Talk:Jack Nicklaus

message: Nicklaus turned 65 in January 2005, which is the last year that he will be joining a PGA tournament as an exempt player.
I think that's wrong, since "one of the traditions of the Masters is that their past champions can play in the tournament anytime they want."  See
http://www.golfobserver.com/features/sal_casper.html
I also wonder about the rule this year for the british open.  but Nicklaus would have been 66 and past champions are exempt only until the age of 65. is found at
http://www.jsonline.com/golfplus/jul05/340591.asp But he was 65 in January of 2005, before he played as an exempt player in  the british open....  --NealMcB 01:39, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
: Nicklaus was invited back to the open on compleating his final round. This was perhaps deferance to an all time great and outside the normal rules.Djarra 12:48, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  All Open champs are exempt from qualifying for the tournament through age 65.  The article referenced above talked about how Nicklaus' exempt status for the Open would expire in January 2006, as he would turn 66.  Thus for the 2005 Open, the tournament was moved to St. Andrews so that Nicklaus could play there in his last exempt year.  In other words, the organizers wanted Nicklaus to finish his playing career on what they consider the best of all the Open courses and on what Nicklaus considers his personal favorite.  This was a fantastic gesture to honor Nicklaus' amazing career!  As for the above mentioned Masters exemption, there has also been talk among its organizers about their exemption expiring at age 65.  Anyone who remembers Billy Casper's embarrassing 106 in round one last year will understand why.  68.154.148.99 22:50, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: exemption rules

message: Question for Tewapack - I am amazed that you found the information to fill in the major championship table. I did extensive research to find the information about the specifics of his major championship victories, but was unable to finish it. Can you tell me where you got the information, so I can use it for other golfers? Thanks in advance. Supertigerman 21:22, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That site was very good, but I noticed a couple days ago that it stopped working.Is there another comprehensive site like that? Supertigerman 00:56, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Majors information

message: Can we at least have an image of him playing golf?--Lucy-marie 16:26, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm all for that, but I don't know the procedure to get an image approved. Supertigerman 16:50, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: This article is currently nominated for GA status - • The Giant Puffin • 19:44, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that "Summary of major championship performances :" should be ==Summary of major championship performances:==. Real96 00:50, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good Article candidate 

message: I am putting this article on hold mainly for referencing issues.  It passes all other criteria at WP:WIAGA.  Fix these missing references, and I will pass the article: 
* Many paragraphs of "Record setter" section.  Especially sentances or paragraphs that make assertions of fact (the section on orders of his golf clubs is one that is DEFINATELY needed, though it is not the only paragraph in need of refs in this section)
* "Close of playing career" is entirely unreferenced.
* "Records in major championships" makes several claims that are unreferenced.
* "Other records" does as well
Other than all of that, it is a VERY well written article.  Congrats, and I hope to see these fixes made so I can pass it.  Please get these fixes done within seven days.  --Jayron32 05:27, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Hold

message: It looks like nearly all of the major referencing issues have been dealt with.  I am passing this article.  Congrats! --Jayron32 03:35, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Pass

message: Nicklaus is widely regarded as one of the best by all that play golf, this fact really does not need to be cited. The next statement about being highly competitive does not need to be cited also. The facts below, including 18 major championship wins and 8 senior majors verify this fact. I do agree however on the next two sentences. These need citing, but will be hard to find. They may have to be deleted sometime down the track. Grover 08:52, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the wording in the first paragraph is okay, as it does not assert that Jack is the best of all time...it merely asserts that Jack is widely regarded as the best of all time. The Nicklaus vs. Woods debate will probably last forever unless Woods wins 19 major championships (but even then I imagine there will still be debate...lol). Jtroska (talk) 23:26, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations in 1st paragraph 

message: The following sentence seems like it was inserted by someone associated with MacGregor Golf and should be deleted:
Nicklaus won the 1986 Masters using the Response ZT putter. Its manufacturer, MacGregor Golf, received 5,000 orders the next day; it had planned to sell only 6,000 copies of this model for the entire year.[12]
While this may be true, is it 1) at all important, or 2) not a blatant effort by someone connected to the company to drop their own name?
I would delete it right now, but I don't want to have to go back and reformat the rest of the article and footnotes.  (The Masters is on today)  Would someone else like to do it?  76.118.151.167 (talk) 18:15, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I actually put that in about a year ago, and i'm in no way associated with the MacGregor golf company (i'm a uni student). Grovermj 02:57, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

text: I think it deserves a mention because of those statistics. The same sort of thing happened with Zach Johnson's win last year. They are fairly amazing stats. Grovermj 01:06, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  MacGregor ad should be deleted 

message: I read somewhere that Jack poineered measuring each shot more accurately. He used more detailed coursae guides and paced each distance down to the yard. I think he was one of the first - if not the first - to do this. Either way I think its a relevant addition to the playing style section. Metallion (talk) 15:19, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Playing style - taking measurements 

message: I think we're being very kind by showing Jack's current weight at only 185 lbs, but I guess we can be flexible regarding this minor detail...lol! Jtroska (talk) 23:37, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal Information Textbox 

message: The "amateur" section mentions where he grew up, but there's not much else.  Even that doesn't mention how that led to his nickname.  If I were reading only this article, I'd have hardly any clue about even such basic information as to whether he was married or had children.  There is one sentence that mentions "his children and grandchildren".  And then, of course, there is the mention of the 2005 Masters, which leads the article to briefly mention son Steve and grandson Jake.  But that seems to be pretty much it.  216.10.193.21 (talk) 23:33, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree. There is little in this article to describe him as a person. ROxBo (talk) 08:52, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs personal information 

message: "Nicklaus devotes much of his time to golf course design and operates one of the largest golf design practices in the world."
Golf course design is very much an on-course career. Its not a major issue, but perhaps the title could be less misleading. Either that or make a separate section for course design.
--Potatobreath (talk) 23:25, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Off-course Career? 

