![]() ![]() “And I did not want to leave the game playing poorly.” “I might have been 46, but my nerves were still good,” he said. And certainly not at Augusta, where he had already won a record five green jackets. But done? Rusty clubs? Not so fast, he thought. Nicklaus knew his career was winding down. Family and his various business interests had pushed golf into the back seat.Ī newspaper story ahead of the Masters, penned by Tom McCollister of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, said he was “gone, done,” and his “clubs were too rusty.” A friend of Nicklaus’ pinned it to his fridge in the house they were renting in Augusta that week. Pulling into Augusta National that April, Nicklaus’ form appeared in terminal decline. READ: Jon Rahm searches for ‘magic formula’ to win debut major READ: Tiger Woods: My kids don’t talk about Masters win Tiger Woods’ remarkable redemption story in winning in 2019 may have sent tremors around the world, but Nicklaus at Augusta in 1986 was equally seismic. “I kept getting tears in my eyes, but I was saying, ‘Hey let’s hold that back, you’ve got some golf to play.’” “The ovation was unbelievable,” said Nicklaus. He had to quell his own excitement and harness the energy. ![]() Few could have predicted this kind of hullabaloo.īut Nicklaus, the record 17-time major champion, knew nostalgia couldn’t hit the shots for him. The roars reverberating around the towering pines was “quadrophonic,” coming from all sides, according to his playing partner Sandy Lyle. The spectators packed around Augusta’ sun-dappled 16th green rose to their feet, arms thrust skywards, as the old warrior, his yellow shirt hunched over in that familiar putting stance, sank another birdie to get to within one shot of the lead. He hadn’t won a major for six years, but the “Golden Bear” was emerging from hibernation. He was washed up, they said, yet here he was making a charge at a sixth Masters title at the age of 46. And that value will only grow with time.Tears welled in his eyes as the emotion bubbled up inside, but Jack Nicklaus knew he had to keep playing. With the name Nicklaus behind a golf course, its value is enhanced tremendously. Since independent research began in the early 1990s, communities that feature a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course as an amenity have resulted in the highest real estate value, the highest average home price, and the greatest velocity of home and lot sales. ![]() Jack Nicklaus and Nicklaus Design have been credited for elevating and enhancing the relationship between golf and luxury home communities. Of those golf courses, Jack Nicklaus has been involved in the design of 290 courses.Īt least 70 Nicklaus Design courses have been ranked by major industry publications like Golf Digest, Golfweek, GOLF Magazine and Travel and Leisure Golf, in various national or international Top-100 lists, and no fewer than 100 Nicklaus Design courses have hosted a combined total of over 750 professional golf tournaments worldwide or significant national amateur championships including events on the PGA Tour, the Champions Tour, the LPGA Tour and the Web.com Tour, among others. Nicklaus Design, the global golf course design firm founded by golf legend Jack Nicklaus, is widely regarded as the world’s leading design firm, golf course designer Jack Nicklaus With a philosophy of working closely with clients, enhancing the natural environment, and creating courses that are both challenging and enjoyable for players of all levels, the company has close to 380 courses open for play in 36 countries and 39 states. ![]()
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