How Tiger will fare at Augusta a question mark

ByJASON SOBEL
April 3, 2015, 8:11 PM

— -- Tiger Woods has endured Jack Nicklaus comparisons ever since winning his first Masters nearly two decades ago. Here's one potential parallel, though, that has never before been considered.

Before Nicklaus' historic victory at the 1986 Masters, it was believed the then-17 time major champion was done. Washed up. Finished. One sports writer, Tom McCollister of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, swore as much early that week. "He just doesn't have the game anymore," he wrote of the 46-year-old. "It's rusted from lack of use."