♪♪
>> I'M A STRONG BELIEVER IN THE MENTAL PART OF PEOPLE.
>> THE MENTAL EDGE I THINK IS SO
CRUCIAL FOR AN ATHLETE.
>> I'M A BIG BELIEVER THAT THE
MENTAL ASPECT OF THE GAME IS
15th CLUB OR IT COULD BE THE
EDGE FROM WINNING OR NOT
WINNING.
>> IT'S A DIFFERENCE MAKER.
THE BEST ATHLETES IN THE WORLD,
THEY BRING IT IN THE MOST
IMPORTANT MOMENTS.
>> MIND OVER MATTER.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY MAKE THEIR
BODY DO WHAT THEIR MIND SAYS.
>> YOU START TO RELY ON YOUR
EXPERIENCE AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE
THAT FOCUS.
>> THE MENTAL PART IS
CONFIDENCE.
YOU HAVE TO THINK YOU CAN HIT.
>> STRONG MIND IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN BEING A WINNER AND THEN
BEING A CHAMPION.
>> AND WHEN YOU GET THE
OPPORTUNITY, NOT EVERYONE CAN
DELIVER.
AND THE GUYS WHO WANT TO BE
THERE AND TRULY SAY, "THIS IS MY
MOMENT," THOSE, TO ME, ARE THE
GREATEST ATHLETES OF ALL TIME.
♪♪ >> 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...
>> ...HUGE GALLERY IS 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.
>> HE'S GOT IT. HE'S GOT IT.
>> THIS IS THE STORY OF EVERY
ONE OF THE 18, OF A RECORD THAT
VERY LIKELY WILL NEVER BE
BROKEN.
>> THERE IT IS, HIS 16th MAJOR
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> IT'S THE LEGEND OF A MAN
NAMED JACK AND HOW HE CAME TO BE
THE GREATEST GOLFER EVER TO PLAY
THE GAME.
♪♪
>> THE DAY BECKONS TWO MEN ON
FORM, THE TWO BEST PLAYERS IN
THE WORLD.
>> IN A STORY ABOUT WINNING,
IT'S EASY, OF COURSE, TO FORGET
ABOUT ALL THE TIMES SOMEONE ELSE
ENDED UP HOISTING A TROPHY.
BUT THE LOSSES -- AND THERE WERE
PLENTY OF THEM, INCLUDING A
RECORD 19 RUNNER-UP FINISHES IN
THE MAJORS -- THE LOSSES CAN SAY
JUST AS MUCH AS THE WINS.
>> 14th. TOM WATSON, SECOND.
>> TOM MADE A COMMENT TO ME
ABOUT THE 14th, 15th HOLE.
>> ANOTHER MARVELOUS...
>> I SAID, "JACK, THIS IS WHAT
IT'S ALL ABOUT."
>> AND I SAID, "YEAH, IT IS WHAT
IT'S ALL ABOUT, TOM.
WE'RE BOTH PLAYING WELL, AND THE
GUY WHO PLAYS THE BEST WILL
SURVIVE."
>> ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR WATSON. >> WALKING UP THERE WITH MY
CADDIE, ALFIE FYLES, HE LOOKED
AT ME AND HE SAID, "WELL, YOU'VE
GOT HIM NOW, MISTER.
YOU'VE GOT HIM NOW."
SAID, "NO, ALF.
HE'S GONNA HOLE THIS PUTT."
>> CAN'T BE. CAN'T. [ LAUGHS ] SUDDENLY YOUNG MASTER WATSON HAS
TO PULL HIMSELF TOGETHER.
>> CROWD DOES NOT DIMINISH AT
ALL IN VOLUME.
FINALLY I SAID, "HECK WITH THIS.
I'M JUST GONNA PUTT WHILE
THEY'RE STILL CHEERING."
AS I PICKED UP MY COIN, JACK
GOES LIKE THIS WITH HIS HANDS.
LITERALLY IN THREE SECONDS, THAT
JET-ENGINE NOISE WENT TO DEAD
SILENCE.
>> YES. WELL, WELL, WELL.
DON'T THINK I'D SEE ANYTHING
BETTER THAN THAT IN MY LIFE.
>> HE GRABS ME BY THE NECK.
HE SAID, "TOM, I GAVE YOU MY
BEST SHOT.
BUT IT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH.
CONGRATULATIONS.
I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU."
>> I NEVER SAID "GOOD LUCK."
I ALWAYS SAID "PLAY WELL."
I ALWAYS WANTED TO BEAT SOMEBODY
BY MY EFFORTS, NOT BY THEIR
MISFORTUNE.
>> COMPETING WAS ALWAYS SIMPLE
AND PURE TO JACK NICKLAUS.
IT'S WHY HE WAS SO GOOD AT IT.
AND IT'S WHY GOLF'S GREATEST
WINNER COULD ALSO BE CALLED ITS
MOST GRACIOUS LOSER.
>> HOW TO LOSE APPROPRIATELY,
HOW TO LOSE AS A GENTLEMAN, AND
JACK WAS THE EPITOME OF THAT.
>> AFTER WILLIAMS PUTTS OUT WITH
A PAR, A SPORTSMANLIKE HANDSHAKE
FROM NICKLAUS.
>> INTEGRITY IS AN INNER THING.
YOU TREAT OTHERS RIGHT, YOU PLAY
THE GAME THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED
TO BE PLAYED.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, YOU
DON'T HAVE ANY SELF-WORTH.
>> IF THE MAJORS WERE WHERE
JACK NICKLAUS MADE HIS LEGEND,
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE RYDER CUP
WHERE HIS SENSE OF SPORTSMANSHIP
WAS MOST MEMORABLY DISPLAYED,
INCLUDING AN EPISODE IN 1969 AT
THE MATCHES AT ROYAL BIRKDALE
THAT CAME TO BE KNOWN AS SIMPLY
"THE CONCESSION."
>> [ INDISTINCT ]
THEY'RE EQUAL DISTANCE FROM THE
HOLE.
YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE THAN
THIS.
>> I'M 10 YARDS OR SO AHEAD OF
HIM, AND HE HOLLERED AFTER ME.
"TONY," HE SAID.
>> "HOW YOU DOING?
HOW YOU FEELING ABOUT THIS?"
HE SAYS, "WELL, I'M BLOODY
PETRIFIED."
[ CHUCKLES ]
AND I SAID, "WELL, IF IT'S ANY
CONSOLATION TO YOU, I DON'T FEEL
ANY BETTER."
[ CHUCKLES ]
>> IT WAS THE FINAL MATCH WITH
NICKLAUS AND THE REIGNING OPEN
CHAMPION, JACKLIN, ALL SQUARE.
AND THE OVERALL SCORE OF THE
COMPETITION -- DEADLOCKED.
SINCE THE AMERICANS HELD THE
CUP, ALL NICKLAUS NEEDED TO DO
WAS HALVE THE FINAL HOLE, AND
THE U.S. WOULD RETAIN
POSSESSION.
>> I GOT THIS LITTLE DOWNHILL
LEFT-TO-RIGHT SLIDER.
I MADE THE PUTT, AND I JUST
REACHED DOWN AND PICKED UP
TONY'S COIN.
HE LOOKED AT ME, SORT OF
STARTLED.
>> I WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED.
HE CAME OVER AND SAID, "I DON'T
THINK YOU'D HAVE MISSED THAT.
BUT I WOULD NEVER GIVE YOU THE
OPPORTUNITY."
>> TONY WAS THE FIRST HERO THAT
BRITAIN HAS HAD IN SO LONG.
IF HE HAD MISSED THAT PUTT, HE
WOULD HAVE BEEN THE DOG OF THE
RYDER CUP.
I DIDN'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
>> IT WAS A GESTURE THAT I'LL
NEVER FORGET.
>> EIGHT YEARS LATER, NICKLAUS
MADE A MUCH BIGGER IMPACT OF A
BROADER KIND BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
AT THE '77 RYDER CUP, AFTER THE
LATEST IN A STRING OF DOMINATING
U.S. WINS OVER GREAT BRITAIN AND
IRELAND.
>> JACK WAS CONCERNED THAT THE
MATCHES REALLY WERE NOT
COMPETITIVE.
AND HE FELT SOMETHING HAD TO BE
DONE.
>> I SAID, "WHY IN THE WORLD
CAN'T WE BRING THE REST OF
EUROPE?
YOU'VE GOT YOUNG GUYS LIKE
BALLESTEROS AND LANGER, AND YOU
GOT SOME GUYS THAT COULD ADD TO
WHAT YOU'RE DOING."
>> AN AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED OFF
FOR THE GB&I TEAM TO BE EXPANDED
TO BE EUROPEAN-WIDE.
THE REST, AS THEY SAY, IS
HISTORY.
>> THE NEXT YEAR, NICKLAUS WAS
BACK IN THE U.K. LOOKING TO MAKE
MORE HISTORY AT THE OPEN AT
ST. ANDREWS.
