The Greatest Masters Golf Tournament Ever.

Jack Nicklaus increased his record for most Masters wins to six, and most major championship wins to 18.

Jack Nicklaus became the oldest winner of a Masters at 46 years, & 82 days.

Jack Nicklaus tied the course record (which still stands today) with a 30 on the second nine in the final round, while Nick Price shot a 30 on the second nine a day earlier (tied with four others).

Gary Koch won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23 (- 4).

Nick Price set a course record with his third-round 63 (tied by Greg Norman in 1996).

Nick Price set a single-round record at Augusta with ten birdies in round 3.

Sam Randolph was low amateur for the second consecutive year.

Jack reflects on the 1986 Masters

Watch Jack talk about his final round (Quicktime Video)

And, you know, I still made that putt, you'll have a pretty good shot, you know, those kinds of this. But it was - it was an exciting week for me and for the family. I think it was - I think the neatest part of that week was, in my opinion, was having my friend Jack on the bag and having my mother there. It was the first time she had actually been to the Masters since I was a pro. She was on the first year when I was a amateur. And I don't know why but she said she wanted to go back one more time and she did.

And my - and my sister, I think - I'm not certain I think it was my sister's first time ever in Augusta. And why she picked that year I don't know, maybe it was the year because my mother went to. So it was kind of nice, turned out to be a nice family affair. And I was - I suppose winning was a part of it, too, you know, a little part of the special part.

OK? There's a question. Sure ...

Male: Jack, without the '86 Masters it's not a bad career. Just what did it add? ...

Jack Nicklaus:  It was like, you know, that I can still summon what I had back in the back and still could use it. And still could use it coming down the stretch and that was - that was special for me and I think it was special to I suppose the golfing work in many ways because they just didn't expect that to happen.

I'm going up for this year's dinner on Tuesday and the golf writers dinner on the last night. And I'll be up there Wednesday doing something, I don't know what whether I'll play the par three, whether I'll go play the golf course, whether I'll, you know, sit and watch television, or I'll go walk around and look at the azaleas. I don't know what I'm going to do but I'm certainly not going to - I'm not up there to play golf.

Male: Jack, (Tom McAlister's) role in that Masters is well known but what I'm wondering is how well did you know Tom before that and did you two ever talk about that whole thing afterwards?

Male: I hope this is an OK forum for this, Jack, but I wonder as you look back now 25 years if you could just kind of take us through say 15 on what you were thinking as you played that hole ...

Jack Nicklaus: Where would you like - you want me to wait that long? You want me to start back earlier or what?

Male: Where do you think it started for you?

Jack Nicklaus: Nine.

Male: Nine?

Jack Nicklaus: Or I could take you wherever you want.

Male: I'd like to go where you want to go.

Jack Nicklaus: Well, but then nine - it started in the tournament on that hole - let's put it this way, it started that morning. Well, let's go back - let's go back - you're here for the '86 Masters so I'll talk about the '86 Masters.

I went into the tournament having actually putted pretty well most of the spring using this waffle iron here, you know, and one similar to that. And hadn't really hit the ball that well, I hadn't really done very much golf-wise. I don't know, I'd won a grand total of a couple thousand dollars or something, maybe a couple hundred dollars. I don't even know what I'd won but anyway it wasn't very much.

And I got to Augusta and I started hitting the ball better. Augusta always sort of inspired me. I always went in the week before. I always prepared myself and always got ready for the golf tournament and I did the same thing that I normally do to try to get ready. I enjoyed that, it was always fun for me to do so.

Then I shot 74 the first round and I was really down on myself for shooting 74 because I played pretty well but I didn't - but I didn't make any putts, I didn't putt very well. And then the second day I hit the ball pretty well, maybe a couple little putts, not much but shot 71 which wasn't any big deal.

And then I shot 69 the third round. And 69 moved me back in and I was actually in much better position than I thought I was. I don't know what - maybe eight guys in front of me or something like that in four shots or whatever it was - can't remember exactly what it was.

