I wonder if Jack would be as good in modern golf as he was back then since he there are more long hitters now then in his day. Personally i find this technique very taxing on the hips and shoulders. Doesnt work for me
@Gyro911 if they had 450cc drivers and pro v1s there would have been more long hitters back then too... besides, even in today's game I'll take accuracy over distance any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
@dawgeatin Your forgetting one key point that that the standard golf swing changed in the 90's to add power along with longer courses. Nobody does the heal lift anymore and even Tom Watson changed his swing to compete.
@Gyro911 i was referring to the fact that you asked if he'd be as good or dominant today, well he'd have better equipment at his disposal so he'd obviously be better, his scores still hold up against todays golfers with all their modern clubs etc......so hence me asking if you were serious
Great swing but it does not address the error in the traditional swing. Ball placement, at neutral, should be one ball forward of center then the left arm/hands can naturally supronate at impact. The traditional- flat left wrist impact- requires a 19 degree wrist/club flexion which places the ball at the left heel to compensate for the19 degree error. Both hands should be 19 degrees to the radius of the forearm throughout the swing, which is the NatraFlex(TM) Golf Swing. Try it & hit solid.
Like many great teachers, Jack makes the explanation simple ... and that he uses the same swing essentially for all club lengths is I think one of the keys to his great consistency.
And with daily practise using my swing fundamentals you can enjoy your hip implants at the end of your career like I do. Seriously, anybody not suffering from lower back pain after long usage of this type swing is an invertebrate.
The only thing that you should not pick up in golf would be the bar check. I heard the pro drink alot . Really what the different ? Keeping one heel on the ground is a preference iT's not mandatory. What golf needs is a standardize swing and if you don't do it you can play. Hey jack give back your trophies.
@AlwaysTopTT Who said it's a bad thing?I just said nobody on the tour does it that way.Anyway,the fundamentals are still the same.The weight still moves from the heel to the inside ball off the foot on the backswing.It's just that with the pro's of today you can't see that happening.
I've studied Jack for a long time.Read his teachers book recently(How I taught Jack Nicklaus by Jack Grout).This swing generates tremendous clubhead speed resulting in very impressive distances.My drives are always threatening 300 yards.This swing does require strong legs and hips and good flexibility.Power does NOT come from the hands.Jack calls the hands "lime light hoggers" and "swing ruiners". Power is generated from "the feet up" using the kinematic sequence to transfer power to the club.
Totally Brilliant. Hogan famously said that you can't swing too flat (to Gary Player) and Nicklaus' swing here proves that you can't push the club back too far on the inside.
take note of big jack's left heel on the driver,he looks like bobby jones.No tour player would be caught dead with that kind of action today but you know what?Nicklaus has 18 major titles,jack.
@rw5791 John Daly,,Phil Mickelson,Davis Love III, VJ Sing,Angel Cabrera, all major champions ,Bubba Watson , a ton more on the champions tour and just about every world long drive champion. It's a signature move of many "classic swingers"..That style will never go away.It has stood the test of time.Only someone who knows nothing about the umpteen thousands of ways to swing a golf club would make the statement you made.Might I suggest "The Golfing Machine" by Homer Kelley.
@TheNYgolfer dude,nobody lifts their heel up on the backswing the way nicklaus did.They'd be laughed off the tour................................unless their bubba watson,of course.
@1019079 of course the weight shifts but you need to show me a player on the tour,besides bubba,that lifts his left heel as much as nicklaus did.And I mean the regular tour,not the champions tour.
@rw5791 everybody has their own nuances in their swing. It doesn't matter what the feet do as long as the club returns to the same spot as it was at address.
@1019079 tell ya what,the pga championship is in on today,right?Watch it very carefully and let me know when u see a player who lifts his heel way up in the air on the backswing.
@1019079 who said it's a bad thing?I just said nobody does it that way anymore.Matter of fact,I let my heel come up because it's the only way I can keep my left arm straight while still making a decent turn.
@1019079 I dont think Id say lifting your heel is a bad thing either. My understanding is that keeping it planted creates more torque by keeping your hips quiet during your back swing.
@stackleft Exactly, that's why I don;t understand why he says that. If you look at the 4 frame view of his address, the club is much further away from the body with the driver and gradually moves closer with the shorter clubs. This is clearly NOT the same swing for all shots unless you want to try to parse out the argument.
You will also notice his rate of spite tilt in his set-up is also the same throughout all the clubs. He does as everyone should, eliminate as many variable elements as possible as he stands up to the ball.
Don't know how possible it is to tie it definitely to the swing action, but he did have a lot of trouble both with the hip and back (in his case, they were related). I think the guy he used to see for his back, Pete Egoscue, believed the swing had something to do with it.
The real brilliance of Nicholas and those who proceeded him (Hogan, Snead, etc) was how well they played the irons and woods of their day. Even the forged blades of today are engineered for some degree of game improvement, and many tour players use some variation of cavity-back in their long irons, let alone hybrids.
Golf is a physically demanding sport, and a great golfer needs to stay flexible and be in great shape. The pro’s spend thousands of dollars on golf fitness trainers and coaches to help keep them on top of their game, but for me that was not a possibility. After years of complaining about my game plateauing and about being sore from playing so much I knew I had to do something about it, but after a few stretches I was lost.
Here's the real test: How is Tiger going to do when he's playing against Snead and Nelson (like Hogan did) or against Player, Palmer, Trevino, Miller, Watson, et al., like Jack did, instead of Els and Singh and Mickelson? I'm not saying the 1Bs today aren't talented; they're ridiculously talented. But they have nowhere near the kind of mental and competitive toughness that the top 10 or 20 guys did in previous eras. Tiger at his best is the only one out there now who does.
@emncaity I agree, the top guys today are good, but, they're not really playing to afford their next airfare like Mr. Player did etc......bit pampered if you ask me. Gary Player did all the keep fit etc that the modern players do but didn't have all the palacial luxuries these spoilt brats do!
Tiger has not had as consistent of rivals. Duval in the late 90's, then Sergio no shows, Mickelson for only a few tourneys, Harrington and Oglivy had brilliant patches. I think the quality of play by the average PGA player is probably much higher than 40 years ago. But I would agree with you, it might even be a detriment to Tiger to not have had a real quality consistent rival.
I'm not sure I'd agree that the average tour player today is better than the average 40 years ago, in terms of being more skilled. With unbelievable advances in equipment, equipment matching, and course conditioning, the real mystery is why these guys aren't breaking records every single week, and by a lot. But then, this generation has adapted to the conditions and equipment as they found them, too. Can't blame them for that. And many of them have amazing talent as well.