♪♪
THROUGH THREE ROUNDS, NICKLAUS
WAS ONE SHOT BACK OF DEFENDING
CHAMPION WATSON AND ENGLAND'S
PETER OOSTERHUIS.
BUT THEN THE WIND CHANGED ON THE
MORNING OF THE FINAL ROUND,
WHICH HAD NICKLAUS OOZING WITH
CONFIDENCE.
>> INSTEAD OF COMING FROM THE
SEA, IT WAS COMING FROM THE
LAND, WHICH COMPLETELY REVERSED
THE CONDITIONS THAT THE PLAYERS
HAVE TO FACE.
>> IT WAS A SITUATION THAT WAS
SIMILAR TO WHAT HE HAD FACED IN
1970.
HE WAS ALWAYS FILING THESE
THINGS AWAY IN HIS BRAIN.
♪♪
>> YOU JUST KNEW THAT YOU WERE
TWO DOWN ON THE FIRST TEE WHEN
YOU PLAYED JACK.
HE WAS NOT GONNA BEAT HIMSELF.
>> YOU DIDN'T THINK HE WAS EVER
GOING TO MAKE A MISTAKE.
AND THAT PUSHED YOU INTO
BECOMING SILLY AND MAKING A
MISTAKE.
JACK WASN'T THERE.
HE JUST ROLLED ALONG.
>> HE KNEW THAT HE WAS PROBABLY
GONNA BEAT YOU, AND HE KNEW THAT
YOU KNEW THAT HE WAS GONNA BEAT
YOU.
>> OH, GET DOWN.
>> DOWN.
>> AND WHEN HE TURNED FOR HOME
THAT AFTERNOON, NICKLAUS HAD
SEIZED A SHARE OF THE LEAD,
ALONGSIDE HIS PLAYING PARTNER,
NEW ZEALANDER SIMON OWEN.
>> PITCH AND RUN.
IT'S IN THE HOLE FOR A BIRDIE.
>> THIS CAN'T ACTUALLY HAPPEN,
CAN IT?
HE CAN'T REALLY BEAT
JACK NICKLAUS.
>> AND THIS COULD BE A SWING OF
AT LEAST TWO STROKES.
>> THAT TWO-SHOT SWING ON THE
16th GAVE NICKLAUS THE LEAD TO
HIMSELF.
AND AFTER OWEN BOGEYED THE
DREADED 17th, JACK, STEADY AS
EVER, HAD A TWO-SHOT CUSHION
COMING DOWN THE FINAL HOLE.
>> AND WHAT A COLOSSAL OVATION.
>> THE GALLERY WAS JUST
UNBELIEVABLE.
THEY WERE HANGING OUT OF THE
WINDOWS.
THEY WERE ON THE ROOFS.
I MEAN, THEY WERE EVERY PLACE.
>> A ROUND OF 69.
2-8-1.
>> AFTER NOT WINNING FOR QUITE A
WHILE AND WONDERING WHETHER I
WAS EVER GONNA WIN ANOTHER MAJOR
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, I PROBABLY
PLAYED I THINK PROBABLY THE BEST
TOURNAMENT I'VE EVER PLAYED IN
MY LIFE THIS WEEK.
♪♪
>> THAT TOURNAMENT HAD GIVEN HIM
HIS 15th MAJOR TITLE
AND HIS FIRST IN NEARLY THREE
YEARS.
IN THE WORLD'S GREATEST
CHAMPIONSHIP, GOLF'S GREATEST
PLAYER HAD AGAIN FOUND A WAY.
>> IT'S NOT ONLY THE THREE WINS
HE HAD, BUT BETWEEN 1963 AND
1979, HE WAS IN THE FIRST THREE
14 TIMES.
>> THE FACT THAT HE CAME YEAR
AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, I'M QUITE
SURE THAT THE SECOND WEEK IN
JULY WAS PENCILED INTO HIS
CALENDAR FOR 10 YEARS AHEAD AND
THE STANDARD OF HIS GOLF AND THE
FACT THAT HE'D WON SO MANY
MAJORS, THAT ALL MADE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE TO THE OPEN
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN, JACK HUNG INTO A GIANT FISH.
AND WE WERE IN ANOTHER BOAT, BUT
WE WERE SORT OF TRACKING THE
PROGRESS.
IT TOOK SIX HOURS FOR JACK TO
LAND THIS FISH.
IT WAS 1,358 POUNDS.
>> NEXT DAY HE COULDN'T MOVE.
AND ON WEDNESDAY I THINK HE
PLAYED NINE HOLES 'CAUSE HE WAS
STILL SORE.
>> INCIDENTALLY, WE PLAYED
TENNIS THAT WEEK.
OF COURSE, JACK WAXED US ON THE
TENNIS COURT.
THEN HE BEAT EVERYBODY IN THE
GOLF TOURNAMENT.
>> HE CAUGHT THE WORLD-RECORD
BLACK MARLIN AND WON THE
AUSTRALIAN OPEN THAT WEEK.
>> JACK NICKLAUS'
AUSTRALIAN OPEN WIN IN
NOVEMBER 1978 WAS HIS SIXTH.
BUT IT WOULD BE HIS LAST VICTORY
OF ANY KIND FOR MORE THAN 18
MONTHS.
1979 UNFOLDED AS THE WORST YEAR
OF NICKLAUS' CAREER TO DATE.
HE WAS COMPETITIVE IN THE
MAJORS, BUT FINISHED 71st ON THE
MONEY LIST, HIS FIRST TIME EVER
OUTSIDE THE TOP 10.
ALONG THE WAY, HE FAILED TO WIN
A PGA TOUR EVENT FOR THE FIRST
TIME SINCE BECOMING A
PROFESSIONAL.
♪♪
>> I WAS REALLY FED UP WITH
MYSELF RIGHT AROUND THE
1st OF SEPTEMBER.
AND I TOLD JACK GROUT.
"I'M GONNA GET RID OF MY BAD
HABITS.
I WANT TO START OVER AGAIN."
>> JACK GROUT, THE LONG-TIME
HEAD PRO AT SCIOTO COUNTRY CLUB,
HAD REMAINED NICKLAUS' ONE AND
ONLY TEACHER SINCE HE WAS
10 YEARS OLD.
>> THEIR RELATIONSHIP WAS
AWESOME.
NEVER RAISED HIS VOICE.
HE NEVER GAVE HIM LECTURES.
THERE'D JUST BE LITTLE WORD
EXCHANGES.
>> HE SAYS, "CHECK YOUR BALL
POSITION.
CHECK YOUR HEAD POSITION."
>> WORKED ON FUNDAMENTALS,
FUNDAMENTALS, FUNDAMENTALS.
HE WASN'T MAKING WILD
EXPERIMENTS.
HE LEARNED TO CORRECT YOURSELF
ON THE COURSE.
HE DID THAT SO WELL.
>> JACK TAUGHT ME TO BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR MY OWN GOLF
SWING.
NOT ONCE DID HE EVER STEP ON THE
PRACTICE TEE IN A GOLF
TOURNAMENT.
>> ONCE NICKLAUS AND GROUT HAD
FIGURED OUT HIS SWING IN LATE
1979, THE GOLFER WENT TO WORK ON
THE PART OF HIS GAME THAT HAD
LONG BEEN CONSIDERED HIS LONE
WEAKNESS.
>> HIS SHORT GAME WAS NOT OF THE
SAME STANDARD AS HIS BALL
STRIKING OR HIS PUTTING.
I THINK HE RECOGNIZED THAT AS HE
GOT A LITTLE BIT OLDER AND
DECIDED HE WAS GONNA DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
>> THEY TALK ABOUT TIGER HAVING
CHIPPING HIPS.
JACK WILL TELL YOU AT ONE POINT
HE WAS PUTTING AROUND BUNKERS.
>> OH, '79, IT WAS AWFUL.
I PUTTED AROUND A LOT OF BUNKERS
WHEN I HAD A TIGHT LIE THAT I
JUST SAID, "I CANNOT PLAY THIS
SHOT."
>> AND THAT'S WHEN HE WENT TO
PHIL RODGERS TO CHANGE HIS
ENTIRE APPROACH.
>> TOUR VETERAN PHIL RODGERS AND
NICKLAUS HAD BUNKED TOGETHER IN
THE CROW'S NEST BACK AT THE 1959
MASTERS AS AMATEURS AND REMAINED
CLOSE FRIENDS EVER SINCE.
>> I SAID, "PHIL, I NEED SOME
HELP."
AND SO WE START WORKING ON HIS
FIGURE 8, WHICH IS WHAT HE DID.
IT ALLOWED ME TO USE THE SOLE OF
THE CLUB RATHER THAN THE LEADING
EDGE OF THE CLUB.
IT JUST TOTALLY JUST CHANGED MY
WHOLE GAME.
♪♪
>> THE U.S. OPEN.
ONLY THREE MEN HAVE WON THE
TITLE FOUR TIMES IN THEIR
CAREERS.
