Jack Nicklaus v Gary Player Inc 'The Incident' 1966 World Matchplay Final
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Another classic duel between the giants of the game but not to do with the score but with the controversial incident.
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Jack Nicklaus's Achievement(partial list)
In a span of 25 years, from 1962 (age 22) to 1986 (age 46), Nicklaus won 18 professional major championships.
The most any player has won in a career.
Nicklaus held sole possession of the lead after 54 holes of a major championship on eight occasions and won each in regulation.
Nicklaus won 10 of 12 major championships when having the lead outright or tied for the lead after 54 holes and won eight times when trailing after 54 holes.
Nicklaus had EIGHT final-day comebacks in majors.
In 18 professional major championship victories, Nicklaus shot 56 rounds at even par or below.
Nicklaus won two major championships in a season on five occasions (1963, 1966, 1972, 1975, and 1980).
An insane Nicklaus stat:
From the 1970 British Open through the 1978 British Open, he finished in the top 10 in 31 of 33 majors.
In the two in which he didn't, he tied for 11th and 13th.
At age 33 in 1973, Nicklaus broke Bobby Jones' record of 13 major championships (old configuration) and Walter Hagen's record of 11 professional major championships by winning his third PGA Championship; 14th and 12th win, respectively.
NOTE: Jack has lived with the record for 60+ years. A lifetime mark that will probably never be matched.
One of two players to achieve a "triple career slam" i.e. winning all four major championships three times in a career.
Nicklaus made 39 consecutive cuts in major championships starting at the 1969 Masters and ending by being cut at the 1978 PGA Championship.
In this span, he won eight times, was runner-up seven times, and had 33 top-10 finishes.
Nicklaus holds the record for most runner-up finishes in majors with 19.
Nicklaus holds the record of 37 first or second-place finishes at Majors. (Maybe even more amazing and more difficult a feat than 18 Majors)
Almost more amazing is that Nicklaus had 19...that's right...19 second place finishes in majors.
instead of screaming 'In the hole' as the players barely finish their swing you get a ripple of applause and a 'oh what a magnificent shot', how times have changed!
“In the hole” off the tee is so cringe
“cringeworthy”
@@andrewrobinson8305 nope
No class anymore.
or USA USA .....
The OJ verdict, the JFK assassination and the incident between Nicklaus and Player. 3 of the most controversial events of the 20th century.
@Golfing Guy It wasn't controversial until you commented on it
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A lot of people are complaining about the style of this old tape. I quite enjoyed it.
+guarinod
Didn't they have to hold up play a lot so they could reposition the cameras back then. They didn't have that many cameras back in the early 60's.
+guarinod well if they had it in crystal clear hd, id ask whrere they hid the time machine
+telfer09 Todays watchers expect too much from these old ones.they are so spoiled with today's technology.
+dttruman Or they're just too stupid to understand that technology has evolved over time and that cameras didn't just go from non-existent to high-definition overnight.
gjjd cant beat the old skool 😉👍🏼
I was 17 years-old and remember this so well. Man, to have a swing like either one of these great players!
Wow! A par 74 course with four par 5's on the back nine, including par 5's at 15, 17, and 18. The equipment and conditioning of the course really determined what their stances and swings were like. Back then they really had to "pop" the balls on the green, and even the slightest of mishits with the long clubs sent the ball offline. This is also some actual rare footage of Jack missing crucial putts. I really enjoyed seeing this replay.
That sounds like it would be so much fun to play
@@kyucklebeans I just Googled the course's greens fees and I don't think I can afford to play though.
What course is it?
@@Stuck_N_A_bunk Wentworth West Course located in Surrey, England.
Notice the drop that Nicklaus made from behind the parked cars. He has to drop the ball back over his shoulder. Old school drop.
Sometimes it does the heart good to see the great players have an off day.
Wow, 'The Incident' had me at the edge of my seat.
I was expecting to see an incident. I didn’t. I want my 8 minutes back!
Jack Nicklaus best of all time. Most Majors (sorry Tiger you tried), Most career wins, And Biggest Hitter of all time, no question.
