♪♪
>> THE WORD "GREATNESS"... >> WELL, GREATNESS, TO ME, IS
PROBABLY...
>> GREATNESS IS BASICALLY
SOMETHING...
>> SOMETHING YOU STRIVE FOR.
>> GREATNESS JUST PUTS YOU ABOVE
THE BEST.
I GUESS PUT IT THAT WAY.
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THING
THAT REALLY SEPARATES THE
GOAT...
[ LAUGHS ]
>> IT'S CONSISTENCY OVER A
PERIOD OF TIME.
IT'S NOT ONE GOOD YEAR AND ONE
MAJOR.
>> SOMEONE WHO DID SOMETHING AT
A HIGH LEVEL FOR A LONG PERIOD
OF TIME.
>> SOMETHING THAT ONLY A FEW
PEOPLE CAN ACHIEVE.
>> MM, IT'S NOT EASY TO ACHIEVE,
AND I'M STILL TRYING HARD TO GET
THERE.
>> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE
REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT IT TAKES
TO BE JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER
THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
>> THE STAR PLAYERS THAT I'VE
PLAYED AGAINST HAD MORE ABILITY
THAN ME, BUT I GOT ALL THE
RECORDS.
>> I ALWAYS FELT LIKE I STILL
HAD MORE.
>> THE GREAT ONES WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT ARE POSITIVE PEOPLE THAT
ARE WINNING PEOPLE.
>> THERE'S CERTAINLY A LEVEL OF
GREATNESS IN EVERY SPORT, BUT
WHEN YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE LIKE MUHAMMAD ALI,
JIM BROWN IN FOOTBALL,
MICHAEL JORDAN IN BASKETBALL,
THERE'S THE VERY TOP, AND THAT'S
WHERE JACK IS.
♪♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> THE STRANGE TRUTH IS THAT IT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE
OVERWHELMING TO HAVE SAT WHERE
SO MANY OF US SAT IN THIS MODERN
AGE...
>> ON THE TEE, JACK NICKLAUS.
>> ...WATCHING IT ALL GO BY...
FORCED TO CONTEMPLATE THE IDEA
THAT ONE PERSON COULD RISE SO
FAR ABOVE EVERYONE ELSE, THAT
ONE PERSON COULD BE SO MUCH
BETTER AT SOMETHING THAN
EVERYONE ELSE...
>> THE BEST AMATEUR GOLFER IN
THE UNITED STATES.
>> GALLERIES FOLLOWING THIS
FANTASTIC YOUNG MAN.
>> ...AND THAT THAT PERSON
DIDN'T JUST HAVE THE GIFT OF
SKILL, BUT DESIRE, TOO.
>> AND THERE IS YOUR NEW MASTERS
CHAMPION.
>> THAT HE COULD BEAT YOU NOT
JUST WITH HIS TALENT, BUT WITH
HIS MIND.
>> OH, HE'S GOT IT.
HE'S GOT IT.
>> HERE'S THE BEST PART, THOUGH,
ABOUT ALL THOSE YEARS WE WATCHED
HIM PLAY THIS GAME.
>> HERE IT COMES.
AND HE'S MADE IT.
>> SOMEHOW...
>> HE'S MADE IT.
>> ...WITH JACK NICKLAUS AND THE
GAME OF GOLF, WHAT YOU SAW FOR
SO DAMN LONG...
>> THERE IT IS, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN -- HIS 16th MAJOR
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> ...WASN'T EVER SO MUCH
OVERWHELMING AS IT WAS
SPELLBINDING.
>> ...BY MANY TO BE ONE OF
THE GREATEST GOLFERS.
>> IT WASN'T EVER SO MUCH
EXPECTED AS IT WAS SPECTACULAR.
>> OH! HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ONE
LIKE THAT?
>> IT WASN'T EVER SO MUCH
UNBELIEVABLE AS IT WAS HUMAN.
[ CROWD CHEERING ]
♪♪
>> I THOUGHT MAJORS WERE WHAT THE GAME WAS ABOUT.
IT CAME FROM JONES.
IT CAME FROM HOGAN.
WHEN I WAS 13, HOGAN WON THE
MASTERS AND THEN HE WON THE
OPEN, AT OAKMONT.
THEN HE WENT ON TO CARNOUSTIE.
IT WAS 1953.
THAT SORT OF RESONATED WITH ME.
>> HE WAS THERE TO WIN.
HIS WHOLE FOCUS WERE MAJORS.
"THESE FOUR TOURNAMENTS ARE MY
FOUR.
I GOT TO GET THEM."
>> THE FACT THAT HE FIGURED OUT
THAT YOU COULDN'T PLAY IN MORE
THAN 18 TOURNAMENTS AND GIVE
YOUR ABSOLUTE BEST, AND HE WAS
THE FIRST ONE TO FOCUS ON ALL
THE MAJORS.
>> HIS SCHEDULE BASICALLY
REVOLVED AROUND THE MAJORS.
MOST GUYS ARE JUST TRYING TO
FEED THEIR FAMILY.
THERE WASN'T MUCH MONEY TO BE
MADE ON TOUR.
JACK WAS WAY AHEAD OF THE NEEDLE
ON FOCUSING ON WINNING
MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS.
>> JACK'S FOCUS ON THE MAJORS
ELEVATED EVERYBODY ELSE'S FOCUS
TO CONCENTRATE ON THE MAJORS AND
MADE THE MAJORS MORE IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, WE PLAYERS TRIED TO
COPY WHAT JACK DID, AND THE
PRESS COPIED WHAT JACK SAID,
SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORS ARE
IMPORTANT.
>> THIS IS THE STORY OF EVERY
ONE OF THE 18, OF A RECORD THAT
VERY LIKELY WILL NEVER BE
BROKEN, TOLD BY THE PEOPLE WHO
WERE THERE TO SEE IT HAPPEN.
IT'S THE TALE OF A PATH TRAVELED
A CERTAIN WAY, BY A CERTAIN
STANDARD, AT ONCE ALONE AND NOW
FOREVER FOLLOWED.
IT'S THE LEGEND OF A MAN NAMED
JACK AND HOW HE CAME TO BE THE
GREATEST GOLFER EVER TO PLAY THE
GAME.
♪♪
>> EARLY '70s SOMETIME, I SAID, "OH, MY DAD TAUGHT ME TO PLAY
TENNIS A LITTLE BIT AS A KID."
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO
MAYBE PLAY A LITTLE BIT OF
TENNIS.
>> AAH!
>> HE'S GOT GREAT HANDS, GREAT
FEEL, BUT HE'S ALSO REALLY ABLE
TO IDENTIFY WHEN IT'S A BIG
POINT AND HE VERY RARELY MAKES
AN UNFORCED ERROR AT THAT TIME.
SO, OBVIOUSLY, THE GUY'S SEEN
SOME PRESSURE IN HIS LIFE.
[ CHUCKLES ]
>> HOW ABOUT THAT?
>> HE DOESN'T WANT TO MISS A
POINT.
AND WE HAD A POINT LAST YEAR --
WE HIT A SHORT BALL, AND JACK'S
GOING FOR THE BALL.
COMPLETELY LAID OUT, RACKET
EXTENDED, HITS THE BALL
CROSS-COURT FOR A WINNER.
AND EVERYBODY'S RUNNING TO
HIM -- "ARE YOU OKAY?
ARE YOU OKAY?"
AND JACK ROLLS OVER AND HE SAYS,
"DID I MAKE IT?"
>> OH!
>> THAT WILL TEACH HIM TO SCREW
AROUND WITH US, BOBBY.
>> TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THE
GREATEST GOLFER WHO EVER PLAYED
THE GAME, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
THE MAN WHO WAS THAT GOLFER...
AND, EVEN DEEPER THAN THAT, THE
BOY, BORN IN 1940, WHO BECAME
THAT MAN.
AND, GROWING UP IN COLUMBUS,
OHIO, HE WAS LIKE MANY OTHER
BOYS -- EVER IN AWE OF HIS
FATHER, OF THE THINGS HIS FATHER
DID, OF THE GAMES HE PLAYED.
>> WELL, THE NICKLAUS HOUSE WAS
ALL SPORTS.
MY DAD PLAYED FOOTBALL AT
OHIO STATE.
HE PLAYED BASKETBALL AND
BASEBALL AT OHIO STATE.
HE WAS THE CITY TENNIS CHAMPION.
HE WAS JUST A VERY GOOD ATHLETE.
AND HE PLAYED EVERYTHING.
AND HE INTRODUCED ME TO
EVERYTHING.
>> WHEN I THINK OF MY DAD, I
JUST THINK OF -- I THINK OF HIS
LAUGH AND HIS SMILE.
MY DAD HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS.
IT WAS EASY.
HE WAS LIKE A MAGNET.
HE WAS A LOVER.
HE LOVED PEOPLE.
>> HE HAD A DRUGSTORE ON 16th OR
17th AND HIGH STREET, WHICH IS
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
OHIO STATE CAMPUS.
JACK USED TO GO SIT ON THE
STOOLS AT THE COUNTER AND SWING
AROUND AND STEAL CANDY AND SO
FORTH.
>> CHARLIE LIVED FOR JACK.
THEY DEFINITELY WERE BEST
FRIENDS.
