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Jack "The Golden Bear" Nicklaus (18 Time Professional Major Champion)

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ESPN's SportsCentury feature about Jack will be on tomorrow at 5 p.m. ET as a part of the Columbus feature in their Titletown series on ESPN Classic. Right before that at 2 p.m will be the 2002 National title game against Miami.
 
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cincibuck;1208845; said:
Can you enlighten me, because as I see it, with the exception of the 18 majors, Tiger is NO WHERE near Jack's "records."
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Tiger is in the discussion or already ahead of Jack in basically every statistical category you can name. He needs 8 more PGA wins to tie Jack for 2nd and 18 to pass Sam Snead for first overall, and he is already #1 in consecutive and total weeks at #1 in the world. He is also tied with Jack as the only player to win all 4 majors three times each, and they are the only two to ever finish top-5 majors in a year twice. Most consecutive par rounds, most consecutive cuts, best under-par scores in every major, career and single-year earnings--if there's a record in the game (outside of a couple of Byron Nelson's), Tiger owns it or will make a run at it eventually.
 
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BayBuck;1209677; said:
Tiger is in the discussion or already ahead of Jack in basically every statistical category you can name. He needs 8 more PGA wins to tie Jack for 2nd and 18 to pass Sam Snead for first overall, and he is already #1 in consecutive and total weeks at #1 in the world. He is also tied with Jack as the only player to win all 4 majors three times each, and they are the only two to ever finish top-5 majors in a year twice. Most consecutive par rounds, most consecutive cuts, best under-par scores in every major, career and single-year earnings--if there's a record in the game (outside of a couple of Byron Nelson's), Tiger owns it or will make a run at it eventually.
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Blah, blah, blah. Spare me the Buick Open, the Skins Game and the Hartford Classic. 2nd and 3rd place finishes in majors, top ten finishes in majors.

When Tiger get's anywhere near those let me know. You have no idea just how consistently good Jack was when it was a major tournament and against real competition. Not the likes of Pholdin' Phil, Ian Pink Pants, Norman and Ernie One of these years I'm going to get serious Ells.
 
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'Planet Jack' on Golf Channel Monday, Tuesday
Contributed by Del Milligan - Posted: May 28, 2009

The Golf Channel will air a two-part special with Jack Nicklaus Monday and Tuesday night.

"Planet Jack'' features a 12-day journey to eight countries and covering 25,000 miles, providing an inside look at Nicklaus' business life.

Nicklaus and his course design team visit several courses under development, from his home in North Palm Beach to China, Korea and India and other international locations.

Tuesday's segment includes fly fishing at the Seychelles Islands.

The program airs at 8:30 p.m. both nights.
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The Ledger

Article published May 29, 2009
Nicklaus banquet speaker
By DAVE HACKENBERG
and MAUREEN FULTON
Blade sports writers

Jack Nicklaus said yesterday he was honored to have his name attached to the award that goes to college golf's player of the year.

"I'm hoping the kids who win it feel it's a nice way for them to be recognized, too," he added.

That probably goes without saying. And those players competing in the NCAA championship at Inverness Club got a bonus last night when Nicklaus, an 18-time major championship winner,
appeared as the featured speaker for the tournament banquet held at UT's Savage Arena.

Nicklaus made a late-afternoon stop at Inverness and reminisced on his college career at Ohio State (1959-61) and his five appearances in major championships staged at the Dorr Street course.

"I played in my first U.S. Open here," Nicklaus said of the 1957 event. "I was 17 years old and I was paired with Tommy Jacobs and Fred Wampler. On No. 1, I hit 3-wood and 7-iron to 35 feet and holed the birdie putt. I had pars on the next two and walked off the third green and there it was on the leaderboard: 'Nicklaus, -1.' Then I had a double bogey on the fourth hole and I was never to be seen again. That was 52 years ago. I never won here, but I always enjoyed coming here."

Nicklaus played at OSU for Bob Kepler and he said the most important thing the coach taught him "was how to fly fish. We'd go out to practice and Kep would look up at the sky and say, 'Nick, it's too nice a day to play golf. Let's get the rest of these guys started and we'll go fishing.' And that's what we did."
Nicklaus' son, Gary, played at Ohio State for Jim Brown, whom Nicklaus saluted for his 36 years of coaching.

"He's retiring and this is probably his last day of coaching at Ohio State," Nicklaus said. "I'm sure it's a happy and sad day for him. He's been a great contributor to Ohio State and to college golf."

Nicklaus applauded the NCAA for adding match play to the national championship format.