Male: Seven players were ahead of you. You were eighth place then, four shots back of the leader. 

Jack Nicklaus - You know, that didn't really make much difference to me. I knew that I was in a position to win. So Steve calls me that morning from Hattiesburg where he was working for John - Executive Sports. And he said  he  wanted to call me wish me good luck. And he said, "What do you think it will take, Pops?" And I said  "I think 65 will win the tournament, I think 66 will put me in a playoff." He said, "Exact number I had in mind. Just go shoot it."

So I went out and I didn't think much about it, you know. And I was in a decent position to shoot a decent round of golf. I went out to the golf course and not much happened on the front nine, I made - I think one birdie someplace.  I can't remember where it was, and then I bogied a hole.

And at the eighth hole I drove it to the right and I was even par at that point. I tried to cut it around the trees and I pushed the ball.  I got lucky.    I mean I could still be rattling around those trees if I hadn't gotten lucky because I pushed it and tried to hit it left of the trees and went right of the trees and went between a couple of trees and went on up. I didn't make birdie but I made par.

Anyway, got down to the ninth green and I hit a - I think,  I hit a nine and ended up on the ninth hole just on the right fringe just about 12 feet from the hole - pretty close to the hole. As I was getting ready to putt the ball,  a big roar goes up from eight. Someone had holed his third shot.

And there's a big roar going up there. I walked away from my ball, came back around and got ready to hit my ball.  All of a sudden another big roar goes off and the other player in the group had hit the ball and knocked their third shot in the hole.

And I turned to the guy - and it sort of relaxed me and I said, "Hey, why don't we see if we can make a little noise up here ourselves." And after I hit my ball there was a big noise and everybody was all excited. Not that it made any difference in that point in time because I was still 10 miles behind but I holed a 25 foot at the next hole and 25 foot at the next hole. And I said, "That's pretty exciting. Now I'm nervous." You know, why would I be nervous I mean I'm not even no where near it but I'm nervous because I think I can get into contention.

And I hit a weakish shot to the left fringe of nine and 11-12 and I hit a chip that bounced to the left and rolled down about five-six feet to the hole. There was a spike mark in my way and the ball hit the spike mark and moved off.  The spike mark came into play and I made six. But I think that bogey may have been something really good for me because it might have - it put me back - brought me back to the reality that, you know, that I got to still play golf. I'm not really in contention yet.

And it just sort of got me moving again. And I had a really nice  shot with a three iron at the next hole. And then on the green I had a longish putt which I had a putt  birdie. And I hit it in from the back fringe at 14 and had a nice little chip shot down like that and made my par.

And then I got to 15 and I hit a really nice drive. Put it in the right position on the fairway. And I turned to Jackie and I said, "How far do you think a three will go from here?" And he said "about 210 - or 214." I had about 204 yards to the hole. 

He knew what I meant. He said "I think it will go - I think it will go a long way, Pops." And I don't know why it was Pops. They don't ever call me Pops but that week they did.

Anyway, and - anyway, it was one of those times that when you look at 10 and 15 in Augusta you've got to favor one side or the other to avoid the - those places you don't want to hit it. And at that particular point in time on 15 the line was staying just line up left but it didn't make any difference if you missed it right because you had a fairly easy pitch. And if you missed it left you had a fairly easy pitch. Long was not good but, you know, you could afford to miss long - you had space on the green.

So I just took dead aim on it and I hit it in - after landing it started to trickle down to the left about 12 feet. And, of course, the picture shows Jackie jumping - because if he could jump like that he'd be playing basketball in North Carolina rather than playing golf.

But anyway, I made the putt. Now I'm sort of - now I'm pumped because I know that I'm just a couple shots behind at that point in time. And I go to 17 and 175 yards and I had a five iron. And you couldn't  see the flagpole tucked behind a bunker. 