JACK...kudos for your many tips/inspirations!! GARY TOM and ARNIE have also inspired many SENIORS;perhaps you can inspire others in Vision Awareness...AMD(macular degeneration). AMD has now surpassed Prostate cancer in statistics(Novartis.com). A silent anomaly, AMD needs your HELP Jack in its Awareness!!!
I am moving towards playing this way, except change the ball position. I had problems with alignment but now I've sorted them fades and draws are much easier to produce just through alignment.
Sure he will; it's not like conscience will hold him back, or a public that sees him as the self-involved POS he actually is, willing to humiliate his wife and children for his own gratification. I have only admiration for his competitive drive and excellence of performance, but being a champion golfer involves more than that, which is why he will never surpass Nicklaus as the greatest champion no matter what. I mean, we've gone from guys like Nicklaus and Jones to Woods. Blech.
Nevermind jack or tiger... Lee trevino would have beat any1 on his day!!! Just a pity he got struck by lightning.. Reckon he had another 5-10 majors in him :P
@2xtrbo that is a ridiculous statement! you'll be eating theses words soon. But I do agree, some great new talent on all tours the past two years especially.
Thanks for posting. Great to see it again. I would watch his tips videos when they were shown on broadcast television many years ago, on weekend afternoons, and learned alot from them all.
For anyone just learning to play golf, this is an EXCELLENT series of videos. It would be well worth buying to use on a DVD player where you can pause it and see the different parts of the golf swing. The thing I like about it is that Nicklaus shows how all the swings are similar, and that makes learning easier. It's still going to take a while to learn the game though. Good luck!
Just trying to improve my golf swing, so thought i'd check out the most decoated player in the games history, also thought there might be some helpful comments from golfers more experienced than myself...... what was i thinking this is youtube. Keep fighting that race war from you're parents bedroom guys, you all sound terrific
Comments on race aside, you definitely came to the right place by coming to this vid,if you're trying to improve. Every big-picture thing Tiger and most other players are trying to do in their swings, Jack exemplified in his own swing (as passed down to him from Jack Grout). Let me know if you want some book references (unless you've already got them).
@emncaity My impression is that golf was played more as an elitist recreation sport back then whereas today its more of a high energy sport athletic sport considering the way the guys focus on weight training, fitness, swing coaching and putting coaching. Also the courses are much harder now.
That's not entirely false, but it's also not entirely true. There were a lot of people who played the game without being "elites" in any sense of the word. In fact, the winningest American player ever, Sam Snead, wasn't "elite," and even Nicklaus's father was upper-middle-class at best (he owned a pharmacy and worked in it every day). It's true that probably more players are into fitness and coaching now...
...but there's not a lot of evidence that it's made all that much difference. I don't think there's anything more "high-energy" about golf now than there was a half-century ago, but maybe I don't understand what you mean. There've always been more than a few really good athletes on tour, even going back decades earlier.
As for courses being harder, that's not even close to being true. Pro golf is all about pushing product, and one way you define and push the product is to make people think these guys are near-supermen; one way you do _that_ is to design courses that are pure hell for the 90-shooter but not all that hard for a scratch or plus-handicap player. We used to call it the "booga-booga" stuff--hazards all over the place that would absolutely destroy an average player...
...but that a top amateur or pro would barely notice. And better conditions more than make up for any added "difficulty" anyway. Greens and fringes are routinely perfect, there's almost never such a thing as a skunky lie in the fairway anymore, and typically the rough isn't tough, either. Players routinely hit shorter irons into greens, too, and it's almost 100% due to equipment, not being "more athletic," no matter what the Tour needs you to believe.
Just one example: If you remember when Woods and Mediate had a playoff for the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines a couple of years ago, you had two guys in a tie for the 72-hole lead who had hit barely over 50% of the fairways IN A U.S. OPEN--and still beat everybody else. If courses were "harder" these days, they both would've shot about 82 on Thursday and Friday and missed the cut.
@MrGrevy What about how much deeper the fields are these days. There's so many more good players playing today then there was back then. Sure, the best players back then were better than the best right now. Tiger would have easily played with any of those guys when Jack played. Tigers better than Palmer, etc., however, in my opinion, him and Jack would have been toe to toe every tournament.
With all this talk about Tiger v. Jack, it should be noted that the principles behind their swings (at least with Tiger's best swings, the ones where his head isn't moving a foot downward at the outset of his downswing) are pretty much identical: wide, extended arc; straight left wrist in line with clubface and left forearm at the top; power from the ground up; firm left side at impact; wide extension past the ball; release a blend of hands, forearm rotation, and body rotation. Timeless.
The one I left out is (most Nicklaus fans will know this) the "head still" principle, which Jack said was his #1 fundamental without which all other fundamentals break down and become unanalyzable and undoable. I absolutely guarantee you you can correlate TW's best ballstriking weeks with his head being relatively more still (although it still moves more than Jack's did in Jack's prime). If he ever really got hold of that fundamental, he'd hit 50% more fairways instantly.
We're not getting into that "better athlete because he's black" thing, are we? Assuming you're not saying that, I'm just wondering: In what way has Woods proven himself to be a "better athlete" than Nicklaus? No matter how much anybody needs that to be true, the actual truth is the opposite: Nicklaus's record shows him to be the proven better athlete. Woods might or might not have done better, but not automatically so, and to presume it is pure baseless speculation.
Or better than Sam Snead, a lightning-fast sprinter for his time (guaranteed faster than TW, unless you think Woods can beat about 9.5 in the 100), boxer, football and baseball player that the pros were interested in?
6. He's a better athlete than whom? Than Nicklaus, a multisport HS athlete (all-district and all-conference, even in sprinting) who played freshman basketball at Ohio State, and who continued to play multiple sports throughout his life (e.g., he was a crackerjack tennis player)?
5. "Showing emotion" is not the problem. Refusing to control your cursing in front of millions of kids is. Golfers have always shown emotion, and only somebody who doesn't know the game would make this statement. The game of golf is supposed to be about self-control, self-restraint, brutal self-honesty, and consideration for others first. Just because people need to change the rules for Tiger doesn't change that fact.
