his most incredible stat.