Jack Nicklaus is a man who many consider the greatest of all time. The 85-year-old is known as the golfer with the most Majors trophies in his career (18). Winning such competitions is always a special moment that you can never forget. Nicklaus set the bar so high that not even Tiger Woods managed to break this record.
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Jack Nicklaus, on the other hand, believes that he could have won more Majors tournaments if only he had listened to his caddy.
In a conversation with Sir Nick Faldo, Jack revealed that in 1960 he had the advantage before the last nine holes, but did not manage to win.
The first one that I finished second in a major was at Cherry Hills. I was an amateur. 20 years old and I had a lead going into the last nine holes, I had a lead with seven holes to play but I finished the last six holes in three over and Arnold won the tournament. He beat me by a couple of shots, Nicklaus said, as quoted by The Golfing Gazette.
Jack Nicklaus shares his experience
Nicklaus, on the other hand, does not look at such a thing negatively, stressing that it was a good thing for him. In the following, Jack progressed as a golfer, although he experienced a similar scenario again, a few years later.
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The best thing that ever happened to me was not to win that tournament. Then I got a bit better with some things but did the same thing again at Latham in 1963. I had a two shot lead with two holes to play. I drove it up three wood on 17, had 212 to the hole. Little wind in my face."
His caddie, Jimmy Dickinson, advised him that he didn't need a two-iron. Nicklaus said he needed one to get back in the game. However, Jack later realized he had made a mistake, losing by a shot.
Jack was angry with himself after this moment, but he admits that he learned from such mistakes, striving never to repeat them again.