AND THEY JUST -- THEY DID
EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
>> LIKE THAT.
CLOSE AS YOU COULD BE.
THEY JUST HAD A REALLY GOOD
BOND.
>> SO, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
CENTURY, IN THE MIDDLE OF
AMERICA, IT WAS REALLY NOTHING
SHORT OF AN IDYLLIC LIFE.
HIS FATHER WAS HIS HERO, HIS
MOTHER HIS PROTECTOR.
>> WELL, MY MOM WAS SOMEBODY WHO
ALWAYS STAYED IN THE BACKGROUND.
SHE ALWAYS WAS SCARED OF
EVERYTHING GOING TO HAPPEN.
SHE LOST HER MOTHER, HER FATHER,
AND HER SISTER ALL WITHIN A
YEAR.
>> MY MOM WAS FEARFUL AT HEART.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE
REASON SHE COULDN'T WATCH JACK.
SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE AROUND
WHEN HE WASN'T DOING WELL.
SHE HID BEHIND TREES.
>> SO, MY MOTHER WAS NEVER ONE
TO TAKE A CHANCE.
MY DAD WAS ALWAYS A GUY WHO
WOULD TAKE A CHANCE.
AND HE ALWAYS WOULD PUSH ME INTO
THINGS.
SO IT WAS A NICE BALANCE.
I'M PRETTY OVERLY CAUTIOUS ABOUT
A LOT OF STUFF, BUT I ALSO GOT
THE TRAIT OF MY DAD ABOUT BEING
AGGRESSIVE, TOO.
>> HE WAS A QUARTERBACK ON THE
PEE-WEE FOOTBALL TEAM.
HE WAS A BASKETBALL PLAYER, TILL
HE SUDDENLY BECAME INTERESTED IN
GOLF.
>> I REMEMBER, WHEN I WAS ABOUT
7 YEARS OLD, MY DAD PLAYED
VOLLEYBALL AND HAD HURT HIS
ANKLE, AND SO THE DOCTOR TOLD
HIM -- HE SAID, "CHARLIE, I
THINK YOU NEED TO TAKE UP
SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
TO WALK AND EXERCISE A LITTLE
BIT."
AND SO HE DECIDED TO TAKE UP
GOLF.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE DECIDED
THAT IF HE WAS GOING TO PLAY
GOLF, HE HAD TO FIND A PLACE TO
PLAY GOLF, SO HE JOINED SCIOTO.
AND THAT'S WHEN HE TOOK ME ALONG
TO CARRY THE BAG.
>> SCIOTO COUNTRY CLUB WAS
HARDLY JUST A COURSE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT HAD BEEN DESIGNED BY FAMED
ARCHITECT DONALD ROSS AND PLAYED
HOST TO THE 1926 U.S. OPEN, WON
BY BOBBY JONES, AS WELL AS THE
1950 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP.
THAT YEAR, THE CLUB'S HEAD
PROFESSIONAL, A MAN NAMED
JACK GROUT, HELD A CLINIC FOR
LOCAL JUNIOR PLAYERS, AND
10-YEAR-OLD JACKIE NICKLAUS WAS
ONE OF THE FIRST TO SIGN UP.
>> GROUT CALLED ME AND HE SAID,
"WE HAD A BOY IN THIS CLASS
SHOOT 51 ON OUR FIRST NINE HOLES
ON SCIOTO."
AND I SAID, "51? WHO'S THIS?"
HE SAYS, "A BOY NAMED
JACKIE NICKLAUS."
I SAYS, "I HATE HIM."
>> A FEW YEARS LATER, AT
UPPER ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL,
JACK PLAYED NOT JUST GOLF BUT
BASKETBALL.
HE ALSO TOYED WITH PLAYING
FOOTBALL, TOO, LIKE HIS DAD, BUT
DECIDED AGAINST IT, IRONICALLY,
ON THE ADVICE OF ONE OF HIS
FATHER'S FRIENDS IN TOWN, THE
LEGENDARY OHIO STATE COACH
WOODY HAYES.
>> I SAYS I WAS EITHER GONNA
PLAY GOLF OR PLAY FOOTBALL.
THAT'S WHEN WOODY CAME ALONG AND
SAID, "LOOK, CHARLIE --" HE
SAYS, "YOUR BOY -- HE'S GOT A
GREAT TALENT IN SOMETHING ELSE.
YOU KEEP HIM AS FAR AWAY FROM MY
GAME AS YOU CAN."
>> I THOUGHT, AT 13, WHEN HE'S
PLAYING AND HOLDING HIS OWN WITH
THE REAL GREAT AMATEURS AROUND
TOWN, HE WAS GOING TO BE
SOMETHING SPECIAL.
>> AND HE WON FOUR STRAIGHT
COLUMBUS JUNIORS, STARTING AT
AGE 11.
IN FACT, THE VERY FIRST
TOURNAMENT HE EVER PLAYED WAS
THE SCIOTO JUNIOR.
HE WON THAT.
>> 13 OR 14, HE WAS BETTER THAN
COLLEGE KIDS.
I ALWAYS FIGURED IF I COULD HIT
MY SECOND SHOT PAST WHERE HE HIT
HIS DRIVE, I WAS IN PRETTY GOOD
SHAPE.
>> HE'D GO OUT LATE IN THE
EVENING AND JUST WORK AND HIT
BALLS AND HIT BALLS AND HIT
BALLS.
HE WAS JUST RELIGIOUS.
>> SOMETIMES, HE'D DRIVE A CAR
OUT THERE AND SHINE LIGHTS AND
HIT BALLS.
>> I NEVER ENDED UP FEELING THAT
I WAS BETTER THAN I WAS.
I WAS JUST TOO BUSY LEARNING AND
TOO BUSY HAVING FUN WITH WHAT I
WAS DOING.
>> HE BROKE 70 FOR THE FIRST
TIME AT AGE 13 AND QUALIFIED FOR
THE U.S. AMATEUR TWO YEARS
LATER.
AT 16, HE WON THE 1956
OHIO STATE OPEN, AGAINST A FIELD
OF PROFESSIONALS, AND, IN '57,
ENROLLED, LIKE HIS DAD, AT
OHIO STATE.
>> WE WERE JUST LIVING A NORMAL
FAMILY LIFE, EXCEPT JACK WAS
OVER HERE EXCELLING AT
SOMETHING.
WHEN HE GOT IN COLLEGE AND HE
WON A NATIONAL AMATEUR, AND I
REMEMBER MY DAD CALLED AFTER HE
HAD WON IT.
HE SAID, "I THINK OUR SON WAS
BORN FOR GREATNESS."
HE JUST KNEW.
>> THE NATIONAL AMATEUR GOLF
CHAMPIONSHIP IS AT STAKE IN
COLORADO SPRINGS, WHERE AN OLD
VETERAN AND LAST YEAR'S WINNER,
CHARLIE COE, MEETS THE
CHALLENGE OF THE TEENAGER,
JACKIE NICKLAUS, ON THE
BROADMOOR COUNTRY CLUB COURSE.
>> I WASN'T INTIMIDATED BY
CHARLIE COE.
I STARTED OUT BIRDIE, BIRDIE,
BIRDIE, IN THE LAST ROUND,
PLAYING HIM, AND I WAS 1-UP.
HE BIRDIED 2 OF THE 3 HOLES
HIMSELF.
>> I MEAN, THOSE GUYS JUST
PUTTED THE EYES OUT OF THIS
THING.
>> WE GOT TO THE LAST HOLE AND
WE WERE JUST RIGHT BESIDE EACH
OTHER.
AND HE HIT IT JUST OVER THE BACK
EDGE OF THE GREEN, AND I PUT IT
ABOUT 8 FEET SHORT OF THE HOLE.
HE CHIPPED IT DOWN LIKE THAT.
I WAS IN POSITION TO WIN THE
GOLF TOURNAMENT.
>> IF NICKLAUS CAN PULL IT OUT,
HE WILL BE THE YOUNGEST AMATEUR
GOLF CHAMPION IN 50 YEARS.
>> I'VE SAID MANY, MANY TIMES, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PUTT I'VE
EVER MADE IN MY LIFE.
>> THAT WAS A FORMATIVE MOMENT.
WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG, THEY CAN BE
SCARRING MOMENTS OR THEY CAN BE
AFFIRMATIVE MOMENTS.
>> I HAD A PUTT TO WIN IT AND I
MADE THE PUTT, WHICH GAVE ME THE
CONFIDENCE THAT I COULD DO
SOMETHING WHEN I HAD TO DO IT
UNDER PRESSURE.
♪♪
>> THE 60th UNITED STATES OPEN
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP, ON THE
CHERRY HILLS COURSE AT DENVER,
WITH THE SNOW-CAPPED ROCKIES AS
THE BACKDROP.
>> SO, THEN, IN JUNE OF 1960,
NICKLAUS, JUST OFF HIS JUNIOR
YEAR AT OHIO STATE, FOUND
HIMSELF BACK IN COLORADO, AT
CHERRY HILLS COUNTRY CLUB, AND
IN CONTENTION FOR THE
UNITED STATES OPEN.
>> IT WAS A GREAT CONFLUENCE OF
GENERATIONS AT CHERRY HILLS.
