Wait, the North & South Amateur was mentioned during the 1986 Masters Broadcast?

April 9, 2020

Yes, yes it was. And it came at perhaps the biggest moment of Jack Nicklaus’ charge that fateful Sunday – before his eagle putt on 15 (“THE BATTLE IS JOINED!”):

That’s Ben Wright with the call, and he makes the North & South reference in regard to Nicklaus’ caddie, his son Jackie, who had won the North & South in 1985 – with his dad watching in the gallery. It comes just before the putt.

Jack won the North & South himself in 1959, and the pair is the only father and son to have ever won the famed Amateur championship. Below, they recall their experiences: