Jack Nicklaus at the 1980 U.S. Open: "The Day Jack Came Back" | The Golden Bear at Baltusrol

[@steviechampagne]

Jeez, he made so MANY long putts. What a clutch performer. He simply got it done while others got close. The true mark of greatness

[@SSNESS]

The first tournament I went to with our grandparents

[@wonderbreadmodelsandhistor1566]

You have to understand Jack Nicklaus. He didn’t play for money…and by this point he was already wealthy beyond what he could ever spend. Golf also wasn’t the most important thing to him…his family was. Many players are scared of pressure and choke up or freeze. Jack Nicklaus genuinely enjoyed pressure and competition. When everybody else was crapping their pants he was taking a deep breath and having the time of his life…he played golf for the competition. That’s why he’s the greatest…it’s not that he didn’t feel pressure…he looked forward to it. No swing coach, no therapist or trainer. Just a man and his love for pressure and competition.

[@thenewnationpodcast]

My uncle Ward caddied for Aoki during this US OPEN

[@mariepavlov2425]

1980 was an memorable year: the United States Olympic Hockey Team winning the gold medal ("Miracle on Ice"), a filly named Genuine Risk winning the 106th Kentucky Derby and Jack Nicklaus' fourth U.S. Open.

[@oldschoolmuscle4436]

Jack Nicklaus the undisputable GOAT on and off the course.

[@tchance65]

Old School Muscle pure class!

[@marcmarini6365]

You are right. The greatest player in history is the one that won the most majors . That's the best players playing in tbe best tournament. It's not Woods like some contemporaries say.

[@CCROGGY]

@@marcmarini6365what’s incredible is if Nicklaus had not finished runner up multiple times in majors, used better equipment, and was more serious on physical fitness, he could’ve easily won more majors!

[@davedobson4893]

I was there with my brother and my dad watching my favorite golfer of all time win the US Open on my 18h birthday

[@SSNESS]

Is your dad the guy in the Mets hat?

[@claytoncopeland3969]

Nicklaus had the mental ability to play with ice running through his veins. He could play four consecutive days of consistent & stellar shot-making without considerable trouble or hiccups. Hitting fairways all day, approach shots a blend of steady and fantastic, putting solid and/or great. In this tourney and others, notice down the stretch he didn't end up on the next fairway over, or in big trouble in the trees, or scrambling to save shots. His mental prowess led to a consistency today's golfers don't really know. Rory McIlroy spoke w Nicklaus at length before the 2011 US Open, after Rory had blown the Masters months earlier. On the heels of speaking w Jack, Rory had a Nicklaus-ice-veins US Open and won it going away. Watch that tourney or final round, Rory's demeanor is unwavering, his shots match his mentality, which is akin to Nicklaus here and many other Nicklaus tournaments.

[@OldProphet61]

Things that didn't age well: "Lon Hinkle may very well turn out to be one of the superstars of the 80's."

[@undeadcommander86]

Love these vintage opens

[@Gitfiddle]

Aoki was such a competitor. Love watching that guy play.

[@johnnymossville]

Jack has huge respect for Aoki's game as well, and has said so.

[@hooligan_3]

The best part of this video was the crowd reaction. Just clapping and cheering. No drunken morons yelling "Get in the hole!" on every shot. Jack's sportsmanship on 18, after he made his putt, keeping the crowd away so Ioki could putt was also great.

[@michael.prescott4016]

yep, fans have changed

[@MrDirtySweed]

GET IN THA HOLE!

[@MM-qi5mk]

Charlie Zost , MASHED POTATOES !!!

[@haroldfloyd5518]

Remember, Nicklaus topped the old majors record when he was 32. The only goal was the grand slam, which only Tiger achieved. Still, Jack is the GOAT. Over a 20 year span (80 majors) Jack finished 1,2 or 3 over 50 times. Woods isn’t even close.

[@ag358]

Woods didn't win all four in one year and Bobby Jones did, in his day the masters didn't exist and us and were majors because the ams were as good or better than the pros. Bobby won 4 us opens 3 brit opens out of four entries five us ams and one British am. He used to give two strokes a side to his pro friends when the ask Tommy armour why he excepted Tommy said because he's that g-d damn good. Bobby retired at age twenty eight with over forty percent win rate and thirteen majors but still jack is the goat. Always wonder if Byron n kept playing, retired at thirty two and Bobby kept playing what would have happened but Bobby was miles ahead and couldn't accept prize money so he retired and focused on a law practice, he practiced law his last two years of competition. Bobby went months without touching a club and usually won the next tournament he played.

