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

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JACK NICKLAUS ON HIS OHIO STATE ROOTS: “I WAS BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO BE A BUCKEYE”

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“I think I was blessed to be able to be a Buckeye,” said Nicklaus, who attended Ohio State from 1957-61 and went on to win 18 major championships, still the most in professional golf history. “I think I was very lucky to grow up in Columbus, Ohio, grew up at a great golf course like Scioto (Country Club), had the opportunity to play at a great university like The Ohio State University and play the Scarlet course, which is a wonderful golf course.”

“(You’re asking) me, from Ohio State, the importance of what goes on in Michigan?” Nicklaus quipped in response to the question, drawing laughter from the crowd. “I didn’t know anything important went on in Michigan.”...:slappy:

“It may sound funny to you being an Ohio State guy, but I’m really a big Michigan fan,” Nicklaus said. “I’m a Michigan fan about 11 weeks a year. I want them to come in undefeated.”

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...oots-i-was-blessed-to-be-able-to-be-a-buckeye
 
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JACK NICKLAUS ON HIS OHIO STATE ROOTS: “I WAS BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO BE A BUCKEYE”

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“I think I was blessed to be able to be a Buckeye,” said Nicklaus, who attended Ohio State from 1957-61 and went on to win 18 major championships, still the most in professional golf history. “I think I was very lucky to grow up in Columbus, Ohio, grew up at a great golf course like Scioto (Country Club), had the opportunity to play at a great university like The Ohio State University and play the Scarlet course, which is a wonderful golf course.”

“(You’re asking) me, from Ohio State, the importance of what goes on in Michigan?” Nicklaus quipped in response to the question, drawing laughter from the crowd. “I didn’t know anything important went on in Michigan.”...:slappy:

“It may sound funny to you being an Ohio State guy, but I’m really a big Michigan fan,” Nicklaus said. “I’m a Michigan fan about 11 weeks a year. I want them to come in undefeated.”

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...oots-i-was-blessed-to-be-able-to-be-a-buckeye
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BigWoof31 said:
I'll share a small anecdote from my dad about Jack.

The first year of the AT&T in Atlanta, Jack and Lee Trevino stopped by a local driving range in Atlanta on the Wednesday before the tournament. At the time, both of them were playing for the same type of clothing (years before Jack started his Golden Bear line) and the sponsor brought them out to put on a small clinic for about 300 people - my old man was there to watch.

So Jack sends his caddy out into the range with a catchers mitt. He sends him out 150 yards and then hits 8 irons into the mitt without having his caddy move one foot in either direction. He then sends him 40 yards to the left and to the right and proceeds to move his feet ever so slighty. Fade into the mitt, draw into the mitt - perfect!

Then he does the exact same thing from 200 yards with his 6 iron. Dad said it was the most impressive athletic performance he's ever seen.
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Lee was 80 yesterday, Jack is 79; just 2 two really great guys:

 
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Born: January 21, 1940 (age 80 years), Columbus, OH

Why Jack Nicklaus would dominate modern-day golf

In his prime, the Golden Bear was the one everyone chased. Drop that golfer into today's game, and it would be case still.

You’re sitting on your couch on a Sunday afternoon, scrolling through Twitter during a break in Golf Channel’s coverage of that week’s PGA Tour event. You mindlessly race through your feed before a certain blond-haired junior golfer catches your eye. He’s everywhere. Seems like he’s a pretty big deal.

His name, you learn, is Jackie Nicklaus. He’s 16 years old, and he just used a third-round 64 to beat a field of professionals and win the Ohio Open. The victory takes him to No. 1 in the Rolex/AJGA rankings, and rumor is Ohio State has the best chance of landing the Columbus native.

Here’s the part where we state the obvious: Nicklaus was never in the AJGA rankings because the AJGA didn’t exist when he was a junior. He was never featured on Golf Digest’s Instagram account at age 16 because Instagram wasn’t created until Nicklaus was 70.

But he did shoot that 64 and win the 1956 Ohio Open as a 16-year-old, and he most certainly was the best junior golfer in America. As the Golden Bear’s 80th birthday approached, we got to thinking: What would Nicklaus’ career have looked like if he came to prominence today, in this age of $12 million purses and TrackMan and Twitter?