@charlrogers1990 Interesting comment from someone who can't even spell right :-) You make it sound like "old school" is a negative word. Why? Let us wait and see if Tiger manages to keep up his game like JN did for more than 40 years, THEN make a judgment who is the greatest. And one more thing: Why is Pele a much greater soccer player than Maradona? Because he is a likeable character, who serves as a role model for young people. Winning is not all when considering who is "great"
Jack Nicklaus, claimed that China had plans to build 1,400 public courses in the next five years (currently, only a small number of China's courses are public), although a Chinese golf industry insider called Nicklaus' claim "bullshit".
cut copy paste my comment into Google and youll find the quote in many pages not less wikipedia ..I thought it was the funniest thing I ever heard "BULLSHIT " the China official clearly thinks thats normal English
Tiger may never beat Jack's record if his current (inconsistant) playing persists. Tiger would do well to back-off on his drives and focus on accuracy instead of distance. Jack was better at hitting fairways in regulation.
The novice might think that's all there is, but Jack could mention when the hands need to be ahead of and behind the ball. After all, drivers aren't struck like irons . . .
Ball position has changed over the years. Now with a driver or, 3 wood you would have the ball As forward as your front toe, but with irons they all stay in the centre ( depending how you play of corse)
@RELOADxbox I absolutely agree with you! I love and admire Jack Nicklaus but, as I heard Johnny Miller say, he destroyed many weekend golfers with his advice to play ALL shots opposite the left heel (including me). Yes, ball position changes and you move it back. Jack had tremendous lower body movement that enabled HIM to hit all shots opposite the left heel. Most of us......NO.
@Captsaison While that may be true, a lot of people forget a crucial factor with Nicklaus' method of playing the ball off the left heel for all shots. As the clubs got shorter, his stance got narrower. With a narrower stance, a ball played off the left heel is actually quite close to the center of one's stance--as it should be for the shorter clubs--promoting a downward strike on the ball. With longer clubs, his stance got gradually wider, which promoted a more sweeping attack into the ball.
Jack Nicklaus is the greatest golfer ever to play the game. Tiger Woods is a fraud and a steroid user.. Jack had more great players in his day. Jack Nicklaus beat Men and Tigr Woods has made a carrear of beating up on the "Millionair Boys Club" Jack Nicklaus, 'The Golden Bear, would beat Tiger Woods, ''The Golden Shower" everydoay of the week and twice on Sunday.
I'm pretty sure Nicklaus was trying just as hard to win tournaments as Tiger ever has. Do you seriously think he would show up to a U.S. Open and be like "ehh, I already won this tournament a couple times, I guess I won't press as hard this year etc." ???
Please consider that Jack did not have the same equipment that todays players use. Most shots are easier now. He might be the best golfer in modern times, only Tiger can challenge him.
i dont think u understand what current equipment does.....because they are easier to hit, it is HARDER for players of this generation to stand out.... advancements in technology have allowed lesser players to get away w/ more, while it is harder for the truly pure ballstrikers(like Tiger) to stand out..
@Nightwing690 areyou saying i cant comment on vids i dislike are you saying i can only comment on videos i like? no thats why its called a comment box a comment is an opinion so the comment box is for people to state what they think of the vid like if they think it sucks they leave a comment saying so but if they liked it they leave a comment saying so if we were only allowed to comment on videos you like itd be an approval box not a comment box so dont say i fail for commenting bitch fuck
@MrGrevy Are you an old white country club fuck who doesn't socalize with anyone except his own? Shut the hell up with that "negro" shit. This isn't 1950. Todays fields are much deeper now then when Jack was playing. Are they weaker? We really don't know cause it's just too tough to compare era's. But some of Jack's competition...Watson, Trevino, Miller, Palmer.. those guys could've played in any era.
@stackleft Oh, so I guess the United NEGRO College Fund must be racist, huh? God your ignorance is astounding and sad. Drop the Tiger Woods worship too, you sound like a 10 year old.
@MrGrevy No your ignorance is astounding. I don't go around saying...."you sound like a NEGRO". WTF is that???? And did I say anything about worshiping Tiger??? No. He's a great great player but I don't worship the guy or anything. I guess you don't like him cause his father was black. lol. So shut the hell up Archie Bunker. If Tiger was white you'd probably be kissing his jock.
@stackleft That didn't come close to making sense. Nice try though? Good lord. Like I care if earl woods was a negro. (Negro isn't a racist term by the way you race baiting sicko.)
@MrGrevy Maybe if your left your lilly white Mississippi neighborhood you'd realize that no one uses that term anymore. Well...maybe the people you hang around do. Let me ask you this? What part of the country do you live in?? If it's not Mississippi then it's probably close by. lol.
@stackleft Ahh yes let's stereotype people! Nice try I live in New York you WEIRDO! You fail yet another of life's little tests. How does it feel to have your myopic world view shattered? Again, I guess the United NEGRO College Fund sure is racist, huh??
@MrGrevy haha..so the real hating finally comes out! Nigaboo Jones! Good one! I belong to a country club and did not grow up in the ghetto Archie. And I carry a 10 handicap. You probably can't even swing the club around your big ass hill billy pot belly. lol.
@MrGrevy I don't even know why you're on this video. You're old ass is going to be dead in two weeks. You can't even play golf anymore. lol. Stupid old bitter pale ass cracker.lol. You're no better than a ghetto nigger. You're just a old bald wigger.
@MrGrevy In typical YouTube fashion, the opportunity to study and compare the swings of various golf greats degenerates to a couple of idiots exchanging nigger/cracker insults from the safety of their homes.
@signalcorp4 then you don't have respect for the game of golf. You can't let someone else's personal life affect you that much. Respect what he has done for the game (and still doing) and quit watching ET.
@bkuche Arnold Palmers father stated it the best. Theres no reason why you cant be nice, (decent) and play well at the same time. In other words; have character, dont play the fool, have some fortitude, then when you win, you wont have to hang your head in shame when you look into the eyes of your children.
Theres are more important things in life than just collecting trophys.
Whether some people like it or not, that is and always has been part of being a "golfer" or "champion golfer," in the best traditions of the game. None of us ought to worry about people who don't understand why that is.
Some remember the very first golf instruction video of about 1983, I believe. It still works today. The Golden Bear.
I like what Lee Trevino stated back a few years ago. If you take most of these tour players of today,,,,,,,,,,,,and put them on the fairways and the greens of the Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Jack, and Arnie golf eras..........None of these golfers of today would be near as good. Especially the old woods ,and blade putters.