Oh please. Even Jack admits Tiger is a better player and his achievements have been against far deeper opposition. That from a one time Nicklaus fan who grew up with Jack around.
@@SearchBucket2 you expect Jack Nicholas to be anything but gracious yeah I know being a dick is Tigers thing. Jack is the ultimate winner in golf.
Player has way more wins worldwide
@@SearchBucket2 looney tunes
@@patriotblade5304 Thank you for you well thought out, articulate input👍
This is like saying "The incident" of my work career is one day the monitor on my computer failed to work and it took the IT guy all morning to fix it.
LMAO!!!
Did you request and get a new IT guy?
"This incident will be watched on tiny handheld screens 50 years from now !"
"What the hell are you talking about ?"
"Nuthin'. Just an idea."
I thought it was going to be a real incident, like The Concession. There was nothing to this. Amazing playing by Player. Never saw a round when Jack drove it so poorly, though his swing sure looked smooth that day.
We're too used to Patrick Reed doing something sketchy. LOL
Would love to have been there. I was lucky to see Nicklaus play towards the end of his career, as well as other greats like Ballesteros, David Graham, Norman et. al.
I know what you mean. Arnie's Army member here. I started going to tournaments in the early 70s and have been consistently going to tournaments since. As long as I can walk I plan on continuing.
This sounds like the glorious Narrator Alistair Cooke. He had a vocal style that puts to shame nearly all of the latter day announcers. Only Peter Oosterhuis and the incomparable Peter Alliss can match that incredible delivery. As for the match, even the mighty "Golden Bear" occasionally choked on the Honey. Player whipped the snot out of him in this encounter. Jacks normally unerring driver even managed to find a parking lot on one hole!! This goes to show that nobody every truly mastered the game if golf. And no player ever will.
Player’s downswing is nothing but ferocious. That swing would top a lot of leaderboards today.
Definitely.......Gary Player doesn't get talked about as much as some other legends.....but the man was a stud.
other than players now hitting it a hundred yards past him.
@@bobbys4327 That is due to equipment. In 2017, Boom Boom Fred Couples averaged 297 yds at age 57...he was hitting 275 yds in 1992 at age 32 and 269 at age 22.
@@bobbys4327 with space age clubs and balls. I saw Tiger reviewing a new version of the driver he uses and the club head was the size of a basketball. Has ruined the game, but the fans love the long ball. Golf avoided the steroid problem of baseball by changing the equipment, not the players.
@@jamesrav Yeah, I remember when the huge driver clubheads started and one golf announcer, don't remember who but he goes: look at that driver, it looks like he is swinging a flower pot! LOl
Almost sixty years later , Player is still playing. Incredible.
He is having to sue his own son in fact for supposedly slipping away w some of his statuary probably from this event in fact. You know Gary Player then shrugs it off & does 2000 crunches.
playing what>>> His idiot Sone cemented Gary Player as a one of them.. but not Jack
he's definitely a Player.
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Did you see where he - a 3 time winner had to beg the members at Augusta for one of them to complete a foursome with two of his grandsons ?
"...and achieves the feat of hitting a steward on the head, and bouncing into the car park. This is legal, but hard to repeat." That's one of the funniest play-by-play lines of all time.
Nothing beats British sports commentary in any sport
you would have this was a really odd thing to say even back then tho !
@@grantross2609 you should watch more British sports play by play. No one can turn a phrase like they can.
"This is legal but hard to repeat". Love it!
That's Alistair Cooke's good writing and narration.
Two of the greatest golfers of all time.
Yes
Gary was one of the most competitive sportsmen ever !
The greatest is jack
so cool to see these guys walking up the last hole shown on the video together ........really enjoy watching these old videos ....... 57 years ago.........would love to see the types of clubs they were using ......... on one of the holes shown ....the annoncer said player had just used a 4 wood ....... too cool...thanks for the video andrew ...glad i came across it
Just loved that storey...... Also people you have to watch the film SEVE..... Outstanding film just outstanding.....