YOU HAD AN AGING BEN HOGAN.
YOU HAD ARNOLD PALMER RIGHT IN
THE PRIME.
YOU HAD A JACK NICKLAUS, STILL
AN AMATEUR, READY TO BURST ON
THE SCENE.
>> AND EVEN THEN, JUST AS
FOREVERMORE, JACK AND
CHARLIE NICKLAUS WERE AFRAID OF
NO ONE ON THE GOLF COURSE.
>> ODDLY ENOUGH, MY DAD CAME TO
ME AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK.
HE SAID, "I JUST SAW THE ODDS
CAME OUT ON THE TOURNAMENT."
AND HE SAYS, "YOU'RE AT
35-TO-1."
HE SAYS, "YOU WANT SOME OF
THAT?"
AND I SAID, "QUIETLY PUT $20 ON
FOR ME?"
I WAS GETTING MARRIED A MONTH
LATER.
AS THE WEEK WENT ON, COMING DOWN
THE STRETCH, I THINK I WAS
THINKING MORE ABOUT THAT
POSSIBILITY OF $700 THAN I WAS
WINNING THE U.S. OPEN.
>> BY THE TIME THEY REACHED THE
FINAL NINE HOLES, HE WAS IN SOLE
POSSESSION OF THE LEAD, IN
POSITION TO BECOME THE FIRST
AMATEUR TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP
SINCE 1933.
>> PEOPLE FORGET THIS -- JACK
WAS LEADING BY TWO STROKES GOING
TO THE 13th GREEN, ON THE LAST
ROUND.
THREE-PUTTED FROM 4 FEET.
HE THREE-PUTTED 3 OF THE LAST
6 HOLES AND ONLY LOST BY TWO.
JACK WAS AN AMATEUR.
>> HE ENDED UP PLAYING THE LAST
SIX HOLES AT 3-OVER PAR AND
FINISHED SECOND, TWO SHOTS
BEHIND PALMER, WHOSE FINAL-ROUND
CHARGE WOULD GO DOWN IN LEGEND.
>> I STILL THINK THAT IF I HAD
WON THAT TOURNAMENT, IT'D BE THE
WORST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED
TO ME.
IT BROUGHT ME BACK DOWN TO
EARTH.
I KNEW I'D PLAYED A GREAT
TOURNAMENT.
I SET THE LOWEST SCORE AN
AMATEUR HAD EVER SHOT AT AN
OPEN.
BUT I DIDN'T WIN.
>> JACK NICKLAUS WAS
20 YEARS OLD.
HE HAD PRONOUNCED HIMSELF AS THE
GAME'S LATEST YOUNG STAR.
BUT, LOOKING BACK, HIS LEGEND
AND HIS LIFE HAD BARELY EVEN
STARTED.
♪♪ >> WE PLAY AN EXHIBITION AT
SCIOTO, AND I ASK BOB HOPE AND
JIM GARNER TO COME IN AND PLAY
WITH US.
SO, THEY WERE STAYING AT THE
HOUSE.
AND BARBARA WAS BASICALLY
NINE MONTHS PREGNANT.
WE WALKED IN.
SHE SAYS, "YOU WANT TO FIX THE
FIRE FOR SOME STEAKS?"
AND I SAID, "OKAY, IN A FEW
MINUTES.
WE'RE GONNA PLAY A COUPLE GAMES
OF POOL."
ABOUT HALF AN HOUR LATER, BARB
SAYS...
>> "DO YOU WANT TO COOK THE
STEAKS?"
HE SAID, "COOK THE STEAKS.
I HAVEN'T SET THE FIRE."
AND I SAID, "WELL, I TURNED THE
FIRE ON.
"I'LL BE UP IN A MINUTE, WHEN
THIS GAME'S OVER."
>> SO, ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
15 MINUTES LATER, "STEAKS ARE
DONE."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE STEAKS ARE
DONE?"
>> "DINNER'S ON THE TABLE.
COME ON UP."
SO, ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH
DINNER, I SORT OF EXCUSED MYSELF
AND CAME BACK AND I SAID...
>> "I'VE PACKED MY BAGS."
I'VE CALLED THE DOCTOR.
I CAN TAKE A TAXI.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO LEAVE YOUR
FRIENDS."
I WALKED BACK IN AND I SAY TO
GARNER AND HOPE,
"UNFORTUNATELY -- OR
FORTUNATELY, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO
LOOK AT IT -- BARBARA'S ABOUT TO
HAVE A BABY."
>> YOU'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A MASS
EXIT.
>> [ CHUCKLES ]
>> JACK NICKLAUS, FORMER
AMERICAN OPEN AND MASTERS
WINNER, WITH HIS ATTRACTIVE
WIFE, BARBARA, IN A SMART
BLACK-AND-WHITE-CHECK SUIT.
>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WIFE
OF ANY ATHLETE WHO WAS MORE
IMPORTANT, MORE SUPPORTIVE, MORE
THERE THAN BARBARA NICKLAUS.
>> I MEAN, LET'S FACE IT --
SHE'S THE GREATEST WIFE IN THE
HISTORY OF SPORTS, BAR NONE.
>> THEY WERE VERY SECURE IN
THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
MOM JUST GOT IT.
SHE JUST MAKES EVERYTHING JUST
HAPPEN.
>> I THINK THAT SHE IS PROBABLY
THE MOST SELFLESS PERSON I'VE
EVER KNOWN.
SHE'S ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT WHAT
CAN SHE DO FOR SOMEBODY ELSE,
NOT HERSELF.
>> A GREAT MOMENT NOT ONLY FOR
THE WINNER, BUT FOR HIS WIFE,
BARBARA.
>> THIS WAS A WOMAN WHO'S
EXPERIENCING -- SHE'S RIDING ON
A COMET, JUST THE TWO OF THEM.
AND SHE TOOK TIME FOR EVERY
SINGLE PERSON AT ANY LEVEL.
>> SHE'S REALLY SET THE STANDARD
FOR FAMILIES AND WIVES AND HOW
WE SUPPORT OUR HUSBANDS AND
TRAVEL WITH OUR FAMILIES.
SHE'S REALLY MEANT A LOT TO ALL
OF US IN WHAT SHE'S DONE.
>> NO MATTER WHERE A PERSON ENDS
UP, THE FOUNDATIONS OF A LIFE
TEND TO INFORM THE PATH THAT
UNFOLDS.
PUT A BIT MORE SIMPLY, MARRY THE
RIGHT PERSON, AND A LOT OF OTHER
THINGS FALL INTO PLACE.
AND SO IT WAS IN THE FALL OF
1957, WHEN A BOY NAMED JACK MET
A GIRL NAMED BARBARA IN
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
>> WE ACTUALLY MET THE FIRST
WEEKEND OF OUR FRESHMAN YEAR IN
COLLEGE.
I HAD STOPPED TO SAY HELLO TO A
GIRL THAT I KNEW FROM HIGH
SCHOOL, AND SHE HAPPENED TO BE
DATING JACK AT THE TIME.
UNFORTUNATELY, SHE HAD TO GO TO
CLASS.
>> MARY HAD TO GO OFF TO CLASS,
AND BARBARA -- I SAID, "WHERE
ARE YOU GOING?"
SHE SAYS, "I'M GOING DOWN TO THE
BACTERIOLOGY LAB."
I SAID, "WELL, I'LL WALK YOU
DOWN."
I CALLED HER THAT NIGHT TO ASK
HER FOR A DATE.
SHE WORKED ME IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS
LATER.
>> HE WAS JUST ANOTHER BOY.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
GOLF.
MY FAMILY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT
GOLF.
>> BARBARA'S FATHER,
STANLEY BASH, HAD TAUGHT MY
FATHER IN HIGH SCHOOL.
>> I ALWAYS TEASE HIM THAT THE
REASON HE MARRIED ME WAS -- HE
WAS NOT DOING WELL IN A MATH
COURSE HE WAS TAKING HIS
FRESHMAN YEAR.
SO HE CALLED MY DAD AND SAID,
"MR. BASH, COULD YOU HELP ME
WITH MY MATH FINAL?"
AND HE GOT 100 ON THE FINAL AND
AN "A" IN THE COURSE.
SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHY
HE MARRIED ME.
>> WE GOT ENGAGED IN '59.
WE GOT MARRIED THE FOLLOWING
JULY.
>> THESE DAYS, THERE WOULD BE NO
DOUBT ABOUT THE CAREER CHOICE OF
A 20-YEAR-OLD GOLFING
PHENOMENON, BUT IN 1960, THE
PGA TOUR WASN'T NECESSARILY A
GREAT PLACE TO EARN REAL MONEY.
EVEN JACK NICKLAUS NEEDED A
BACKUP PLAN.
>> I KNEW I HAD TO MAKE A LIVING
DOING SOMETHING IF I WAS GOING
TO GET MARRIED.
I STARTED SELLING INSURANCE.
DIDN'T REALLY LIKE IT VERY MUCH.
I'M SELLING IT TO MY FRATERNITY
BROTHERS.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY NEEDED
INSURANCE LIKE A HOLE IN THE
HEAD.
MATTER OF FACT, THEY PROBABLY
WOULD HAVE PREFERRED THE HOLE IN
THE HEAD.
