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No. 40 The Greatest Shot
Jack Nicklaus
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No. 40 The
Greatest Shot Jack Nicklaus
People have always asked me. "What is the
greatest shot you have ever seen?" There could only be but one. Time-1959
Trans-Mississippi Tournament. Problem - ball in two feet of dense thick wet
rough (the thickest I have ever seen) no air under the ball - grain against
him (an expert would have difficulty in wedging it out) 50 yards away loom
large pine trees that must be cleared. Here we see Jack Nicklaus meeting
this challenge. The gallery, thinking wedge to the fairway, was stunned as
Jack pulled out a four iron, turned and faced the trees. With his young
super strength, the club ripped the ball out of the tangled grass, cleared
the pines, and settled just short of the green, 275 yards away. Unlike other
great shots where the crowd explodes with anxiety - and outside of a few
witnesses that didn't understand the enormity of the shot - there was a dead
silence, no one could comprehend what they had seen. This unbelievable shot
helped lead to his 3-2 victory over runner-up Deane Beman. This shot could
never be duplicated again. Not even by the great man himself. The
Trans-Mississippi was Jack's first major championship and the first ever
defense of a long list of major titles.Print signed by artist Loyal H. Chapman
(unframed)
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