Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus, nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is a retired American professional golfer. He is widely regarded as the greatest golfer of all time, winning a total of 18 career major championships, while producing 19 second-place and 9 third-place finishes in them, over a span of 25 years. Nicklaus focused on the major championships, and played a selective schedule of regular PGA Tour events, yet still finished with 73 victories, third on the all-time list behind Sam Sneadand Tiger Woods...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth21 January 1940
CityUpper Arlington, OH
CountryUnited States of America
If I have a weakness, it's probably ice cream. That's where I get lax, sloppy. I'll sneak into the refrigerator at night and take two or three bites and put it back. Butter pecan. Only two or three bites, but it shows.
In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't.
It's difficult to excel at something you don't truly enjoy.
Reflection is a scene that I will cherish forever.
Temper is the one thing you can't get rid of by losing it.
It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.
Grand Haven will challenge the skilled player yet, because of some width to the holes, it also will be a fun course that the average player can enjoy.
Golf really excites me only when the course is difficult and challenging. I love competing. The pressure of competition against fine holes and fine players makes me feel very much alive.
Confidence is believing in your own ability, knowing what you have to do to win. My confidence was developed through preparation.
How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit or other they tell us we ought to get over. Yet most bad habits are tools to help us through life.
Golf is a game of precision, not strength.
All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.
Golf was my vehicle to competition, and I can't play if I can't compete.
I've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National.