AND NOW COMES JACK NICKLAUS OF
OHIO STRIDING THE FAIRWAYS OF
BALTUSROL, SEEKING TO JOIN THE
MOST SELECT COMPANY IN GOLF --
THOSE WHO HAVE WON THE OPEN
FOUR TIMES.
>> HE'S NOT PLAYING WELL, AND
HE'S 40.
AND THEN HE GETS TO BALTUSROL,
WHERE HE'D WON BEFORE.
STARTS OUT WITH A BANG.
>> 63, AND THAT TIES THE BEST
EVER IN THE OPEN.
>> INCREDIBLY, JACK'S 63 THAT
THURSDAY WAS MATCHED BY
TOM WEISKOPF, BUT WEISKOPF WOULD
FADE, AND IT WOULD BE JAPAN'S
ISAO AOKI TIED WITH NICKLAUS
ATOP THE LEADERBOARD WHEN PLAY
STARTED ON SUNDAY.
>> HE PLAYED ALL FOUR ROUNDS
WITH AOKI.
THEY WERE NECK AND NECK.
>> AH.
QUITE MAJESTIC.
>> IT WAS PHENOMENAL HOW THEY
WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH, BACK
AND FORTH.
>> IS IT A...
AND...
>> AOKI PLAYED GREAT, AND HE
PUTTED GREAT.
IN THE END, YOU KNOW, I FELT
LIKE I WOULD WIN.
WAS NO PALMER OR PLAYER.
IT WAS AOKI, WHO HADN'T WON.
>> YOU KEPT THINKING, "THERE'S
NO WAY THIS GUY COULD STAY WITH
JACK.
NO WAY."
AND THEN FINALLY JACK KIND OF
PUT HIM AWAY THERE ON THE 17th
HOLE.
>> IN THE END, IT COMES DOWN TO
THIS.
HOW ABOUT THAT? LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO HAVE A
VICTORY PARADE DOWN 18.
>> THE LOOK THAT HE HAD ON HIS
FACE WHEN HE MADE THAT PUTT ON
17 WAS PRICELESS.
>> JACK NICKLAUS, JUST WHEN HE
NEEDED IT, SEEKING A FOURTH
U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP, HAS
KNOCKED IT IN FOR A BIRDIE.
>> IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT FEELING
THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO PERFORM AND
DO THE THING YOU HAVE TO DO
UNDER PRESSURE.
IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY PRESSURE,
THEN IT'S NO FUN.
>> LOOKS TO BE SAFE ENOUGH
WITH STROKES IN HAND.
IT IS, INDEED.
>> THE PUBLIC SORT OF COME FULL
CIRCLE, AND THEY'RE EMBRACING
HIM.
THEY'RE RUNNING OUT ONTO THE
FAIRWAY TO GET TO THE FINAL
GREEN.
EVEN THE SCOREBOARD HAS "JACK IS
BACK."
>> ONE OF THE MEMBERS WHO RAN
THE SCOREBOARD, HE PUT A BIG
SIGN UP, AND IT SAID, "JACK IS
BACK."
OF COURSE, THEN THE PEOPLE
STARTED CHANTING IT ALL OVER.
[ CROWD CHANTING "JACK" ]
>> LISTEN TO THIS, THE CHANT.
"JACK, JACK, JACK."
>> MY TWIN BROTHER AND I
FOLLOWED JACK FROM 15 IN.
I WAS SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF MY
LUNGS GOING, "JACK IS BACK, JACK
IS BACK."
>> A TOTAL OF 2-7-2, BREAKS THE
OLD CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD BY THREE
STROKES.
>> I'VE THOUGHT AN AWFUL LOT
THIS YEAR ABOUT NOT PLAYING
ANYMORE, AND AS GREAT AS THESE
PEOPLE WERE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT
TO KEEP PLAYING.
[ CROWD CHANTING "JACK" ]
♪♪
>> TWO MONTHS LATER, THE
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP CAME TO
OAK HILL IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.
AFTER THE FIRST ROUND, NICKLAUS
WAS TIED FOR 10th.
BUT THEN, JUST LIKE SO MANY
OTHER TIMES, AS HE MOVED
FORWARD, THE REST OF THE FIELD
FELL BACK.
>> YOU'RE PLAYING FOUR DAYS.
A LOT OF TIMES, GUYS WILL START
REALLY FAST.
THEY WON'T FINISH.
SOMETIMES YOU'RE WRONG.
SOMETIMES YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> HE HAD AN UNCANNY ABILITY TO
SIZE UP A COURSE, REALIZE WHAT
IT WOULD TAKE TO WIN THERE, AND
THEN GO ABOUT HIS FOUR DAYS OF
SHOOTING THAT SCORE.
♪♪
>> AT OAK HILL, HE SEIZED
CONTROL OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN
THE THIRD ROUND WITH A 4-UNDER
66 PROPELLED BY A HOT PUTTER.
>> I JUST RAN THE TABLES.
I MEAN, I HOLED EVERYTHING.
>> JACK NICKLAUS WAS A GREAT
PUTTER FROM THE STANDPOINT OF
THAT HE HOLED THE PUTT THAT HE
NEEDED TO HOLE.
YOU HAD YOUR LIFE ON A PUTT...
ASK JACK NICKLAUS TO PUTT IT FOR
YOU.
>> ONE OF THE TOP TWO OR THREE
OR FOUR PUTTERS THAT THERE'S
EVER BEEN IN THE GAME.
PROBABLY UNDER PRESSURE, HE'D BE
NUMBER ONE.
>> I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE
GREATEST PUTTS I'VE EVER SEEN IN
MY LIFE.
>> WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MEASURE
THE GREATEST PUTTERS OF ALL
TIME, 18 MAJORS -- THAT KIND OF
ANSWERS IT.
>> THE TOURNAMENT WAS...
>> TO SEE HOW HE PLAYED THAT
WEEK ON A VERY DIFFICULT GOLF
COURSE -- THE GREENS WERE VERY
HARD AND VERY FAST.
HE JUST, YOU KNOW, METHODICALLY
TOOK THAT PLACE APART.
>> AND IN THE GOLDEN GLOW OF AN
AUGUST AFTERNOON, JACK NICKLAUS
WON THE 62nd PGA CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> AT THE AGE OF 40, JUST AS
EVERYONE HAD WRITTEN HIM OFF,
JACK NICKLAUS HAD WON TWO MORE
MAJORS, NUMBERS 16 AND 17 ALL
TIME.
THE GREATEST EVER HAD OFFERED
YET ANOTHER VISION OF THE
IMPROBABLE.
SO MAYBE, COME TO THINK OF IT,
THE ONLY THING LEFT TO DO WAS
THE IMPOSSIBLE.
>> BY APRIL OF 1986, JACK NICKLAUS WAS 46 YEARS OLD.
MORE THAN FIVE YEARS HAD PASSED
SINCE THE 1980 PGA, HIS LAST
MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP.
THERE HAD BEEN THREE RUNNER-UP
PERFORMANCES IN THE MEANTIME,
BUT MORE AND MORE FINISHES WAY
OFF THE LEADERBOARD...
>> AND THAT'S THE STORY OF
NICKLAUS' ROUND TODAY.
>> ...WHICH, TO BE FAIR, WASN'T
SURPRISING.
IT TURNED OUT THE MAN WHO HAD
WON 17 MAJORS LOOKING LIKE A
MACHINE WAS HUMAN.
THIS WAS JUST THE PROOF.
SO HE CAME TO AUGUSTA AS AN
AGING GOLDEN BEAR, WITHOUT ANY
OF THE FANFARE OF HIS GOLDEN AGE
ATOP THE SPORT.
♪♪
>> WELL, HE HADN'T WON IN TWO
YEARS.
HE HAD SOME TENDINITIS IN HIS
ELBOW.
HE WASN'T EVEN BROUGHT IN THE
MEDIA CENTER AT AUGUSTA THAT
WEEK.
>> FOR YEARS, THE STAPLE AT
AUGUSTA ON WEDNESDAY WAS FOR
NICKLAUS TO COME IN AND HAVE A
PRESS CONFERENCE.
THE TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS, THEY
ASKED, "DO YOU WANT TO HAVE JACK
TO COME IN?", AND THE PRESIDENT
OF THE GOLF WRITERS AT THAT
TIME, HE SAID, "NO, HE'S NOT
PLAYING WELL.
WE DON'T WANT TO EMBARRASS HIM.
LET'S JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT DO IT
THIS YEAR."
>> NICKLAUS.
AND IT'S GOING TO THE RIGHT
AGAIN.
>> SORT OF REALIZED PROBABLY
AROUND 41, 42 YEARS OLD THAT I
WASN'T THE GUY TO BEAT, BECAUSE
I DIDN'T PREPARE LIKE I USED TO.
>> JACK MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN
PREPARING LIKE HE USED TO, BUT
WHEN HE GOT TO AUGUSTA,
SOMETHING GOT HIS ATTENTION,
SOMETHING THAT RESURRECTED A
FAMILIAR FIRE.
