Jack Nicklaus’ was one of the greatest putter’s in the game. He one-putted six of the final nine greens at the 1986 Masters to roar from eight spots back to claim his record-setting 18th major.

I was curious what putter was used by Jack Nicklaus during this famous win. I discovered Jack Nicklaus won the Masters using MacGregor’s Response ZT putter, designed by the legendary club designer Clay Long.

Although the company had planned to sell only 6,000 for the year, the day after Nicklaus’ victory they were deluged with 5,000 orders. They sold 300,000 that year.

Jack Nicklaus famous quote was “I’m one of the greatest two-putters,” he once said. The Golden Bear often plotted to avoid three-putting before doing anything else.

Jack Nicklaus Putter MacGregor’s Response ZT 615

The putter was odd-looking, with an oversized aluminum head. When designer Clay Long first showed it to Nicklaus in July, 1985, he asked “Is this a joke?”. Nicklaus almost abandoned the club after missing the cut for the Honda Classic that year, due to the large but lightweight club’s sensitivity to wind gusts which caused him to miss a six inch putt. However, he had the head weighted with lead for a heavier “feel” and went on to perform spectacularly with it in the Masters.

Tags: 1986 Masters, Golf Putters, Jack Nicklaus, Macgregor, Macgregor putters, Masters Winners, Putter

12 December 2011 in Putters 0 Comments

Jack Nicklaus won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 24 years and is widely regarded by golf critics and analysts as the greatest golfer of all time. The reason he was that successful was because he knew something about Golf that we don’ t know.

Jack Nicklaus Golf Tips

The following is a top ten collection of Jack Nicklaus golfing tips. It is collected from some of his most famous golf quotes.

1. A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
2. Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.
3. Don’t be too proud to take lessons. I’m not.
4. Focus on remedies, not faults.
5. Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.
6. I’m a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don’t enjoy.
7. Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.
8. Sometimes the biggest problem is in your head. You’ve got to believe you can play a shot instead of wondering where your next bad shot is coming from.
9. Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game’s two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.
10. Lastly, don’t take the game of Golf too serious, the game is meant to be fun.

Tags: golf tips, Golfing Tips, Jack Nicklaus, Nicklaus Golf, Pga Tour, Straight Shot

07 July 2011 in Golf Tips 0 Comments