>> JACK NICKLAUS REGAINS THE
TITLE HE WON IN 1959.
JACK WAS THE PRE-TOURNAMENT
FAVORITE, AND HE SWEPT THROUGH
ALL HIS MATCHES TO RANK AS THE
BEST AMATEUR GOLFER IN THE
UNITED STATES.
>> NICKLAUS' SECOND U.S. AMATEUR TITLE, AT PEBBLE BEACH, FOLLOWED
AN NCAA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP
FOR OHIO STATE.
HE WAS TRACING THE FOOTSTEPS OF
HIS FAVORITE GOLFER AND THE
CONSUMMATE AMATEUR, BOBBY JONES.
BUT THE PRO GAME WAS NOW CALLING
EVERMORE LOUDER AND CLEARER.
>> WE WERE MARRIED.
HE WAS TRYING TO SELL INSURANCE,
GO TO SCHOOL, AND PLAY GOLF AND
NOT DOING ANY TO THE BEST OF
WHAT HE THOUGHT HIS ABILITY WAS.
SO, WE FINALLY HAD TALKED IT
OVER, AND HE SAID, "YOU KNOW, IF
I WANT TO BE THE BEST, I NEED TO
PLAY WITH THE BEST."
>> FROM THEN ON, I PRETTY MUCH
MADE UP MY MIND THAT I WAS GONNA
GO PLAY GOLF.
>> HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL
TOURNAMENT CAME IN JANUARY OF
1962, THE LOS ANGELES OPEN.
HE FINISHED TIED FOR 50th,
EARNING $33.33.
FROM THERE, FROM TOURNAMENT TO
TOURNAMENT, HE CONTINUED TO MAKE
CUTS BUT WAS FAR FROM THE
DOMINATING PRESENCE MANY
OBSERVERS HAD EXPECTED TO SEE,
OWING MOSTLY TO A FAULTY
PUTTER, WHICH MEANT THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING THAT MIGHT HAVE
HAPPENED TO HIM EARLY THAT
SEASON WAS CROSSING PATHS WITH
PUTTING GURU GEORGE LOW AT THE
PHOENIX OPEN.
>> WENT TO PHOENIX, AND
GEORGE LOW WAS ON THE PUTTING
GREEN.
AND GEORGE SAYS, "JACK, I
UNDERSTAND YOU'RE HAVING SOME
TROUBLE WITH YOUR PUTTER."
"YES."
HE SAID, "COME HERE. COME HERE.
I WANT YOU TO TRY SOMETHING."
HE WALKED OVER TO A RACK --
ABOUT 10 PUTTERS -- PICKED A
PUTTER OFF THE RACK.
HE SAYS, "TRY THIS ONE."
PUTTER I WON 15 MAJORS WITH.
♪♪
>> THE OAKMONT COUNTRY CLUB ON
THE OUTSKIRTS OF PITTSBURGH.
CHAMPIONSHIP TIME.
♪♪
>> I WENT TO OAKMONT. I PLAYED PRACTICE ROUNDS THERE.
I LIKED THE GOLF COURSE.
THIS WAS MY U.S. OPEN.
LITTLE DID I KNOW THERE WAS A
FELLA NAMED ARNOLD PALMER THAT
WAS FROM RIGHT OUTSIDE
PITTSBURGH.
>> ARNOLD PALMER NOT ONLY WAS
THE SENTIMENTAL FAVORITE, HE
WAS, IN A SENSE, THE HOMETOWN
FAVORITE.
HE WAS EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE.
>> PALMER AND NICKLAUS WERE
PAIRED FOR THEIR FIRST TWO
ROUNDS, AND THE FANS, AS THEY
WOULD SO MANY TIMES OVER THE
YEARS, MADE VERY CLEAR WHERE
THEIR HEARTS WERE.
>> PALMER BROUGHT STEELWORKERS
TO A COUNTRY CLUB.
THEY WERE THERE TO SEE
ARNOLD PALMER WIN.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED.
AND THEY REALLY BEHAVED
BOORISHLY.
PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY STOMPING
THEIR FEET ON THE GROUND WHEN
NICKLAUS WAS ABOUT TO HIT A
PUTT.
YOU COULD FEEL THE GROUND
SHAKING.
>> NEVER DID REGISTER.
EVERYBODY CAN'T UNDERSTAND.
THEY SAYS, "HOW CAN YOU NOT HEAR
THE GALLERY?"
I SAYS, "I'M JUST PLAYING GOLF."
>> THE CROWD MAY NOT HAVE
BOTHERED JACK, BUT ANOTHER
NICKLAUS ON THE COURSE,
BIG CHARLIE, WAS A DIFFERENT
STORY.
FORTUNATELY, HE BROUGHT A FRIEND
ALONG TO OAKMONT, WHO BECAME A
MOST UNLIKELY PEACEKEEPER --
WOODY HAYES.
>> HE'S THE ONE THAT KIND OF
HELD CHARLIE BACK WHEN CHARLIE'S
GONNA GO OUT, YOU KNOW, AND
KNOCK THE STUFFINGS OUT OF
SOMEBODY.
WOODY WAS HOLDING
CHARLIE NICKLAUS BACK.
>> GOING INTO THE FINAL
18 HOLES, NICKLAUS TRAILED
PALMER BY TWO.
BUT AFTER JACK SHOT 2-UNDER IN
THE FINAL ROUND, HE WAS TIED
WITH ARNIE.
STILL, ON THE 18th, THE LOCAL
LEGEND WAS JUST A 12-FOOT PUTT
AWAY FROM VICTORY.
>> PLAYED IT AN INCH TOO HIGH.
>> SO, AFTER FOUR ROUNDS OF
GOLF, THEY WERE TIED, AND AN
18-HOLE PLAYOFF THE NEXT DAY
WOULD DECIDE THE CHAMPION.
NICKLAUS WANTED EVERYTHING TO
STAY THE SAME IN THE MEANTIME.
>> TAKING MY PANTS THAT I'D WORN
THE 36 HOLES AND THOUGHT THEY
WERE PRETTY GOOD LUCK.
YOU WOULD STAND THEM IN THE
CORNER, 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE
BEEN WEARING THEM ALL DAY.
YOU'RE ALL SWEATY.
I SAID, "THAT WAS GOOD LUCK."
I WAS GONNA WEAR THEM AGAIN THE
NEXT DAY.
♪♪
>> ARNOLD PALMER AND YOUNG
JACK NICKLAUS START A PLAYOFF.
PALMER TEES OFF.
NOW NICKLAUS. >> JACK GETS UP AND BELTS HIS.
SO, WE'RE WALKING DOWN THE RIGHT
SIDE OF THE FAIRWAY.
WHEN WE GET TO THE BALLS, JACK
IS 25 YARDS AHEAD OF ARNOLD.
YOU COULD JUST SEE ARNOLD SINK.
HE SAID, "OH, MY GOD.
I HIT MY BEST TEE SHOT, AND
NICKLAUS IS 25 YARDS AHEAD OF
ME."
I THINK JACK BEAT HIM RIGHT
THERE ON THE FIRST DRIVE.
>> NICKLAUS' ADVANTAGE OFF THE
TEE WAS UNDENIABLE, BUT, IN
TRUTH, IT WAS HIS WORK ON
OAKMONT'S BRUTALLY UNFORGIVING
GREENS THAT PROVED TO BE THE
BIGGEST DIFFERENCE.
WITH HIS NEW GEORGE LOW
WIZARD 600 PUTTER IN HAND, HE
THREE-PUTTED JUST ONE TIME OVER
HIS FIVE ROUNDS, COMPARED TO
11 TIMES FOR PALMER.
>> FOR A GUY TO GO THROUGH THE
TOURNAMENT WITH ONE THREE-PUTT
AT OAKMONT -- 90 HOLES -- THAT'S
ONE OF THE UNBELIEVABLE FACTS IN
GOLF.
>> JACK WINS, AND ARNIE SAID,
"NOW THAT THE CAGE IS OPEN,
EVERYBODY RUN FOR COVER."
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID
FOR YEARS.
>> JACK NICKLAUS, 22 YEARS OLD,
THE 1962 OPEN CHAMPION.
♪♪ >> I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES
THEM THE CHAMPIONS THAT THEY ARE
IS TO WIN THE BIG EVENTS, THE
MOST IMPORTANT, THE MOST
COMPETITIVE.
>> YOU KNEW THAT THOSE WERE
SPECIAL WEEKS, AND, YOU KNOW,
JUST LOOKING AT THE TROPHIES,
LOOKING AT THE NAMES, YOU KNOW,
MADE YOU DREAM EVEN BIGGER.
>> AND WE DREAMED TO BE THAT
PERSON TO LIFT A TROPHY OR PUT
ON A GREEN JACKET OR WIN
WIMBLEDON.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
>> THE GREAT PLAYERS -- THEY CAN
ELEVATE THEIR GAME WHEN
EVERYTHING IS ON THE LINE.
>> THE BIGGER THE GAME, THE MORE
FUN IT IS.
>> WHEN YOU GO BACK AND YOU LOOK
AT MY ENTIRE CAREER, I WAS
ALWAYS PRODUCTIVE ON THE BIG
STAGE.
>> IT'S FUN TO PLAY IN A
WORLD SERIES.