The only part I find that contradicts what I've been told all these years is Jack's comment that you play off the same ball position (early in the video) regardless of club. I've always been told that you play long clubs from a line about 2 inches from the inside of your left heel, then progress more towards the middle of your stance with your shorter clubs. I like his simple approach, though. I'll see if it works for me at the range . . .
I think people underestimate the golfers of the past. When Jack was young, he could drive 350 yards when he really let it go. That was with a wooden driver, and much more significantly, golf balls that were absolute junk by todays standards. How many of todays pros could take Jack's old tiny headed MacGregor one iron, his garbage Macgregor golf balls, and hit high one irons, 230 yards, over high trees, that land gently on the green and don't run?!!!
Watching Tiger at the Augusta Masters just gone , he was still in contention but watching him play wasnt just quite the same , it will all blow over but its a dint in time in his career no doubt. Lets see if he will recover from this , he must of being living in a dream world , at least now there is some reality around him. He surely must know he has alot of work to do to win over the people , the whole incident was just so sneaky.
Jack nickluas has a great swing duhh...
BOATRIGHTGOLF 4 weeks ago
nice
seattlegolfguy 1 month ago
Bubba watson hit's it 370 yards and lifts his
heel like crazy explain that!
BOATRIGHTGOLF 1 month ago
@BOATRIGHTGOLF it's true, but it's a swing of compensations and fuck me if it isn't butt ugly, it's downright offensive looking
silowhore 4 weeks ago
I wonder if Jack would be as good in modern golf as he was back then since he there are more long hitters now then in his day. Personally i find this technique very taxing on the hips and shoulders. Doesnt work for me
Gyro911 1 month ago
@Gyro911 if they had 450cc drivers and pro v1s there would have been more long hitters back then too... besides, even in today's game I'll take accuracy over distance any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
dawgeatin 1 month ago
@dawgeatin Your forgetting one key point that that the standard golf swing changed in the 90's to add power along with longer courses. Nobody does the heal lift anymore and even Tom Watson changed his swing to compete.
Gyro911 1 month ago
@Gyro911 please tell me that's not a serious question LOL!!!
silowhore 4 weeks ago
@silowhore You are aware that Jack Niclaus had hip replacement surgery because of this swing right?
Gyro911 3 weeks ago
@Gyro911 i was referring to the fact that you asked if he'd be as good or dominant today, well he'd have better equipment at his disposal so he'd obviously be better, his scores still hold up against todays golfers with all their modern clubs etc......so hence me asking if you were serious
silowhore 3 weeks ago
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Gyro911 3 weeks ago
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@silowhore Also keep in mind that the courses werent Tiger Proof back then
Gyro911 3 weeks ago
hihi charming and very young with a lot of energy
54patsydavidsons545 2 months ago
Great swing but it does not address the error in the traditional swing. Ball placement, at neutral, should be one ball forward of center then the left arm/hands can naturally supronate at impact. The traditional- flat left wrist impact- requires a 19 degree wrist/club flexion which places the ball at the left heel to compensate for the19 degree error. Both hands should be 19 degrees to the radius of the forearm throughout the swing, which is the NatraFlex(TM) Golf Swing. Try it & hit solid.
charlton3695 2 months ago
Like many great teachers, Jack makes the explanation simple ... and that he uses the same swing essentially for all club lengths is I think one of the keys to his great consistency.
WondrousEarth 2 months ago
No body has more wins period!!! End of story!
kcfunart 2 months ago
hehe Be ready to jump to the world full of pleasure
joannacollins2365858 2 months ago
And with daily practise using my swing fundamentals you can enjoy your hip implants at the end of your career like I do. Seriously, anybody not suffering from lower back pain after long usage of this type swing is an invertebrate.
samimalmstrom 3 months ago
erm tell me the way you wann feel me, make me hot, and get hot with me
JanisIzettaib285 4 months ago
The only thing that you should not pick up in golf would be the bar check. I heard the pro drink alot . Really what the different ? Keeping one heel on the ground is a preference iT's not mandatory. What golf needs is a standardize swing and if you don't do it you can play. Hey jack give back your trophies.
sifurick123 4 months ago
@AlwaysTopTT Who said it's a bad thing?I just said nobody on the tour does it that way.Anyway,the fundamentals are still the same.The weight still moves from the heel to the inside ball off the foot on the backswing.It's just that with the pro's of today you can't see that happening.
rw5791 4 months ago
humm, never thought about it like that, will give it a try but leave the 2 iron at home of course.
sniffy45 5 months ago
@sniffy45 me either
martinigolftees 4 months ago
I've studied Jack for a long time.Read his teachers book recently(How I taught Jack Nicklaus by Jack Grout).This swing generates tremendous clubhead speed resulting in very impressive distances.My drives are always threatening 300 yards.This swing does require strong legs and hips and good flexibility.Power does NOT come from the hands.Jack calls the hands "lime light hoggers" and "swing ruiners". Power is generated from "the feet up" using the kinematic sequence to transfer power to the club.
TheNYgolfer 5 months ago
nicklaus is technically shit
willyj921 6 months ago
Totally Brilliant. Hogan famously said that you can't swing too flat (to Gary Player) and Nicklaus' swing here proves that you can't push the club back too far on the inside.
DASH1ful 6 months ago
It is pretty difficult (for me anyways) to get any sort of good turf interaction with a wedge or short iron that far up in my stance.
Then again, you can't argue that the Bear had a consistent swing that brought him lots of success. To each his own.
Tiberiusbig 7 months ago
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Tiberiusbig 7 months ago
love that reverse "C"
mattpetti18 8 months ago
his hips eat up the ball so simple...
andrewmotisi8 8 months ago
take note of big jack's left heel on the driver,he looks like bobby jones.No tour player would be caught dead with that kind of action today but you know what?Nicklaus has 18 major titles,jack.
rw5791 9 months ago
@rw5791 Bubba Watson ring a bell?
TheNYgolfer 5 months ago
@TheNYgolfer and bubba's known as one of the more eccentric swings on tour.Now,name me another one.
rw5791 5 months ago
@rw5791 John Daly, Davis Love III that's 2 more "eccentrics". Wait...one more "eccentric" , Tom Watson.Oh wait....they keep coming , Greg Norman ....
TheNYgolfer 5 months ago
@TheNYgolfer how 'bout someone who's actually playing the tour today?That was in my original comment,wasn't it?
rw5791 5 months ago
@rw5791 John Daly,,Phil Mickelson,Davis Love III, VJ Sing,Angel Cabrera, all major champions ,Bubba Watson , a ton more on the champions tour and just about every world long drive champion. It's a signature move of many "classic swingers"..That style will never go away.It has stood the test of time.Only someone who knows nothing about the umpteen thousands of ways to swing a golf club would make the statement you made.Might I suggest "The Golfing Machine" by Homer Kelley.