Jack sure had an off day. Nice playin Black Knight!
zoots15 He didnt have many- 1st or 2nd in 37 majors, i think that sounds so impossible. wow
Everyone has them just some more than others kinda like me😁
A rare off day for Jack
These giants are young men here, I was born in 66, I am now 54, it is incredible that both of these men are still around and are still regarded as golfing legends in 2021, incredible, will Messi and co still be around in 54 years time?
Now you’re 56
IMO Messi will be remembered far more. Although golf is also worldwide, it doesn’t compare to the following and popularity of soccer. I love golf, but sorry to break it to you.
Great to hear Alistair Cooke's gently transatlantic tones again.
Alistair Cooke - golfing fanatic and the perfect commentator.
I think Tiger played the best golf ever played in 2000, his consistency was amazing but majors are what we remember and Jacks got 18 wins and 19 2nds, thats career consistency.
Jack had ~twice as many opportunities. Give Tiger the same number of chances and he tops 25 wins.
@@jeremymorris1227 u miss the point jack gave himself more opportunities tiger didn't ..
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Michael Kennedy I don’t Jack could do the shots that tiger could because of the ball was a a lot shorter in distance the clubs and shafts were not as good these guys never ad the use of gyms Physios fitness instructors even there shoes were like clogs tiger would of been great in that era but you cant compare them and there were more legends in jacks time just look at the majors won by Watson player Palmer and he won the masters at 47
@@rockyfrankham864 tiger had one consistent competitor. Phil. Jack had more than a dozen. He is playing as well as he ever played he just has better competition now than in 2000. Jack with modern equipment in tiger era. He wins 30 majors. Tiger in Jack's era with that equipment tiger might win 1
@@jeremymorris1227 Yet another ridiculous "Tiger woulda coulda shoulda so he's still the GOAT" argument.
I was once involved in a high stakes golf match. My opponent was much better than me and much more seasoned. I was in the lead until an unruly fan drove his car onto the golf course and struck me. The next few hole were disastrous as I lost my lead. Things were pretty close on the last hole and as I was putting a structure collapsed that the unruly fan had crashed into with his car. I was forced to play it as it lay but my former golf coach had trained me at a putt putt course before he tragically fell to his death out of my apartment window. I sunk the putt using the structure to my advantage. After this I went back to my mediocre hockey career.
I bet you were Happy.
why did i read this.
It’s quite amazing that you took the time to even type this. Get a life
@@I_need_an_oil_change I typed this comment 4 years ago and it probably took 2 min. This one took less. You suck, dave.
@@uppercaset12345 Well dude, your comment was lame four years ago and it still hasn’t aged very well. Hopefully you got your GED in that time.
I remember' the incident 'like it was just yesterday, we talked about it for hours in work those were the days.
In those days, and even during the 70s, there was very little golf coverage on TV and the World Match-Play Championship at Wentworth had the status of almost being the 5th Major, at least from the British media's viewpoint. Today, they can have four or five world championships in a season but none of them have the allure of the original World Match-Play Championship.
What struck me was the behavior of the gallery compared to galleries of today. I just watched Tiger Woods win on Sunday. His gallery acted like ill mannered slobs by yelling and hollering the whole time.
What a world we live in - used to live in - probably worse now- if a super star, millionaire golfer hits you on the head with his ball you are supposed to be grateful. Absolutely mad !
I once got partially killed by a grand piano Burt Bacharac pushed off a stage. Best day of my life.
Interesting. According to these standards, I have 4-5 “incidents” per round.
I was seven years old when this match was played...
no one cares about you
@@ddutsie That's just cruel...lol
I love Wentworth, the history of the game of golf that has been written there is amazing
Simon.....I also enjoyed my visits to Wentworth....first being the 1974 Match Play final......beautiful in Autumn......the smell of the pine trees......just a pity that Ernie Els turned the West Course into a USA country club lookalike......
Men in sports coats and ties as spectators. A different time.
Yep,today i can only see fat guys with shorts and a cap on their heads.
