I’ll try to help HT. I have Jack’s instructional books dating back to the 1960’s.....His auto biographies....books written about him....An extensive collection of old SPORT magazines and Sports Illustrated magazines with countless articles on Jack.....Arnold Palmer’s books, where among other Jack topics, he talks of Jack’s great character as a man. I have never heard or read about this story. The poster mentioned Paul Harvey. I just went thru a bit of the internet also looking at/for this story with PH and Jack.....nothing. I can see Jack DQ himself if he found out he had violated a rule. That is the great character and respect for Golf that is Jack Nicklaus! If I’m wrong on this Jack Nicklaus/to many clubs in the bag story, I will stand humbly corrected. I just do not remember it.
Not sure, but I think the story may have been that Jack discovered Jackie’s putter right on the first tee of a tournament before play. He took it out, and the lesson was basically to always count your clubs on the first tee.