Jack Nicklaus In Britain, the people of the country have achieved in the arts of pomp and ceremony. The ceremony too
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as was the occasion at the time that they held a ceremony at the University of St. Andrews and the Royal Burgh of
St. Andrews Community Council held an informal get-together on Tuesday, to award five honorary degrees and made
Jack Nicklaus--as he is known as Dr. Nicklaus in their academic eyes--an honorary citizen in the Auld Grey Toon. The
event was attended by a large crowd inside the Younger Hall on North Street--which included PGA Tour commissioner
Jay Monahan, USGA executive director Mike Whan and Augusta National president Fred Ridley as well as
Catriona Matthew, Jose Maria Olazabal, Sandy Lyle, Lee Trevino and Bob Charles all emerged as "Doctors of Law.
Past honorees included Gary Player, Colin Montgomerie, Seve Ballesteros, Peter Alliss, Nick Faldo, Peter Thomson,
Charlie Sifford, Renee Powell, Tom Watson, Padraig Harrington, Arnold Palmer and Paul Lawrie. All of that added another
memorable chapter of the location in which, 64 years before, Bobby Jones had famously signed his Freedom of
St. Andrews. Bobby Jones, Benjamin Franklin and now Nicklaus (with the modern version) have been the sole three