An Open and shut case?

FOR one very special hour the golf world had eyes only for two players at St Andrews last night – one leaving the stage for good and the other threatening to leave the rest for dead.

First to a standing ovation came 65-year-old Jack Nicklaus, unable to extend the greatest career in the sport's history for two more days.

As at the Masters in April, Nicklaus did a good job of holding onto his emotions as his unforgettable journey through the majors 18 wins and 19 runners-up finishes remember built to its final destination. Appropriately, the Home of Golf.