Everybody asked me well why didn't you watch the ball? Well, you couldn't see it - blind - at least at my height it is. Jackie might have been able to see it.

But anyway, it was one of those times where I hit the shot. Soon as it left the club I knew exactly where it was. I just reached down and picked up my tee and Jackie said, "Be right." And I just didn't even pay much attention. I said, "It is," just kind of a  remark that I don't normally make, but I had so much confidence in what was going on that that's what I did.

And then I knew that the ball - I knew that the ball had a chance to go in the hole because it was straight on line.  You know it is not as easy a putt as it looked because I had a - had a little putt that was sort of - it wasn't dead straight forward, it was a little putt that would break backwards in front of the green so I had to take it inside the left edge. And I made the putt, obviously, and the place went wild.

And, you know, it's kind of fun to go to a place and have it be wild again, you know, it had kind of been a few years since I'd seen any of that.

And I went to the 17th tee and as I stand on the 17th tee just walk up to my ball, all of a sudden I heard this ugly sound. And that ugly sound - I knew exactly what it was. I knew that (Ballesteros) had hit his ball in the water because I knew - I saw (Ballesteros) out in the fairway and I knew he'd hit it in the water. And I hate that sound because it's half of the sound is half of the cheering for me, which I don't like when somebody makes a mistake, and the other half was the groan for (Ballesteros) who hit it in the water. So you knew exactly what it was.

And, you know, it was kind of funny because I felt  that week that it wasn't my week. Sevy  had said early in the week he hadn't been playing much, he hadn't prepared very well, and he didn't know how good a shape was in. So when your game is not in that good a shape you - and if you ever look at the swing he made, he made a dead quick swing at it. It was a guy who didn't have confidence in what he was doing. If you watch he just sort of accelerated into the ball and the ball just sort of - it was a weak fly and it went about halfway across the lake.

And - but obviously it put me in a position knowing that I was right there at the time that it probably put me in a tie for the lead. And I hit it up the left side and I knew that I wanted the left side because I knew where the fairway was on the right.  Anywhere left was fine because it puts you in position to get a good angle to the hole. 

Now I hit a wedge I think about 110 yards.  I wanted to make sure I took a club that I didn't hit it too far. And it landed about 12 feet left of the hole. So we walked up on the green and I looked at Jackie  and he said, "Dad, it's got to go right." I said, "I know it's going to go right, Jack," but I said, "I think it's going to come back left at the hole. The last break is going to have an influence at the end of that putt."

And so I hit the putt and went up and it was just sort of straightened out at the end. I've putted that putt a thousand times since, never broke left again. But, you know,  they redo the greens every year at Augusta, you know, they re-sod the greens and they've lost that little nuance that it had in there. So, you know, I don't think they did it on purpose, it just happened, you know.

And so anyway the ball went in the hole and I guess it was the first time I actually led the golf tournament. And so I went to 18 and I hit a - my goal at 18 was to put it in the middle of the fairway, do the best I can, try to give myself a chance at a birdie - just don't make any worse than four, you know, I knew that I'm in pretty good position.

The shot was perfect, I put it up 175 yards. I knew that I needed to get all of my five iron to get it to the hole but I didn't want to be over. I knew  the danger of sitting on the little knob behind the hole was there on a  chip back. But I also, you know, obviously didn't want to be short either.

And soon as I hit the ball a gust of wind hit me in the face and I knew exactly what it was. I mean I hit the ball dead solid but I knew it wasn't going to get there and it hit about halfway up the slope I guess and came back down.

And I had about a 40 foot putt.  I practiced that putt in practice about 20 times during my early practice rounds because we had - our company had re-done the greens that year. And we redid the eighth - the ninth green and we redid the 18th green and we took both those greens and laid them down, we took the pitch out of them. So I knew that the putt wasn't going to be as fast as - or as slow as it used to be and when it got over the top that the ball would sort of creep along forward where it used to go up and just sort of like breaks all the way up.

