DUBLIN, Ohio – For all the buzz over Mike Davis’ assessment that a player wouldn’t win the U.S. Open with just a cursory glance of Chambers Bay, Jack Nicklaus seemed to give the U.S. Golf Association’s executive director support on Wednesday.
“I always liked to go into Augusta, go in and play 72 holes, and I liked to shoot a score,” Nicklaus said. “I would go in the week before and I wasn't just hitting balls around, hitting a few extra shots, sure, I kept my first ball, and I always liked to keep a score, and say can I shoot 276, 275 on this golf course under the conditions it's in.