IT'S NOT FUN TO WATCH IT ON TV.
>> BUT THE GREATEST ATHLETES
WANTED TO HAVE THE BALL WITH THE
LAST SHOT.
THEY WANT TO BE IN GAME 7 IN
HOCKEY AND RELISH IT.
YOU TAKE IT IN AND SAY, "YOU
KNOW WHAT?
I LOVE THIS SCENARIO."
♪♪
>> WELCOME TO THE FINAL ROUND OF
THE MASTERS.
AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE
WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE.
JACK NICKLAUS...
>> SO, OKAY, HE'S ON THE BOARD.
IT'S LIKE, "AH, THIS IS A FLUKY
THING."
NO, IT'S NICKLAUS.
>> THIS FOR BIRDIE. >> I REMEMBER, WHILE I WAS ON
THE PUTTING GREEN, I HAD HEARD
THE ROARS.
IT WAS ELECTRIC.
AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
EVERYBODY'S LIKE, "OH, MY GOSH.
THIS COULD BE LIKE '86 ALL OVER
AGAIN."
>> IT'S JACK NICKLAUS.
YOU REALLY AREN'T COUNTING
ANYTHING OUT.
YOU BELIEVED IT AND YOU SAW IT.
YOU'RE LIKE, "IS HE GONNA DO
THIS AGAIN?"
>> WELL, IT IS THE KIND OF PLACE
THAT MAKES YOU WONDER IF TIME
CAN STOP.
BUT EVEN IF HE ENDED UP
FINISHING SIXTH AT 58 YEARS OF
AGE, IN 1998, JACK NICKLAUS MADE
HIS POINT, DIDN'T HE?
"DON'T EVER FORGET WHAT I DID
HERE.
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
DON'T EVER FORGET JUST HOW MUCH
I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THIS GOLF
COURSE."
♪♪
>> SPRINGTIME IN AUGUSTA.
AND THE OCCASION IS ONE OF THE
WORLD'S GREAT GOLF TOURNAMENTS,
THE INCOMPARABLE MASTERS.
>> I REMEMBER HIM CALLING ME AND
SAYING, "BARBARA, YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO BELIEVE THE FEELING
WHEN YOU TURN IN TO
AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT GOES
THROUGH YOUR VEINS."
>> IT IS THE REALIZED DREAM OF
TWO MEN -- CLIFFORD ROBERTS, A
NEW YORK INVESTMENT BANKER, AND
THE IMMORTAL GRAND SLAM CHAMPION
BOB JONES.
>> BOB JONES WAS MY DAD'S HERO.
JONES WON THE OPEN AT SCIOTO IN
1926.
THERE WERE A LOT OF MEMBERS,
INCLUDING MY FATHER, WHO WATCHED
HIM PLAY.
SO ALL I HEARD GROWING UP WAS,
"WELL, JONES USED TO HIT IT
HERE.
JONES ALWAYS PLAYED THIS HOLE
WITH THIS KIND OF A CLUB."
WHEN I FIRST MET JONES, I HAD
JUST QUALIFIED FOR THE
U.S. AMATEUR WHEN I WAS
15 YEARS OLD.
1959, I QUALIFIED FOR THE
MASTERS, AND THERE WAS A LITTLE
NOTE IN MY LOCKER.
AND IT SAID, "JACK, I'D LIKE TO
INVITE YOU AND YOUR FATHER TO
COME DOWN TO THE CABIN AND SAY
HELLO."
THAT LITTLE NOTE WAS THERE EVERY
YEAR, AND WE WENT DOWN.
I LEARNED A LOT FROM JONES --
HOW YOU HANDLED SPORTSMANSHIP,
HOW YOU HANDLED ADVERSITY.
>> SURE ENOUGH, THAT FIRST TRIP
TO AUGUSTA, IN '59, ENDED AFTER
ONLY TWO ROUNDS, TWO ROUNDS OF
UNENDING FRUSTRATION WITH THE
COURSE'S INFAMOUSLY TRICKY
GREENS.
>> JACK NICKLAUS, THE AMATEUR
CHAMPION, HAS A LONGISH PUTT.
SENDS IT UP, UP, AND IT RUNS BY
THE PIN.
>> I HAD EIGHT 3-PUTT GREENS,
HIT 31 GREENS IN REGULATION.
ARNOLD HAD HIT 19 GREENS IN
REGULATIONS, AND HE WAS AT 141,
LEADING THE GOLF TOURNAMENT.
I GOT THERE.
I SAYS, "I THINK I NEED TO LEARN
THESE GREENS."
♪♪
>> PRESENTING...
THE 1963 MASTERS TOURNAMENT.
♪♪
BIG JACK NICKLAUS, 23 YEARS OLD, POWERFUL,
ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
HE'S PLAYED WELL HERE BEFORE,
BUT NEVER WELL ENOUGH.
>> ON THAT THURSDAY, A WINDY DAY
AT AUGUSTA, JACK NICKLAUS SHOT A
SLUGGISH 74, LEAVING HIM
5 SHOTS OFF THE LEAD HEADING
INTO ROUND 2 THE NEXT AFTERNOON.
>> YESTERDAY, IT WAS DIFFICULT
SCORING CONDITIONS FOR THE
PLAYERS, BUT, TODAY, WE HAVE
PERFECT GOLFING WEATHER.
>> NICKLAUS TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE
OF THAT WEATHER, FIRING HIS BEST
ROUND EVER, TO THAT POINT, AT
AUGUSTA NATIONAL, A 66, PUTTING
HIM ONE SHOT OFF THE LEAD
HEADING INTO SATURDAY...
WHEN THE WEATHER FLIPPED ONCE
MORE.
[ RAIN FALLING ]
>> SATURDAY WAS A WET, WET DAY.
THERE WAS RAIN AND LOTS OF IT.
>> IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT DAYS OF PLAY EVER AT
THE MASTERS, BUT IT OFFERED AN
EARLY GLIMPSE INTO THE FORMULA
NICKLAUS WOULD USE TO WIN HIS
MAJOR TITLES -- FOCUS ONLY ON
WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL AND REFUSE
TO LET ANYONE OR ANYTHING GET IN
THE WAY.
>> EVERYBODY KEPT SAYING IT WAS
GOING TO BE WASHED OUT.
IN THOSE DAYS, IF A ROUND WAS
WASHED OUT ANYWHERE IN THE
MIDDLE, YOU JUST STARTED OVER.
>> BEFORE JACK CAN PUTT, AN
OFFICIAL REMOVES A CUP OF WATER
FROM THE HOLE.
>> IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE
HOW MUCH IT RAINED.
AND WE JUST PERSEVERED.
>> HE HAD A CAPACITY TO STAY IN
THE GAME ALL THE TIME.
HE DIDN'T EVER BEAT HIMSELF.
AND EVERYBODY ELSE SORT OF FELL
OFF THE BANDWAGON.
>> WE GOT TO THE 18th HOLE, AND
I LOOKED UP AT THE LEADERBOARD.
AND I'M COLOR-BLIND, SO I
COULDN'T TELL RED FROM GREEN.
AND I SAID TO MY CADDIE,
WILLIE -- I SAID, "WILLIE, HOW
MANY OF THOSE 1s UP THERE ARE
RED?"
HE SAYS, "JUST YOU, BOSS."
[ LAUGHS ]
>> WILLIE PETERSON WOULD READ
OFF PLENTY OF RED NUMBERS FOR
HIS BOSS OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS,
IN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
PARTNERSHIP IN MASTERS HISTORY.
>> FROM AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, HERE
IS THE FINAL ROUND OF THE
27th ANNUAL MASTERS GOLF
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> SUNDAY BEGAN WITH NICKLAUS
HOLDING A ONE-SHOT LEAD.
AND THE FIRST CHALLENGE OF THE
AFTERNOON WOULD COME FROM AN OLD
AUGUSTA CROWD FAVORITE,
THREE-TIME MASTERS WINNER
SAM SNEAD.
>> THIS ONE GOES DOWN, DOWN,
AND INTO THE HOLE.
AND IT'S A BIRDIE FOR SAM SNEAD
ON THE 7th.
ANOTHER BIRDIE FOR THE
50-YEAR-OLD "SLAMMER."
>> SNEAD, PLAYING AT A
THEN-RECORD 27th MASTERS,
EVENTUALLY APPROACHED THE 18th
TIED FOR THE LEAD AT 1-UNDER
PAR.
>> NOW SAM MUST SINK THIS TO
FINISH 1-UNDER.
OOH! HE DOESN'T SINK IT.
AT 16 NOW.
JACK CHECKS THE SCOREBOARD, NOTES SNEAD'S BOGEY ON 18,
GIVING NICKLAUS THE LEAD.
>> THE 16th HOLE HAS TREATED ME
PRETTY WELL THROUGH THE YEARS.
THAT WAS THE PUTT.
>> GETS HIS BIRDIE-2!
HE'S NOW 2-UNDER PAR, TWO
STROKES AHEAD OF SNEAD.
>> SO, NICKLAUS HAD DODGED SNEAD
BUT STILL HAD TONY LEMA TO
CONTEND WITH.
LEMA, PLAYING IN HIS FIRST
MASTERS, BIRDIED 17 AND THEN
STOOD OVER A 20-FOOT PUTT THAT
WOULD BRING HIM TO WITHIN JUST
ONE OF NICKLAUS.