Well anyway, I'd practiced it so I hit the putt.  I knew that I hit a good putt.  It popped up like this. And I just didn't hit it quite hard enough to get in the hole. But it was good that I had putted it, you know, practiced it. And, of course, I walked off the green knowing that I'd put myself in a position to win the golf tournament. And Jackie was there - you know, everybody talks about the hug that Jackie and I had. I didn't think much about it because, you know, that's no different than I do with my son anytime. And - but well I walked off and it's a great picture, I love the picture watching the two of us walk off.

Anyway, we went over to (Jone's Tavern) and went in and sat down on the couch to watch what was happening. And as I sat down Norman started making birdies. And I - so I got nervous, I got up and started walking around. And I said well - they didn't make as many birdies when I walked around so I walked around the rest of the time. Not that I had much control over it.

But anyway, I remember standing behind the couch watching everybody do what - you know, doing their finish and Langer missed his putt, and Greg came up to the last hole, hit is shot out to the right. And the - of course, when Greg missed his putt then obviously the tournament was over and it was kind of a blur after that.

Tim just asked me a while ago  about what happened after that and I don't remember as I said.  Langer was the defending champion. He gave me the coat and we had dinner that night and went home. But I don't remember much about it, you know. And it wasn't because I had too much wine because I don't remember - I don't think - I probably didn't drink any.

But it was just - it was just a end of a great week and one we had - it was not only fun but it was something really neat to think that, you know, here I've come back and - when I didn't even think I was - you know, I hadn't worked out. I'd been playing 12 tournaments a year, going through the motions.

The - anyway, the - it was just kind of a - it was kind of a neat week, a neat thing to go through. It was great for me because it felt like I actually had done something well. And I hadn't prepared for it. I hadn't prepared like, you know, I did 10 years earlier when I would just be consumed by it.

Jack Nicklaus: I always expect the guy to make it. Now if you expect the guy to make it most of the time he'll miss it. But it's kind of ((inaudible)) which I've said, Jeff, you've heard me say it many times, I never ever rooted for anybody to miss a putt. I've always been the other way around, I've always rooted for me to play well enough that I didn't have to worry about somebody missing a putt. I hate somebody else's mistakes for my win. I always like to win my win by me winning. And I think that's pretty ((inaudible)) although there were some mistakes and ((inaudible)) Greg did not - Greg didn't make a lot of birdies coming into that - into those last few holes. And he didn't - he did not hit a very good second shot as you well know.

And Lee had put a pretty darn good pitch on it and had a good shot - good shot at making his putt.

So let's go to the phone line.

Jack Nicklaus: I think - I think the change of that green probably ((inaudible)). He missed the putt left, it didn't break enough which was the line down the green and the green sort of tilted over and the ball just didn't break. It used to break a lot there.

Operator: Thank you very much. I have my first question from Jeff Rude from GolfWeek.

Jeff Rude: Hey, Jack, how are you?

Jack Nicklaus: Good, Jeff.

Jeff Rude: Can you run through exactly - you were in the cabin watching Greg play 18 - to run through your thoughts as you watched him play 18 and when he missed the putt, when he hit the four iron shot off to the right? Run us through your thought.

Jack Nicklaus: Well, I hadn't really thought much about it. I was - I had sort of forced - was telling myself to - after he hit his second shot to go to the practice range and hit some - hit some golf balls because I thought I'd have to go to a playoff.

And, you know, when he hit the pitch out, you know, I said maybe I'd better watch this. And I watched it and whoops, you know, I think that I probably should have been on the practice range anyway, I don't know why I wasn't there.

Jeff Rude: OK.

Jack Nicklaus: I mean I can't remember my thoughts. I mean do you remember what you were doing 20 years ago?

Jeff Rude: I didn't win the '86 Masters though.

All right, next question.

Operator: Thank you. Next question is from Art Strickland from Sports Illustrated.

