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Welcome to another edition of beyond the box score on your host Rick RO. We the first major of the season right around the corner were fortunate enough to sit down with one of the greatest golfers of all time -- golden bear Jack Nicklaus. Of course had to pick -- great about the hottest topic in the sport the misfortunes of -- won the hole lead.

Many view. Have cheered for me. You worked with me. Or -- supported me. Now. Every one of you has good reason to be critical of me. One SAT each -- you simply. And directly. And deeply sorry. From irresponsible. And selfish behavior. -- engaged. However. My behavior. Doesn't make it right for the media to follow my two and a half year old daughter. In school and report the school's location. They picked up my wife and paper -- my mom. What ever might wrongdoings. For the sake of my family. Please leave my wife and kids. --

In this is not a tiger infidelity or a Norman divorce question this is more of a an immediate covering the game questioner or are you pretty frustrated by. But by by how the media approaches that or or how how golf has become the centerpiece of the whole.

First well you know when I was playing their export was covered --

And -- it now seems more popular cover outside groups. Does that have anything to do --

How person places sport absolutely not and frankly most of outside of businesses and private. Business or that person and nobody else's business so. For the but but it but it doesn't sell newspapers heard as the sell magazines so. Doesn't sell television show on the people wanna get on the wanna talk about things and.

It's if it's it's unfortunate we didn't have.

I -- we had a group of reporters back when I was playing golf -- You know I can go to the press room I can walk out the press -- go have a drink with him. We could talk and none of that ever ever appearance. And what happened. And are now. Is that good is that bad under ice just at times we had no different than. And I played a golf although it was a while a golf ball though and it would headed driver they're playing metal heads today in. Perimeter weighting and if all goes nine miles south. Two different games different day.

Has golf changed. In the last since you -- your prime seat you know twenty analysts say you're winning everything in -- in the sixties said. Has -- change and has it been for the better and well you know it's still -- It's a different name of the game today's power. The game and I played was. I was party in power always been a part of the game that. Finance is far more important in those days let's think power -- 35% of the game for most. Today epic powers. 8080 to 90%. Good -- What I don't know I mean it's it's just different. Do I think it's -- good. Some ways is more excited for a lot of people watched from his boom a ball out -- and seminars but then again. I people -- Washington about it wedge. And so. I I think. Everybody likes and gain in their own -- that is a question about them he'd go back and encouragement football players basketball players all think from when they -- was the best. And I curse -- that -- How likely equipment we had an electric golf balls -- have them today golf ball goes too far equipment to consistent. But but then again all the kids that have grown up with this equipment like everything. A settlement thing and I can understand that because that's what -- that's of that early reference is what they play with a and I think rightly so I think so I think still a great game and it's it's just a different. If Babe -- were like today yes -- same question that if you wearing your crime today. Would you dominate the league detect. I think anybody who dominated any era would adjust to whatever air was -- tiger's obviously dominated today I've dominated that. You go back Hogan Snead Nelson I think I think it is as it. Do we know anything about performance enhancing drugs like how many people do you speculator actually doing that stuff today at some not a lot from your perspective than we think about drug testing. Well here I don't know how many drug mentor and there probably is me in the collar people is an inning and we've never had any rules towards so whatever anybody has done has not been illegal -- certain. And I think -- instantly. But I don't think -- think you know very much that probably that you guys have had some performance enhancement stuff and made a significant. Difference in the dry things out and do I think it made any difference from the wreckage but if anything it asked if in fact it's there. Probably describe. Your feeling 24 years later that day after you won that well in -- kind of kind of a freak thing happen record. Often looked back on my career amendment -- basically finished in 99 but an 86. Here -- had a big potter and and you know. We. Have McGregor that time anyone it kinda sputtered early in the year just terrible thing to finish our country Wallace now. -- I trident and the category -- him and the masters. I was actually putting the ball very well. I think you know him than my -- shot here. And I about prepared recently but not about it and have a -- and illusions about who I wasn't while Adams was an old and one and I think after. And the star hit the ball really well that week and put some thought but. Early in the way -- of semi force sent me one. And I shot 69 and got myself and reasonable position in the tournament like the last round -- or Steve column -- for work from Hattiesburg tournament. It -- said. What do you think pops. And I said well I think I think sixty sexual type sixty final and that's a number I had my negotiated. You know lesser problem thing in my mind about hundred Jackie was on the bag. The first time Jackie actually been on the bank the masters. And all those things sort of fell mother came to match your first I'm a mother that masters. Since about 1915 and my sister never been at the masters why should pick 105 I'll never know. She came to the masters a lot of things happen. Also underwent -- round I'm really excited about lashed -- had a chance. And -- got through the first eight holes and didn't do much. And then all of a sudden and made birdie at nine in the restaurant run on the table when the seven on the last channels. And when I finish this thing. I felt like a young man I felt like camp and madness really fun and I felt a little embarrassed. In some ways I hadn't really. Maybe deserve to win it because I hadn't really prepare properly like I did when I was younger but then again. -- kick which you can get him and almost certainly win something they receive should get pretty sight. Has make you feel that millions of people remember almost chapter in -- that that night every shot at some label the man I don't comic rendered Hillary. Yeah can -- I was and stop this from -- historic -- for two hours -- I would pat cash settlement they took us. -- question of those questions. I'm not for a national Islamic it's kind of fun yet so we'll keep asking for backfires now that's the same breath what's next -- it. -- never look back. -- got to dwell on the past and and reflect and never have been that way. -- it's and debris and the branding of necklaces and since it's the branding of my name. My legacy. That's it's important thing for for my -- changed post ability from him. And thank you very much for having me here in your life it's been a pleasure to. Thank you thank you for.