The ball tracks to the hole, the right arm swings and points the putter skyward. The man on the green tilts forward, toward the target, anticipating the success.
It is 1986 and it is Jack Nicklaus. The ball is going to fall into the cup. History is being made by golf's Golden Bear.
Upon his arrival at Augusta in the spring of 1986, Nicklaus proclaims golf a 'young man's game' and Augusta National 'a young man's course'. Nicklaus is 46.
The man who has 69 PGA Tour titles has not won since his own tournament, the Memorial, in 1984, and it is six years since his last Major title. Greg Norman is poised to overtake Nicklaus as the world's best and most recognisable golfer. Like Nicklaus, Norman treasures the Masters and its history.
Nicklaus is a bit player through 54 holes with rounds of 74-71-69. Tom Kite, Nick Price, Tom Watson and Seve Ballesteros are in the hunt, but they are not chasing a Bear, they are after a Great White Shark.
Something magical happens on the back nine, where Nicklaus makes five birdies and an eagle - raising his putter skyward six times down the stretch. Each time, there are goose bumps for everybody watching live and on television
