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The speaker is expressing amazement at Jack Nicklaus’s 1986 Masters win and emphasizing how unusual it seemed for someone age 46 to win that tournament. The quote reflects surprise at both the performance and the age at which it happened.
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About Jim Nantz
American sportscaster
Jim Nantz is an American sportscaster who has been a familiar CBS voice since 1985. Born James William Nantz III, he has covered major professional and college sports across football, basketball, golf, and the PGA Tour. He has anchored CBS’s Masters Tournament coverage since 1989 and became the network’s lead NFL play-by-play announcer in 2004. From 1990 to 2023, he was also the lead broadcaster for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, making his career closely associated with some of CBS’s best-known sports broadcasts.
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Books by Jim Nantz
Always By My Side
2008