>> DOWN, DOWN, DOWN.
AND IT DROPS! A BIRDIE-3!
THE ISSUE IS NOW UP TO YOUNG
MR. NICKLAUS, BUT HE MUST PAR
THIS 18th TO BEAT LEMA.
>> TWO SHOTS PUT HIM 35 FEET
AWAY FROM THE HOLE, LEAVING HIM
TWO PUTTS AWAY FROM HIS FIRST
MASTERS VICTORY.
>> IN ORDER TO WIN THE
TOURNAMENT, HE WILL HAVE TO DROP
THIS PUTT.
>> LOVED IT.
HE LOVED -- HE THRIVED ON IT.
IF YOU NEEDED A 6-FOOTER TO WIN
A TOURNAMENT, TAKE NICKLAUS.
>> I USED TO GET EXCITED WHEN I
WAS A KID.
AND I FOUND, WHEN I GOT EXCITED,
I COULDN'T PLAY.
SO, I LEARNED TO CALM MYSELF ALL
THE TIME AND KEEP CALM SO THAT I
COULD STAY AND PLAY WITHIN
MYSELF.
I KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON AROUND
ME.
I KNEW I HAD TO MAKE THIS PUTT.
>> OOH.
>> AND THERE IS YOUR NEW MASTERS
CHAMPION, YOUNGEST EVER -- AND
THE WHITE CAP IS IN THE AIR --
JACK NICKLAUS.
>> HE IS 23 YEARS OLD AND NOW
THE REIGNING U.S. OPEN AND
MASTERS CHAMPION.
EVERYONE WHO KNEW THE GAME HAD
SAID THE KID FROM COLUMBUS WAS
GOING TO BE THE NEXT BIG THING.
HE WAS RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.
>> I NEVER HAD A FEELING OF TRYING TO BE ANY BETTER THAN
ANYBODY ELSE.
I JUST WANTED TO BEAT EVERYBODY.
>> YOU HAD TO HAVE THIS MUCH
MORE ABILITY THAN I DID TO BEAT
ME, 'CAUSE I WAS GONNA GRIND YOU
UP.
I DIDN'T GET TIRED.
>> I DIDN'T LIKE LOSING.
I THINK ALL THE GREAT PLAYERS,
WE DON'T LIKE LOSING.
>> I'VE HAD SOME SETBACKS IN MY
CAREER.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE MISTAKES TO
MOVE FORWARD AND TO MOVE TO A
HIGHER LEVEL.
>> THAT'S PART OF COMPETITIVE
SPORT.
EVERYBODY GETS KNOCKED DOWN.
YOU GOT TO GET UP AND KEEP
FIGHTING, KEEP COMPETING.
>> I WOULD ANALYZE EVERYTHING
THAT I DID -- IF I COULD HAVE
RAN A ROUTE A LITTLE BIT BETTER,
IF I COULD HAVE MADE A BLOCK TO
HELP THAT RUNNING BACK GET INTO
THE END ZONE.
>> I GUESS YOU NEVER JUST REALLY
LOOK BACK AND SAID, "WHAT IF
THIS HADN'T HAVE HAPPENED?" OR
"WHAT IF THAT HAPPENED?"
YOU JUST LOOK FORWARD ALL THE
TIME.
>> AND THIS IS THE POWER DRIVE OF JACK NICKLAUS.
>> THIS IS THE STORY OF 10 DAYS
IN THE SUMMER OF 1963, A STORY
ABOUT FRUSTRATION GIVING WAY TO
CELEBRATION, A STORY THAT SERVES
AS A REMINDER THAT JACK NICKLAUS
MAY HAVE MADE MISTAKES, YES, BUT
HE NEVER MADE THE SAME MISTAKE
TWICE.
>> WELL, AT LYTHAM, I WAS IN
PRETTY GOOD SHAPE AND I THOUGHT
I HAD A TWO-SHOT LEAD GOING DOWN
17.
>> NICKLAUS NOW, LEADING CHARLES
AND RODGERS BY ONE STROKE EACH.
>> I MEAN, HOW STUPID I CAN BE.
I HAD 212 YARDS TO THE HOLE.
PIN WAS RIGHT IN THE BACK EDGE
OF THE GREEN.
AND I SAID TO MY CADDIE,
"2-IRON."
HE SAID, "JACK, YOU DON'T NEED A
2-IRON.
HIT A 3-IRON."
HE SAID, "YOU DON'T NEED TO GET
BACK TO THE HOLE."
>> POINTING RATHER BEHIND THE
GREEN.
IF HE COULD JUST KNOCK IT
FORWARD, HE HAD A TREMENDOUS
TARGET.
>> HIS CADDIE WAS
JIMMY DICKINSON.
AND JIMMY WAS THINKING, "YOU
KNOW, IF YOU GO OVER, YOU'RE
REALLY -- THAT'S THE BAD
MISTAKE."
>> OH, NO.
THAT'S NOT A GOOD ONE AT ALL.
>> AND THEN HE UNDERESTIMATED
WHAT CHARLES AND PHIL RODGERS
WERE DOING BEHIND HIM.
>> OH, WELL DONE, BOB CHARLES.
>> AT LYTHAM, THE 16th AND 18th
TEES ARE RIGHT TOGETHER.
I WAITED, AGAIN, TO FIND OUT
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND THEY BOTH WALKED OFF THE
GREEN.
I DIDN'T HEAR A SOUND.
THEY BOTH HAD HOLED 20-FOOTERS,
BUT YOU COULDN'T HEAR IT 'CAUSE
OF THE WIND.
SO I STILL THOUGHT I HAD A
ONE-SHOT LEAD.
>> NICKLAUS IS GIVING THEM AN
OPENING HERE.
>> WELL, THEY BOTH HAD BIRDIED
16.
THEY BOTH BEAT ME BY A SHOT.
>> THAT GIVES HIM A TOTAL OF
278.
>> THAT'S ALWAYS THE THING THAT
MADE HIM THE MOST MAD WAS THE
MENTAL MISTAKE, 'CAUSE, YOU
KNOW, THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR
THAT.
>> MUCH LIKE THE 1960 U.S. OPEN
AT CHERRY HILLS, NICKLAUS KNEW
HE'D COST HIMSELF A MAJOR TITLE
AT LYTHAM IN '63.
AND HIS FAILING HAD NOT BEEN
WITH HIS GAME, BUT HIS STRATEGY.
NEVER AGAIN, HE RESOLVED, WOULD
HE LET THAT HAPPEN.
THERE WAS ONE SLICE OF GOOD
NEWS, THOUGH.
IN 1963, THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
WAS HELD THE WEEK AFTER THE
OPEN, AND NICKLAUS HEADED
STRAIGHT TO THE
DALLAS ATHLETIC CLUB WITH A
CHANCE FOR IMMEDIATE REDEMPTION,
EVEN IF THE MIDDLE OF TEXAS
OFFERED STARKLY DIFFERENT
CONDITIONS.
>> THE HOTTEST GOLF TOURNAMENT I
EVER COVERED.
WE JUST SWEAT.
WE WERE SQUATTING DOWN AROUND
THE GREEN WITH OUR PADS, AND
WATER WAS RUNNING DOWN ON MY
NOTES.
>> WENT FROM 55 DEGREES TO
110 DEGREES.
IT WAS TERRIBLE.
WE WENT THERE, JUST ABSOLUTELY
SUFFOCATED.
EVERYBODY ELSE HAD A HORRIBLE
TIME WITH IT.
IT WAS WHAT IT WAS, AND SO YOU
JUST DEALT THE CARDS YOU HAD AND
GO AND PLAYED.
>> I REMEMBER INTERVIEWING JACK,
AND I SAID, "JACK, ANSWER ME ONE
QUESTION."
I SAID, "WHY DID YOU WIN SO MANY
MAJORS?"
AND JACK ANSWERED, "BECAUSE, IN
MY MIND, THE MAJOR TOURNAMENTS
WERE EASIER TO WIN THAN A
REGULAR TOURNAMENT."
HE SAID, "THE PRESSURE AFFECTED
ME IN A POSITIVE WAY, WHEREAS A
LOT OF MY OPPONENTS -- THE
PRESSURE AFFECTED THEM IN A
NEGATIVE WAY.
THE WIND WAS TOO WINDY AND THE
GRASS WAS TOO GREEN AND THE
WATER WAS TOO WET."
>> IF NICKLAUS WASN'T GOING TO
LET THE HEAT OR ANYTHING ELSE
IMPACT HIS FOCUS IN DALLAS IN
1963, HE MADE ANOTHER KIND OF
PROCLAMATION WHEN HE ENTERED A
LONG-DRIVE CONTEST AT THE CLUB'S
10th HOLE THE DAY BEFORE THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> HE JUST STEPPED UP THERE AND
JUST HIT THIS MONSTER, HIGH SHOT
OVER THE TREES.
AND WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED HOW FAR
IT WENT, NOBODY COULD BELIEVE
IT.
>> HIT IT 341 YARDS, 17 INCHES
AND WON THE DRIVING CONTEST.
I GOT A MONEY CLIP FROM IT.