>> A GOOD FRIEND OF OURS,
JOHN MONTGOMERY, WHO STAYED WITH
US EVERY YEAR, PUT A LITTLE
ARTICLE ON THE REFRIGERATOR.
>> EVERY YEAR FOR THE MAJORS,
YOU'D HAVE TO DO A LITTLE
"CHARTING THE FIELD" BOX AND
PICK YOUR TOP 50.
TOM McCOLLISTER WROTE THE STORY
IN THE JOURNAL CONSTITUTION THAT
WEEK.
HE SAID HE'S DONE, HE'S GONE.
HE'S TOO OLD TO WIN THE MASTERS.
>> OF COURSE, JACK NEVER
MENTIONED TO JOHN THAT HE SAW
THE ARTICLE, BUT JOHN KNEW HE
WAS SEETHING.
>> SO THE ARTICLE GAVE HIM A BIT
OF ADDED MOTIVATION.
AND THERE WERE ALSO SOME
VISITORS TO AUGUSTA WHO MADE
THIS MASTERS FEEL A LITTLE MORE
LIKE AN OCCASION.
>> WHOLE BUNCH OF LITTLE THINGS
HAPPENED.
MY MOTHER CAME TO THE MASTERS
FIRST TIME SINCE 1959.
MY SISTER CAME TO THE MASTERS
FIRST TIME SINCE 1959.
>> CALLED BARBARA AND JACK, AND
I SAID, "YOU KNOW, MOM WANTS TO
COME.
SHE'S 78."
AND I SAID, "LET'S DO IT."
>> THE MASTERS HAD CHANGED A LOT
SINCE HELEN NICKLAUS' LAST TRIP
TO AUGUSTA, INCLUDING THE
LANDSCAPE OF THE FIELD.
THE TOP CONTENDERS NOW HAILED
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
>> NEVER IN DOUBT.
>> WELL, COMING INTO 1986, THE
EUROPEAN INVASION WAS IN FULL
FORCE.
THE WORLD GOLF RANKINGS HAD JUST
COME OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT
WEEK.
AND AT THE TOP OF THAT WAS THE
DEFENDING MASTERS CHAMPION,
BERNHARD LANGER.
RIGHT BEHIND HIM WAS
SEVE BALLESTEROS, WHO HAD WON
THE MASTERS TWICE.
AND THEN NUMBER THREE WAS
SANDY LYLE, WHO WAS THE REIGNING
BRITISH OPEN CHAMPION.
♪♪
>> THE AUGUSTA NATIONAL, HOME OF
THE MASTERS.
FOR 50 YEARS, IT'S BEEN THE
GOLF WORLD'S GREATEST STAGE.
>> THE FIRST THREE ROUNDS AT
AUGUSTA IN '86 HELD TRUE TO THE
ANTICIPATED NARRATIVE WITH A
COLLECTION OF INTERNATIONAL
STARS BLANKETING THE
LEADERBOARD.
AUSTRALIAN GREG NORMAN WAS ON
TOP AFTER 54 HOLES.
AND ONE SHOT BACK WERE SPAIN'S
BALLESTEROS AND GERMANY'S
LANGER,
AS WELL AS ZIMBABWE'S
NICK PRICE, WHO BROKE NICKLAUS'
COURSE RECORD WITH A THIRD-ROUND
63.
BUT LURKING JUST BEHIND WAS A
FAMILIAR FACE.
>> I WAS FOUR SHOTS BACK AND
ONLY EIGHT PLAYERS IN FRONT OF
ME.
>> AND JACK FINISHES -2.
♪♪
>> I THINK THAT REALLY THE FIRST
TIME THAT WE BEGAN TO THINK, "WE
MAY HAVE SOMETHING GOING HERE"
WAS ON THE 8th AND 9th HOLES.
>> I GOT TO 9, AND I WAS
EVEN PAR FOR THE ROUND, WHICH
OBVIOUSLY WASN'T VERY GOOD.
>> I WAS UP AT THE GREEN.
JACK ADDRESSED THE BALL.
HE HAD ABOUT A 12-FOOT, AND IT
WAS A SLICK PUTT.
>> I'M GETTING READY TO HIT MY
PUTT, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, A BIG
ROAR GOES UP AT 8.
BALLESTEROS HOLED HIS THIRD
SHOT.
>> AS HE ADDRESSED THE BALL
AGAIN, ANOTHER ROAR WENT OFF.
>> TOM KITE RIGHT BEHIND HIM
HOLED A WEDGE.
>> AND HE LOOKED AT THE GALLERY,
AND HE SAID...
>> "WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN
DO HERE.
SEE IF WE CAN MAKE SOME NOISE
HERE."
>> THE CROWD KIND OF CHEERED HIM
AND SAID, "YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT
IDEA."
>> WELCOME BACK TO AUGUSTA,
EVERYBODY.
AND LET'S GO QUICKLY OUT TO 9.
>> THE TV COVERAGE THAT DAY WAS
JUST BEGINNING, AND AS SOON AS
THEY TUNED IN, WHAT THE WORLD
SAW WAS 46-YEAR-OLD
JACK NICKLAUS IN VINTAGE FORM.
>> JACK NICKLAUS FOR BIRDIE.
>> IT WAS LIKE A SWITCH WENT
OFF.
>> YOU'D SEE PEOPLE RUNNING.
YOU WERE SEEING PEOPLE JUST -- I
MEAN, PEOPLE WERE GOING
ABSOLUTELY NUTS.
>> NICKLAUS TO MOVE 5-UNDER.
>> 11, AND I HIT A CONSERVATIVE
SHOT.
JUST PUT IT OUT TO THE RIGHT OF
THE HOLE.
IT WAS ABOUT 25 FEET.
BOOM.
>> IS IT ENOUGH?
IS IT ENOUGH?
YES!
>> JACK BEING MY FAVORITE, I AM
FLIPPING OUT.
LIKE, I JUST -- I AM SO EXCITED,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
[ LAUGHS ]
>> THREE BIRDIES IN A ROW.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'M THINKING,
"HEY, I MAY BE DOING SOMETHING
HERE."
>> THREE BIRDIES IN A ROW FOR
NICKLAUS -- 9, 10, AND 11.
>> I HAD TEARS AS WE APPROACHED
EVERY GREEN, BELIEVE ME.
AND I JUST CHOKED THEM BACK.
AND THAT PARTICULAR WALK FROM
11 GREEN TO 12 TEE, WE'RE OUT IN
THE OPEN, AND I GLANCED OVER AT
MY DAD, AND HE HAD THE TEARS IN
HIS EYES.
>> FATHER AND SON MIGHT HAVE
BEEN REVEALING SOME EMOTION, BUT
THE RUN WAS ROOTED IN THE
STEADINESS OF NICKLAUS' PUTTING.
HE'D GOTTEN HIMSELF WITHIN TWO
SHOTS OF THE LEAD BY MAKING MORE
THAN 60 FEET OF PUTTS IN THREE
HOLES, AND HE'D DONE IT WITH A
PUTTER THAT ALMOST HAD TO BE
SEEN TO BE BELIEVED.
>> WE SAW IT AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE WEEK, AND YOU'D KIND OF GO,
"REALLY, JACK? COME ON."
>> YEAH, I REMEMBER THINKING,
"WHOA, THAT'S JACK NICKLAUS WITH
A -- LOOKS LIKE YOU COULD GET FM
ON THAT THING."
>> YOU'D JUST KIND OF NEVER
THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,
JACK NICKLAUS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE
HIM WIN A MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP
WITHOUT THAT GEORGE LOW PUTTER
IN HIS HAND.
>> I HADN'T USED A GEORGE LOW
PUTTER FOR A WHILE 'CAUSE I
HADN'T PUTTED VERY WELL WITH IT.
BUT I HADN'T PUTTED VERY WELL
WITH ANYTHING.
>> THIS IS THE VERY FIRST
PROTOTYPE THAT WE EVER MADE.
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL BLACK
RESPONSE PUTTERS.
THIS WOULD BE EXACTLY WHAT HE
USED TO WIN THE MASTERS HERE.
JACK HAPPENED TO COME TO THE
PLANT, WHICH WAS A VERY RARE
THING.
WE WALKED BACK THROUGH THE R&D
OFFICE, AND I PICKED ONE UP AND
I SAID, "LOOK AT THIS."
HE SAID, "IS THIS A JOKE?"
I SAID, "WELL, NO, IT'S NOT.
HERE. HIT A PUTT WITH IT."
>> CLAY WAS ONE OF THE FEW THAT
WOULD STAND UP TO JACK.
HE PERSEVERED, PICK IT OUT.
"COME ON. TRY IT."
AND JACK SAID, "THIS IS THE
UGLIEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN,"
YOU KNOW?
>> HE SAID IT'S GOT A MOMENT OF
INERTIA OR WHATEVER, ALL THIS --
GAVE ME ALL THIS STUFF THAT I
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
AND IF I UNDERSTOOD IT, I'D
NEVER TRY IT.