Of course, this undertaking is meant as a fun exercise into alternative reality; it is not possible to accurately predict how Nicklaus would have developed or measured up to today’s professionals. It’s a thought experiment supported by the limited data available. Nothing more, nothing less. And yet, indulge us in this look at hypothetical history.

Entire article: https://www.golfdigest.com/story/why-jack-nicklaus-in-his-prime-would-dominate-modern-day-golf-too

Jack Nicklaus at 80: ‘I’ve still got a lot of things I want to do’

As he turns 80 years old Tuesday, Jack Nicklaus still could do a lot of things with his life. He could design golf courses. He could raise money for his favorite charity. He might even entertain the odd young player precocious and perceptive enough to seek his advice on a variety of topics, be it how to think, how to prepare, how to win, how to balance golf and life.

A man with an insatiable appetite for living and an acumen still too keen and kinetic to be restrained by age could do all those things. And so Jack Nicklaus does them. And more. Because the one thing he couldn’t ever see himself doing is slowing down.

“I’ve still got a lot of things I want to do,” said Nicklaus, the 18-time major champion, course designer, tournament host and go-to guru to a wave of young players who recognize his genius, even if they’ve never seen him swing a golf club. “I certainly don’t have any reason to want to go curl up in a corner someplace with a green banana and hope it gets ripe,” Nicklaus says.

The Golden Bear delights in telling old-man jokes, but there’s a constancy to Nicklaus, a consistency of mind-set and character and core beliefs that keeps him relevant and, therefore, contemporary. The guy you get today is the same one who won 73 PGA Tour titles, including the record 18 majors, over three decades. He stands nearly three inches shorter than he was in his prime, when he was known as Big Jack because of his size, his outsized power game and personality, and his stature as one of the game’s leaders. Nevertheless he remains, indisputably, Big Jack. He still thinks like a competitor and still has the best interests of the game at heart, be it his tireless crusade, born of practicality, to reign in the golf ball or promote the inclusion of golf in the Olympics.

Nicklaus’ playing record doesn’t hurt, either. He was Tiger Woods before Tiger Woods—a decorated amateur, dominant as a pro, intimidating in the big events, physically gifted and psychologically irrepressible. Driven.

Entire article: https://www.golfdigest.com/story/ja...t-of-things-i-want-to-do-birthday-celebration

Jack Nicklaus at 80 -- The Golden Bear on life, majors and not slowing down

There is not much vanity on display in the Nicklaus home, the one that overlooks a pool and Lake Worth Lagoon, a waterway to the Atlantic Ocean and where the most accomplished golfer in the game's history has resided since 1970.

Jack Nicklaus moved here just after he won The Open that year over Doug Sanders in a playoff at St. Andrews, where he flung his putter in the air and nearly conked himself in the head, a moment of joy that has lived on in highlight video for decades.

Fifty years later, he is still celebrating such victories, although now it is more about the five kids and 22 grandchildren and the charitable initiatives that he and his wife of nearly 60 years, Barbara, immersed themselves in long ago.

Barbara is in the kitchen, talking to their only daughter, Nan (and mom of Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Nick O'Leary), and a colleague involved with the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation. Jack is sitting nearby, taking it all in. This is where the five kids spent most of their youth and where the grandkids -- who call the winner of 18 major championships "Peepaw'' -- often congregate.

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/i...s-80-golden-bear-life-majors-not-slowing-down
 
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1986: Jack Nicklaus wins Masters with 30 on back nine

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Jack Nicklaus won the Masters when he was fat. He won it skinny. He won it with a crew cut and with a stylish look.

He won it against Palmer and Player and Weiskopf and Miller.

But when he arrived in Augusta in 1986, no one gave him a chance at victory. Some had even referred to him as the Olden Bear, a man who at 46 was past his prime and not capable of competing in the majors.

Nothing he did in the first two rounds suggested otherwise as he posted scores of 74 and 71.

A 69 in the third round raised a few eyebrows, but he was still four shots behind Greg Norman and tied for ninth entering the final day.

For eight holes Sunday, Nicklaus was treading water. He made only one birdie against one bogey and was well back.

