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Article: Nause leads all peers in perseverance; The former major winner comes to Interlachen a giddy 53 -- but on solid footing.(SPORTS)(JIM SOUHAN)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- June 25, 2008
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Byline: JIM SOUHAN; STAFF WRITER
Martha Nause, the St. Olaf alum and Macalester golf coach, is the oldest player in the U.S. Women's Open field, at 53. When she learned she'd be teeing off with a 13-year-old, Nause called Macalester women's basketball coach Ellen Thompson, mother of a pre-teen.
"I said, `Ellen, I need your help,'" Nause said. "She said, `What?! What can I do?' I said, `What do you talk to a 13-year-old about?'"
Thompson recommended talking sports. That should work for Nause, whose back story is far more interesting than her birthdate.
Nause not only won a major title -- the du Maurier, in 1994 -- she did so after ...