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Old 07-19-2008, 11:25 AM
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Re: Nicklaus: The younger Tour players are 'soft'

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Originally Posted by xnavyct View Post
Maybe I'm not remembering this exactly correct, but early in his career, didn't Hogan (or maybe it was Byron Nelson) say he pretty much had to win or place in tournaments in order to have the gas, food and lodging money to even go play in the next tournament he wanted to go play in, if it was in another part of the country?
Palmer and tv changed alot of that in a fell swoop...
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