Happy 70th Birthday Jack Nicklaus

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Categories: Champions Tour • Golf • Life • PGA Tour
Tags: Jack Nicklaus

One of the biggest golfing greats I never got the chance to meet is Bobby Jones. But I did get to meet the best golfer ever a few years ago with my son. We met Jack Nicklaus and got to talk to him for a while. Jack was nothing but nice. I was so nervous I could hardly talk. What a treat that was.

I got Jack to sign a couple of autographs for me. One was on a Masters flag from the 2005 Masters, Jack’s last Masters and where Tiger Woods won. The other autograph was on a St. Andrews flag from the 2005 British Open, Jack’s last official tournament. Coincidentally Tiger won that one too.

I got to see Jack play golf in person three times. One of those times was in a then Senior Tour event where he was paired up with Arnold Palmer and Lee Trevino. Lee got in most of the talking…

Happy Birthday Jack

Jack, I wish you the best and a very happy birthday. Thanks for being so nice when my son and I met you. That means a lot and shows the kind of character which I think is lost in some players these days. And thanks for all the great moments in golf history you authored.

2 responses to “Happy 70th Birthday Jack Nicklaus”

FitnessOver50 says:

January 23, 2010 at 8:55 am

What a class act.

Hard to come by nowadays
golfmanagement says:

February 3, 2010 at 12:24 pm

Here’s hoping you have many more healthy and happy Birthdays in the future!