At least when you watch Golf from the PGA tour..
And don't forget the idiot loud mouths yelling, "GET IN THE HOLE!"
Lastchip, very spot on. Haha.
@lastchip Diversity will not work in America as long as Democrats are in office
@@Al-ud8qi That's some guy yelling to his son that he wants a grandchild! LOL!!!
At my first tourney on LI New York, I was on the ropes around the green on a par 3. Player went over the green by 9 feet. As he walked by me I said "put it in the hole Gary" (being a big fan). The little piece of sh@# stopped and berated me in front of the whole crowd! So I told him to GO TO HELL!! He double bogeyed the whole and asked security to have me removed. The best part is when i pulled out my badge!!
really O_o
Met them both when I worked security at the Canadian Open. Gary was a great guy joking with security and the crowd. Nicholas was so bad by the last day he was walking from hole to hole on his own and security had had enough abuse. He was a jerk.
Maybe because you misspelled his last name???
The REALLY difficult thing is trying to stay awake.
"...and achieves the feat of hitting a steward on the head, and bouncing into the car park. This is legal, but hard to repeat."
!!! LOVE THAT BRITISH HUMOUR !!!
Not Golden Bear's finest moment but career wise, steady winner from start to finish, the GOAT. GP is my favorite golfer of all time and I was thrilled to see him win.
I graduated high school in 1966 and immediately got a job fighting forest fires. Golf was the last thing I worried about. It's nice to be able to see what I missed.
I thought Gary just walked like an old man because he was one... but he walked that way when he was young too
Lol
Byron Nelson won 11 tournaments in a row. That will never be equaled nor will Jack’s 18 majors. Bobby Jones is the only golfer to have won a true grand slam in one calendar year. Several, including Hogan, Player, Nicklaus, and Tiger have won career slams. We cannot forget Seve and Sir Nick, two of the greatest European players of all time.
Two great swings...both men with extremely straight left arms extended, creating huge arcs.. definitely created huge width in the swing for long long long distance....and most of all, accuracy. Left side controls the swing..demonstrated by super straight left arms / shoulders.
Nobody better than Jack. Period
Gary Player kicked his ass that day..........
We've gone from dropping a ball blindly over your shoulder, to dropping it in front of you shoulder high, to dropping it knee high where you can practically place the ball.
Sounds like Alistair Cooke doing the voice-over
Renton Laidlaw?
Definitely Cooke
Why is this so interesting and the matchplay this year at Harding park was so boring? Maybe just the personalities, guys are so lame now.
Same with Formula 1,its a big YAWN through it all.. :/
BE BETTER GOLF ,
BE BETTER GOLF there so few personality in golf now and so much soulless great golf that's why kids don't relate with sport any more
lastchip Corporate sponsorship has created automatons
Just your sentimentality & laziness. You're feeling your age, change scares you - so you hide behind that odious 'everything-was-better-in-the-good-old-days' mentality. Click on any bit of vintage golf (or other sport) on youtube, and people like you are coming out with tired old cliches like yours.
Love the voice of Alistair Cooke.
doesnt' look like the golf courses were near as tight and perfectly groomed as they are today. And where are our great golfers today with such great courses? Those guys back in Arnie's day were better golfers on harder courses than today. O well - still a great sport to play.
Imagine what these two great golfers could do with today's technology but in there prime omg
@Golfing Guy You can argue that it is not just the equipment. Better training and awareness of health, working out diet. Modern techniques and coaching with computer aids. But something certainly has made a difference in just the last 25 years. From PGA.com
By Daniel Wilco
PGA.com
Series: PGA Tour
Published: Tuesday, July 03, 2018 | 11:34 a.m.
In 1997, John Daly became the first golfer on the PGA Tour to average more than 300 yards per drive. That year, he was more than 30 yards longer than the average Tour player.
