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Farewell: Nicklaus bids adieu amid cheers, tears

By Gene Wojciechowski
ESPN.com

Friday, July 15, 2005

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- They stood on rooftops and leaned against chimney pipes. They peered through the open windows of the stately Royal and Ancient clubhouse. They stood 10 deep in front of the shops and flats that line the 18th fairway of golf's most famous course. They were there to witness history, a few well-earned tears, and, as it turned out, one wonderfully nostalgic, goose-bump moment when Jack Nicklaus wound the clock back to 1978 and turned the Old Course into a high-decibel chamb ...

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