Art Strickland: Yes, good morning, Jack. You had talked earlier about how the Masters always inspired you and you enjoyed playing it. What to you stood out about the Masters and Augusta national that made it so unique among all the other courses that you played so many times?

Jack Nicklaus: Well, I guess there was a course that we played that was the philosophy of the golf course was second shot golf. It was - the philosophy was to drive the ball into the proper side of the fairway. Power was always an issue at Augusta but never so dominant that you couldn't play it. It was always - ((inaudible)) it was a position golf course that was always the same golf course. You always knew it was going to be in perfect position; it was always the first major of the year. Weather was always a factor in the tournament, Bobby Jones' influence, the beauty of it.

There's nine million things that Augusta has always been very, very special about. And it's just something that every year - I mean I can go back - I can go back and when I was just a kid 13-14 years old it was the first tournament that I really recalled anything about. And so - and it's always very special to me.

OK, next question.

Jack Nicklaus: Did I answer your question?

Art Strickland: Yes, was there - you played so many historic courses in your career, was there one thing you thought that stood out about, you know, the tournament that maybe - I don't know if set it apart is the right word but one thing that really, you know, that you thought was really unique about playing as opposed to all the other great courses you played?

Jack Nicklaus: Well, I think that's - I think that's what I answered ...

Art Strickland: OK.

Jack Nicklaus: ... I think - because it was the same place, it was the consistency of it, it was the type of golf course that it was. I mean it's not like you go to the U.S. Open every year and they're going to prepare it differently, you go to the British open every year and they're going to prepare it differently, you go to the PGA and they do the same thing and it's a different venue.

Masters being the same place every year you've got - you learn the golf course, you learn the situations, you learn the things that you had to do and things you had to avoid. You didn't have time to learn those at other golf courses.

Art Strickland: All right, thanks, Jack.

Next.

Operator: Thank you. The next question is from Ed Sherman from the Chicago Tribune.

Ed Sherman: Yes, Jack, can you talk about the obstacles that you face when you're trying to win a major and why some guys are able to overcome those obstacles and some guys can't?

Jack Nicklaus: Well, I think to win majors, you know, they're the - they're the big thing that you strive for. In most people's minds that's beyond their comprehension. That's why majors are the toughest to win but they're also the easiest to win. And meaning that if a guy can get his act together he really mentally can get - have a leg up. I think that's why Tiger's got a leg up on the guys every time he plays because he's got - he's got the background and the history that he knows how to win them. And that's the leg I had up, I knew how to win them.

I also had, you know, Palmer, and Player, and Trevino, and Watson. Those guys all knew how to win them, too. And, you know, that was - so you couldn't slip up and win.

But the majors are something that, you know, that it takes more - it's supposed to be more of a total examination. It's supposed to be not only the driving but it's supposed to be the iron play, the short game, the putting, and composure, the preparation, the approach to it, the toughness, the knowing when to back off, knowing when to get aggressive. I mean all those things are part of a major and knowing that everybody has the opportunity in the game of golf all over the world to have qualified or be there.

So watch the significance of it. And you're only going to play four of those a year and it's just they're pretty special events. And you look back over time they are the events that really - if you go back as far back as the game is really played those are the only events that you really kind of compare golfers of yesterday with golfers of today and through any era.

That take care of it?

Ed Sherman: Yes, thank you.

Jack Nicklaus: Sure.

Next.

Operator: Thank you. The next question comes from Thomas Spousta from USA Today.

Thomas Spousta: Hi, Jack. You mentioned the philosophy of Augusta - playing Augusta. Tiger has talked recently about having a five wood in his bag. Do you think he did it in part because of the lengthening and the changes at Augusta and do you think the fairway woods and four-five wood doesn't really come into play for players this year?

Jack Nicklaus: Well, Augusta is the one golf course that I ever thought about carrying a four or five wood when I was playing. I didn't play it too often, I used my one iron. But I did - I did start carrying a four wood there. I suppose I should have carried it earlier in my career but I just was so stubborn because I liked my one iron so much. And I didn't have much problem hitting the one iron up in the air.

