Apparently, she knows nothing about Ohio
When I was a teenager I was at an ACME ZIP game (an annual early season night game between the University of Akron and some college they believed they had a chance to beat sponsored by the local ACME grocery market chain) and was walking through the crowd headed to buy a coke when headed directly toward me was Jack Nicklaus (in town for a tournament at Firestone CC). Even at that age, with no knowledge of or interest in golf, it was like running into God. You are right. She knows nothing about Ohio or how Jack is viewed in his home State. Arnold Palmer has a similar status in neighbouring PA.