I'VE HAD IT IN MY POCKET FOR THE
LAST 53 YEARS.
>> THE PGA WOULD DISCONTINUE THE
LONG-DRIVE CONTEST THE NEXT YEAR
AND NOT BRING IT BACK UNTIL
2014, WHEN LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN WON
WITH A DISTANCE OF 340 YARDS.
BUT THAT WAS 1 YARD LESS THAN
NICKLAUS' WINNING LENGTH IN
1963.
>> POWERFUL SWING.
THOSE BIG LEGS AND HIPS WOULD
FIRE.
AND -- ZOOM -- THERE IT GOES.
>> POWER.
IF YOU PUT IT IN ONE WORD, POWER
PLAYER.
IN TODAY'S GAME, HE WOULD HAVE
BEEN THE DUSTIN JOHNSON, THE
BUBBA WATSON.
>> THE SHEER POWER WITH WHICH HE
PLAYED WAS SOMETHING I HADN'T
SEEN BEFORE.
>> HE HAD A 1-IRON, IN THOSE
DAYS THAT HE COULD HIT 260, 270,
280 YARDS.
MOST PEOPLE COULDN'T HIT THEIR
DRIVER THAT FAR.
>> HE DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO USE
IT, BUT HE DID WHEN HE WANTED
TO.
HE COULD GET AN EXTRA 30 YARDS.
>> YOU GIVE HIM THE MODERN BALL
AND YOU GIVE HIM A MODERN CLUB,
AND I THINK HE'S THE LONGEST GUY
OUT THERE.
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT.
♪♪
>> A TENACIOUS SLUMP GRIPS THE
GREAT ARNOLD PALMER.
AND ALTHOUGH ARNIE'S ARMY, AS
THEY CALL HIS FOLLOWERS,
DOES NOT COMPLETELY DESERT HIM,
THIS IS NOT HIS HOUR.
INSTEAD, YOUNG JACK NICKLAUS
AND OTHERS SHARE THE HEADLINES
WITH THE TORRID HEAT.
IT'S 110 ON THE FAIRWAYS, IN
THE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS'
ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP AT
DALLAS, TEXAS.
♪♪
>> THE ROUGH WAS REALLY HIGH. THEY SAID, "IT'S TOO TOUGH."
IF YOU DIDN'T DRIVE IT IN THE
FAIRWAY, YOU WERE GONNA HAVE A
HARD TIME.
SO THE FACT THAT JACK COULD HIT
IT THAT FAR AND STILL KEEP IT IN
THE FAIRWAY TALKS HOW GREAT A
DRIVER HE WAS.
>> AFTER THREE ROUNDS, NICKLAUS
WAS IN THIRD PLACE.
BUT AS HE BEGAN PLAY ON SUNDAY,
HE EAGLED THE PAR-5 1st HOLE.
AND A FEW HOURS LATER, IT FELT
LIKE LYTHAM ALL OVER AGAIN.
HE WAS HOLDING THE LEAD WITH TWO
HOLES TO PLAY.
>> I WATCHED HIM TEE OFF ON 17.
AND THEN I DECIDED I'D BETTER
GET OVER TO 18 TO GET IN
POSITION.
IT'S PROBABLY 75 YARDS AWAY FROM
WHERE HE HAD HIT HIS TEE SHOT.
AND THERE'S WATER LEFT AND WATER
IN THE FRONT.
AND HE PUNCHED IT OUT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE FAIRWAY, AND HE
PROBABLY HAD A PITCHING WEDGE
LEFT.
AND HE HIT IT 4 OR 5 FEET BY THE
HOLE, AND IT CAME BACK TO A FOOT
AND A HALF OR 2 FEET FROM THE
HOLE.
>> JACK NICKLAUS TAKES HIS FINAL
PUTT, AT THE 18th.
AND HE IS THE PGA CHAMPION,
AFTER FIRING A 68 FOR A 279
TOTAL.
AT 23, NICKLAUS HAS ADDED
THE PGA TO HIS 1962
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE
MASTERS HE WON LAST SPRING.
>> IN JUST 10 DAYS' TIME, HE'D
RIDDEN A WAVE OF RESOLVE TO TURN
HIS FRUSTRATION INTO
CELEBRATION.
HE'D CLOSE OUT THE YEAR WITH
ANOTHER VICTORY, AT THE
SAHARA INVITATIONAL IN
LAS VEGAS.
JACK NICKLAUS HAD BEEN A PRO
GOLFER FOR TWO YEARS.
HE'D ALREADY WON EIGHT PGA TOUR
EVENTS AND THREE DIFFERENT
MAJORS.
>> THAT WAS THE TIME WHEN I
REALIZED THAT HE WAS GONNA BE
GREAT.
YOU COULD JUST TELL.
AND THEN IT ENDED UP BEING EVEN
MORE THAN YOU COULD IMAGINE.
>> CBS TELEVISION SPORTS PRESENTS LIVE, FROM THE
AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB,
THE 1965 MASTERS TOURNAMENT.
♪♪
>> HE ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO
NOT PLAYING MUCH BETWEEN
NOVEMBER AND MAYBE FEBRUARY.
SO, OF COURSE, THE FIRST THING
ON HIS MIND WHEN HE GOT HIS GOLF
CLUBS BACK OUT WAS THE MASTERS.
>> BACK IN 1965, I STARTED ARRIVING AT THE MASTERS ALWAYS
A WEEK AHEAD OF TIME.
USUALLY PLAY FOUR ROUNDS.
>> JACK NICKLAUS IS ALREADY ON
HAND, OUT ON A PRACTICE ROUND.
>> I'D USUALLY PLAY, BASICALLY,
A TOURNAMENT AND TRY TO SHOOT
THE LOWEST SCORE I COULD SHOOT.
I'D ALWAYS PLAY MY FIRST BALL,
ALWAYS PLAY THE SCORE.
>> HE WOULD TELL ME EVERYTHING
THAT WAS GOING ON WITH HIS GAME.
THEN HE WOULD TELL ME HOW THE
COURSE WAS PLAYING.
"THESE ARE THE BIRDIE HOLES.
THESE ARE THE BOGEY HOLES.
THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK
OUT FOR."
THEN HE WOULD TELL ME HOW
EVERYBODY ELSE WAS PLAYING.
THANKS TO HIM, I'M PREPARED FOR
ANYTHING.
>> HE ALWAYS PLAYED WITH A GAME
PLAN.
JACK'S PREPARATION WAS DIFFERENT
THAN MOST EVERY OTHER PLAYER.
>> THAT PREPARATION -- HE SAID,
"I WON MORE TOURNAMENTS BY
OUTPREPARING MY OPPONENTS THAN I
DID BY SHEER PLAY."
>> SURE ENOUGH, HE SHOT 5-UNDER
IN THE FIRST ROUND AT THE
MASTERS IN '65.
THEN HIS SECOND-ROUND 71 LEFT
THREE ICONIC NAMES TOGETHER ATOP
THE LEADERBOARD.
>> AND, AT THE START OF TODAY'S
ROUND, ARNOLD PALMER,
JACK NICKLAUS, AND GARY PLAYER
WERE TIED FOR THE LEAD AT
6-UNDER PAR.
>> THEY WERE GOLF'S BIG THREE.
BUT ON THAT DAY, JACK NICKLAUS
MADE CLEAR HE WAS HEAD AND
SHOULDERS ABOVE HIS RIVALS.
>> MID-'60s, '65 -- I KIND OF
THINK OF THAT AS HIS REAL PEAK,
JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID AT
THE MASTERS.
THAT ROUND WAS, LIKE, OFF THE
CHARTS.
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>> A WHOLE 145-YARD HOLE, AND
HE'S USING ONLY AN 8-IRON.
AMAZING.
>> EVERYTHING WAS SO EASY.
MY DRIVES WERE ALL GOOD.
I SEEM TO HAVE BEEN PLAYING
NOTHING BUT 9-IRONS OR WEDGES,
MAYBE AN 8-IRON OCCASIONALLY.
>> AFTER A BOOMING DRIVE, JACK
HAS SELECTED A 5-IRON FOR HIS
SECOND.
I REPEAT -- A 5-IRON.
>> IT WAS SORT OF A QUANTUM LEAP
IN WHAT PLAYERS COULD DO.
IT WAS JUST AN OVERWHELMINGLY
GOOD PERFORMANCE.
>> A RECORD-EQUALING 64 FOR
JACK NICKLAUS IN ONE OF THE
GREAT ROUNDS OF ALL TIME.
>> I JUST -- I OVERPOWERED THE
GOLF COURSE.
WE'RE COMING UP TO 18, CARY.
I KNEW I HAD A CHANCE FOR THE
COURSE RECORD.
WELL, HIT IT AS FAR AS I COULD.
>> YOU SURE DID.
ABOUT 350 YARDS.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE 8-UNDER
PAR ON A COURSE LIKE THIS?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
IT HASN'T HAPPENED VERY OFTEN.
AND, WELL, IT SURE FELT GOOD
TODAY.
>> NICKLAUS STOOD AT 14-UNDER
OVERALL, 5 CLEAR OF PLAYER,
WITH PALMER 8 BACK.
BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF THEATER
REMAINING, WITH THE AUGUSTA
SCORING RECORD, ONCE CONSIDERED
UNBREAKABLE, VERY MUCH IN REACH.
