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Sobel: Spieth won't forget this Masters, and that's OK

Two days before the start of last week's Masters Tournament, six-time champion Jack Nicklaus lamented a single shot from his storied career at Augusta National.

It was a 6-iron, he vividly recalled. From 164 yards. On the final hole. And it took place 39 years ago.

Nicklaus always had a strategy for this specific shot. Hit the ball onto the middle of the green, just right of the hole, and let it feed to about 15 or 20 feet.

"I got there and I changed my mind over the ball," he explained last week.