Jack is back behind Arnie and almost everyone else

AUGUSTA - Jack Nicklaus pushed a seven-iron way left well over the green, into some tamped-down grass in front of the gallery. <br> <br> It was the same story most of today. <br> <br> And that, golf fans, is how the greatest player ever this side of Tiger Woods, at least shot his worst round ever at the Masters. <br> <br> Back at Augusta National after a year off because of injury, Nicklaus shot 13-over-par 85 in the first round Friday, four strokes worse than his previous high. <br> <br> How bad was it? <br> <br> The six-time Masters champion was beaten by none other than Arnold Palmer, the four-time champion ten years his senior. Palmer didn&#39;t exactly tear it up; he shot 83. <br> <br> For the King, though, scores in the 80s aren&#39;t that unusual anymore. The 73-year-old, four-time champion hasn&#39;t made a cut at Augusta since 1983 and hasn&#39;t shot par since 1985. <br> <br> Nicklaus, on the other hand, finished sixth as recently as 1998.

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