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Writers have told me more than once that I'm a better interview in defeat than in victory, which is a compliment I am extremely proud of.

~Jack Nicklaus

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The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.

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I've wanted to design golf courses ever since I was a kid. I suppose it comes from the way I've played the game. To find the proper way to play any hole, I've always begun by asking myself what the architect has tried to do with it.

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Golfers have a tendency to be very masochistic. They like to punish themselves for some reason. A lot of them like tough courses.

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I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf.

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Mostly I built golf courses the way I played golf, which was left-to-right. But I learned very rapidly that people wanted to see more than just the way I played golf and that I had to balance up what I was doing, right-to-left, left-to-right, etc.

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Naturally it is nice to be widely known for worthwhile achievements, but it forces you to do many things which you don't like to do and these things take up time you want for other things.

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A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.

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I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.

~Jack Nicklaus

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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: January 21st, 1940

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