Jack in his prime was staggering. He hit the ball a mile. Phil is 40 now and at times is playing some of his best golf ever. What is staggering about Phil is he is now one of the longest drivers on the tour. Only guys ahead of him are Alvaro Quiros, Bubba Watson and maybe one or two others. Phil is a bomber and blows past Tiger now.
Phil at the Masters hit some incredible iron shots. Pretty damn good for a guy who’s wife is still very sick. He owned Tiger most of last year. Tiger was fell apart at the last tourney of the year in Shanghai while Phil won. The fans loved Phil and were not happy with Tiger telling photographers to stop taking pictures.
Tiger may beat Jack’s record but he will be a bit like Barry Bonds. Was it the steroids or HGH?
Strange story, didn't have a ticket, didn't expect to get one, but said what the hell, I'll drive up there and see what happens.
Was walking around the parking lot, asking about tickets, and up comes this "scalper" selling tickets.
Except he wasn't really "scalping", I think he was a PGA plant or something, he only "scalped" me for about 20 bucks. In like Flynn.
Anyway, I witnessed Jack Himself hit maybe the last dozen practice driver shots on the range.
You might as well have recorded one drive on your video camera, then press rewind, press play.
He was that precise. Every shot was a carbon copy. Maybe 280 yards out there, classic Nicklaus fade, takeoff angle, ball flight, perfect.
The green under the flag was white. Because all the balls were peppered around it.
I thought, "Damn. No wonder this guy won all those tournaments.".
And he won that one, too. His last Senior Major victory.
Wish I could watch that again. All the big old boys were there. Player, Palmer, Weiskopf, you name it. Calvin Peete was having an awful time of it, he was 20-some over par and obviously couldn't wait to get off the course.
Vijay had his best run around age 40, as did Mark O’Meara. But it’s unusual. Usually the putting is shot by then. Nerves.