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HBO is showing at 10 PM (EST) tonight, "Back Nine at Cherry Hills:The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open". It tells of the last hurrah of the old champ (Ben Hogan), the coronation of the new King (Palmer) and the arrival of the new prince (Jack Nicklaus)....
Hopefully it is a good show.....
Hopefully it is a good show.....
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Buckskin86
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Nicklaus' tough climb to summit
Jack Nicklaus with the famous Claret Jug after his epic victory in the 1966 British Open at Muirfield. His final round of 70 gave him a one-stroke cushion. - (Photograph: Central Press/Getty Images)
Paul MacWeeney watched as Jack Nicklaus was forced to pull out all the stops at Muirfield in his maiden British Open victory 42 years ago
JACK NICKLAUS, the 26-year-old son of a wealthy chemist in Ohio, climbed to the summit of the golfing world at Muirfield on Saturday when, at his fifth attempt, he won the Open Championship with rounds of 70, 67, 75, 70, for an aggregate of 282, beating Dave Thomas, of Wales, and Doug Sanders, of La Jolla, California, by one shot.
Having previously won the US Amateur and Open titles, the US Masters and PGA, the individual, as well as sharing in the team awards in the Eisenhower Trophy and Canada Cup, the only ambition remaining was the oldest trophy of all and this he claimed after making the determined statement that he would cross the Atlantic every year until he did so.
That the ultimate prize would fall before his rare combination of power and skill was inevitable but when he looks back upon his tournament triumphs he may well rate this one as the most difficult and most nerve-racking.
Nicklaus' tough climb to summit - The Irish Times - Wed, Jul 09, 2008
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
At Open, Nicklaus wonders if money has softened young golfers
David Cannon/Getty Images
Jack Nicklaus said when he started on the PGA Tour, "maybe one or two guys might have made enough money to make a living."
SOUTHPORT, England -- Jack Nicklaus noticed some old faces atop the leaderboard during a brief visit to the British Open on Friday, making him wonder if younger players have too much money and not enough desire.
Nicklaus' private jet arrived as 53-year-old Greg Norman was on his way to another round of even-par 70 to take a one-shot lead. Tom Watson, a 58-year-old with five claret jugs, opened with a 74 in the worst of the weather at Royal Birkdale, and 49-year-old Tom Lehman also had 74 in the first round.
As for the youth?
"If they don't win, they still walk home with a big check," Nicklaus said. "They don't have to do some of the things the Watsons had to do, the Normans, the Lehmans, and that's to gut it out. It doesn't mean the young guys will be out of it. It just makes it appear as though the guys who have had that experience are coming to the top."
Nicklaus was at the Open on behalf of the Royal Bank of Scotland, one of his endorsement deals. Those kinds of contracts weren't available to everyone when Nicklaus turned pro in 1962, and he said only a few of the top golfers could make money off the course.
"When we played golf, it wasn't to make a living," Nicklaus said. "It was to make a name for yourself so you could make a living."
The winner of the British Open will earn about $1.5 million, more than 25 percent of Nicklaus' career earnings on the PGA Tour. And just about everyone in the field has endorsements on his cap, bag or clothing.
"When I started on tour, maybe one or two guys might have made enough money to make a living," Nicklaus said. "Then it got to five or 10. Now there's a couple of hundred guys who make a living playing golf. We had to really play well and scratch it out to be in a position to get endorsements. But we worked to try to build the tour so they didn't have to do that."
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Entire article: ESPN - At Open, Nicklaus wonders if money has softened young golfers - Golf
David Cannon/Getty Images
Jack Nicklaus said when he started on the PGA Tour, "maybe one or two guys might have made enough money to make a living."
SOUTHPORT, England -- Jack Nicklaus noticed some old faces atop the leaderboard during a brief visit to the British Open on Friday, making him wonder if younger players have too much money and not enough desire.
Nicklaus' private jet arrived as 53-year-old Greg Norman was on his way to another round of even-par 70 to take a one-shot lead. Tom Watson, a 58-year-old with five claret jugs, opened with a 74 in the worst of the weather at Royal Birkdale, and 49-year-old Tom Lehman also had 74 in the first round.
