"People don't realize how good the guys are out here, that they've prepared for tournament golf all their lives."

However, soon after that, she began to struggle and by 2005 had ceased playing tournament golf.

Jack Nicklaus is not sure how many more years he will continue to play tournament golf.

Even at age 60, that's what he expects of himself in tournament golf.

That's another question: do you want to kill yourself playing tournament golf.

I noticed several other female couples, many of them including at least one young woman who earned her living playing tournament golf.

He retired from tournament golf at the end of 2003, and has since pursued a career as a teaching professional.

In tournament golf, nothing like this has ever happened before.

He gave up tournament golf after 1980, except for a few events, and ran a restaurant.

"I'm not going to play any more tournament golf until this is taken care of," Strange told the newspaper.