But I know that you go back - Floyd was one of the first ones to start carrying a five wood at Augusta when he won. And, you know, you have so many of the par fives such as 13 and 15 particularly, and off the downhill probably at number two that that club is a pretty good golf club. And that club can also play a part at - used to play a part at 10. Looks like might - now plays a part almost every hole.

But the - it was a lot - there's a lot of places that definitely you need to throw the ball up in the air and it's - and a lot of time it's being thrown off of a down slope or an awkward (lie) and you need to really - you really need to throw the ball in fairly softly. So it is a good club for there and I think that's why a lot of guys are doing it.

OK, next.

Operator: Thank you. The next question is from Bob Harig from St. Petersburg Times.

Bob Harig: Hey, good morning, Jack, thanks for your time today. Wanted to ask you about the putter that you used that year, it was quite unique and just wondered if you recall when you first started using it, why you did? And also if you could talk about how successful it was with the public after your win.

Jack Nicklaus: OK. I started using the putter earlier - early in the year. I'm trying to say I don't think I used it on the West Coast swing. I think I started using it in Florida.

I'm not sure that Eagle Trace might have been the first tournament I played with it. I remember - I remember the first tournament I played with it and the thing was so big that the wind would get to it. And I had a - I had a six-inch putt at Eagle Trace where the wind was blowing so hard I hit the putt, stubbed it and missed it and left it short. And I - and I said, "Oh, man, what have I got this thing in my hand for?" And I think the public looked at it about the same way. You couldn't give it away prior to the Masters.

And - but I stayed with it because I rolled the ball so well with it. And once I got used to the lightness of the putter that I could actually - I could make the ball roll over better with it. So - and why I'm still not using it I don't have any idea, probably should go back to it.

But, you know, oddly enough it's the only golf club that I won a major with that I don't have. I'm sure one of my boys gave it away. You know I found my - I found my old Bullseye that I'd won the - the White Fang putter that I'd won in at ((inaudible)) with.

They had Steve's 40th birthday his roommate from college came down and said, "Hey, Mr. Nicklaus, I found this golf club in my garage that Steve gave me one day when he said his dad doesn't use this anymore." I said, "Well" so I found out and got that one back. And so maybe some day somebody will look in their garage and find my old putter. But I'm sure it's in one of Steve's or Michael's friends' garage. But it's the only one I don't have and it's - I'm trying to think what - oh, yes, and then after the Masters of course we couldn't - you know, we couldn't make enough putters. I don't know how many we sold ...

Male: 350,000.

Male: 350.

Jack Nicklaus: Was it 350 supposedly? 350,000 I suppose that's a reasonable number. We probably sold four and I used probably three of them before the Masters. My dad may have the other one. No, he wouldn't - he wouldn't allow it.

Next question.

Operator: Thank you. The next question is from Hank Gola from the New York Daily News.

Hank Gola: Hi, Jack. When we used to get you before these press conferences at all these majors lately you always said you were not much for nostalgia. I wonder now that you've played your last at St. Andrews if you are having a better time looking back and your triumphs in the majors?

Jack Nicklaus: That's the only thing I have anymore. I don't have anything to look forward to as it relates to golf. I'm spending most of my time answering questions looking back not looking forward. So, oh, I enjoy it. I don't think there's any question about enjoying it.

But when I was in - when I was in competition and trying to play to me to look back was, you know, not the right way to look so I never paid much attention to it. But as you get older you get a little bit more sentimental about things and you get more nostalgic.

So it's - so it's - yes, I look back on it. I said the '86 Masters was the one thing that's probably shown on television about every other week and I seem to, you know, every once in a while just happen to have the television on and get it and sort of watch a little bit of it. But it's kind of a fun thing for me to go back and look at some of that. And I look at some of the swings then and the swing when I was younger and that's what I look at anymore is the change in me and my body and the things that have happened over time that I enjoy more than - I mean I remember that I made the putt, they're not going to change the film, you know, but some of the other stuff that you don't pay attention to.

