"I sat down with Rory last week and we had lunch, and we were talking, and I said, 'Rory, I know you prepared for Augusta; tell me how you're going to play the golf course,' " Nicklaus, the North ...

Nicklaus, who retired from professional golf in 2005, boasts 18 major championship wins and over 400 golf courses designed worldwide. Florida is home to approximately 41 Nicklaus-designed golf ...

Gary Player, Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus, who served as the honorary starters for the year's first major, all picked Rory McIlroy to win the Masters.