“The great Jack Nicklaus summed things up neatly during a charity match on the Old Course at St. Andrews where he and I were playing against Ben Crenshaw and Glen Campbell. I asked him what he considered to be the most important factor to overcome in the game of golf. His reply, "It's an unfair game."” ImportantCoursesGamesOvercomingGolfCharityFactorsUnfairAndrewFair Game Author:Sean Connery
“Nicklaus plays a kind of golf with which I am not familiar.” KindPlayGolfFamiliar Author:Bobby Jones
“Nobody ever heard Jack Nicklaus say "I don't know" about anything.” KnowsHeardGolf Author:Johnny Miller
“The only equivalent plunge from genius I could think of was Ernest Hemmingway's tragic loss of ability to write. Hemmingway got up one morning and shot himself. Nicklaus got up the next morning and shot 66.” ThinkingWritingNextLossAbilityMorningGeniusShotsGolfTragicPlungeTragic Loss Author:Ian Wooldridge
“The real key to Jack's [Nicklaus] success was his fantastic ability to score. His drives sometimes went into the rough, but he could plow the ball out of the tallest grass and get it on the green; bad lies simply didn't affect him as they did the others. Jack also got tremendous height with his one-iron and two-iron, which meant that he could stop them better than his rivals.” TwoRealSometimesLyingAbilityKeysBallsGreenGolfFantasticGrassHeightScoreIronRoughRivals Author:Gardner Dickinson
“[Jack Nicklaus] was the first to bring in course management. He could go to a course and tell you within one stroke what was going to win. He used to set his sights on that because he could shoot it. He was the only player I know who, if he decided he wanted to win a tournament, could go out and do it. No one will ever be as popular as Arnold Palmer and no one will ever come close to Jack as a player.” IfsKnowsFirstsWantedUsedCoursesWinningPlayerDecidedSightManagementGolfStrokesTournaments Author:Lee Trevino
“Some things cannont possibly happen, because they are both too improbable and too perfect. The U.S. hockey team cannot beat the Russians in the 1980 Olympics. Jack Nicklaus cannot shoot 65 to win the Masters at age forty-six. Nothing else comes immediately to mind.” MindHappensAgeWinningPerfectTeamMastersSixBeatsGolfFortyHockeyOlympicsImprobableHockey Team Author:Thomas Boswell
“The US Open flag eliminates a lot of players. Some players just weren't meant to win the US Open. Quite often, they know it.” KnowsWinningPlayerGolfFlags Author:Jack Nicklaus
“That "I don't give a darn" attitude is probably why I've shot so many good final rounds over the years when I started the day a few shots behind with nothing to lose. . . and maybe that's why I've shot so many bad last rounds when I was ahead and knew I couldn't afford a mistake.” GivingYearsLastsLosesBehindsMistakeAttitudeShotsGolfFinalsRoundsNothing To Lose Author:Jack Nicklaus
“When the British Open is in Scotland, there's something special about it. And when it's at St. Andrews, it's even greater.” GreaterSpecialGolfBritishScotlandSomething SpecialAndrew Author:Jack Nicklaus