[@Gitfiddle]

Jack was so consistent with that fade. How could you beat that guy when he was on? Impossible.

[@stooch66]

Aoki could have won a couple majors if it weren’t for Jack. Fine, fine player.

[@johnelliott5859]

Could listen to Peter Aliss all day.

[@Deke1]

The G.O.A.T!

[@thenumberquelve158]

For Jack Nicklaus of all people to have that easy of a putt for 62 and not even TOUCH the hole, that goes to show you're just simply NOT ALLOWED to shoot 62 at a major. I don't know how Branden Grace finally did it at the 2017 Open Championship. The Spirits finally got bored or something.

[@patricksullivan7140]

I remember this. Watched it in the pro shop.

[@PeterBrown-mz4nv]

I've always wondered which moment in Keith Fergus's career he found more exciting at the time. Winning his first tournament, the Memorial, or being neck and neck with Jack Nicklaus at this tournament? Does anyone know?

[@hillbilly4christ638]

My big takeaway with Nicklaus is how self critical he was of his game. I could see him in interviews and on the course constantly challenging himself. He wasn’t a narcissist, rather he was a gentleman and his self criticism forced him to make better and better shots. Yes he was competitive, but his greatest competitor was his own self determination. It seems that people who achieve the highest levels of accomplishment push themselves the hardest. The game couldn’t have a better representative of the sport.

[@timdailey2690]

1980: The Day Jack Came Back 1986: Hold my Pimento cheese sandwich 🥪

[@fs1natra]

1986 jacks us masters win tied harry vardon for most wins(6) in a single major championship.vardon won 6 british opens.

[@TheRuffusMD]

you will notice lon hinkles hat with AMANA on it . this was part of the beginning of players wearing nascar type ads on their clothing

[@johncassani6780]

At least it was just their hats back then. There were still plenty of guys who didn’t even wear hats back then. I think it was John Daly who started renting space on his shirt to whom ever would pay.

[@fs1natra]

nicklaus never hit the ball better than in 1980. that year jack was number one in greens in regulation. nicklaus' 1980 total driving stats (a combination of 1/length and 2/accuracy) are the best recorded in us pga tour history

[@greatwhiteshark9192]

23.15...that jazz flute music is sick🕺

[@golfecomricardocardosoecom8920]

Parabens para Os Golfistas do Mundo !

[@HolyJawbone]

I love the intermission “now let’s take some time to look at the babes”

[@greatwhiteshark9192]

That tune at 23.20 is sick!!

[@ignatiusjk]

$55,000.00 for first place, how funny. Today first place for a US Open is around $5-7 mill.

[@krusher74]

that's only the equivariant of $171,523.91 in 2020

[@flashcloud1500]

Nope 1.8 M. not 5M...

[@larrylindgren9484]

It's why the all time leading money winner is a stupid stat. Who cares. They play for more in 1 Championship today than they use to play almost for a whole year worth of tourney play.

[@johnaugsburger6192]

Thanks

[@justonemori]

$55,000 of 1980 dollars is more like 200K in today's money. But today the same tournament pays out over 2 million. Damn.

[@indanekwaffles7074]

Thanks, Tiger

[@part1801]

185k my friend and how the purses have gone up

[@greatwhiteshark9192]

And the blonde at 23.14 is incredible.. Wow!!! The golf pretty cool too ha

[@krusher74]

"and even golfers must eat" cut to fat Stadler! lol

[@sco3putt]

Wonder what she looks like now plus 40 years?

[@greatwhiteshark9192]

She be 60+ now. Time flies.. Real stunner thojgh

[@jalenbrown8587]

Ya'll better stop publishing these "he's done" articles. Ya'll tried it this first time and he came back and won the 1980 US open. Ya'll tried it again in 1986 and he came back and won that green jacket, ya'll better stop playing!

[@larrybud]

Redo this video so it's in the proper aspect ratio.

[@tjb1187]

More pls

[@josephoneil3093]

Hogan at 55 looking better than 25 year olds today

[@andrewrobinson8305]

What on earth…..???

[@ltjjenkins]

Hogan was the dude at your club you absolutely do not F with. Every club has one.

[@christopherdelgaudio9484]

Only weiskoph could fire a 63 and not be a factor!!

[@MC-nb6jx]

Jack (currently) the best Major golfer of all time.. Can Tiger catch him, or has he missed his chance??

