JACK Golf Channel (merged)

Anyone else watching this? Good stuff and enjoying the old videos of him as a kid.

He admittedly bet on golf. Keep him out of the HOF?

Good watch

Holy cow, those greens were slow and receptive at ANGC in his day! And putting with the pin in, no less!

- in line with his record number of top 3 finishes in majors, from 1963 to 1980 he finished in the top 6 17/18 times at the Open, with a T12 the year he wasn't in the top 6

- finished 10th in distance ranking and 13th in accuracy in 1980 ... lowest combined ranking by a wide margin since they started keeping records

guy was/is the goat

That was fun.

Sunday's pin at the Masters hasn't changed in 50 years.

Thank God that Woody Hayes told him to stick to golf

- in line with his record number of top 3 finishes in majors, from 1963 to 1980 he finished in the top 6 17/18 times at the Open, with a T12 the year he wasn't in the top 6

- finished 10th in distance ranking and 13th in accuracy in 1980 ... lowest combined ranking by a wide margin since they started keeping records

 

guy was/is the goat

Watched him play an exhibition in 1975.........he was seriously long!

Holy cow, those greens were slow and receptive at ANGC in his day! And putting with the pin in, no less!

Google the "stymie" and Bobby Jones video. Then you'll really see something.

EDIT: This will give you some idea

Holy cow, those greens were slow and receptive at ANGC in his day! And putting with the pin in, no less!

 

Google the "stymie" and Bobby Jones video. Then you'll really see something.

 

EDIT: This will give you some idea

Cool video, thanks. It reminds me a lot of Jack's early major footage. Can you imagine how much easier it was to get up and down on greens like that?

So far the 1st episode was pretty good.

He had a lot of game as a college student. I remember reading an article or maybe a book that quoted Ben Hogan, after he'd play with Jack at Cherry Hills in the US Open, as saying something to the effect that if Jack knew what he was doing he'd of won by 10 shots.

Jack selling insurance to his frat brothers to pay the bills is pretty funny.

Jack = GOAT!

So far the 1st episode was pretty good.

 

He had a lot of game as a college student. I remember reading an article or maybe a book that quoted Ben Hogan, after he'd play with Jack at Cherry Hills in the US Open, as saying something to the effect that if Jack knew what he was doing he'd of won by 10 shots.

Here's a citation, from an oral history on golf.com:

Afterward, Hogan said, "I played 36 holes today with a kid who, if he had a brain in his head, should have won by 10 strokes."

http://www.golf.com/...-damn-open-ever

what?

I assume you're talking about Jack Pearsall?

Holy cow, those greens were slow and receptive at ANGC in his day! And putting with the pin in, no less!

And caddies laying on the ground.

So far the 1st episode was pretty good.

 

He had a lot of game as a college student. I remember reading an article or maybe a book that quoted Ben Hogan, after he'd play with Jack at Cherry Hills in the US Open, as saying something to the effect that if Jack knew what he was doing he'd of won by 10 shots.

 

Here's a citation, from an oral history on golf.com:

 

Afterward, Hogan said, "I played 36 holes today with a kid who, if he had a brain in his head, should have won by 10 strokes."

 

http://www.golf.com/...-damn-open-ever

My memory is vindicated....Nice historical catch there.

I suppose we can take The Hawk at his word...

Learning from this.

Jack was prepared like nobodys business. Course research and management was his mantra.

Also, TW wasnt the first guy to hit wedges and 9 irons into the greens at Augusta allday ; )

Who hits a persimmon driver and old wound ball 341 yards in 1963!!! Makes you wonder how he would crush a proV1 and a 460cc driver back then.

Jack first time at St. Andrews in 64, came in 2nd.

Next time he played 6 years later is when he started picking a spot a little in front of his ball to aim.

Sanders putt makes you wretch. "I relive it every day"

Sam Snead footage is awsome,

"These bunkers look like they never saw a rake"

And Gary was often a house guest when in the states. Barbara would make him breakfast.

Jack first time at St. Andrews in 64, came in 2nd.

 

Next time he played 6 years later is when he started picking a spot a little in front of his ball to aim.

 

Sanders putt makes you wretch. "I relive it every day"

 

 

 

Sam Snead footage is awesome,

 

"These bunkers look like they never saw a rake"

I completely agree with you. Just watching Sanders eyes tear up as he talked about missing that putt makes you realize the impact it had on him. Tough man, just tough.

Good article where he discusses it further:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/golf/article-3157732/St-Andrews-cost-200m-Doug-Sanders-loves-Old-Course.html

I watched him play 18 last summer. He's still got it.

loved that she said the original Figjam ( player) would swap plates with jack at breakfast as Barbara brought the plates to the table.. as if she would poison him.... lol hell if you wanted to kill him just hold a pillow over his face as he slept... jack was a big boy.. wouldnt be an issue.... Player... man he loves himsome Gary.. to think someone would try to poison him.... lol i know it was a joke.. But Gary wasnt near enough of a threat to commit homicide... unless you are playing in his own mind that is.. then hes king shat of turd mountain

Great point etarv13 makes me ponder...who wins at Augusta or pick any course, current equipment...Jack of 1965-1966 vs Tiger of 2000-2001 who wins after 4 rounds?

loved that she said the original Figjam ( player) would swap plates with jack at breakfast as Barbara brought the plates to the table.. as if she would poison him.... lol hell if you wanted to kill him just hold a pillow over his face as he slept... jack was a big boy.. wouldnt be an issue.... Player... man he loves himsome Gary.. to think someone would try to poison him.... lol i know it was a joke.. But Gary wasnt near enough of a threat to commit homicide... unless you are playing in his own mind that is.. then hes king shat of turd mountain

That was a pretty funny moment, but it definitely didn't seem as if Mrs. Nicklaus found his antics funny. Though will all those boys in the house, she's probably seen it all.

Holy cow, those greens were slow and receptive at ANGC in his day! And putting with the pin in, no less!

 

 

And caddies laying on the ground.

That blows my mind the most. Just hangin' out on the greens of Augusta.

Love the flying home from a golf tournament after a round to watch his boys play a football game and back the next morning to tee it up. Wow amazing man and father! Just so impressive.

read an article some years ago that compared the clubs jack hit during his round of 64 with one of tiger's rounds during his first masters win ... there was almost never more than a club difference either way ... some times jack hit a shorter club, sometimes tiger ...

Jack first time at St. Andrews in 64, came in 2nd.

 

Next time he played 6 years later is when he started picking a spot a little in front of his ball to aim.

 

Sanders putt makes you wretch. "I relive it every day"

 

 

 

Sam Snead footage is awesome,

 

"These bunkers look like they never saw a rake"

 

I completely agree with you. Just watching Sanders eyes tear up as he talked about missing that putt makes you realize the impact it had on him. Tough man, just tough.

 

Good article where he discusses it further:

 

http://www.dailymail...Old-Course.html

i remember reading in gdigest that hogan was watching at home and stood up from his chair, yelling at the tv for sanders to back away as he stood back in to make the putt ...