âBen Griffinâs a nice player, Sepp Straka is a nice player, Nick Taylor is a nice player … [Scottie Scheffler] knows those guys are not in his league.â
Given the body of work that Scotty is putting together, what makes him elite? Well, I think that, you know, great players are ones who rise to the occasion and ones who know how to play coming down the stretch when in important events. And you know, look looking at the leaderboard today, he didn’t he didn’t have I mean, Ben Griven’s a nice player. Uh Ste Scop is Seb Stra is a nice player. Uh Nick Taylor is a nice player. Those are all the guys that were there basically coming down the stretch and but he knows that those guys, you know, are not in his league. Now, if he’d had I don’t know who else it might have been, but he had somebody else at the the top Xander or somebody like that would have been there. He might have said, “Well, that might be a little tougher. I might have to do something.” He didn’t have to.
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Dang. Brutal
Jack is looking more and more like Humpty Dumpty
Oh dang!
pretty classless thing to say, totally unnecessary and classless
Damn smh… if Sepp Straka is 'a nice player' then how much do i suck at golf?
This was actually a really out of touch response. He compares a guy who just beat Scottie by four strokes literally last week and says if he had Xander up there….as if Xander doesnt have only one top 10 this year and is a completely invisible nonfactor every week right now.
Looking at it from the other direction, Sheffler is beginning to create inevitability of the sort Tiger created for many years. Not sure if it matters that much whoâs chasing right now. If that trend continues, look outâSheffler may have quite a run. Even DeChambeau and Rahm couldnât dent it at the PGA. The U.S. Open will be interesting, though Oakmont will be a real challenge for Sheffler.
Honesty is the best policy. Even if other players are âbutt hurtâ get over it. Mr. Nicklaus is honest and to the point. Iâm sorry but these players today canât compare to the legends of the game. Iâm only a 6 handicap.
Jack Nicklaus, a great, is not shaming the other top tier professionals of current time.
In my opinion, he is stating that Scotty is a ONCE in a GENERATION talent. When he hangs it up, heâll be amongst Tiger, Nicklaus, Palmer, etc but 99% of the other professionals will not.
Itâs not taking a shot at any of the other current professionals. Theyâre all getting paid big money, and are far better at golf than myself or anyone I play with but that doesnât place them on the âMount Rushmoreâ of golf.
The competition just isn't there, mainly because of LIV
Shots fired
Scottie Scheffler has definitely become a dominant force in the last 2-3 years. But the truth is that the level of competition on the PGA Tour is not as strong as in the last 20-40 years.
The tour should be renamed the âScottie Scheffler/Ted Scott Benevolent Fund Tourâ!
Of course for some reason Rory didnât play last week, but who else can beat Scottie.
The standards were way better before Tiger (1980 – 1996) and also when Tiger was in his prime (1997-2009).
Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Ian Woosnam, Seve Ballesteros, Nick Price, Nick Faldo, Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, Fred Couples, Greg Norman, Paul Azinger, Davis Love, Justin Leonard, David Duval, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, Retief Goosen, Sergio Garcia, to name a few.
Nowadays you donât have players with the same ability, and of course LIV golf has disrupted the game. The other major issue nowadays is the prize money is ridiculous and far too much. A guy wins a tournament or two on the tour and he earns $3 million-$5 million. That leads to complacency and a lack of motivation for more glory. Itâs killing the game.
I think Scotty has got to that point where he is almost embarrassed to win , too composed and zero pressure , just another day at the office âłïž
I certainly will defer to Jack on golf. I agree, that the name up there does make a difference. It will affect your play. It becomes a mind game. Ever so slightly. I do not care what a # 1 golfer says. They can say it doesn't matter. But it does. They are just giving respect to whoever is up there.
Ouch
Straka is a very good player
A better way to of said thisâŠ.these other players are great but they donât possess Schefflerâs killer instinct. He is right though.
Jack is 100% correct. Those mentioned didnt have it in them to challenge Scottie. Griffin was 6 strokes in front at one point. We need some challengers soon as golf is getting really boring.
I think the name he was looking for was Rory đ
So when Jack says you're a nice player, that's the most polite way to say you're just ok.. haha
Most of the great players are in LIV..Sorry Jack but that's the truth.
Awww, you can't tell the TRUTH!!!! You're gonna hurt someone's feelings. Scottie really has no week to week competition right now. Other guys are up and down way too much. Money is so great, they really don't have a drive to be competitive week to week.
Jack is an absolutely correct. Also those other guys know who they are up against. Once they fell behind they did not have the consistency or correct decision making to beat him and they knew it.
Can't argue… LIV upset the apple cart
Clear is kind, unclear is unkind. Mr. Nicklaus was very clear here with his comments.
And the events where Scottie gets beat???
This may have been mentioned, but don't forget that this event only had like 72 guys. Anyone else besides those "nice players" could get hot and shoot 20 under.
There were also comments about how the talent is so much better today than in the persimmon/balata days. Can you imagine Hogan, Snead, Nelson, Trevino, Seve, Weiskopf, etc, etc being able to swing as hard as Bryson does with today's ball and conditions? I get it that it's rare to have 200 mph ball speed. You had to have skill in 1950, 60, 70, etc. You couldn't hit a 9 iron 180 like today's players do. I guess the older guys commenting on this thread who actually saw the legends play are a little biased. The legends didn't even have yardage books or regular caddies, leave alone a team of conditioning specialists, coaches, dieticians, custom equipment, etc.
Thanks for your indulgence
Jack is the GOAT, people should listen
Jacks an asshole.
FACTSâŠall these fields are so watered down anymore.
Scottie is absolutely lapping these guys! He is starting to distance himself like Tiger did in the early 2000âs!
LIV is an abomination. Ruined pro golf for long time fans.
Right on Jack
Scotty is boring. All the Dustins, Justins are boring.
PGA is where history made, the Big Stage. Points players wonât be remembered except for not wanting to own it. Just to have more than enough. Money donât mean great
Jack always went with the truth. Honesty was a hallmark. Best player EVER. Nobody else is close.