Episode 358: Jack Nicklaus on Life and Golf
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Newt guest is The Golden Bear, Jack Nicklaus, arguably the greatest golfer of all time and without question the game’s greatest champion. Winning 120 professional tournaments worldwide, including 73 PGA Tour events and a record 18 major championships over a 25-year span. Nicklaus shares the secrets to his success both on and off the course.
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| 0:35.7 | On this episode of Newt's World I'm particularly excited because my guest is one of the most |
| 0:41.1 | admired athletes, champion golfer, philanthropist and by the way, somebody who's helped a lot of |
| 0:47.0 | Republicans. The Golden Bear, Jack Nicklaus, the winner of 120 professional tournaments worldwide, |
| 0:54.3 | including 73 PGA tour events and a record 18 major championships over a 25-year span. Those majors |
| 1:03.2 | include six masters, five PGA championships, four U.S. Open Championships, three British opens. |
| 1:10.6 | And amazingly, he won at least two PGA tour events in 17 consecutive seasons of 1962 and 1978. |
| 1:20.3 | In 1962, his first tour win was also his first U.S. Open title and he put on his last green jacket |
| 1:28.4 | in 1986. As an historian, I'm always interested in how people begin their journey to greatness and |
| 1:35.4 | I've listened to Jack Trock, one of those fascinating evenings. We had two Republican golfers of |
| 1:41.2 | some renowned in Speaker John Boehner and the Senator from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham, who is |
| 1:48.1 | always golfing with Trump and Jack Nicklaus and the three of them talked and it was amazing to |
| 1:54.2 | listen to the conversation. So I promptly beg Jack to join us and talk with us about what's going |
| 2:00.6 | on. It's a great privilege for any of us who've ever tried to golf to have a chance. |
| 2:20.2 | So Jack, thank you for joining me and I really want to just start with talking about your life, |
| 2:26.0 | but I want to start with a quote from you. You said, quote, golf was my vehicle to competition |
| 2:33.3 | and competition is what I like and I'm just curious, what taught you to love competition? |
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