TheNYgolfer 5 months ago
@TheNYgolfer dude,nobody lifts their heel up on the backswing the way nicklaus did.They'd be laughed off the tour................................unless their bubba watson,of course.
rw5791 5 months ago
@rw5791 Laughed off the tour when the best golf of all time STILL to this day uses the kick back method.
1019079 5 months ago
@1019079 huh?What the fuck is the kick back method?
rw5791 5 months ago
@rw5791 you roll the left foot on the backswing.
1019079 5 months ago
@1019079 of course the weight shifts but you need to show me a player on the tour,besides bubba,that lifts his left heel as much as nicklaus did.And I mean the regular tour,not the champions tour.
rw5791 5 months ago
@rw5791 everybody has their own nuances in their swing. It doesn't matter what the feet do as long as the club returns to the same spot as it was at address.
1019079 5 months ago
@1019079 tell ya what,the pga championship is in on today,right?Watch it very carefully and let me know when u see a player who lifts his heel way up in the air on the backswing.
rw5791 5 months ago
@rw5791 I'm just going by results. You can't seem to explain why its a bad thing to lift the heel.
1019079 5 months ago
@1019079 who said it's a bad thing?I just said nobody does it that way anymore.Matter of fact,I let my heel come up because it's the only way I can keep my left arm straight while still making a decent turn.
rw5791 5 months ago
@1019079 I dont think Id say lifting your heel is a bad thing either. My understanding is that keeping it planted creates more torque by keeping your hips quiet during your back swing.
WereAllThatBored 5 months ago
@rw5791 so you make a statement and then contradict that statement *LoL* Read my list of "nobodies" again *L*
TheNYgolfer 2 months ago
Check out Gravity Golf to learn how to swing like Jack Nicklaus!
gravitygolf 9 months ago
do not belive in putting a 9 iron in the same position as a driver.
stackleft 9 months ago
@stackleft cause u got too strong of a grip..
112frankybaby 8 months ago
@stackleft Exactly, that's why I don;t understand why he says that. If you look at the 4 frame view of his address, the club is much further away from the body with the driver and gradually moves closer with the shorter clubs. This is clearly NOT the same swing for all shots unless you want to try to parse out the argument.
jahadds 6 months ago
its dat eezy
kaymerfan5 9 months ago
You will also notice his rate of spite tilt in his set-up is also the same throughout all the clubs. He does as everyone should, eliminate as many variable elements as possible as he stands up to the ball.
thevmanvj 10 months ago
sorry jack. putting a 9 iron up in your stance is not going to work with the weekend warrior.
stackleft 10 months ago
Didnt this swing cause him to get hip replacement surgery?
Gyro911 10 months ago
@Gyro911
Don't know how possible it is to tie it definitely to the swing action, but he did have a lot of trouble both with the hip and back (in his case, they were related). I think the guy he used to see for his back, Pete Egoscue, believed the swing had something to do with it.
emncaity 10 months ago
The real brilliance of Nicholas and those who proceeded him (Hogan, Snead, etc) was how well they played the irons and woods of their day. Even the forged blades of today are engineered for some degree of game improvement, and many tour players use some variation of cavity-back in their long irons, let alone hybrids.
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healthnut4life48 11 months ago
Hmm..... maybe he's got a point lol
robgolfer66 11 months ago
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If Jack was in his prime today, he would be lucky to caddie for Tiger Woods
duckhunt08 11 months ago
@duckhunt08 36 yr. old nickiaus with todays equipment, beats tiger 3 out of 5 rounds
6024691380 11 months ago
@6024691380
Here's the real test: How is Tiger going to do when he's playing against Snead and Nelson (like Hogan did) or against Player, Palmer, Trevino, Miller, Watson, et al., like Jack did, instead of Els and Singh and Mickelson? I'm not saying the 1Bs today aren't talented; they're ridiculously talented. But they have nowhere near the kind of mental and competitive toughness that the top 10 or 20 guys did in previous eras. Tiger at his best is the only one out there now who does.
emncaity 11 months ago
@emncaity I agree, the top guys today are good, but, they're not really playing to afford their next airfare like Mr. Player did etc......bit pampered if you ask me. Gary Player did all the keep fit etc that the modern players do but didn't have all the palacial luxuries these spoilt brats do!
tiger2995 11 months ago
@tiger2995
So, SO true...and you just mentioned one of my all-time heroes, for sure.
emncaity 10 months ago
@emncaity
Tiger has not had as consistent of rivals. Duval in the late 90's, then Sergio no shows, Mickelson for only a few tourneys, Harrington and Oglivy had brilliant patches. I think the quality of play by the average PGA player is probably much higher than 40 years ago. But I would agree with you, it might even be a detriment to Tiger to not have had a real quality consistent rival.
6024691380 11 months ago
@6024691380
I'm not sure I'd agree that the average tour player today is better than the average 40 years ago, in terms of being more skilled. With unbelievable advances in equipment, equipment matching, and course conditioning, the real mystery is why these guys aren't breaking records every single week, and by a lot. But then, this generation has adapted to the conditions and equipment as they found them, too. Can't blame them for that. And many of them have amazing talent as well.
emncaity 10 months ago
@duckhunt08
Congratulations on winning the "stupidest comment of the week" award.
emncaity 11 months ago
@emncaity or....most ignorant, least informed comment!
tiger2995 11 months ago
HIs heel-up helps swing smoothly.
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1BoomerTEE 1 year ago
I am moving towards playing this way, except change the ball position. I had problems with alignment but now I've sorted them fades and draws are much easier to produce just through alignment.
iFreak81 1 year ago
@iFreak81
With this swing i hit the irons very straight but with the driver naturally hitting high fade.
brainysnaeha 11 months ago
yes he will!!!!!!!
tiger will come back in 2011
Golfpro411 1 year ago
I am a Nicklaus fan-but TW will bounce back in 2111
Papu58 1 year ago
@Papu58
Sure he will; it's not like conscience will hold him back, or a public that sees him as the self-involved POS he actually is, willing to humiliate his wife and children for his own gratification. I have only admiration for his competitive drive and excellence of performance, but being a champion golfer involves more than that, which is why he will never surpass Nicklaus as the greatest champion no matter what. I mean, we've gone from guys like Nicklaus and Jones to Woods. Blech.
emncaity 1 year ago
i thought being a champion golfer was being a champion at golf
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healthnut4life48 1 year ago
Nicklaus was a chump. Fat tosser.
