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br> Reston, Virginia /p> p> BACKING JACK br> Re: Lawrence Henry's Our Friend, Bobby Jones : /p> p>Lawrence Henry has a nice way with words and uses it well in praise of Bob Jones. He also has a slightly nasty streak. I'm pretty certain Bob Jones would balk at having his work bolstered by belittling the works and methods of others, especially in a rather petty way. I'm also fairly sure Tom Watson would not wish to have his relationship with Jack Nicklaus be summarized by his having given Jack the teasing nickname Karnack early in it's tenure. Rather, I suspect, he would prefer it be capsuled in their warm, exceedingly sportsmanlike stroll off the eighteenth green at Turnberry at the conclusion of the greatest weekend in Open history. We all become more human later in life, Mr. Henry. Could you hurry your effort a jot please? br> -- Guy Green br> St. Paul, Minnesota /p> p> In the late 1970s, my son and I watched Jack Nicklaus doing a practice round at Butler National prior to the Western Open. After the round, my son and a few other kids surrounded Nicklaus for an autograph. Jack asked the kids to stick around a few minutes while he went into the press tent. About 20 minutes later, Nicklaus reappeared, called over to the kids and signed autographs and chatted with them for a few minutes. He then noticed a camera in my hand, motioned me over, and asked my son if he would pose for a picture with him. Get it, Mr. Henry? The Golden Bear asked a ten-year-old kid to pose with him for a photo. Imperious? Not in my book. br> --

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