Jack Nicklaus

Dublin, Ohio – Jack Nicklaus’s golf tournament turns 50 this year. How does it feel to know that you have been on the PGA Tour golf course for half a century?

“Old,” Nicklaus said Tuesday afternoon.

He laughed at what he said, before his memorial tournament, at the rally of his Muirfield Village Golf Club, the media worthy speech. Their first time they participated in this game was 36. He is now 85 years old. He pointed out strangely that the wallet was priced at $20 million, winning $4 million. In 1976? Winner Roger Maltbie made $40,000, exactly one percent of the year’s No. 1 spot.

“Then Roger celebrated a lot and he left the checks-I don’t know what bar he was in town, but he left the checks there. I think he got it back,” Nicklaus recalled. (By the way, the host of the contest won the second year. There are a lot of good memories here.)

The decimal point is not the only thing that has happened in decades. The Muirfield Village, a round turf, has changed a lot. The match host also changed, even though he remained the same. On Tuesday, he did not back down. For most of the hour, he spoke freely about his memories, about his invitations, the status of the game, about his preferences and dislikes.

Nicklaus. When asked if he had a hole he liked, he was initially disgusted. But when he talks about the issues he solved on a critical short 4.

“I think 14 is a very challenging hole, it’s a simple hole, it’s a dangerous hole, it’s a beautiful hole. It has all the elements you want.”

Nicklaus loves Rory McIlroy, although it’s obvious that the phone will go a long way. McIlroy skips this week’s memorial for the first time since 2017. Although Nicklaus handled the topic with perspective and grace, it was clear that the 18-time major champion – who lived near McIlroy, South Florida, and met him in this year’s Masters and met him at Masters Win, which was not disappointing.

“Yes, that surprised me,” he said. “But men have timetables and things. I haven’t yet [Rory] Let him tell me why or why not. This is just his phone number. I have to make a lot of calls when playing ball, play or not play games, sometimes not popular…

“I don’t have any objection to Rory. He did what he likes to play. I know he likes to play a lot in a row. He likes to play the week before the U.S. Open.

Nicklaus is right. McIlroy likes to compete a week before the U.S. Open, which means next week’s RCMP Canadian Open. But he doesn’t like playing too much in a row, and the week after Oakmont, he’s playing the traveler, which means something has to be paid, and we’re here.

“I mean, I’m a big fan of Rory, I’ve been there all the time. I’m sure I’ll keep that. I’m just a little surprised, yes,” he said.

Nicklaus loves a good message, no matter the source. This week, the game will honor his wife Barbara’s decades of contributions, recalling the 1987 loss of layoffs in an Oklahoma City game.

“On the Friday night when I missed the cut, Barbara went to McDonald’s for dinner with her son Michael, and they went home and the next morning I had a glass of orange juice in the cup in front of me and she got a cup from McDonald’s,” he said. “It said, ‘There is no excuse for proper preparation.’ She is right, absolutely right. [I’ve] By the way, still get that sip cup. Because there is no excuse. ”

Nicklaus doesn’t like how far go to go. The idea of ​​driving No. 3 in Augusta National, taking the example as an example, is basically wrong.

“I mean, golf goes too far. It’s been a while. Then they continue to extend things. But, for me, extension can only do a few things: one thing, it takes longer. It costs more, it costs more, it costs more, it costs more, it costs more, it costs more, it costs more. It costs more. The whole thing, it becomes expensive.”

“We can’t just keep buying land. You can’t, you can’t just buy the golf course next door. There aren’t many people who can afford it, you do it.”

Nicklaus doesn’t like long three shots, he’s not afraid to say that. When asked why golf courses need them, he pointed out that maybe not.

“My golf course doesn’t have anything. But do you need them? Probably not. I can’t answer your question because I don’t like them. What’s going on?” he said. “I always like to have a 3-shot in the 220 to 235 range. I like to have two of the two’ems in the 190 to 210 range.

By the way, this makes him a great company – Viktor Hovland said something similar on the same podium a few hours ago. But the 3-shot golfer made 300 yards in Oakmont in two weeks.

“But it’s a downhill road,” Nicklaus said with his eyes.

Nicklaus doesn’t like all hullaballoo Regarding whether athletes should be asked to face journalists on a post-tour – he also has no interest in seducing answers about McIlroy’s media absence. He prefers simpler philosophy.

“I always feel like you guys and Garce have a job to do, you want you to do your job, you need to talk to me. And I play well, or I play badly, and if you still want to talk to me, I will talk to you. I always have it.”

Nicklaus took the press high away from the press in this spirit.

“Okay, thank you for your question.” “I thought you guys, I thought you could do a great job today.”

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