Deano1000000 1 year ago
@Deano1000000 hes won 18 majors ya manky dob
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thegolfman666 1 year ago
Nevermind jack or tiger... Lee trevino would have beat any1 on his day!!! Just a pity he got struck by lightning.. Reckon he had another 5-10 majors in him :P
MrCocoMaloco86 1 year ago
this is exactly how i play
bubbawatsonisbeast 1 year ago
Tiger is done, so greatest ever Nicklaus.
2xtrbo 1 year ago
@2xtrbo eat those words right now
shawlerstyle 1 year ago
@shawlerstyle I am sick of Tiger. There is so much new talent that he will never, and I mean never win another major. He is done.
2xtrbo 1 year ago
@2xtrbo he remember that guy tiger woods...
hessss backkkkkkk!
philebbesen 1 year ago
@philebbesen He lossssssssst the tournament. He is back, as a loser.
2xtrbo 1 year ago
@2xtrbo that is a ridiculous statement! you'll be eating theses words soon. But I do agree, some great new talent on all tours the past two years especially.
shawlerstyle 1 year ago
The Greatest. PERIOD. Tiger =2nd.
goodfella21f 1 year ago
I've rearrange my clubs and simplified my game - 1 driver, 3 irons, and 10 putters. Because putting is so important, you need choices.
hd4ms 1 year ago
Thanks for posting. Great to see it again. I would watch his tips videos when they were shown on broadcast television many years ago, on weekend afternoons, and learned alot from them all.
avcat1 1 year ago
Great tips Jack! Thanks
cheetncat 1 year ago
so much "hate" from GOLF PLAYERS! lol your comments fit a different sport!
takussa 1 year ago
For anyone just learning to play golf, this is an EXCELLENT series of videos. It would be well worth buying to use on a DVD player where you can pause it and see the different parts of the golf swing. The thing I like about it is that Nicklaus shows how all the swings are similar, and that makes learning easier. It's still going to take a while to learn the game though. Good luck!
EnzoF288 1 year ago
Just trying to improve my golf swing, so thought i'd check out the most decoated player in the games history, also thought there might be some helpful comments from golfers more experienced than myself...... what was i thinking this is youtube. Keep fighting that race war from you're parents bedroom guys, you all sound terrific
Charlie9046 1 year ago 24
@Charlie9046 hit the x button, duh
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svl1jmf 11 months ago
@Charlie9046
Comments on race aside, you definitely came to the right place by coming to this vid,if you're trying to improve. Every big-picture thing Tiger and most other players are trying to do in their swings, Jack exemplified in his own swing (as passed down to him from Jack Grout). Let me know if you want some book references (unless you've already got them).
emncaity 11 months ago
@emncaity My impression is that golf was played more as an elitist recreation sport back then whereas today its more of a high energy sport athletic sport considering the way the guys focus on weight training, fitness, swing coaching and putting coaching. Also the courses are much harder now.
Gyro911 10 months ago
@Gyro911
That's not entirely false, but it's also not entirely true. There were a lot of people who played the game without being "elites" in any sense of the word. In fact, the winningest American player ever, Sam Snead, wasn't "elite," and even Nicklaus's father was upper-middle-class at best (he owned a pharmacy and worked in it every day). It's true that probably more players are into fitness and coaching now...
emncaity 10 months ago
@Gyro911
...but there's not a lot of evidence that it's made all that much difference. I don't think there's anything more "high-energy" about golf now than there was a half-century ago, but maybe I don't understand what you mean. There've always been more than a few really good athletes on tour, even going back decades earlier.
emncaity 10 months ago
@Gyro911
As for courses being harder, that's not even close to being true. Pro golf is all about pushing product, and one way you define and push the product is to make people think these guys are near-supermen; one way you do _that_ is to design courses that are pure hell for the 90-shooter but not all that hard for a scratch or plus-handicap player. We used to call it the "booga-booga" stuff--hazards all over the place that would absolutely destroy an average player...
emncaity 10 months ago
@Gyro911
...but that a top amateur or pro would barely notice. And better conditions more than make up for any added "difficulty" anyway. Greens and fringes are routinely perfect, there's almost never such a thing as a skunky lie in the fairway anymore, and typically the rough isn't tough, either. Players routinely hit shorter irons into greens, too, and it's almost 100% due to equipment, not being "more athletic," no matter what the Tour needs you to believe.
emncaity 10 months ago
@Gyro911
Just one example: If you remember when Woods and Mediate had a playoff for the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines a couple of years ago, you had two guys in a tie for the 72-hole lead who had hit barely over 50% of the fairways IN A U.S. OPEN--and still beat everybody else. If courses were "harder" these days, they both would've shot about 82 on Thursday and Friday and missed the cut.
emncaity 10 months ago
@Charlie9046
So how's it coming?
If you're learning, you could hardly do better than to find yourself a copy of the original Golf My Way, from which this video was taken.
emncaity 3 months ago
@MrGrevy What about how much deeper the fields are these days. There's so many more good players playing today then there was back then. Sure, the best players back then were better than the best right now. Tiger would have easily played with any of those guys when Jack played. Tigers better than Palmer, etc., however, in my opinion, him and Jack would have been toe to toe every tournament.
jrluttrell5 1 year ago
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sretsam68 1 year ago
Thanks for the video, but it sure does smell like idiot in these here comments.
redtide08 1 year ago 2
People tell me that I'm the greatest short putter (tap ins of 3 inches or less) they hve ever seen. It's all about my confident focus and swagger.
khunopie 1 year ago
With all this talk about Tiger v. Jack, it should be noted that the principles behind their swings (at least with Tiger's best swings, the ones where his head isn't moving a foot downward at the outset of his downswing) are pretty much identical: wide, extended arc; straight left wrist in line with clubface and left forearm at the top; power from the ground up; firm left side at impact; wide extension past the ball; release a blend of hands, forearm rotation, and body rotation. Timeless.
emncaity 1 year ago
@emncaity
The one I left out is (most Nicklaus fans will know this) the "head still" principle, which Jack said was his #1 fundamental without which all other fundamentals break down and become unanalyzable and undoable. I absolutely guarantee you you can correlate TW's best ballstriking weeks with his head being relatively more still (although it still moves more than Jack's did in Jack's prime). If he ever really got hold of that fundamental, he'd hit 50% more fairways instantly.
