DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) The two biggest figures at the Memorial, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, managed to carve out some private time at the back of the 10th tee amid a mass of people Wednesday at Muirfield Village.

Some of it was just catching up. The two most prolific winners of major championship had not seen each other since April at the Masters.

And the tournament host had some encouraging words.

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Nicklaus complimented Woods on his swing, and then told him what Woods has felt for the last few months.

”He was saying that my swing is starting to look a little bit better,” Woods said. ”And I said, `Yeah, I’m really not that far away,’ and he totally agreed. He just kept urging me to be patient with it because he could see that I’ve made some pretty big strides this year, and not far away from putting it all together.”

The Memorial presents such an opportunity.

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WASHINGTON (AP) Taking his turn in the batting cage and swinging a golf club, President Donald Trump joined a group of famous athletes for a field day with kids at the White House on Wednesday as he kicked off an effort to increase youth participation in sports.

”Work hard, get in the game, play to win and, most of all, have a good time,” the president told the youngsters. He later told them to ”have a great life.”

His administration wants to reverse a trend of declining participating in athletic activity and to make youth sports more accessible to economically disadvantaged students.

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At the event on the South Lawn, Trump also spotlighted members of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. The long-established group is headed by former New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera, retired beach volleyball Olympian Misty May-Treanor and ex-NFL running back Herschel Walker.

After addressing participants, Trump joined athletes at stations that..