>> NICKLAUS 16-UNDER PAR. >> I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT MUCH
ABOUT HIS RECORD.
I MEAN, YOU SEE YOU'RE 7 OR
8 SHOTS AHEAD.
I SAID, "YEAH, I THINK I'M IN
PRETTY GOOD SHAPE."
>> JACK PLAYS HIS SECOND SHOT ON
THE 17th.
RIGHT ON THE STICK.
AND JACK PICKS UP STILL ANOTHER
BIRDIE.
A 69 FOR THE ROUND AND A
RECORD-BREAKING FOUR-ROUND TOTAL
OF 271.
>> AND IT JUST SEEMED SO EASY,
AS PERFECT A WEEK AS ANYONE HAD
EVER HAD AT THE MASTERS, EVEN AS
THE FOLLOWING YEAR WOULD SERVE
AS A REMINDER NEVER TO TAKE ANY
OF THE JOY FOR GRANTED.
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>> OVER THE YEARS, THE MASTERS,
INAUGURATED IN 1934, HAS
ACQUIRED A FLAVOR AND
DISTINCTION ALL ITS OWN.
>> BY 1966, THE NICKLAUSES WERE
LIKE MANY OTHER PROMINENT
FAMILIES IN GOLF -- INVITING
FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO ENJOY THE
MASTERS EXPERIENCE ALONGSIDE
THEM.
>> THE FIRST MASTERS, WHICH WAS
'59, CHARLIE AND HELEN, HIS
WIFE, AND WE ALL WENT TOGETHER.
AND THEN, AFTER THAT, I THINK IT
STARTED OUT WITH ABOUT SIX OF
CHARLIE'S FRIENDS, AND THEY
RENTED A HOUSE EVERY YEAR AND
JUST HAD A MARVELOUS TIME.
>> THE GROUP GREW EVEN MORE FROM
THERE, WITH JACK'S FRIENDS
JOINING HIS PARENTS' FRIENDS IN
AUGUSTA, INCLUDING A COUPLE FROM
COLUMBUS WHO FIT IN SEAMLESSLY
WITH THE CROWD.
>> BOB AND LINDA BARTON HAD BEEN
DEAR FRIENDS FOR A LONG, LONG
TIME.
BOB WAS A LITTLE OLDER THAN
JACK, BUT THEY REALLY GREW UP AT
SCIOTO, PLAYING GOLF.
>> WE PLAYED A LOT OF GOLF
TOGETHER.
AND BOB WAS IN THE AIR FORCE.
HE WENT TO YALE.
HE WAS JUST A GOOD, FUN GUY.
>> BARTON, THE AIR FORCE
VETERAN, FLEW HIMSELF TO AUGUSTA
IN '66, PLANNING TO ARRIVE ON
WEDNESDAY.
BUT HIS PLANE CRASHED IN
EAST TENNESSEE, KILLING BOTH BOB
AND LINDA AND ANOTHER COUPLE.
ALL WERE 38 YEARS OLD.
>> I THINK WE WERE JUST KIND OF
IN A SHOCK, AND, OF COURSE, JACK
WAS THINKING, "WELL, WE NEED TO
GO TO COLUMBUS."
>> WELL, I WAS SORT OF -- I
DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BE A PART OF
IT.
I WOULD HAVE RATHER SPENT MY
TIME WITH BOB'S SISTER, MARGIE.
I WASN'T VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
WANTING TO PLAY GOLF.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
>> HE TALKED TO BOB'S SISTER,
MARGIE, AND SHE SAID, "NO.
BOB WOULD WANT YOU TO STAY.
PLEASE STAY."
>> THURSDAY, THE DAY OF THE
OPENING ROUND.
A BRIGHT, SUNNY MORNING, BUT A
GUSTY WIND IS BLUSTERING OVER
THE COURSE.
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>> THE GOLF COURSE WAS SO DIFFERENT.
THE FAIRWAYS WERE LONG.
EVERYTHING WAS A SEMI-FLIER.
THE GREENS WERE LIKE A ROCK.
>> ON THIS OPENING ROUND, ONLY
ONE MAN HAS SUCCESSFULLY COPED
WITH THE WIND AND THE HARD, FAST
GREENS, JACK NICKLAUS.
>> NICKLAUS' OPENING-ROUND 68
GAVE HIM A 3-SHOT LEAD.
BUT HE STUMBLED TO A 76 ON
FRIDAY AND THEN AN EVEN-PAR 72
ON SATURDAY, LEAVING HIM TIED
FOR FIRST...
>> THERE IS A TIE FOR THIS
TOURNAMENT AT THIS MOMENT.
>> ...WITH BEN HOGAN,
GAY BREWER, AND ARNOLD PALMER
ALL ONE SHOT BACK.
THEN, AFTER NICKLAUS STRUGGLED
SOME MORE EARLY IN THE
FINAL ROUND, HE FOUND HIMSELF
TWO BEHIND THE LEADERS AS HE
PLAYED THE PAR-5 15th.
>> THIS IS NICKLAUS' SECOND
SHOT, ON THE 15th FAIRWAY.
AS JACK WALKS, WATCHING, HE SEES THE BALL HIT ON THE FRONT EDGE
AND BEND IN TOWARD THE FLAG.
AND JACK NICKLAUS IS ON THE
FRONT OF THIS GREEN.
>> A TWO-PUTT PULLED HIM WITHIN
ONE, AS BREWER AND JACOBS
FINISHED THEIR ROUNDS AT AN
EVEN-PAR 288.
THEN, ON 17, NICKLAUS GAVE
HIMSELF A CHANCE TO TAKE THE
LEAD WITH A SPECTACULAR
APPROACH BUT FAILED TO CONVERT
THE SUBSEQUENT SHORT PUTT.
A FEW MOMENTS LATER, HE NEEDED
TO GET DOWN IN TWO ON 18, FROM A
MUCH GREATER DISTANCE, TO FORCE
A PLAYOFF.
>> AND HE HITS IT WELL UP.
RIGHT OVER THE PIN, BUT WELL UP
ON THE BACK.
>> THE PIN WAS THE FRONT-LEFT.
I HIT MY SHOT AT THE BACK.
AND I HAD TO GET THAT DOWN IN
TWO TO GET IN A PLAYOFF.
I ALMOST MADE THE PUTT. >> HE DOES NOT DO IT.
HE GETS PAR.
THERE IS A THREE-WAY TIE
BETWEEN JACOBS, NICKLAUS, AND
GAY BREWER.
>> MONDAY, THE AFTERNOON OF THE
PLAYOFF.
NICKLAUS HAS WON THE TOSS, AND
HE'LL TEE OFF FIRST.
OH, JACK'S HIT ONE OF HIS REAL
BOOMERS.
>> HIS FORM WAS STILL A WAYS OFF
FROM WHAT IT WAS IN '65, BUT
NICKLAUS TOOK THE LEAD FOR GOOD
ON THE 11th AND WENT ON TO WIN
BY ONE, BECOMING THE FIRST
PLAYER EVER TO WIN CONSECUTIVE
MASTERS.
>> YES, JACK NICKLAUS FINISHES
IN GREAT STYLE.
>> IT WAS A WEEK THAT I WOULD
HAVE NOT LIKED TO HAVE TRIED
AGAIN.
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT I'M SAYING.
I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
DESCRIBE WHEN YOU LOSE A FRIEND.
IT'S AN UNEASY, NOT-VERY-NICE
FEELING.
>> HE WAS 26 YEARS OLD, HAD
PLAYED THE MASTERS FOR
EIGHT YEARS, AND SLIPPED ON THE
GREEN JACKET THREE TIMES.
IN 24 MAJORS OVERALL, HE HAD
FIVE WINS, ALONG WITH
FOUR RUNNER-UP PERFORMANCES AND
THREE THIRD-PLACE FINISHES.
>> INEVITABLE.
HE WAS LIKE A HUGE ARMY TANK.
JACK HAD THIS...
AND HE JUST CRUSHED EVERYONE.
>> JACK WAS THE FIRST REALLY
PRODIGIOUS HITTER THAT WAS ALSO
A GREAT PUTTER.
I MEAN, A GREAT PUTTER.
BUT I THINK JACK ALSO WAS
DISCIPLINED WITH HIS POWER.
HE DID THAT TO THE EXTREME IN
MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS.
>> IN APRIL 1966, THOUGH, THERE
WAS STILL ONE JEWEL MISSING --
THE OPEN.
JACK NICKLAUS WAS DETERMINED TO
CAPTURE IT AND DETERMINED TO SEE
HOW MUCH FARTHER HE COULD TAKE
HIS GAME IN THE YEARS TO COME.
NEXT TIME ON "JACK"... >> MY FATHER PASSED AWAY.
AND I LOOKED AT THAT AND I SAID,
"I DON'T THINK THAT I GAVE HIM A
FAIR SHAKE."
BUT YOU'RE ONLY HERE FOR A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME AND YOU REALLY
NEED TO GIVE IT YOUR BEST.
AND I DID NOT THINK I GAVE IT MY
BEST.
>> EVERY SINGLE TOURNAMENT HE
WON AFTER HIS DAD DIED WAS FOR
HIS DAD.