emncaity 1 year ago
@charlrogers1990
We're not getting into that "better athlete because he's black" thing, are we? Assuming you're not saying that, I'm just wondering: In what way has Woods proven himself to be a "better athlete" than Nicklaus? No matter how much anybody needs that to be true, the actual truth is the opposite: Nicklaus's record shows him to be the proven better athlete. Woods might or might not have done better, but not automatically so, and to presume it is pure baseless speculation.
emncaity 1 year ago
@charlrogers1990
Or better than Sam Snead, a lightning-fast sprinter for his time (guaranteed faster than TW, unless you think Woods can beat about 9.5 in the 100), boxer, football and baseball player that the pros were interested in?
emncaity 1 year ago
@charlrogers1990
6. He's a better athlete than whom? Than Nicklaus, a multisport HS athlete (all-district and all-conference, even in sprinting) who played freshman basketball at Ohio State, and who continued to play multiple sports throughout his life (e.g., he was a crackerjack tennis player)?
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emncaity 1 year ago
@charlrogers1990
5. "Showing emotion" is not the problem. Refusing to control your cursing in front of millions of kids is. Golfers have always shown emotion, and only somebody who doesn't know the game would make this statement. The game of golf is supposed to be about self-control, self-restraint, brutal self-honesty, and consideration for others first. Just because people need to change the rules for Tiger doesn't change that fact.
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emncaity 1 year ago
@charlrogers1990
Man, where to start? How could you be wrong on more points at once?
1. TW's competition is not as good. Period. I'll prove it if you want.
2. Courses are not even close to being harder. Also provable.
3. The value of coaches (in the modern sense) is debatable. And anyway, Jack had one of the greatest teachers ever, in Jack Grout.
4. If you "have a little bit of swing fault," clubs and balls are longer and more forgiving by far than at any point in history.
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emncaity 1 year ago
That's a one classic swing!
I think this is the most universal golf tips that i ever watched!
brainysnaeha 1 year ago
@charlrogers1990 Interesting comment from someone who can't even spell right :-) You make it sound like "old school" is a negative word. Why? Let us wait and see if Tiger manages to keep up his game like JN did for more than 40 years, THEN make a judgment who is the greatest. And one more thing: Why is Pele a much greater soccer player than Maradona? Because he is a likeable character, who serves as a role model for young people. Winning is not all when considering who is "great"
rorikjunior 1 year ago
Jack had a very upright swing, i dont see that so much these days. He usually played fade shots not draws like they use more today.
Andoy1 1 year ago
When I think of golf
..I think oh this man.
metsot 1 year ago
PGA= Posture, Grip and Aim.
easyscore 1 year ago
Jack Nicklaus, claimed that China had plans to build 1,400 public courses in the next five years (currently, only a small number of China's courses are public), although a Chinese golf industry insider called Nicklaus' claim "bullshit".
macdunald1 1 year ago
@macdunald1 Wow that was a completely random, pointless lie.
MrGrevy 1 year ago
@MrGrevy
cut copy paste my comment into Google and youll find the quote in many pages not less wikipedia ..I thought it was the funniest thing I ever heard "BULLSHIT " the China official clearly thinks thats normal English
macdunald1 1 year ago
wow what a player he was my idol
ITZUNTOUCHED135 1 year ago
Tiger may never beat Jack's record if his current (inconsistant) playing persists. Tiger would do well to back-off on his drives and focus on accuracy instead of distance. Jack was better at hitting fairways in regulation.
mayonpi 1 year ago
The novice might think that's all there is, but Jack could mention when the hands need to be ahead of and behind the ball. After all, drivers aren't struck like irons . . .
mayonpi 1 year ago
Ball position has changed over the years. Now with a driver or, 3 wood you would have the ball As forward as your front toe, but with irons they all stay in the centre ( depending how you play of corse)
RELOADxbox 1 year ago
@RELOADxbox I absolutely agree with you! I love and admire Jack Nicklaus but, as I heard Johnny Miller say, he destroyed many weekend golfers with his advice to play ALL shots opposite the left heel (including me). Yes, ball position changes and you move it back. Jack had tremendous lower body movement that enabled HIM to hit all shots opposite the left heel. Most of us......NO.
Captsaison 1 year ago
@Captsaison While that may be true, a lot of people forget a crucial factor with Nicklaus' method of playing the ball off the left heel for all shots. As the clubs got shorter, his stance got narrower. With a narrower stance, a ball played off the left heel is actually quite close to the center of one's stance--as it should be for the shorter clubs--promoting a downward strike on the ball. With longer clubs, his stance got gradually wider, which promoted a more sweeping attack into the ball.
Goynes42 1 year ago
Thanks Jack!
mbcoolidge 1 year ago
Jack Nicklaus is the greatest golfer ever to play the game. Tiger Woods is a fraud and a steroid user.. Jack had more great players in his day. Jack Nicklaus beat Men and Tigr Woods has made a carrear of beating up on the "Millionair Boys Club" Jack Nicklaus, 'The Golden Bear, would beat Tiger Woods, ''The Golden Shower" everydoay of the week and twice on Sunday.
BCKLW 1 year ago
@BCKLW Amazing dick riding post.
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izzy0210 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure Nicklaus was trying just as hard to win tournaments as Tiger ever has. Do you seriously think he would show up to a U.S. Open and be like "ehh, I already won this tournament a couple times, I guess I won't press as hard this year etc." ???
dagongshow 1 year ago
Please consider that Jack did not have the same equipment that todays players use. Most shots are easier now. He might be the best golfer in modern times, only Tiger can challenge him.
Kiffaren 1 year ago
@Kiffaren
i dont think u understand what current equipment does.....because they are easier to hit, it is HARDER for players of this generation to stand out.... advancements in technology have allowed lesser players to get away w/ more, while it is harder for the truly pure ballstrikers(like Tiger) to stand out..
MFBueno63 1 year ago
this video is a fail this guy fails at life his life is sad and your all fails for watching this
mattrpaz 1 year ago
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Nightwing690 1 year ago
@Nightwing690 areyou saying i cant comment on vids i dislike are you saying i can only comment on videos i like? no thats why its called a comment box a comment is an opinion so the comment box is for people to state what they think of the vid like if they think it sucks they leave a comment saying so but if they liked it they leave a comment saying so if we were only allowed to comment on videos you like itd be an approval box not a comment box so dont say i fail for commenting bitch fuck
mattrpaz 1 year ago
@mattrpaz If you don't understand it or are ignorant of- shut the fukkk up-
reelgoody39 1 year ago
@reelgoody39 how am i ignorant exactly?
mattrpaz 1 year ago
@Nightwing690 and btw if you think i fail for commenting on a vid i think sucks then your fail for replying to a comment you dont like
mattrpaz 1 year ago
@mattrpaz Are you a negro or something? My god what an ignorant comment. Go away troll.
