that has launched prospects such as Griffin and Rose Namajunas into future champions.
“The Next Nicklaus,” said the headline. The father remembers it clearly.“It ran him out of golf,” Nicklaus said.
Some context is required. Gary Nicklaus played four years at Ohio State (one title), earned a European tour card and got through Q-school in 1999 to earn a PGA Tour card. But Nicklaus felt the publicity was too much for his son at that age.“Gary would get off the 18th and run to the car so he didn’t have to talk to the press for about two years,” he said. “Sports Illustrated said they wanted to do a story. We said, ‘No cover, none of that.’ They put it right on the cover. It was not nice what they did.”Nicklaus also thought the publicity was over the top when his grandson, G.T., made an ace in the Par 3 Contest before the 2018 Masters.
“That’s the kind of things you’ve really got to try to avoid with kids,” he said. “It’s difficult for them. It’s even tougher today. Charlie is a nice little player. He’s got a beautiful little golf swing. Does he want to follow his father? Does he realize what’s going on?”Woods was in the Detroit area last summer when his son qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur.
, said to be 10 times the size of a normal crowd for that event. Or were they there to see his father?
Nicklaus knows that feeling, too.Not everyone was thrilled about it.
Several fans emailed the team expressing their anger at the gesture, which was not authorized directly by the team. The club responded to those who reached out, writing that the viewpoints of current and former players do not necessarily reflect the view of the organization.Trump was joined on stage at the rally to announce he was
by 50% by quarterback Mason Rudolph and safety Myles Killebrew.Rudolph said he saw some of the blowback but did not take it personally.