>> HE JUST SAID, "OKAY, WELL,
JUST SEND ME A COUPLE AND I'LL
TRY THEM."
>> THEY MADE UP A HALF A DOZEN
OF THEM, AND THEN THEY SENT THEM
ALL DOWN, AND I PUT THE LEATHER
GRIP ON FOR HIM, AND THEN HE
SELECTED ONE OF THOSE.
AND THEN YOU KNOW THE REST OF
THE STORY.
>> THE GAME HAD SEEN ALL KINDS
OF VISIONS OF JACK NICKLAUS'
GREATNESS OVER THE YEARS.
THIS ONE WAS DIFFERENT.
BUT IT HAD GOTTEN HIM TO WITHIN
TWO SHOTS OF THE LEAD OF THE
MASTERS AT AGE 46.
AND THERE WERE STILL SEVEN HOLES
TO PLAY.
♪♪ >> YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS REFERRED
TO THIS AS BEING IN THE ZONE.
>> IT FEELS LIKE EVERYTHING'S IN
SLOW-MO COMING TOWARDS ME, AND
YOU FEEL LIKE FOR YOUR OPPONENT
EVERYTHING'S GOING SUPER-FAST.
>> MY MIND WAS VERY CLEAR.
I NEVER REALLY HESITATED.
>> IT DOESN'T FEEL REAL.
IT'S JUST HAPPENING.
>> SO THAT'S WHEN I FEEL, AT
TIMES, INVINCIBLE.
>> THAT WAS WHAT MADE ME TICK.
THAT'S WHAT MADE ME EXCITED.
WHEN I KNEW I WAS IN THE ZONE,
THAT WAS THE MOST FUN I HAD AS
AN ATHLETE.
>> IT GETS ME GOING RIGHT NOW.
I'M GETTING A LITTLE EXCITED.
>> IT'S VERY RARE, BUT IT HAS
HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FEELING TO
HAVE.
I GUESS IT'S THE ULTIMATE
FEELING TO HAVE AS AN ATHLETE.
>> THE '86 MASTERS IS MY FAVORITE BECAUSE IT WAS THE
WHOLE COLLECTIVE STORY.
EVEN NOW WHEN THE ONE-HOUR MOVIE
COMES ON, IT'S LIKE STUMBLING
ACROSS "THE GODFATHER."
IT'S LIKE, "WELL, OKAY, I WAS
GONNA DO THIS, BUT LET ME TAKE
AN HOUR HERE AND WATCH IT."
>> ON SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1986,
THE DRAMA UNFOLDING AT
AUGUSTA NATIONAL WAS ALL BUT
IRRESISTIBLE -- 46-YEAR-OLD
JACK NICKLAUS THRILLING THE
CROWD WITH A MID-ROUND CHARGE
OUT OF NOWHERE.
>> AS THE ROARS ERUPTED AND
PEOPLE IN THE CLUBHOUSE SAW THE
SCORES POP UP, MORE AND MORE
PEOPLE STARTED GOING DOWN THE
HILL AND JOINING THE GROUP.
>> NICKLAUS STALLED MOMENTARILY
WITH A BOGEY ON 12.
AND HE STILL TRAILED SPAIN'S
SEVE BALLESTEROS BY FOUR SHOTS
AS HE WALKED TOWARDS HIS SECOND
SHOT ON THE PAR-5 15th.
>> WELL, IT REALLY STARTED ON
15, AND IT JUST CONTINUED.
I'M GETTING CHILLS RIGHT NOW
JUST TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> WHEN HE HIT THE APPROACH INTO
15, I WAS STANDING EVEN WITH
HIM.
I CAN JUST SEE THE BALL GOING IN
THERE.
>> AND HE'S GOT A CHANCE.
HE'S GOT A VERY, VERY GOOD
CHANCE.
>> THE CROWD WAS SO DEEP, SO
WE'RE TRYING TO STAND UP ON THE
HILL.
>> WE WERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
15 GREEN, AND JACK WAS ACTUALLY
POINTED TOWARDS US.
AND, OF COURSE, WE WERE ALL
WILLING IT IN.
>> YES, SIR!
>> THE PLACE JUST GOING CRAZY.
>> IT WAS LIKE THE EARTH WAS
SHAKING.
>> MY GOODNESS.
>> I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> THERE'S LIFE IN THE OLD BEAR
YET.
MAGNIFICENT STUFF.
>> GO TO 16, I STOOD RIGHT IN
BEHIND THE GREEN.
>> I'M CLIMBING A PINE TREE
BASICALLY SO THAT I CAN SEE OVER
EVERYONE, 'CAUSE I'M PROBABLY
10, 15 DEEP.
>> HIT THE SHOT, SAW THE SHOT,
REACHED DOWN, PICKED MY TEE UP.
DIDN'T EVEN WATCH THE SHOT.
JACKIE SAYS, "BE RIGHT."
>> "BE RIGHT."
>> AND I JUST TURNED AND I SAID,
"IT IS."
>> "IT IS."
THAT'S PROBABLY THE LOUDEST YELL THAT I HEARD.
LOUDER THAN ANY ROCK CONCERT,
ANY SPORTING EVENT I'VE EVER
BEEN TO.
>> THE BEAR HAS COME OUT OF
HIBERNATION.
♪♪
>> I'M GOING TO 17th TEE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEAR THIS
SOUND.
>> IT WASN'T A CHEER.
IT WAS KIND OF A MOAN.
>> OH, HE'S PULLED IT.
HE HAS PULL-HOOKED THAT.
THAT'S DESTINED FOR THE WATER.
>> IT WAS PROBABLY MORE A
SITUATION WHERE THEY WERE
CHEERING FOR NICKLAUS' GOOD
FORTUNE THAN THEY WERE FOR
SEVE'S MISFORTUNE.
>> AMERICANS WANTED AN AMERICAN
CHAMPION.
AND NO ONE PERSONIFIED THAT LIKE
THE GOLDEN BEAR HIMSELF.
>> FROM IN BETWEEN TWO PINES AT
125 YARDS OUT.
AND THE CROWD HAS LET HIM KNOW
THE MAGIC IS STILL THERE.
>> THEY SAID THERE'S NO RUNNING
AT AUGUSTA.
EVERYBODY WAS RUNNING.
PEOPLE JUST ABANDONED THEIR
HAAGEN-DAZS STANDS.
I SAW WOMEN IN HEELS RUNNING
JUST TO SEE THIS MOMENT OF
HISTORY.
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, AND HE
SAID, "JACKIE BUCK, WHAT DO YOU
THINK?"
AND I SAID, "DAD, IT LOOKS LIKE
IT'S GONNA GO RIGHT TO ME."
>> "JACKIE, I KNOW IT'S GONNA GO
RIGHT, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA
STRAIGHTEN OUT AND COME BACK A
LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE OF
RAE'S CREEK."
HE SAYS, "YOU SURE?"
>> THIS IS FOR SOLE POSSESSION
OF THE LEAD.
>> MAYBE.
YES, SIR!
>> AND THEN HE'S WALKING TOWARD
IT, AND HE'S EXTENDING THE
PUTTER, AND HE'S WATCHING IT
INCH ITS WAY TOWARD THE CUP, AND
THEN, "YES, SIR!"
>> JACK IS WALKING UP, AND HE
PUMPS HIS ARMS, EMPHASIZING THE
TWO WORDS.
"YES, SIR!"
>> YES, SIR!
>> STILL HAVE NEVER HEARD A ROAR
LIKE I DID THAT SUNDAY.
>> VERY FEW THINGS IN LIFE ARE
PERFECT.
THIS WAS.
>> SO WITH THE CROWD ROARING AND PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD
WONDERING IF THEY COULD BELIEVE
WHAT THEY WERE SEEING,
JACK NICKLAUS, THE LEADER OF THE
MASTERS AT AGE 46, HAD ONE MORE
HOLE TO PLAY AT
AUGUSTA NATIONAL, ONE MORE
CHANCE TO PUT HIMSELF IN
POSITION FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE.
>> NORMALLY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
WHEN YOU FINISH, IT DOESN'T
MATTER IF IT'S A MAJOR OR
REGULAR EVENT.
YOU GET THE HELL OUT OF DODGE AS
QUICK AS YOU CAN.
NOBODY WAS LEAVING.
THEY WERE WATCHING THE END OF
THIS THING.
>> THAT WAS SOME GOOD STUFF.
IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE A HERO COME
RIDING UP AGAIN.
>> I TELL YOU, WHEN HE GETS OVER
THIS PUTT, YOU WILL HEAR A PIN
DROP.
♪♪
>> HE REACHED THE PAR-4 18th
GREEN IN REGULATION AND THEN
LINED UP A 25-FOOT PUTT, LOOKING
FOR ONE MORE PIECE OF MAGIC IN
HIS FAIRYTALE ROUND.
>> GET UP, GET UP.
GET UP!
>> THAT WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
>> AND, I MEAN, TWO MORE ROLLS.
