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Dealt lofty odds, Fremont's Jace Nielsen grew golf game from the impossible
FARR WEST — Take one glance at Jace Nielsen warming up on the putting green and you’d hardly begin to understand the Fremont High senior’s long road to where he is now. It might seem like a fundamental practice for your average golfer to spend half an hour sharpening his or her short game before a round. For Nielsen, however, every stroke represents an internal battle — a battle he’s fought, and won, since he was 6 years old. Simply put, the odds were heavily weighed against Nielsen from birth. As described by his father, Casey, Jace was born with the umbilical cord wrapped ...
