12 JULY, 2022 - SHANK MEDIA, BY MATT HOOPER: HUNDREDS OF LOCALS LINED THE STREETS OF ST ANDREWS TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO JACK NICKLAUS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON, WITH THE 18-TIME MAJOR CHAMPION GRANTED HONORARY ST ANDREWS CITIZENSHIP, BECOMING JUST THE SECOND AMERICAN AFTER BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TO RECEIVE THE HONOUR.
NICKLAUS WAS JOINED BY LEE TREVINO, BOB CHARLES, JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL AND CATRIONA MATTHEW, AMONG OTHERS, FOR THE GOLF GRADUATION CEREMONY AT YOUNGER HALL AS THE WEEK OF THE 150TH OPEN PICKED UP PACE. THE CEREMONY LASTED FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF, AND DOZENS WAITED PATIENTLY OUTSIDE, AS THE CROWDS BUILT ON BOTH SIDES OF SOUTH STREET.
NICKLAUS AND HIS WIFE BARBARA LED THE PROCESSION IN A SPECIAL CAR, WHILST THE OTHER GRANDEES OF THE SPORT WALKED BEHIND THE GOLFING ICON. THE PROCESSION MADE ITS WAY DOWN SOUTH STREET, BEFORE TURNING ON TO MURRAY PARK AND BACK ON TO THE SCORES, AND ENDING AT BUTTS WYND.
A PRIVATE GARDEN PARTY WAS HELD ON LOWER COLLEGE LAWN FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE CEREMONY.
