Mr. Jack Nicklaus

[lagster]

I was fortunate, several years ago, to hear Mr. Nicklaus speak at a Georgia Tech Golf Team function. His son Mike was on the team then.

He talked about several very interesting subjects. He said he practiced his long game(driver, long irons etc.) more than his short game. This is the opposite of what we often hear now.

Also, he said his driver was a big advantage, but when he was hitting the club poorly, or did not have confidence in the driver, he would sometimes tee off with as little as a 5 iron, then work on the driver when he got in. He quite often teed off with his trusty 3 wood. This was from a man who was possibly, the best driver(distance, and length) the game has ever seen.

What do you think?

[FL-John]

Too bad Phil didn't talk to him before yesterdays round....at least a quick chit chat before 18!

[metallion]

Jack supposedly said in an interview that the reason he did not practice his shortgame that much was that he seldom needed it.

Would be interesting to see some GIR statistics from Jacks prime days.

[birdie_man]

He's so good at course management eh?

Ya u usually won't get into much trouble off the tee hitting an iron....

Takes the prospect of losing balls etc. almost out of the game.