Jack Nicklaus speaks to the media on the 2024 Memorial Match.
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This week’s PGA Tour occasion, the Memorial Tournament, is held at “Jack’s Place,” Muirfield Village Golf Club, in Dublin, Ohio.
Jack Nicklaus, who designed the course and serves as match host, is onsite this week, and spent ample time with the media fielding questions on all the pieces from the current state of the game to his reminiscences of dropping a U.S. Junior match at at age 14 at Los Angeles Nation Membership.
On the finish of the session, although, Nicklaus was requested a special form of query.
What would you say is your favourite a part of the sport of golf?
Nicklaus’ reply was equal elements touching and relatable.
“Properly, the sport of golf isn’t, isn’t a component, there are various elements of the sport,” he started. “From enjoying the sport — individuals typically ask me, what’s my favourite shot that I play, and I stated, ‘It’s the one I’m enjoying proper now.’ If that’s not your favourite shot if you’re enjoying it, then you definitely higher work on it till it turns into your favourite shot.
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“I like what the sport of golf does for individuals. These younger males right here rising up within the sport of golf, they’re going to return out and symbolize their space. They’ve grown up round adults, they’ve realized deal with adults. They’ve realized develop up they usually have realized the courtesies of the sport. There’s a whole lot of issues throughout the sport of golf which are so good. First Tee has been improbable. First Tee has taught the teachings of life to so many children. I feel it’s unbelievable what they’ve performed.
“We see the golf programs which are being performed, the communities which are having tournaments, no completely different than the Memorial Match or Valhalla, once I went to Valhalla the primary time, Dwight Gahm, the gentleman who did the golf course, he stated, Jack, some day I need to have the PGA Championship right here. That’s my aim. Properly, he’s had what, 5 of ’em? He’s performed fairly effectively.”
When a reporter requested a follow-up concerning the problem of the sport, Nicklaus mirrored additional about what golf has meant to his life.
“There’s a problem to all the pieces you do in life,” he stated. “And in case you don’t like, in case you don’t like challenges, go someplace else, as a result of golf’s obtained a bunch of ’em.”
“I like the sport of golf,” he continued. “It’s given me the chance — I wouldn’t be sitting right here if I had missed about 10 five-foot putts. I wouldn’t be sitting right here. Nothing, none of this could have ever occurred. So I used to be blessed to have the ability to try this. I used to be blessed to have the ability to take what I did and what I realized and put it to raised use.”
The Memorial begins Thursday. It’s the seventh of eight Signature Occasions on the 2024 Tour schedule.