>> OF THE BALL, YEAH.
>> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE
CENTER.
>> IT WAS IN THE HOLE.
>> AND I WOULD HAVE LITERALLY
FALLEN OFF THE LEADERBOARD.
>> [ LAUGHS ]
>> WHAT A ROUND.
WHAT A PLAYER.
>> EVERYBODY WANTED THIS TO
HAPPEN.
THERE WAS SO MUCH OF IT
WONDERING IF IT COULD HAPPEN.
SUDDENLY THE PIECES HAD STACKED
UP.
ALL YOU HAD TO DO THEN WAS SIT
BACK AND SEE IF SOMEBODY WAS
GONNA RUIN THE STORY.
>> BECAUSE THE STORY WASN'T
QUITE OVER, NOT TILL THE GOLF
GODS SOMEHOW FOUND A WAY TO
FINISH OFF THEIR MASTERPIECE.
FOLLOWING HIS MISHAP ON 15,
BALLESTEROS' CHANCES FURTHER
EVAPORATED WHEN HE 3-PUTTED 17.
MEANWHILE, PLAYING ALONGSIDE
HIM, AMERICAN TOM KITE MISSED A
BIRDIE ATTEMPT ON 18 THAT WOULD
HAVE FORCED A PLAYOFF.
THEN THERE WAS THE LEADER AT THE
START OF THE DAY, ALMOST
FORGOTTEN IN THE BEDLAM --
GREG NORMAN,
WHO BIRDIED FOUR STRAIGHT HOLES
TO TIE NICKLAUS FOR THE LEAD
AFTER 17.
>> MY GRACIOUS. WHAT A DAY.
>> BUT A POOR SECOND SHOT FROM
THE MIDDLE OF THE FAIRWAY ON 18
LED TO A BOGEY.
>> WAY BACK INTO THE GALLERY.
>> AND JACK NICKLAUS GETTING FIT
ONCE AGAIN FOR A GREEN JACKET.
>> JACK NICKLAUS HAS JUST WON
HIS SIXTH MASTERS.
♪♪
>> THE CROWDS, THE ROAR, THE
DELIGHT, THE JOY.
PROBABLY THE GREATEST THING I'VE
EVER SEEN.
>> THEY WERE JUST -- IT WAS
FANTASTIC.
THE PEOPLE WERE FANTASTIC.
AND ALL I KEEP READING IN THE
PAPERS IS, "YOU JUST DON'T WIN
THE MASTERS AT AGE 46."
AND BY GOSH, I THINK THEY'RE
WRONG.
>> THE '86 MASTERS WAS
CERTAINLY, IN MY LIFETIME, THE
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN GOLF.
>> NICKLAUS AT AUGUSTA IN
APRIL OF '86 -- THAT'S MY
FAVORITE SPORTING EVENT EVER.
>> THAT WOULD RANK NEAR THE
VERY, VERY TOP, SITTING THERE
WITH JACK NICKLAUS GETTING HIS
GREEN JACKET.
>> 17 TIMES BEFORE,
JACK NICKLAUS HAD WON A MAJOR
TITLE, DOING IT SO MUCH THAT IT
CAME TO BE ROUTINE.
FUNNY HOW THE LAST ONE, THE
18th, REMINDED EVERYONE JUST HOW
EXTRAORDINARY IT REALLY WAS.
>> JACK NICKLAUS' WIN AT THE '86 MASTERS WAS A LOT OF THINGS.
UNFORGETTABLE, NEARLY
UNBELIEVABLE, SURE.
BUT ALSO EMBLEMATIC OF HOW HE'D
LONG FOUND A WAY TO MAKE HIS
SUCCESS RESONATE BEYOND THE GOLF
COURSE.
AND THAT SUNDAY, IT WAS THE
SYMBOLISM OF THE COLOR OF HIS
SHIRT THAT SENT A MESSAGE TO A
FAMILY OF A FRIEND LONG SINCE
GONE.
>> THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN,
CRAIG SMITH.
CRAIG WAS THE SON OF A MINISTER
AND HIS WIFE, DR. BILL AND
MARY LOU.
>> WHEN JACK WAS PLAYING, CRAIG
WAS GLUED TO THAT TELEVISION TO
WATCH EVERY MOVE JACK MADE.
[ LAUGHS ]
>> JACK AND 11-YEAR-OLD
CRAIG SMITH HAD FIRST CROSSED
PATHS IN 1969 JUST AFTER CRAIG
HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH EWING'S
SARCOMA, A RARE CANCER WITH NO
CURE.
>> MARY LOU HAD CALLED ME ONE
DAY, AND SHE SAID, "WOULD JACK
CALL CRAIG?"
>> I SORT OF DEVELOPED A
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
I WENT OVER TO SEE HIM AND
TALKED.
WE'D DROP NOTES BACK AND FORTH.
>> THE RELATIONSHIP CONTINUED
FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS WITH JACK
OCCASIONALLY CHECKING IN ON
CRAIG FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
AFTER TOURNAMENTS, ALL OF WHICH
THE BOY WATCHED ON TV.
>> JACK CALLED CRAIG ONE YEAR,
AND CRAIG SAYS, "WELL, JACK, YOU
KNOW WHY YOU WON -- BECAUSE I
HAD ON MY LUCKY YELLOW SHIRT."
ONCE CRAIG SAID THAT TO JACK, HE
SAID, "WELL, BY GOLLY, IF HE CAN
WEAR A YELLOW SHIRT FOR ME, I
CAN WEAR A YELLOW SHIRT FOR
HIM."
>> SO I STARTED WEARING ON
SUNDAY A YELLOW SHIRT A LOT.
>> HE'D BEAM, OF COURSE.
"HEAVENS ABOVE, THE GREATEST
GOLFER ON EARTH WAS WEARING A
YELLOW SHIRT TO SAY HI TO ME?"
[ CHUCKLES ]
>> IN JUNE OF 1971, CRAIG SMITH
DIED.
HE WAS 13 YEARS OLD.
>> AS AN OLD MOM, I CAN REMEMBER
TOO MUCH OF IT.
[ SNIFFLES ]
>> AND THERE IT IS.
>> THE NEXT YEAR, NICKLAUS WON
THE MASTERS AND THE U.S. OPEN
WEARING YELLOW IN THE FINAL
ROUND OF EACH.
MORE WINS AND EVENTUALLY
DIFFERENT COLORED SHIRTS
FOLLOWED.
AND THEN IT WAS APRIL OF 1986.
>> THE MORNING I GOT UP IN '86,
I TURNED TO BARBARA, AND I SAID,
"BARBARA, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T
DONE THIS FOR A LONG TIME."
I SAYS, "HOW ABOUT A YELLOW
SHIRT TODAY?"
I SAYS, "I THINK CRAIG WOULD
LIKE THAT."
>> AND THAT WAS REALLY THE FIRST
TIME HE HAD KIND OF MENTIONED IT
OUT LOUD SINCE CRAIG HAD DIED.
THIS ONE WAS FOR CRAIG.
♪♪
>> ONE OF THE UNSUNG THINGS ABOUT JACK -- JACK CAME TO
KANSAS CITY SIX TIMES AND PLAYED
IN THE CHILDREN'S MERCY GOLF
CLASSIC HERE IN KANSAS CITY TO
HELP BENEFIT OUR HOSPITAL HERE.
HE DOESN'T DO THINGS TO GET
ACCOLADES.
HE DOES THINGS FOR THE RIGHT
REASONS AND CARRIES ON.
>> NICKLAUS' CHARITY WORK
ACTUALLY BEGAN WITH A
NEAR-FAMILY TRAGEDY WHEN THEIR
11-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER NAN
SWALLOWED A CRAYON AND WAS
RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL IN
COLUMBUS.
>> THE CRAYON BROKE UP AND FELL
INTO HER LUNGS, SO SHE WENT INTO
PNEUMONIA AND SHE WAS IN
INTENSIVE CARE.
WE FELT LIKE THEY SAVED HER
LIFE.
WE ALWAYS SAID THAT IF THERE'S
ANYTHING THAT WE CAN EVER HAVE
THE ABILITY TO DO TO HELP, IT
WOULD BE CHILDREN.
>> THE NICKLAUS FAMILY, ALONG
WITH JACK'S TROPHY COLLECTION,
GREW FROM THERE, AS DID THEIR
VAST CHARITY WORK.
AND THERE WAS A SENSE OF THINGS
COMING FULL CIRCLE WHEN, IN
2004, THE NICKLAUS CHILDREN'S
HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION WAS
STARTED.
11 YEARS LATER,
MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WAS
RENAMED THE
NICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL,
COURTESY OF A $60 MILLION PLEDGE
FROM THE FOUNDATION.
>> WE NOW HAVE CHILDREN COMING
FROM 39 STATES AND 57 COUNTRIES.
>> OUR GOAL IS TO TAKE CARE OF
CHILDREN FROM THE FIRST DAY OF
LIFE OVER THEIR ENTIRE LIFETIME.