[@stephenmadonna6142]

To get 3 majors to tie Jack past the age of 44 will be tough for Tiger. The interesting thing about Jack is this: He has 19 seconds! Tiger has 6

[@MC-nb6jx]

Stephen Madonna ... Jacks complete record in the majors is simply amazing.. The consistency shown with (compared to today) inferior equipment, especially golf balls will never be equalled..

[@michael.prescott4016]

@@stephenmadonna6142, Jack is the greatest no matter what, won majors in three decades, almost won the masters in 1998, at 58.

[@Jamthecoolerator]

@@michael.prescott4016 Tiger has won majors in three different decades as well.

[@michael.prescott4016]

@@Jamthecoolerator your right,

[@ahol9120]

24:12 the big fella picks his nose!

[@trulymeparker]

37:39 hold up boys, Aoki still has a putt

[@lionbear7706]

was anyone else thinking of Tony D'Annunzio ??? what a great video though!

[@jamesdavis5517]

Noonan, D’Annunzio, Mitchell, you’re on the tee.

[@chrismorfas7515]

Horses for courses: Jack picked up 10 of his 18 career majors at Augusta, St. Andrews, and Baltusrol.

[@stevenashe8900]

Yeah but you’re forgetting about how many majors he finished 2nd (19 times) and how many top 5 and top 10 finishes. Coming in first requires some luck, but consistently putting yourself in a position to win in the majors as Nicklaus did over and over again for 25 years, requires great physical and mental skill.

[@markvincent1011]

And the rest at Oakmont, Dallas Athletic Club, Muirfield, PGA National (also a Senior major), Pebble Beach (also a U.S. Amateur), Canterbury, Firestone, and Oak Hill. And another U.S. Amateur at Broadmoor East. And 7 other Senior majors at Greystone, Dearborn, Oakland Hills, and Cherry Hills. But, yeah, horses for courses.

[@TheLocalLt]

Mark Vincent there’s nothing wrong with saying horses for courses played a factor. It doesn’t take away from it at all. Tiger’s probably won half or more of his total victories on the same six or seven venues (Torrey Pines, Firestone, Bay Hill, Doral, Muirfield Village, Cog Hill, La Costa)

[@cjs83172]

@@stevenashe8900 25 years? He put himself in position to win majors 38 years apart. His first chance was in the 1960 U.S. Open at Cherry Hills, which turned out to be Arnold Palmer's only U.S. Open win, and as late as the 1998 Masters, he put himself in position where he had a real chance to win. He didn't get it done (he finished tied for sixth), but the mere fact that he had a real chance to win The Masters at the age of 58, and 38 years after first having such an opportunity and 36 years after his first major championship shows why he is the greatest that's ever played.

[@fs1natra]

and rafa nadal won 13 slams at french open.does not diminish the feat

[@jadesmith6823]

Did anyone show Patrick Read this opening of the video 🤷🏻🤦🤣

[@krusher74]

It's interesting to watch them putting and chipping in ways any teacher these days would instantly try to stop you from doing, and you can see how it's detrimental to their consistency.

[@justonemori]

Cheaply available slow motion video and data analysis have changed the game greatly.

[@johnnypenso9574]

Was it? Is there any statistical measure we can look at to establish whether top players are better or worse today? Keep in mind that balls are much better around the green now than they were 20+ years ago.

[@589supra]

Jack/Tiger Ying/Yang

[@part1801]

Jack's putting pissed off a lot of opponents lol

[@dennisdobin8640]

Like an alpha wolf, who ever now and again keep reminding the pack who was boss.

[@shahrafiq2165]

I hate subtitle😫

[@sidneygreen9120]

Jack is back how very original 🙄

[@sappermade6012]

Geez this looks like 1958 never mind 1980..... lol

[@alanrothsman1751]

Great that it exists BUT I watched a restored shell world of golf Yesterday from 1963, it looked incredible, close to new looking footage. This is terrible quality, like a lot of the old NTSC videos tapes from the 90's of anything prior to that decade. There must be a better original somewhere, I have seen better quality cine films dated before this, footage from 1890's china that has been restored, if this is the best quality a channel like this can get, then there's no point trying to find or buy anything else out there. terrible really.

[@chrisbrimhall1613]

$55,000 for first place😄…..today probably over $2 million

[@sharkiesgirl8929]

Aoki lie angle on those clubs how does he play those irons crazy. Way too laid back.

[@johanborgesson9469]

Fat shaming at 24:10 ? 😂

[@annefilippobertozzi7601]

When politically correct wasn’t the shit mania that’s today…