{"id":625543,"date":"2026-04-23T10:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/625543\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:54:15","slug":"the-modern-day-player-jack-nicklaus-said-he-loves-watching-play-more-than-anyone-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/625543\/","title":{"rendered":"The modern-day player Jack Nicklaus said he loves watching play more than anyone else"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jack Nicklaus is widely considered the best golfer of all-time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nicklaus\u2019 record of 18 major championship victories is yet to be surpassed, while he has the third-most PGA Tour wins of all time, with 73 to his name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He achieved the majority of his wins when coming up against true giants of the game including the likes of Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Tom Watson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/jack-nicklaus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Nicklaus;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Nicklaus<\/a> obviously knows what it takes to reach the very highest level of the game.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo by Austin Kaseman\/Augusta National\/Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/265d08b7e6d0388f6b583ca0ffb937bf.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Austin Kaseman\/Augusta National\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/jack-nicklaus-reveals-thought-tiger-140000106.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jack Nicklaus is a long-time admirer of Tiger Woods;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Nicklaus is a long-time admirer of Tiger Woods<\/a>, and has regularly suggested that he is the greatest golfer in the history of the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, Woods is not Nicklaus\u2019 favorite currently active golfer to watch play.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Nicklaus named Scottie Scheffler as the player he loves watching the most<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nicklaus sat down for a press conference after <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/scottie-scheffler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Scottie Scheffler;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Scottie Scheffler<\/a> won the Memorial Tournament for the second time in a row in June 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 86-year-old was asked to share his honest opinion on the world number one\u2019s golf game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe reminds me so much of the way I like to play,\u201c Nicklaus replied after watching Scheffler\u2019s four-shot victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI don\u2019t think I played nearly as well as he played. He\u2019s playing better than I played and more consistent.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo by Ian Johnson\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/08d717071a6b7804bbb7c879da07db9f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Ian Johnson\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe\u2019s just been playing fantastic, and I love watching him the most.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It takes some doing for Jack Nicklaus to be that impressed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Golden Bear obviously sees much of himself in Scheffler and that is probably the biggest compliment the man from Dallas, Texas, will ever receive.<\/p>\n<p>The sky is the limit for Scottie Scheffler according to Jack Nicklaus<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After Scheffler won the Memorial Tournament back in June, Nicklaus was asked how far he believes the 29-year-old can go in the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe has the ability to bring his level to whatever level it needs to be,\u201c the Golden Bear responded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThat\u2019s what good players do. And he\u2019s not a good player, he\u2019s a great player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cLook at the record that he has had the last few years, it\u2019s unbelievable.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Scheffler\u2019s next challenge will be to continue winning majors and PGA Tour events at a regular clip for the next decade or so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If he continues along his current trajectory, he will have won 10 majors and 50 PGA Tour tournaments by the time he\u2019s 35.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While that may be an unsustainable level of form, if anyone can do it, Scottie Scheffler can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Nicklaus is widely considered the best golfer of all-time. 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