message: Jack Nicklaus infobox does not match any other golfer except Tiger Woods, which this means it needs to be put back to the previous version to put consistency in the encyclopedia. It would be easier to rectify this by removing these two inconsistent ones on these two pages rather than change thousands upon thousands of others. Thanks Bluedogtn (talk) 02:17, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The Golf WikiProject talk page is be the best the place to discuss this, rather than creating a discussion in several different places. (see Talk:Tiger Woods#Info Box). wjematherbigissue 11:21, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: I think the list of golf courses Nicklaus he designed could be moved to a separate article, such as, List of Jack Nicklaus designed golf courses. This would be similar to List of Tillinghast courses. - Tewapack (talk) 04:31, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. This is a huge list to have in an article. Grovermj 14:31, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Another format to use could be like List of Donald Ross designed courses - Tewapack (talk) 20:41, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Please move it. It is far too large. 71.234.215.133 (talk) 17:11, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Golf course list 

message: This article really has gotten too big. More importantly, what is being put into the article is not cited, which is what cost it the good article status. I attempted to shorten the article a few months ago but a few months later it was back over the original size. Just want some discussion here before I try and shorten it again. Please, if you're adding things, reference them. Grovermj 03:24, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Huge article 

message: I do not think as much was said on this score as should have been.  I was born in the mid-1960's, so I missed out on his early career, but do remember fairly well from 1977 onwards.  In particular, though the "Duel in the Sun" was mentioned, Jack had other important competitions with Tom Watson, one I believe occurred at the U. S. Open. (...) Also, and of interest obviously on the rivalry point, was his contests with Arnold Palmer, much earlier on.  It is my thinking, that both of these players deserve a sub-heading (their own section) under Jack's wiki article: such as "Early Rivalry with Arnold Palmer", "Late Contention with Tom Watson", and underneath each of these sections, the various tournaments would be so noted and commented on.  It was thought, and perhaps rightly so, that Tom Watson was generally besting Jack Nicklaus in the latter 1970's, and that he was the 'Heir Apparent', as Golf's finest player.  It did not quite work out like this, of course, but I remember the tension that existed, and the sting Mr. Nicklaus possibly felt from not winning more of his 'duels' with Tom.  However, all three of course played as a gentleman and as a sportsman.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by John G. Lewis (talk • contribs) 22:20, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rivalries with Individual Players 

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message: Just a note to let editors know that there is an ongoing RfC about the term "greatest of all time" (especially in the lead). The discussion ongoing at Talk:Rod Laver. Either way you bend it could affect this article. Join in if you wish. Fyunck(click) (talk) 23:53, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Greatness RfC that may affect this article

message: The Infobox photograph of Jack Nicklaus was taken after he retired from competitive golf. Why show Nicklaus as a senior citizen? The infobox should have a photo of the Golden Bear when he was in his prime. A classic example of this is Jackie Kennedy. When she died in 1994, her portrait was featured on the cover of Newsweek magazine. The photo was taken some time in the late 1950s (about 35 years before her death), when she was very beautiful and in her prime. Newsweek would not have been stupid enough to publish a current (1994) photo of Ms. Onassis. The media in this country is obsessed with youth and beauty. If you watch any of the major TV news networks such as CNN, Fox, CBS and others, all the female reporters and anchors are young and extremely beautiful. A young woman could have a magna cum laude degree in broadcast journalism from Harvard, if she's a "dog" she doesn't have a Chinaman's chance of getting a TV job with the networks.
Coincidentally, Arnold Palmer's Infobox photo also shows him as a senior citizen. On the positive side, Joe Namath's photo was taken in 1965, when he was in his prime. Let's get better Inobox pictures of Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.Anthony22 (talk) 16:12, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: If you can find one that is free to use, knock yourself out. PaulCHebert (talk) 17:35, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why use an Infobox  photograph of Jack Nicklaus that was snapped after he retired? 

message: Hello, most people called 'Jack' are actually 'John'. Does any regular contributor know if this is the case with Nicklaus? I think it might be. This book says so:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qmuCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT26&lpg=PT26&dq=%22John+William+nicklaus%22+Google+books&source=bl&ots=Y2McBuzDDd&sig=ACfU3U2ujFCeoT0qRQZlKzn4aKGwWtHDxw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8nNr8v_j4AhVjSUEAHYunDY0Q6AF6BAgCEAE#v=onepage&q=%22John%20William%20nicklaus%22%20Google%20books&f=false
And from this genealogy site:
https://www.geni.com/people/Jack-Nicklaus/6000000135725697443
If these (or other) sources are enough, the correct name should appear at the very start as per CMOS. Regards Billsmith60 (talk) 13:39, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name: John or Jack 

message: you forgot to include Jack Nicklaus line of apparel.I bought several of those around 40 years ago.It were very well made and it still last to this days,even I don't don it on the golf course now.I am almost bed-riddened,76 years old in Bangkok,Thailand.I also got one of that "Golf my way" fully illustrated golf teaching book that I still love to this day, even I lost it when I had to move to different places to work.May be I will try to buy a new reissued one to rekindle my love for golf....Thank you Mr.Jack Nicklaus. 184.22.100.150 (talk) 19:35, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jack Nicklaus apparel