Strange story, didn't have a ticket, didn't expect to get one, but said what the hell, I'll drive up there and see what happens.
Was walking around the parking lot, asking about tickets, and up comes this "scalper" selling tickets.
Except he wasn't really "scalping", I think he was a PGA plant or something, he only "scalped" me for about 20 bucks. In like Flynn.
Anyway, I witnessed Jack Himself hit maybe the last dozen practice driver shots on the range.
You might as well have recorded one drive on your video camera, then press rewind, press play.
He was that precise. Every shot was a carbon copy. Maybe 280 yards out there, classic Nicklaus fade, takeoff angle, ball flight, perfect.
The green under the flag was white. Because all the balls were peppered around it.
I thought, "Damn. No wonder this guy won all those tournaments.".
And he won that one, too. His last Senior Major victory.
Wish I could watch that again. All the big old boys were there. Player, Palmer, Weiskopf, you name it. Calvin Peete was having an awful time of it, he was 20-some over par and obviously couldn't wait to get off the course.
Yup. What was sad is when you were a little kid on Tv you could not really see anything when Jack was in his prime. BW Tv for much of the time and small TVs. Arnold was good but when Jack turned up he was crushing it with persimmon wood drivers etc. He had the complete game.
It is amazing how these guys can hit the same shot over and over especially Jack.
I can remember when David Duval had that kind of ability. Now it’s painful to watch him try to regain the old magic.