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Date: 09 Sep 2006 18:23:03
From: multi
Subject: Jack explains why no golfer can dominate today
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I just got my copy of Jack Nicklaus's autobiography, "My Story,"
published in 1997. His comments about Tiger (very favorable) indicate
that he made his last updates after the 1997 Mercedes, but before the
Masters. ( I got this $30 book, in absolutely new condition, for 43
cents, plus $3.50 shipping, from Rivalbooks.com via Amazon)
In Chapter 15, Jack talks about why nobody dominates golf any more.
He gives three reasons: the new equipment makes it easier for players
to hit good shots; everybody is in better shape now (this is written
before the Tiger effect, but he talks about how everybody is eating
right and using the fitness trailers). But he thinks the main reason
is that the big money has attracted more and better players.
Jack gives some stats on how much the purses have gone up since he
turned pro --- first place in most events paid around $7K in 1962, and
around $250K in 1996 (it's nearly a million now). He then says:
"In evaluating those numbers, consider if you will how many more
contenders your business would have attracted, and how much more
competitive it would have become, given comparably huge increases in
financial incentive over a similar time span. By then imagining how
much harder it would have become for you to remain a ket dominator,
you will get a sense of what it takes to become a dominating golf
champion as we approach the second (sic) millennium.
"Whether for the above reasons or any others, the fact is that, to be
able to hold onto their cards and earn a decent living, the golfers in
the middle of the pack today have had to become as good as the players
at the top were when I started out thirty and more years ago, while
those at the top have become the equals of the superstars of my
generation."
Take that, Wadkins!
The main reason I bought the book was to try to find out why Jack
never won the Vardon, but he never discusses it as far as I can see.
I haven't finished the book yet, but he seems to avoid mentioning it,
even though he spends a lot of time talking about awards. For
example, he says that Billy Casper is an all-time great, and refers to
him winning five "year-long low scorer" awards, when Casper won five
Vardons. The book has a good index, but if you look up Vardon, the
only references are to the player or the grip, not the award. One
thing it did clear up, though: the appendix has a complete list of his
tournament results, so at last I know that he played over 60 rounds in
every year he claims he won the scoring title. I wasn't sure about
1976 before.
One other thing I found amusing --- in Chapter 16, he talks about his
ability to concentrate while playing: "I can wrap myself in a cocoon
which is virtually impregnable until the round ends." He says, "I am
told that this characteristic is very much of a Teutonic nature, and
my heritage is, of course, German through and through."
Complete the analogy --- Tiger : Jesse Owens :: Nicklaus : ???
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Date: 09 Sep 2006 20:48:18
From: annika1980
Subject: Re: Jack explains why no golfer can dominate today
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multi wrote:
> I just got my copy of Jack Nicklaus's autobiography, "My Story,"
> published in 1997.
> ( I got this $30 book, in absolutely new condition, for 43
> cents, plus $3.50 shipping, from Rivalbooks.com via Amazon)
You paid too much.
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Date: 10 Sep 2006 18:44:15
From: Da Ringer.
Subject: Re: Jack explains why no golfer can dominate today
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You done talked shit about my wife and you done talked shit about Jon Benet.
I get pissed when you talk shit about Jack!!!
"annika1980" <annika1980@aol.com > wrote in message
news:1157860097.971968.43770@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
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> multi wrote:
>> I just got my copy of Jack Nicklaus's autobiography, "My Story,"
>> published in 1997.
>
>> ( I got this $30 book, in absolutely new condition, for 43
>> cents, plus $3.50 shipping, from Rivalbooks.com via Amazon)
>
> You paid too much.
>
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Date: 10 Sep 2006 10:54:38
From: multi
Subject: Re: Jack explains why no golfer can dominate today
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On 9 Sep 2006 20:48:18 -0700, "annika1980" <annika1980@aol.com > wrote:
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>multi wrote:
>> I just got my copy of Jack Nicklaus's autobiography, "My Story,"
>> published in 1997.
>
>> ( I got this $30 book, in absolutely new condition, for 43
>> cents, plus $3.50 shipping, from Rivalbooks.com via Amazon)
>
>You paid too much.
I would gladly have paid twice as much.
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 05:47:19
From: JJK
Subject: Re: Jack explains why no golfer can dominate today
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multi wrote:
> >> I just got my copy of Jack Nicklaus's autobiography, "My Story,"
> >> published in 1997.
> >
> >> ( I got this $30 book, in absolutely new condition, for 43
> >> cents, plus $3.50 shipping, from Rivalbooks.com via Amazon)
annika1980 wrote:
> >You paid too much.
multi wrote"
> I would gladly have paid twice as much.
Fine, send me the additional $30.
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Date: 09 Sep 2006 19:20:35
From: Laura Bush murdered her boy friend
Subject: Re: Jack explains why no golfer can dominate today
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multi wrote:
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> Complete the analogy --- Tiger : Jesse Owens :: Nicklaus : ???
Stop being so bossy. Can't you say please, just once. And BTW - the
answer is obviously Jim Thorpe.
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Date: 09 Sep 2006 22:20:30
From: Zuke
Subject: Re: Jack explains why no golfer can dominate today
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On Sun, 10 Sep 2006, The poster formerly known as Colleyville Alan wrote:
> "multi" <multi@asm.org> wrote in message
> news:srm6g2p34ktj0vkaf6dqsv4pj5118m0oe5@4ax.com...
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>> "Whether for the above reasons or any others, the fact is that, to be
>> able to hold onto their cards and earn a decent living, the golfers in
>> the middle of the pack today have had to become as good as the players
>> at the top were when I started out thirty and more years ago, while
>> those at the top have become the equals of the superstars of my
>> generation."
>
> Don't nobody tell that to Dan Jenkins!
>
>
Well Jack is wrong on nobody dominating so maybe he is wrong
on this point also.
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Date: 10 Sep 2006 02:06:26
From: The poster formerly known as Colleyville Alan
Subject: Re: Jack explains why no golfer can dominate today
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"multi" <multi@asm.org > wrote in message
news:srm6g2p34ktj0vkaf6dqsv4pj5118m0oe5@4ax.com...
> "Whether for the above reasons or any others, the fact is that, to be
> able to hold onto their cards and earn a decent living, the golfers in
> the middle of the pack today have had to become as good as the players
> at the top were when I started out thirty and more years ago, while
> those at the top have become the equals of the superstars of my
> generation."
Don't nobody tell that to Dan Jenkins!
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