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Course Quotes by Jack Nicklaus
- Augusta National is a young man's golf course, and you really need a young man's nerves to play on it.
- There's more to be learned here [St. Andrews] about course design than anywhere. Collection bunkers, false fronts, bump shots. The fundamentals of design became fundamental…
- I've always tried to play golf with a golf club. I have a hard time driving with my rifle. I mean, 18 is really narrow…
- I never went into a tournament or round of golf thinking I had to beat a certain player. I had to beat the golf course.…
- If I had only one more round to play, I would choose to play it at Pebble Beach. I've loved this course from the first…
- I've said many times before that Pebble Beach is a wonderful thinking-man's golf course. That is why it is such a great U.S. Open venue.
- Grand Haven will challenge the skilled player yet, because of some width to the holes, it also will be a fun course that the average…
- Golf really excites me only when the course is difficult and challenging. I love competing. The pressure of competition against fine holes and fine players…
- A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave.
- And, of course, I'm constantly energized by designing courses around the world.
- I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf.
- Pete Dye introduced me to golf course design back in the 1960's. He came to my hometown Columbus, Ohio to work on The Golf Club.
- Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.
- A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out and hit a…
- 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…
- I've never set up any golf course that would favor anybody. I try to make it exactly the opposite, which is what we did at…
- If I had one golf course, from a design standpoint, one that I really love, it would probably be Pinehurst. There's a totally tree-lined golf…
- Well, I think that Augusta is not the same golf course that I grew up on. Bobby Jones' philosophy was giving you space off the…
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