And let's take one more question from the phone line.

Operator: Thank you. There are no telephone questions at this time.

OK, let's go back here.

Male: Let's go on, Jack, you remember the '86 Masters so vividly, I'm just curious if you think that's because of course it was the last one that you won and if we were here for example to talk about the first major you won, first pro major, the '62 US Open, I'm not asking you to describe that but I'm wondering if you would remember that in any - with any kind of clarity in the same way?

Jack Nicklaus: Well, I think if you would have asked me about the '62 Masters as much as I've gotten asked about the '86 Masters I would probably remember it just as well. But nobody really asks me that much about the - about '62. I can remember a little bit about '62 but - I can remember some key points about it. And, you know, frankly, I still remember much prior to that ((inaudible)) in Augusta. But I've been asked about it 4,000 times and plus I see it on television, as I said, every other week so it refreshes my memory.

And I can go back and look at the - I mean I remember '62 - you're talking about '62 Open ...

Male: Open ...

Jack Nicklaus: Yes, '62 Open I can remember several things that happened there that sort of really sort of shaped my life. I mean obviously winning that against Arnold and, you know, ((inaudible)) my first win as a pro, it gave me lifetime (exemption). I know that Oakmont was a ((inaudible)) first that I enjoyed playing. I liked the difficulty of the greens. And I remember the ((inaudible)) hole in the playoff with Arnold was the reason why I quit smoking on the golf course. ((inaudible)) but I remember that ...

Male: ((inaudible)).

Jack Nicklaus: ... film of the '62 Masters on December 8th and I said, ((inaudible)) saw I had about a 25-foot putt on the - on the 12th - 13th hole, I'm sorry, ((inaudible)). And I ((inaudible)) putt and I reached down on the ground and picked up my cigarette and ((inaudible)) hung out of my mouth and I went ((inaudible)) and I looked at it and I said, "You know that's the worst example for youth I could ever imagine." I never smoked another cigarette on the golf course since.

And, you know, even though I - even though I smoked another, you know, 15 years I didn't - I didn't really ever smoke on the golf course again. And then I started picking my places to where if I was ((inaudible)) I was a recreational smoker and I'd pick the places I would do it. I wouldn't do it around my kids, I wouldn't smoke at home, you know, and I didn't smoke in the office. And then I sort of, you know, I'd smoke when I was at a party or we were playing cards or I went out fishing or hunting or something like that, that's when I smoked.

And that was - that was the '62 Masters was the influence for that.

Male: Masters or the U.S. Open?

Jack Nicklaus: I mean the U.S. Open, I'm sorry. ((inaudible)), you know, involved in the playoff. I birdied the first three holes of that playoff - birdied the first two holes of the tournament, I don't know which it was. But and I was always one great ((inaudible)) Oakmont.

I remember ((inaudible)) coming down to the 18th and ((inaudible)) sort of give up and ((inaudible)) just the edge of the rough. And I'll never forget that (Chick Hearn) was the announcer and Arnold had - Arnold drove ((inaudible)) and I drove it just in the edge of the rough and I had a two-shot lead going to the last hole. And Arnold hit a flat three-iron, looked like it was sort of a ((inaudible)), you know, didn't hit a very good shot.

And so I took my wedge and there was a cross bunker at Oakmont about a hundred yards before the green and I took it and pitched it out of the fairway and (Ferron) was kind of, "Oh, my gosh, he's choked ((inaudible))." Probably knew about as much about golf - I mean got a lesson from ((inaudible)). But really, he knew nothing about golf that was for sure. And the other ((inaudible)) you've got to be kidding, that's the first smart play in the whole day.

Anyway, ((inaudible)) two putter and won the golf tournament. Arnold ((inaudible)) green.

