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Jack Nicklaus sheds further light on Tiger Woods’ health, recovery

Published

8 years ago

Feb 28, 2016

Speaking with reporters during the final round of the Honda Classic, Jack Nicklaus — whose firm redesigned PGA National’s Champion Course — shared some details from his talk with Tiger Woods on Thursday night.

Nicklaus spoke with the recovering superstar at a dinner he hosted for potential Ryder Cup players and captains at his West Palm Beach home.

Had a few friends over tonight to talk The Ryder Cup 2016 ???????? #teamusa @rydercup pic.twitter.com/k8Z39tPPcQ

— Jack Nicklaus (@jacknicklaus) February 26, 2016

Per ESPN’s Bob Harig, Nicklaus indicated Woods, “Says he was feeling great and he was able to stand over a putt and chip now without having any leg pain or so forth.”

Not that further confirmation was necessary, but the Golden Bear supplemented Golf Channel’s Tim Rosaforte’s Thursday report that TW had been hitting drivers since last week, although Woods wasn’t swinging at full speed.

Nicklaus added, “He looked very good. He looked very healthy. And he really misses playing. So that’s good.”

“HE LOOKED GREAT AND HE WAS IN GREAT SPIRITS. THE GUYS ENJOYED HAVING HIM AT THE DINNER. WE HAD A LOT OF NICE BACK AND FORTH ABOUT HOW TO PLAY GOLF AND THIS AND THAT AND SO FORTH. IT WAS A VERY, VERY NICE EVENING. I HOPE THE GUYS ENJOYED IT.”

And while it’s unrelated to the Woods’ matter, this line from Nicklaus was too fantastic not to include here. Asked how the dinner might positively influence the U.S. side’s chances at Hazeltine, Nicklaus said, “I can’t imagine how them coming over to have dinner at an old man’s house is going to help any.”

Mercifully, Nicklaus wasn’t asked to speculate on when we might see Tiger Woods on the golf course again, which will certainly be a topic of much speculation going forward.

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Photos from the 2024 RBC Heritage

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1 day ago

Apr 16, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is on site this week at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island for the RBC Heritage. Plenty of golfers who competed in the Masters last week will be making the quick turnaround in the Lowcountry of South Carolina as the Heritage is again one of the Tour’s Signature Events.

We have general albums for you to check out, as well as plenty of WITBs — including Justin Thomas and Justin Rose.

We’ll continue to update as more photos flow in from SC.

Check out links to all our photos, below.

General Albums

WITB Albums

Pullout Albums

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Photos from the 2024 Valero Texas Open

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2 weeks ago

Apr 1, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is on site this week at the Valero Texas Open.

The event has been around since 1922, making it one of the oldest on the PGA Tour calendar. Over the years, it’s been held at a variety of courses across the Lone Star State, but it’s found its home at TPC San Antonio in recent years. Some of the biggest names in golf have taken home the title here, including Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino, and Ben Crenshaw.

GolfWRX has its usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs and special pull-out albums. As always, we’ll continue to update the links below as more photos come in from TPC San Antonio.