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Tiger: Jack's win in '86 is my first Masters memory

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Which Masters was better: Jack Nicklaus winning his sixth green jacket at age 46 in 1986, or Tiger Woods winning his fifth at age 43 in 2019?

It’ll be debated ad nauseam for the foreseeable future but, in the immediate aftermath of Woods’ victory Sunday at Augusta National, he wasn’t interested in putting too much thought into the discussion.

“I don’t know if it is or not, but I can tell you that ’86 meant a lot of me because that was the first memory that I have of the Masters, seeing Jack celebrate a 4-iron into the green on 15.