Then something clicked.

He rolled in a tricky downhiller for birdie on the ninth. Then he made a sweeping putt on the 10th. When he rolled in another birdie from long range on the 11th, his gallery started to swell.

Then Nicklaus missed the green at the dangerous 12th and made bogey. And with Seve Ballesteros playing solid golf behind him, it looked like his charge would go for naught.

But he fought back with a two-putt birdie at No. 13, then made par at the 14th. Standing in the fairway at the 15th, he asked out loud if an eagle 3 would do any good. His caddie, son Jackie, said "Let's see it.''

Nicklaus' iron shot came to rest 12 feet from the pin, and he sank the eagle putt to get into position to win. His iron shot on No. 16 never left the flag, producing a birdie, and he rolled in another lengthy putt for birdie at the 17th.

After securing par at the 18th, Nicklaus had completed a back nine of 30 and a round of 65. He was the clubhouse leader.

Ballesteros had fallen back, and only Norman and Tom Kite could catch Nicklaus now. Kite missed a short birdie putt on the 18th, and Norman came to the home hole needing only par to force a sudden-death playoff.

But his 4-iron sailed wide right into the gallery, and he could not get up and down to force a playoff.

Suddenly, at age 46, Jack Nicklaus had pulled off his greatest Masters triumph. And it was sweet vindication for the king of golf, who had been the focus of so many articles that pondered when he was going to retire.

"I'm not going to quit, guys,'' Nicklaus told reporters after his historic win. "Maybe I should. Maybe I should say goodbye. Maybe that'd be the smart thing to do. But I'm not that smart.''

Entire article: https://www.augusta.com/masters/story/history/1986-jack-nicklaus-wins-masters-30-back-nine
 
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This Day in Sports History: Jack Nicklaus Wins His First Masters

April 7, 1963

The hallowed azalea-lined greens at the Masters have witnessed some of golf's greatest moments, turning champions into legends. Jack Nicklaus sits atop that list as the most decorated Masters winner, a run of greatness that started 57 years ago today with his first victory on April 7, 1963.

Nicklaus had only been competing as a pro for 15 months when he arrived in Augusta for the 27th Masters. He finished the first round tied for 16th place after shooting 74 but turned things around in the second to begin his dominant quest for his first green jacket.

Nicklaus shot a 66 with six birdies and 12 pars that Friday afternoon in what Sports Illustrated called "one of the finest single rounds ever played at Augusta National." He ended the day at six under par and tied for second behind leader Mike Souchak, and predictions began rolling in that Nicklaus would win the tournament.

After a rainy third round on Saturday, he finished with another score of 74 and held sole possession of first place ahead of other majors winners like Tony Lema and Gary Player.

Many credit Nicklaus's win that Sunday to his concentration while he battled the contenders. While tied with Sam Snead at one under par on the 12th, he bogeyed the hole and dropped out of the lead.

"Just about that time, Snead had birdied a couple of holes in a row and the crowd was cheering. It probably bothered me," Nicklaus said later. "I came off a seven-iron a little and hit it into the trap in front of the green."

Gary Player had also moved ahead of Nicklaus on the leaderboard, but his and Snead's leads were about to end. Snead three-putted for a bogey on the 16th and bogeyed again on the 18th to take himself out of contention. Meanwhile, bogeys at the 17th and 18th holes also sealed Player's fate.

Nicklaus managed to get back under par when he birdied on the 13th. He returned to the top of the leaderboard with another birdie at the 16th, where he sank a 12-foot putt from the back of the green. Nicklaus arrived at the 18th green and needed two putts from 25 feet back to win. His first putt surprisingly slid three feet past the hole, and he later joked with reporters that he was shocked the second putt made it in.

The 23-year-old Nicklaus threw his hat in the air as thunderous applause erupted around him. Sports Illustrated appropriately predicted in its April 15, 1963, issue that "Jack may earn a few more of those [green jackets] in the future." Nicklaus won a record six Masters during his career, and five-time champion Tiger Woods is the only player who has come close to tying The Golden Bear.

Entire article: https://www.si.com/golf/2020/04/07/this-day-sports-history-jack-nicklaus-first-masters-win
 
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