WE TRY AND USE TECHNOLOGY TO
FIND THE LEAST TRAUMATIC WAY TO
TREAT EVERY BABY.
AND ONCE WE TOUCH THEM, THEY'RE
OURS FOR THE REST OF THEIR
LIVES.
>> THE GOLF WORLD RECEIVED SOME
VERY SAD NEWS.
ON TUESDAY, THE 17-MONTH-OLD
GRANDSON OF JACK NICKLAUS DIED
IN A HOT TUB, WHERE HE HAD BEEN
PLAYING WITH HIS 4-YEAR-OLD
BROTHER AND A NANNY.
JAKE WALTER NICKLAUS, THE SON OF
STEVE NICKLAUS...
>> LOSING A CHILD IS THE WORST
TRAGEDY EVER.
TO LOSE A GRANDCHILD, YOU FEEL
SO BAD FOR YOUR CHILDREN.
PLUS YOU'VE LOST THIS PRECIOUS,
LITTLE BABY.
>> THE DEATH OF JAKE NICKLAUS IN
2005 GAVE HIS GRANDPARENTS ONLY
MORE MOTIVATION TO GIVE.
THEY CREATED AN ANNUAL GOLF
TOURNAMENT IN HIS MEMORY CALLED
THE JAKE.
IT RAISES MILLIONS EVERY YEAR.
>> IT'S KEPT OUR GRANDCHILD'S
MEMORY ALIVE.
WE'RE HOPING TO SAVE CHILDREN'S
LIVES THROUGH JAKE.
♪♪
>> THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT WITH
HOST JACK NICKLAUS.
>> FOR DECADES, THOUGH, THE
NICKLAUS FAMILY'S BIGGEST AND
BEST-KNOWN IMPACT HAS COME
THROUGH THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
AT MUIRFIELD VILLAGE BACK IN
COLUMBUS.
SINCE 1976, THE TOURNAMENT'S
GENERATED MORE THAN $28 MILLION
FOR A RANGE OF LOCAL AND
NATIONAL CAUSES.
>> HE'S AN OHIO GUY, AND HE KIND
OF WEARS THAT MIDWESTERN VALUE
ON HIS SLEEVE.
REALLY TRY TO FOCUS ON THE
COMMUNITY AND CHARITY.
>> THEY'VE MADE THEMSELVES KNOWN
AND LOVED BY EVERYONE HERE, AND
SO WE WANT TO BE A PART OF IT.
>> I LOVE HUGS!
>> IT'S ALL PART OF THE WORK
THAT THE NICKLAUSES HAVE ALWAYS
APPROACHED WITH PASSION AND
PURPOSE.
AND TO HEAR JACK EXPLAIN IT,
IT'S BEEN BARBARA WHO'S
SPEARHEADED THE MISSION.
>> WHAT AN AMAZING PERSON SHE
IS.
SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT SOMEBODY
ELSE.
SHE SUPPORTED ME SO I COULD PLAY
GOLF.
NOW I SUPPORT HER.
>> IT'S REALLY BEEN FUN TO WATCH
HIM.
WHEN WE VISIT THE HOSPITAL AND
SEE THE BABIES AND SEE SOMEONE
WHO'S HELPED, HE'S VERY
EMOTIONAL AND VERY SENTIMENTAL.
>> DO I GET ONE, TOO?
>> YEAH, ONE FOR US.
>> I GET ONE, TOO?
OH, YES.
I'VE HAD A BLAST.
I'VE ABSOLUTELY LOVED DOING WHAT
WE'VE BEEN DOING.
>> AT 77 YEARS OF AGE, HE
DOESN'T PLAY GOLF THAT MUCH
ANYMORE.
BUT IF YOU SEE HIM OUT THERE,
IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE HE'S
RAISING SOME MONEY FOR A CAUSE.
AFTER ALL, JACK NICKLAUS HAS
ALWAYS PLAYED WITH PURPOSE.
♪♪ >> I WAS PLAYING WITH JACK AT
THE OPENING OF HARBOR SHORES, A
WONDERFUL FACILITY THAT JACK
BUILT.
YOU COME TO THIS GREEN, AND THE
GREEN HAD ABOUT AN EIGHT-FOOT
CONTOUR IN IT.
>> GIVE ME THE LOB WEDGE.
>> JOHNNY HIT HIS BALL ON THE
LOWER PART OF THE CONTOUR, AND
JOHNNY SAID, "JACK, WHAT KIND OF
DESIGN IS THIS?"
>> NO, NO, NO, NO.
>> WHAT ARE -- THERE'S NO CHANCE
PUTTING IT.
THERE'S NO CHANCE.
>> WANT ME TO SHOW YOU HOW TO
PUTT IT?
>> YOU CAN'T --
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> AND THE FLAG WAS WAY UP ON
TOP OF THERE, 100 FEET FROM THE
HOLE.
SO HE THREW A BALL DOWN WHERE
JOHNNY'S BALL WAS, AND HE JUST
WRAPPED IT.
>> SHOW ME HOW TO DO IT.
>> JACK GOES, "SEE? EASY PUTT." >> THIS AFTERNOON, THE
FOUR-BALLS BEGIN.
>> WEISKOPF AND NICKLAUS PLAYING
A RYDER CUP MATCH TOGETHER.
AND THEY'RE PLAYING BEST BALL.
AND WEISKOPF'S ABOUT 7, 8 FEET.
JACK'S ABOUT 14 FEET.
AND JACK'S LOOKING OVER.
HE SAID, "TOM, PICK UP YOUR
MARK."
JACK WOULD NOT PUTT UNTIL TOM
PICKED HIS MARK UP.
AND HE BURIED IT DEAD CENTER.
>> MATCH IS CONCEDED.
>> AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, IT'S A
POINT WORTH REMEMBERING THAT
THE STORIES ARE WHAT ENDURES
MUCH AS ANYTHING IN THE RECORD
BOOK, THAT THE MEMORIES ARE AS
IMPORTANT AS ALL THE TROPHIES
AND GREEN JACKETS.
THAT'S WHY IT MEANT SO MUCH WHEN
JACK NICKLAUS SAID GOODBYE TO
THE CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT HAD
SEALED HIS LEGEND.
ONE BY ONE, HE SAID, "SO LONG."
AND THE VERY LAST SALUTE CAME AT
THE GAME'S BIRTHPLACE --
ST. ANDREWS IN 2005.
>> ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE AND
PEOPLE WATCH ALL OVER THE WORLD,
THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO
SEE JACK NICKLAUS' LAST
COMPETITIVE TEE SHOT EVER.
>> RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.
>> IT WASN'T THE THROATY ROAR TO CELEBRATE AN EAGLE PUTT GOING IN
OR WHEN A MAJOR IS DECIDED.
THERE WAS SO MUCH RESPECT,
WARMTH, ADULATION THAT WAS
TUMBLED INTO THE MIX OF THIS
SOUND.
>> I'M UP THERE CRYING 'CAUSE,
YOU KNOW, THIS IS HIS LAST
ROUND.
AND I'M WATCHING HIM THROUGH MY
TEARS AND SAID, "WELL, THIS IS
IN."
>> WHAT A WAY TO CALL IT A
CAREER!
♪♪
>> DIDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE
WHERE THE HOLE WAS.
IT WAS GONNA MOVE TO WHEREVER I
HIT THE BALL.
I MEAN, I KNEW I WAS GONNA MAKE
THAT PUTT.
LOOK AT THE MAP A LOT. THE PURPOSE TODAY IS TO TRY TO
CREATE A THEME.
>> NOW, IF YOU FOLLOWED HIS
CAREER, IF YOU UNDERSTOOD HOW
HIS MIND WORKED AND HOW HE
APPROACHED THE QUESTION OF WHAT
LIFE IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT,
YOU KNEW THAT AS JACK NICKLAUS
BEGAN STEPPING AWAY FROM
COMPETITIVE GOLF, HE WAS GONNA
FIND ANOTHER WAY TO KEEP HIMSELF
CHALLENGED AND LIKELY STAY
CONNECTED TO THE GAME.
>> GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE
FREEDOM TO BAIL RIGHT AND HAVE
THE...
IT'S A COMPETITION TO ME --
A COMPETITION WITH THE LAND AND
ME.
JUST TILT THE GREEN A LITTLE BIT
MORE.
GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SPEED
GOING LEFT TO RIGHT.
WHAT CAN I DO WITH THAT PIECE OF
GROUND THAT BEST SUITS WHAT MY
CLIENT WANTS?
IT BRINGS PEOPLE THERE, AND IT'S
A COURSE THEY LIKE TO PLAY.
TAKE FIVE YARDS OF THIS TEE OFF,
AND THEN TAKE ALL THAT AND TIE
IT TOGETHER INTO ONE TEE.
>> NICKLAUS DESIGN HAS CREATED
MORE THAN 400 COURSES AROUND THE
WORLD, COURSES THAT HAVE HOSTED
FIVE MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, FOUR
RYDER CUPS, AND TWO
PRESIDENTS CUPS.
