with Jack Nicklaus Little-Known Facts To Raise Your Golf IQ (NAPSA)—Here are somelittle- known facts about the game you may enjoy taking a swingat: Until the early 1900s, wooden tees were not used. Instead, golfers built a little mound of sand that served as a tee. For winning the first U.S. Open Championship in 1895, Horace Rawlins received prize moneyof $150. Golf icon and RBS ambassador Jack Nicklaus. Byron Nelson’s scoring average of 68.33 strokes in 1945 was a record for 55 years, until Tiger Woods brokeit with 68.17 in 2000. The youngest winner ever in a major championship was young Tom Morris, who won the 1868 British Open at age 17. In 1945, Byron Nelson and Jug McSpaden were knownas the “Golddust Twins.” Nelson won 18 times and McSpaden had 31 top 10’s, both PGA records. These facts were discovered by the Royal Bank of Scotland through its support of Jack Nicklaus and the gameofgolf.