You know those are the kind of things I remember about '62. Now if you start going through that stuff and ((inaudible)) bushes - in a bush on 17 what ((inaudible)) two or three times in the bush ((inaudible)) (Phil Rogers) from actually probably winning the golf tournament. Phil ((inaudible)) played the best golf in the tournament. But those things are ((inaudible)).

But if you had gone through it as much as I've gone through '86 I would remember those, too.

Male: ... but you didn't get your green jacket until '98, the one that you actually got from the club. What coat did ((inaudible)) put on you in '86?

Jack Nicklaus: I don't know, probably mine ...

Male: ((inaudible)).

Jack Nicklaus: When I won - when I win - when I win the Masters in '63 turned out for the presentation and the ((inaudible)) was a little bigger than I was. I'm 36 long ((inaudible)) that's about a 32 regular. And anyway, the next year we went and tried to find a coat for me and I remember ((inaudible)) asked me to ((inaudible)) long coat, they gave me Tom Dewey's coat, former governor of New York and lost to Truman.

But anyway, I had Tom Dewey's coat and I wore Tom Dewey's coat for about seven years. ((inaudible)) nobody ever asked me if I wanted the coat. And so finally I had ((inaudible)) make a coat for me with a slightly different material. They were making ((inaudible)) slightly different material. And I wore that coat for quite a few years.

And then that one sort of wore out and I had found another one some place, I don't remember where it was. And finally I'm ((inaudible)) it was a week before the tournament in Oakmont in '98 and I'm ((inaudible)). And ((inaudible)) but I'd won six Masters and never had a coat. ((inaudible)), yes, you guys have never ((inaudible)).

And so anyway, the - so I had moved my locker and I got back on Monday before the tournament ((inaudible)) Monday-Tuesday whatever it was. You will go to the pro shop and be fit for you coat. So that's, you know, now ...

Male: You don't know which coat you ((inaudible)) in '86?

Jack Nicklaus: No, I don't, no. ((inaudible)) probably the same one I was wearing. That was probably ...

Male: Oh, OK.

Jack Nicklaus: ... Yes.

Male: Other question was ((inaudible)) on the last call was ((inaudible)) for all 20 majors. I was wonder where did that club come from ...

Jack Nicklaus: I was 18 years old when I started playing with that club - three wood and it was standard length and standard balance. Still ((inaudible)) actually and from 1958 to 1982 I never changed the grip. I had a leather grip ((inaudible)) new set of clubs every year but ((inaudible)) grip and the other ((inaudible)) reasonable ((inaudible)). So I finally like changed the grip finally after ((inaudible)) the same after that.

Male: ((inaudible)) ...

Male: ((inaudible)) ...

Jack Nicklaus: Was an amateur. I mean I had to ...

Male: ((inaudible)).

Jack Nicklaus: Right. No, I really ((inaudible)) set of golf clubs. There was ((inaudible)) - there was a club that I used when I was 18 and, you know, drivers I had when I was - I think I was - my last year as an amateur I had something 13 drivers that year and I ((inaudible)). And one of those drivers was the one that I finally ended up settling on. I used it from '61 through '66. ((inaudible)) broke in two pieces in South Africa when I was playing there ...

Male: ((inaudible)).

Jack Nicklaus: You couldn't walk out from the pro shop or the golf course where the pros are and have them ((inaudible)) $50 for you to figure out which one you want, you know. You found one you could use and you went and used it.

Male: You found a golf ((inaudible)) somewhere ...

Jack Nicklaus: Yes.

Male: ((inaudible)).

Jack Nicklaus: ((inaudible)).

Male: Right.

Jack Nicklaus: It was just a club, ((inaudible)). ((inaudible)) shaped plate on it and the ((inaudible)). Not that big, you know.

Male: ((inaudible)).

Jack Nicklaus: We ((inaudible)) sole plates.

OK, we're going to just wrap - we're going to stop the conference call here but if Jack has a couple more minutes we'll take a couple more questions here but we need to end the call right here.

Jack Nicklaus: ((inaudible)).