"It will make our golfers tougher," he said. "It will help them learn how to finish, how to win."
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http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090529/SPORTS05/905290489/-1/SPORTS06
 
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Nicklaus' Memorial provides early start to U.S. Open season

DUBLIN, Ohio ? When Jack Nicklaus built Muirfield Village Golf Club in the early 1970s and added the Memorial Tournament in 1974, he created this PGA Tour stop for multiple reasons.

Chief among them was to make it a tuneup for the U.S. Open, which would come two weeks after Nicklaus' event. For decades it remained the most prestigious tournament between The Masters and the Open. The PGA Tour has moved The Players Championship and created the Quail Hollow Classic, and both are premiere events played between The Masters and the Open. But for many players, the Memorial is a favorite tournament and test for the U.S. national championship (June 18-21 at Bethpage Black in New York).

"I've won here three times, so I'm partial," said Kenny Perry, the defending champion. "I love this place."

He has reason to be partial, but he said Muirfield Village comes close to duplicating an Open course. "The major difference is the width of the fairways," Perry said. "They're much wider here. The rough is deep and the greens are fast."

Year after year Muirfield Village ranks as one of toughest courses on Tour. It has had the highest cut of the year 12 times, including three times when it was 13-over par.

"I have always looked at the Memorial Tournament as being one of the events that is as close to what we call a major championship, and we try to have major-championship conditions," Nicklaus said. "For the most part, this is most guys' favorite tournament and I want to keep it that way."
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Nicklaus' Memorial provides early start to U.S. Open season - USATODAY.com
 
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The Memorial: Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods produced memorable skins game - ESPN

Watch the second video.

Probably the only time in my entire life that I have agreed with Skip Bayless. He actually provides a great argument and supports it very well. I have as much respect for Tiger as any other guy, but head to head, all things considered, Jack is better. As Bayless says (it feels weird to say or type that), consider the competition that Nicklaus faced: Palmer, Crenshaw, Player, Trevino, Watson, etc....now consider Tiger's competition: Mickelson, Furyk and a few others. It isn't even close (in regard to level of competition). Jack also finished 2nd in majors 19 times, that is incredible. Jack is the greates golfer of all time and I won't even remotely consider otherwise until Tiger wins more majors and even then.....
 
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Watson says Nicklaus helped ease disappointment
By Reid Cherner & Tom Weir

Tom Watson says he's feeling a little better about his agonizing finish at the British Open after getting a phone call from Jack Nicklaus.

Watson, who will compete near London this week in the Senior British Open, today told reporters Nicklaus consoled him about the bogey-5 he took on the 72nd hole, which forced his failed playoff with Stewart Cink.

Said Watson: "I had a nice conversation with Jack and he said: 'You couldn't have played the 18th hole any better. It just wasn't there.' "

Watson said that Nicklaus added that, "You played the right shot with the putter."

"That soothed me a little bit," Watson said. "Great friend."

Nicklaus also told Watson that his dynamic performance at Turnberry led to a first for the 69-year-old "Golden Bear." Said Watson:

"Jack told me: 'Watson, that's the first time I ever sat down and watched all 18 holes of any golf tournament, any golf tournament.' "
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Watson says Nicklaus helped ease disappointment - Game on - USATODAY.com
 
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I watched it with my Dad on Sunday - I've never seen him pull for something so hard in my life. He was visably crushed when Watson pushed that putt on 18.

Would have been a special day. Congrats to Mr. Cink - pride of Duluth, GA.
 
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Golden Bear was the ultimate winner
Robert Philip
Last Updated: August 11. 2009

When the great victories dried up, Jack Nicklaus grew fond of cracking a joke at his own expense. ?A guy goes into a bar with his dog and orders a beer. The barman switches channels on the TV and on comes the latest golf tournament. I made a birdie and the dog did a back-flip on the bar. On the next hole, I holed another putt for a birdie and the dog repeated the back-flip. ?Your dog must be a real Nicklaus fan? said the barman. ?What does he do when Nicklaus wins a tournament?? The guy replied: ?I don?t know, I?ve only had him 10 years . . .??

Nicklaus could afford to make light of the passing of his era because his record made astonishing reading: in 100 ?Majors? from 1961-86, he won 18 titles, was runner-up on another 18 occasions and finished third nine times, with a total of 66 top 10 places.

As Johnny Miller so famously put it: ?When Jack plays well he wins, when he plays badly he comes second. When he?s playing terribly, he?s third.?

Voted ?The Greatest Male Athlete of the 20th Century? ahead of Muhammad Ali, Rod Laver, Babe Ruth, Jesse Owens, Pele and Michael Jordan by the respected American magazine Sports Illustrated, the Golden Bear?s haul of six Masters, four US Opens, three British Opens and five US PGA titles is more than that of Arnold Palmer and Gary Player put together, more than Ben Hogan plus Tom Watson, more than Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo.
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