The US Open flag eliminates a lot of players. Some players just weren't meant to win the US Open. Quite often, they know it. Jack Nicklaus More Quotes by Jack Nicklaus More Quotes From Jack Nicklaus You try to figure out the two things that I use as the philosophy to do a golf course. The first is that most people are really interested in something being aesthetically pleasing and good to the eye. The second is that a good golfer likes good golf shots. Jack Nicklaus eye golf philosophy Oakmont is probably the premier - Oakmont and Augusta National are probably the top two set of greens in the country. Jack Nicklaus augusta-national two country I'm probably the only bottom-heavy golfer in the country. Jack Nicklaus golfers heavy country Tom Watson, Tom Watson blew, what, two PGA Championships and a U.S. Open. Did it destroy his life? No, it didn't destroy his life. He learned from it. He went on to win a lot of major championships and obviously became one of the world's great players. Jack Nicklaus player winning two Oakmont, you've got to be playing slope. Jack Nicklaus slopes Bob Ford is a great guy. He's a great friend. He's done a great job at Oakmont and Seminole. He's a very quiet man. He doesn't get in the middle of everything, but he understands what a nice job he's done at both places. Jack Nicklaus nice jobs men Writers have told me more than once that I'm a better interview in defeat than in victory, which is a compliment I am extremely proud of. Jack Nicklaus victory interviews proud I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf. Jack Nicklaus golf beach thinking It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus. Jack Nicklaus standards play golf You don't think anything about age when you're playing [golf]. I mean, why would you ever think about that. Jack Nicklaus golf mean thinking I've never set up any golf course that would favor anybody. I try to make it exactly the opposite, which is what we did at Valhalla when we modernized it to accommodate the lengths players are hitting it today. Jack Nicklaus player opposites golf 1960, I was 20 years old, and I was leading the U.S. Open. Now, I wasn't leading by several strokes, but I was leading the U.S. Open and playing with Ben Hogan, had a very good chance to win, nine holes to go, I was leading. I was still leading with six holes to play. Jack Nicklaus winning play years We [with my wife] felt like we had the ability to help people not just on a local basis, but on a national basis. Jack Nicklaus wife helping people I can barely turn on my computer! Jack Nicklaus turns computer i-can The way I pack is I look at how long I'll be gone and I pack day for day. If I'm going on a three-day fishing trip, I plot each day. I put most of that in a little bag. If I'm going from there to work on golf courses for a few days, I plot that trip. Jack Nicklaus fishing golf long When I look back on when I grew up, not even football players lifted weights. That was back 50 years ago. Jack Nicklaus player football years You're not going to tell me that you're going to find a person who's not a very good athlete and he or she is going to be a great player. But anyone can play the game. That's the nice thing about the game. You don't really have to be a world-class athlete to play the sport [golf] and have fun because of handicap systems. Jack Nicklaus nice fun sports And, of course, I'm constantly energized by designing courses around the world. Jack Nicklaus around-the-world design world I played in a basketball league until I was 40 years old. I played every Monday night and the guys would say, "You take him out, and you'll see us afterwards." Jack Nicklaus basketball monday night I like to catch fish and release them. I probably haven't killed a fish that I've caught in sport fishing for 20 years. No reason to kill it. You know, just take it and release it. Jack Nicklaus fishing sports years