Now, 21 years later, the entire PGA Tour averages 295.3 yards off the tee - the longest average ever. By the way that stat has been increasing over the past five years, don’t be surprised to see the Tour’s average break the 300 mark by 2024.
hasnt changed that much... apart from giving mediocre golfers the ability to make the game look silly
@@govansquared4759 Agreed. Late 60's early 70's. Perhaps the greatest level of golf talent (number of top players) ever on the tour at the same time. JMHO
Gary Player, a great golfer & true gentleman ....
Yes, even though he is a bit full of himself.
Patrick I'm aware of two tournaments where the golfer playing with Gary accused him of cheating, hardly a gentleman.
He's a cheat
i'd love to see the golf pros today playing with the golf clubs of the sixties!
Include the ball of today!
For golf, an "incident" is the equivalent of a child dropping a napkin at Starbucks.
Dexter Haven dont ya just hate that.
This is the most accurate comment ever.
Yeah. Isn't that great? It's known as being civilized.
the one ' incident ' in an otherwise less than noteworthy spanking
Nothing like a little perspective:)
Retrospectively, if Nicklaus' gripe was with the officious official and whether the obstacle was in his line of sight or not, and by choosing a wedge to avoid it, thus effectively ENSURING that he would concede the hole, perhaps he could have tried another approach. Namely, a longer appropriate club, DELIBERATELY drilled at the obstacle and hitting it. THEN, I assume this would have proven his assertion that the obstacle was INDEED in his line, and he should have been granted a drop, and the stroke replayed. Thus giving him his "rightful" opportunity to win or halve the hole.
another great footage
thanks much
Colonel Duncan did it in the library with a candlestick.
Saying I think the sign is in my way is not clear definite enough..... He needed to be certain. I would never question Nicklaus's sportsmanship though. A true gentlemen of the sport
I love how many people are dissatisfied with the "incident". YOU clicked on a Player vs Jack match play video, wtf did you expect to see? Ffs.
Jack had a beautiful swing
My only thought throughout: what were the spectators holding? Looked like a periscope 👀
You are right! They are periscopes, actually similar to the trench periscopes which soldiers used in ww1 to peep over the top.
Always something see and enjoy with both these -- although a non contest. Nicklaus never beat himself up and took advise from those he trusted. Why he lasted so long. The longest career in sport really.
Two superb champions!
Wish they’d do more match play on the tour these days. So boring just watching them smash around the courses these days. Much better when there’s jeopardy on every hole.
Alister Cooke on the narration. I could listen to him read recipes.
Remember, Player won this match 6 & 4. I'm a huge Nicklaus fan, but this one was pretty much wrapped up anyway.
Jack had better competition than Tiger Woods.
@@Toadyru tough call that.Nicklaus regularly beat three or four of the all time greats. Woods best years probably came when the greats of the 80s and 90s were past their best and the superstars of the last 10 years were still to reach the top. and only Phil (second place) Mickleson was his main rival. having said that Woods won plenty majors by a distance
A totally different time. Notice the courtesy of the crowd and the composure of the players. Two years before the '68 revolution.
Put another ten years on Jack and i doubt whether he would have called for a Referee change. But let's be fair even the greatest have their awkward moments. On the other hand, the pompous old buffer of officialdom - was not gonna let the Worlds best run the show. It was still a top game to watch from two of the best ever.
How slow were those greens? My God!!
great stuff, thanks
Gary player walked like he was 100 years old back then...
Back in the days when greens were fairways, the fairways were rough, the rough was heavy rough and the heavy rough was the jungle.
eaton84 so true. The courses are so manicured now. Fairways are like hitting off of a kitchen sponge, soft and supple.
Nowadays the fellow who got hit would file multiple suits
I love Jack way over tiger because Tiger is a cheat and crummy human being, but the best in the world could be Mr. Gary Player. 86 years old nd still can play and had to travel millions of miles to play all over the world. It can easily be a 24 hour flight back in those days and Gary did it for years and years, never really having a true home court advantage like the prima donnas in the U.S. that play in their own back yard all their lives. Gary should get so much more credit than perhaps he does even though he's loved all over the world.