As for the youth?
"If they don't win, they still walk home with a big check," Nicklaus said. "They don't have to do some of the things the Watsons had to do, the Normans, the Lehmans, and that's to gut it out. It doesn't mean the young guys will be out of it. It just makes it appear as though the guys who have had that experience are coming to the top."
Nicklaus was at the Open on behalf of the Royal Bank of Scotland, one of his endorsement deals. Those kinds of contracts weren't available to everyone when Nicklaus turned pro in 1962, and he said only a few of the top golfers could make money off the course.
"When we played golf, it wasn't to make a living," Nicklaus said. "It was to make a name for yourself so you could make a living."
The winner of the British Open will earn about $1.5 million, more than 25 percent of Nicklaus' career earnings on the PGA Tour. And just about everyone in the field has endorsements on his cap, bag or clothing.
"When I started on tour, maybe one or two guys might have made enough money to make a living," Nicklaus said. "Then it got to five or 10. Now there's a couple of hundred guys who make a living playing golf. We had to really play well and scratch it out to be in a position to get endorsements. But we worked to try to build the tour so they didn't have to do that."
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Entire article: ESPN - At Open, Nicklaus wonders if money has softened young golfers - Golf
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fourteenandoh
My swing feels like an unfolding lawn chair.
Jacks a great guy but i think he's wrong on this one. Look at how many guys on tour made it by playing at least a few seasons on the Hogan/Nike/Nationwide tour. That is no cakewalk. Most of those guys drive to the events and grind it out for a couple thousand dollar paycheck, which is just what he explained. If they don't win, they don't get paid.
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fourteenandoh;1208705; said:
Honestly... I think what we're seeing this week is that a huge amount of experience goes a long way in these kinds of conditions... when the wind is blowing like this... the power level (Powerleveling?) gets evened up in a hurry... some of these olde guys jsut arent' gonna get rattled by bad weather like they've had.
Also noticed Duval is (at least as of this morning) a nice tourney... be good to see him get his "issues" straightened out.
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cincibuck
You kids stay off my lawn!
What better argument could be made for saying that, with the excetion of Tiger, the current group of golf all - stars suck. Norman, Watson and Lehman should be there just to get a nice hand, a last waltz around the circuit. Instead they're among the leaders.
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cincibuck;1208715; said:
Or in Watson's case, missing the cut... and Lehman is tied for 38th...
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I know that I have had a conversations about what I percieve is a lack of fire in some of todays stars. Maybe I'm all wet, but I think that Arnie had a ton of desire to win, others of Jack's era who led me to believe had the win or die trying mentality during Jacks playing days were, Gary Player, and Lee Trevino as well as Tom Watson. I just don't see the same fire out of today's group, maybe it is just that Tiger is just so much better than his competitors that he makes it look like they are settling for top tens and money instead of striving for the trophy.
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Seems to me that as Tiger approaches Jack's record, the Bear gets a bit saltier after each win.
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Onebuckfan
classof76
Maybe he wants to light a fire in Tiger,s rivals so they offer some resistance! I don,t think it will work.
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NightmaresDad
Woody Rules!
Thump;1208795; said:
Onebuckfan;1208805; said:
Yeah, I think he's just commenting on the absence of anyone stepping up to challenge Tiger and beat him down the stretch.
Most PGA tournaments that I watch - to some degree - turn into a puke-fest by the leaders down the stretch. Many more tournaments are lost than are won.
Just on the last couple of weeks, Aquaman 3-jacks the last two holes to lose a tournament, somebody (can't remember who) gives last week's tourney to Kenny Perry, and on the Nationwide tour: 3 man playoff and 2 of them hit it into the water on the first playoff hole.
I think he knows Tiger is eventually going to break his records, and I think he is rooting for him to do it. But I can see why he might be getting frustrated that it's getting easier for Tiger instead of harder as the records draw nearer.
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