MrGrevy 1 year ago
@MrGrevy Are you an old white country club fuck who doesn't socalize with anyone except his own? Shut the hell up with that "negro" shit. This isn't 1950. Todays fields are much deeper now then when Jack was playing. Are they weaker? We really don't know cause it's just too tough to compare era's. But some of Jack's competition...Watson, Trevino, Miller, Palmer.. those guys could've played in any era.
stackleft 1 year ago
@stackleft Oh, so I guess the United NEGRO College Fund must be racist, huh? God your ignorance is astounding and sad. Drop the Tiger Woods worship too, you sound like a 10 year old.
MrGrevy 1 year ago
@MrGrevy No your ignorance is astounding. I don't go around saying...."you sound like a NEGRO". WTF is that???? And did I say anything about worshiping Tiger??? No. He's a great great player but I don't worship the guy or anything. I guess you don't like him cause his father was black. lol. So shut the hell up Archie Bunker. If Tiger was white you'd probably be kissing his jock.
stackleft 1 year ago
@stackleft That didn't come close to making sense. Nice try though? Good lord. Like I care if earl woods was a negro. (Negro isn't a racist term by the way you race baiting sicko.)
MrGrevy 1 year ago
@MrGrevy Maybe if your left your lilly white Mississippi neighborhood you'd realize that no one uses that term anymore. Well...maybe the people you hang around do. Let me ask you this? What part of the country do you live in?? If it's not Mississippi then it's probably close by. lol.
stackleft 1 year ago
@stackleft Ahh yes let's stereotype people! Nice try I live in New York you WEIRDO! You fail yet another of life's little tests. How does it feel to have your myopic world view shattered? Again, I guess the United NEGRO College Fund sure is racist, huh??
MrGrevy 1 year ago
@MrGrevy you probably live way upstate. later troll.
stackleft 1 year ago
@stackleft No, nigaboo jones, you stereotyping turd! Go back to the ghetto and pretend you understand golf. Maybe whites will accept you then!!
MrGrevy 1 year ago
@MrGrevy haha..so the real hating finally comes out! Nigaboo Jones! Good one! I belong to a country club and did not grow up in the ghetto Archie. And I carry a 10 handicap. You probably can't even swing the club around your big ass hill billy pot belly. lol.
stackleft 1 year ago
@stackleft Sure you belong to a country club! lol you people are hilarious and dishonest at the same time.
MrGrevy 1 year ago
@MrGrevy I don't even know why you're on this video. You're old ass is going to be dead in two weeks. You can't even play golf anymore. lol. Stupid old bitter pale ass cracker.lol. You're no better than a ghetto nigger. You're just a old bald wigger.
stackleft 1 year ago
@stackleft That's real funny leroy. Now go shine my golf shoes you silly negroid. You ain't bagger vance, you're just a joke.
MrGrevy 1 year ago
@MrGrevy In typical YouTube fashion, the opportunity to study and compare the swings of various golf greats degenerates to a couple of idiots exchanging nigger/cracker insults from the safety of their homes.
telescope3 1 year ago
@telescope3 Aww, poor effeminate weirdo. Go cry in a corner you unknowledgable turd.
MrGrevy 1 year ago
The greatest player of all time
auburn722 1 year ago
come on people. golfs greatest champion. and one of sports greatest champions. the greatest preasure putter of all time.
pinboyjorf 1 year ago
oh if only i could golf your way jack...
jrs256 1 year ago
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signalcorp4 1 year ago
@signalcorp4 then you don't have respect for the game of golf. You can't let someone else's personal life affect you that much. Respect what he has done for the game (and still doing) and quit watching ET.
bkuche 1 year ago
@bkuche Arnold Palmers father stated it the best. Theres no reason why you cant be nice, (decent) and play well at the same time. In other words; have character, dont play the fool, have some fortitude, then when you win, you wont have to hang your head in shame when you look into the eyes of your children.
Theres are more important things in life than just collecting trophys.
signalcorp4 1 year ago 8
@signalcorp4
Whether some people like it or not, that is and always has been part of being a "golfer" or "champion golfer," in the best traditions of the game. None of us ought to worry about people who don't understand why that is.
emncaity 3 months ago
ireally dont like him and dont think hes that good at all compared to tiger as he has played twice as many majors as tiger and only on 2 more
allykinnaird 1 year ago
Some remember the very first golf instruction video of about 1983, I believe. It still works today. The Golden Bear.
I like what Lee Trevino stated back a few years ago. If you take most of these tour players of today,,,,,,,,,,,,and put them on the fairways and the greens of the Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Jack, and Arnie golf eras..........None of these golfers of today would be near as good. Especially the old woods ,and blade putters.
signalcorp4 1 year ago
The only part I find that contradicts what I've been told all these years is Jack's comment that you play off the same ball position (early in the video) regardless of club. I've always been told that you play long clubs from a line about 2 inches from the inside of your left heel, then progress more towards the middle of your stance with your shorter clubs. I like his simple approach, though. I'll see if it works for me at the range . . .
mayonpi 1 year ago
I think people underestimate the golfers of the past. When Jack was young, he could drive 350 yards when he really let it go. That was with a wooden driver, and much more significantly, golf balls that were absolute junk by todays standards. How many of todays pros could take Jack's old tiny headed MacGregor one iron, his garbage Macgregor golf balls, and hit high one irons, 230 yards, over high trees, that land gently on the green and don't run?!!!
JJMcKinnon1 1 year ago
@JJMcKinnon1 hahahahaha id like to see that , these guys are pansies on the tour today
thefightbeginswithu 1 year ago
Watching Tiger at the Augusta Masters just gone , he was still in contention but watching him play wasnt just quite the same , it will all blow over but its a dint in time in his career no doubt. Lets see if he will recover from this , he must of being living in a dream world , at least now there is some reality around him. He surely must know he has alot of work to do to win over the people , the whole incident was just so sneaky.
mickstakes 1 year ago
2 iron?! old school baby
bucs820 1 year ago
I agree.Jack is the greatest ever.
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