O鈥機onnor made history as the first female Supreme Court Justice when Ronald Reagan nominated her in 1981. Retired since 2006, she might not play much golf anymore, but she knows the game. O'Connor took it up mid-career when she was encouraged to play while visiting friends in Wisconsin. She and Glen Nager, the first Supreme Court clerk she hired, were frequent playing partners. Nager went on to become president of the US Golf Association. Of O鈥機onnor鈥檚 game, he once told the Washington Post: 鈥淪he hits the ball disgustingly straight. There was a reason she was the center of the court all those years.鈥�
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