Posted on 08/13/2010 2:40:27 PM PDT by Federalist Patriot
“The Golden Bear” – Jack Nicklaus – has still got it! Here is raw video of him sinking a 100 ft. putt at a charity event in Michigan as he played alongside fellow golfing greats Tom Watson and Johnny Miller.
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100 foot up hill over bumpy terrain and bounced of the back of the cup .... sigh, I would have been lucky to get it in if I was standing over the hole.
Think his record of most major victories is pretty safe.
oh, wait...
Me too!
Heh, a 100 ft putt made is always a bit of luck! Of course when Jack makes it, it is just normal for him...heh. He is a great veteran of the golf world and even more so among his piers.
A wonderful family man (unlike some I know) and a great tribute to the game of golf.
You know he is a good and great man when almost all gofers of all decades not only admire him but really like him...heh.
Sure hope that these days are not over...
Remember, he'd have one more victory but he won a tournament, then after it was over - late in the evening - he looked at the clubs in his bag, and he had 15.
You can only have 14 clubs while playing golf.
The 15th club had been put into his bag by his son Jack Junior the previous evening.
Jack Junior was just emulating his father after practicing with and watching his father put his clubs into his bag.
Jack Junior was five or six at the time and the club was very small and plastic, explaining why it was never seen during the winning round.
Jack Sr. did the right thing and withdrew from the tournament.
A fine and honest man is Jack Nicklaus.
I don’t golf but that had to feel good! Pretty amazing.
He carried me on his shoulders down the fairway at Firestone when I was a toddler. I remember thinking he really is a bear. Jack’s a class act.
With authority!
I’ve had more practice at 100 foot puts than Jack has, and if I ever make one it will be just dumb luck.
In the dictionary under the definition of “class” is a picture of Jack Nicklaus.
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