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Tiger and the Masters victory even he never saw coming

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Before Jack Nicklaus authored the most iconic moment in Masters history, when he charged back from four shots down and shot 6-under 30 on the second nine to win his sixth green jacket in 1986, he was considered nothing more than a longshot at age 46.

Nicklaus arrived at Augusta National Golf Club that season having missed the cut in three of seven tournaments and withdrawing from another. He was 160th on the PGA money list. He hadn't won a major in six years. He hadn't won the Masters in 11 years.

Sound familiar?