>> CAME ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
COAST OF CHINA, UP TO HANOI, AND
NOW WE'RE COMING DOWN OVER LAOS,
THAILAND.
>> HE TOOK THE GAME AROUND THE
WORLD AND IDENTIFIED IT AS A
GAME THAT CAN BE ENJOYED AND
PLAYED IN SPOTS THAT PEOPLE
NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT PLAYING THE
GAME.
>> THAT'S 11 TEE RIGHT THERE,
ISN'T IT?
LEFT OF THE COW.
>> I CAN GO FOR A GAME OF GOLF
WITH MY BUDDIES, AND SOMEONE
WILL SAY, "THIS IS A NICKLAUS
COURSE, YOU KNOW."
JUST THAT LABEL JUST KIND OF
MAKES IT A BIT MORE SPECIAL.
>> I CAN TELL YOU IN THE REAL
ESTATE BUSINESS, PEOPLE LOVE TO
SEE THE NAME NICKLAUS ASSOCIATED
WITH A GOLF COURSE.
I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW IF HE GETS
ENOUGH CREDIT FOR BEING A GREAT
GOLF ARCHITECT.
>> HIS NAME IS A WORLDWIDE
BRAND.
I THINK THAT'S WHY HE'S REACHING
OUT TO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES
RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU GUYS LAUNCHED AN ICE
CREAM LINE EARLIER THIS WEEK.
AND WE JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE SOME.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THE NICKLAUS COMPANIES, THE
BRAND IS THE FIRST IN ITS WHOLE
SPACE.
AND THERE'S NO REAL COMPETITOR
TO IT BECAUSE OF JACK'S CAREER
AND HIS LIFE.
THE BRAND EMBODIES THE
EXCELLENCE, THE INTEGRITY,
SPORTSMANSHIP THAT ARE SO UNIQUE
TO JACK.
>> WELL, I THINK WINNING MAKES A
GOOD BRAND TO A LARGE EXTENT.
WHO'S WON LIKE JACK?
THEN YOU ADD THE OTHER QUALITIES
TO IT -- THE WAY HE IS, THE
FAMILY MAN, THE WHOLE THING.
>> IT'S A COMBINATION OF HOW YOU
DO IT AND MAKE THE GOLF COURSE
BE MORE EFFICIENT.
>> HE THRIVES ON IT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE HIS ENERGIES
TODAY.
HE JUST KEEPS GOING.
>> THERE'S NEVER BEEN ENOUGH
HOURS IN THE DAY FOR JACK TO
ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING HE WANTED
TO ACCOMPLISH.
>> TODAY WE'LL PRESENT A
CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
WE THANK HIM WITH THE HIGHEST
HONOR THAT WE CAN BESTOW.
>> JACK NICKLAUS HAS MADE A
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE
LIFE OF MANY AMERICANS.
HE BROUGHT SUCH EXCITEMENT AND
ENERGY INTO HOUSEHOLDS.
HIS CONTRIBUTION ON THE GOLF
COURSE WAS SIGNIFICANT, AND HIS
CONTRIBUTION OFF THE GOLF COURSE
IS SIGNIFICANT, AS WELL.
>> IF THERE'S ANY DOWNSIDE TO
ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, IT'S
THAT THEY MIGHT START TO ALMOST
DROWN THEMSELVES OUT AFTER
A WHILE.
THEN, AGAIN, PUT EVERYTHING DOWN
ON ONE SHEET OF PAPER, AND IT'S
HARD NOT TO BE AWED.
>> THIS IS JACK'S RECORDS?
>> ALL RIGHT, TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT LIST.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHAT'S THE MOST IMPRESSIVE
THING ON THAT PIECE OF PAPER TO
YOU?
>> HOLY MOLEY.
>> [ SIGHS ]
>> [ CHUCKLES ]
>> [ SIGHS ]
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN PICK ONE.
>> IT'S A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE
RECORD, THAT.
>> THERE'S SO MANY.
>> EVERY STAT IS JUST
PHENOMENAL.
>> WHAT STANDS OUT?
WHAT DOESN'T STAND OUT?
>> YOU'VE PUT SO MANY DOWN ON
THE PAPER, IT'S ACTUALLY HARD TO
DISTINGUISH WHICH IS THE BEST.
>> THE 19 THAT JACK FINISHED
RUNNER-UP IN -- THAT IS NUTS.
>> I MEAN, HE COULD HAVE WON 30
MAJORS.
>> BUT THEN THE MOST TOP-FIVES,
AS WELL, WITH 56 AND TOP-10s
WITH 73.
>> FOR ME, ANYONE WHO WINS A
CAREER GRAND SLAM, THAT'S BEYOND
HALL OF FAME.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE ELITE.
AND HE'S DONE IT THREE TIMES.
>> IT'S THE YARDSTICK FOR ALL
MODERN GOLFERS IS MAJORS.
AND JACK'S GOT 18.
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>> NO.
NOT IN MY LIFETIME.
18 MAJORS?
NO WAY.
CAN'T BE DONE.
>> THERE ARE THOSE OF US WHO
WROTE THAT TIGER WOODS WOULD WIN
20-SOMETHING MAJORS.
THE LONGER WE'VE GONE ON AND
SEEN WHAT'S HAPPENED, THE MORE
JACK'S RECORD GLOWS.
IT'S UNMATCHED.
>> JACK NICKLAUS, 5-IRON.
>> MY GENERATION, WE TRY TO
REMIND PEOPLE HOW GOOD JACK
REALLY WAS.
MY FIRST ROUND AT THE MASTERS AS
AN AMATEUR, I WAS 20 YEARS OLD.
1975.
I GOT PAIRED WITH JACK NICKLAUS.
AND I WALKED OFF THAT GOLF
COURSE THAT DAY THINKING, "IF
I'VE GOT TO PLAY ANYWHERE NEAR
THAT GOOD, I'D BEST GO BACK TO
SCHOOL."
>> A HUGE GALLERY IS FOLLOWING
THIS FANTASTIC YOUNG MAN FROM
COLUMBUS, CONSIDERED BY MANY TO
BE ONE OF THE GREATEST GOLFERS
OF ALL TIME.
>> HE'S AN ICON.
HE'S TRANSCENDED THE GAME.
JACK NICKLAUS IS A WORLD-FAMOUS
PERSON.
HE DID IT THROUGH GOLF.
>> HE'S REMARKABLE.
HE JUST DOES WHAT HE HAS TO DO
TO WIN.
>> JACK NEVER PLAYED FOR MONEY.
HE PLAYED FOR HISTORY.
HE PLAYED TO MAKE HIS PARENTS
PROUD.
AND HE LIKED BEATING PEOPLE.
[ LAUGHS ]
>> BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT HE
WON, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT HE
LOST, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT HE
APPROACHED THE GAME WITH FIERCE
DETERMINATION, HE SET A
BLUEPRINT NOT JUST FOR HOW THE
GAME SHOULD BE PLAYED AT THE
HIGHEST LEVEL, BUT AT ANY LEVEL.
>> HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A PERFECT
EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU WANT YOUR
BEST FIGURE IN YOUR SPORT TO BE.
>> YES.
JACK NICKLAUS FINISHES IN GREAT
STYLE.
>> THERE HE IS FOLLOWING HIS
ATTRACTIVE BLONDE WIFE, BARBARA.
>> HE'S HONEST, HE'S LOYAL, HE'S
A GREAT FRIEND, A GREAT HUSBAND,
A GREAT GRANDFATHER.
HE'S JUST A GREAT MAN.
>> SETTING FOOT IN SOUTH AFRICA
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
>> I'M JUST AMAZED THE PLACES
WE'VE BEEN, THE PEOPLE WE'VE
MET.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT LIFE.
AND TO HAVE JACK BY MY SIDE,
IT'S JUST BEEN UNBELIEVABLE.
>> EVERYBODY'S GOT A CALLING IN
LIFE.
I DON'T CARE WHETHER IT'S BEING
A BASEBALL PLAYER OR BEING A
WALL STREET BROKER, BEING A
SCIENTIST.
YOU FIND WHAT WORKS FOR YOU.
I LOVE WHAT I'VE DONE WITH MY
LIFE.
I LOVE PLAYING GOLF.
I'VE LOVED THE COMPETITION.
I FOUND MY NICHE.
>> HIS PATH WAS ALWAYS DEFINED
BY MORE THAN JUST THE TALENT HE
WAS GIVEN, MORE THAN JUST THE
DESIRE TO MAXIMIZE THAT TALENT,
MORE THAN THE MIND-SET THAT TIME
AND TIME AGAIN DROVE HIM NOT
JUST TO OUTPLAY BUT OUTSMART
EVERYONE ELSE.
WHAT YOU SAW WAS SPELLBINDING
AND SPECTACULAR, YES.
BUT IT WAS ALSO...
HUMAN.
♪♪
AND WHO YOU SAW WAS THE GREATEST
GOLFER WHO EVER LIVED.
♪♪