Swede Carl Pettersson earned two nice gifts by winning Jack Nicklaus’s 2006 Memorial Tournament. First, the $1,035,000 victory meant Pettersson wouldn’t have to scramble the next day for a section qualifier to secure a coveted US Open spot. But Pettersson was now stuck with airline tickets to a place he didn’t want to go when all he wanted was to celebrate with his wife DeAnna and daughter Carlie. When Nicklaus, the Memorial’s classy sponsor, found out, he told Pettersson, “Where do you need to go? We’ll call you a Citation (a private jet). I want to pay for whatever it costs.”
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