I haven't been so surprised by the end of a video since the series finale of The Sopranos. I kept waiting for the controversy. Jack didn't like the ruling on one hole in a match he lost by six holes? Somebody explain why this is famous. The only thing that stood out to me was Jack's poor sportsmanship in whining about the ruling so much that the referee quit to make him shut up.
The terrible suspense...I can't contain myself.
Tiger had the best coach Butch Harmon (remember his opp, kid from Fl, his girl friend caddying both eating hotdogs at US jr am while Tiger was instructed by Butch. Tiger was also ground floor of new tech, drivers , balls etc. Jack played alot with Mcgregor and H irwin said I couldn't find a round and amazed at Jack being able to hit fairways with them. Nobody has mentioned Tiger being tagged with steriod use, look at pics in diff eras. Jack the Best.
How many time have yôu seen on t.v., or read mentioned Nicklaus' win in 86?( which featured a closing 65?) Now think how many times, that you've seen, or read of Player's win in 78, in which he closed with a course record tying 64. Albeit not as old as Nicklaus as at the time of his grand finale, he was no "spring rooster", as it were. He was 42 udara of age..A year earlier, Elvis died at the age of 42. Both men being born in the year of 1935. A "Black Knight", and a "King", Palmer was born in 1930, followed by Player in 1935. With Nicklaus, somewhat anachronistically for our purpose's, or any for that matter, coming in last. I imagine Player relishes his spry step, and his washboard stomach, that hes had since World War last raged in Europe. What a model for steady, and dedicated pursuit of excellence. The greatness of Nicklaus is that beat the greats of golf, so often, and even when he didn't, he wasn't far behind. As great as Player was, and he was most certainly great indeed, Nicklaus doubled his total of 9 majors, by amassing 18 professionl majors. Eclipscing Palmer's tally of 7, by two victories. Leaving only a couple, or perhaps 3 men with more. Jone's, Nicklaus, and Woods, are among them, but im blanking on the statistics....
“This is legal, but hard to repeat.”
LMBO.
What did we do before HD?
That was a great shot at 3:40 by Player. He is really underrated among the all time greats.
garrison 68 He is certainly not underrated in his own mind.
@@melciveng it was confidence in his ability especially under pressure that made him a great. Winning majors in 3 decades, plus majors on champions tour
what happened to those cool cardboard mirror things the people would look through to get above the crowd?
WOW! I’m glad I saw “the incident”............... I have no idea what this is about. Was it the car being hit? That’s as far as I got before I said I’m lost, tooo lost!
1996? That looks like a Godfather scene in that parking lot.
Those motors in the car park though!
Very interesting footage. Is the commentator Alistair Cooke?
Yes...
I can’t believe the crowd worship!!
This was a time when Mr. Nicklaus was unlovingly known as "Fat Jack" by his detractors, a short while before he became the beloved "Golden Bear."
"Ohio Fats".
"This is legal but.. hard to repeat" 🤣
Player throws a mean right hook, but Nicklaus dodges well.
Player beat Nicklaus like a red headed stepchild on this day!!
Man... those are some SLOW greens by today's standard. I'd love to give that a try.
Does anybody know what the crowd is using at 1:49? The tall thing they all seem to be looking through. I’ve looked around to the best of my ability and I still have no idea
They are "periscopes" so you can see over the people in front of you.
I’d say turning point or controversy, but incident is stretching it. Nicklaus didn’t cause harm.
"and achieves the feat of hitting a steward on the head and bouncing into the car park"
"this is legal but hard to repeat"
right kk bundy? no sympathy for the steward
The real feat is hitting him on the foot.
The greens appear to be quite slow in those days. Much easier putting I'd imagine.
i don't think so. Notice that they pop putt the ball, not like the smooth push stroke we use nowadays . Modern day mowers
make the greens soooo smooth and roll soooo nice.
In what "sport" do you get to replace an Official if you disagree with a JUDGEMENT call?
tennis- Nadal insisted a rare umpire with the integrity to punish one of his regular serve time violations should never umpire his matches again
I enjoyed interviewing the two of them at the media meet prior to the President's Cup in Montreal. It was much more enjoyable than this.