September 17, 2009

Gary Nicklaus : 3rd son of Jack, has entered the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. 40 years old and several years after being reinstated as an amateur, he will tee it up in a pre-qualifier Sept. 22-25 at the Golf Club of Dallas. If he makes it through to final qualifying, he'll be playing at a course his dad designed. Also playing will be Arnold Palmer's grandson, Sam Saunders, while one of Jack's grandsons, Nick O'Leary, looks set to become a star football player.

posted by JJ to golf at 09:42 AM - 3 comments

It has to be a hard situation. You love golf and want to play golf, even though there is absolutely no chance of you achieving the success that your father had. That seems like a lot of pressure.

posted by bperk at 03:05 PM on September 17, 2009

The only father/son golfers that come immediately to mind are Old/Young Tom Morris.

And that was a while ago.

posted by owlhouse at 05:19 PM on September 17, 2009

Yeah, it's obvious the guy has a love for the game that's unmatched by most, but having all the attention drawn to him because of his name is a recipe for everyone being let down. There's no possible way he could ever remotely live up to the expectations of the Nicklaus name.

posted by dyams at 06:00 PM on September 17, 2009

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