They describe him in simple terms, which is appropriate, because his methods were just that.
“A wonderful, quiet man,” says Jack Saeger, a long-time Jack Nicklaus friend.
“A wonderful gentleman,” says Robin Obetz, also a friend of Jack’s for over five decades.
They aren’t describing Nicklaus, but rather his teacher, Jack Grout.
John Frederick “Jack” Grout was born in 1910, in Oklahoma City. He moved to Ft. Worth, Texas in 1930 to assist his older brother, who was the head pro at Glen Garden Country Club. There, the younger Grout befriended a pair of local juniors: Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson.