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     I cannot believe anyone wants their records broken and when Jack Nicklaus spoke recently at the Honda Classic, he spoke more like a fan than someone that wishes Tiger would fall short of his most cherished record. As the Captain of the Presidents Cup, Nicklaus' eyes lit up when asked about Tiger and his game both past and present.

“You don’t always learn the ability to make that 6-footer every time you need it, and he made a 6-footer every time he needed it,” Nicklaus said. “When he had to make a putt, drain-o. It’s fantastic.”
Nicklaus can relate better than any human on the planet today, maybe better than anyone who ever lived. Nicklaus ought to know as his putting prowhad that remarkable gift to make clutch putt after clutch putt, too.
With Woods struggling with his putter now, Nicklaus was asked if he ever felt like he lost his putting edge. Pretty much everyone has lost it from Ben Hogan to Tom Watson but did it escape the Golden Bear?
“I never lost [it],” Nicklaus said. “Even today, I’m still as quiet over a putt as I was when I was 25.”
Nicklaus isn’t sure why Woods is struggling with his putter now. He certainly isn’t ready to say Woods has lost anything.
“I haven’t watched Tiger enough to know what he’s doing, but I know he’s not putting like he was,” Nicklaus said.
     While Nicklaus isn’t sure what’s happening to Woods’ putting, he believes fixing a wayward putting stroke is more difficult than fixing a wayward swing.
“I think it’s easier to rebuild your long game,” Nicklaus said. “The long game should not be difficult to make adjustments to. Putting? If you lose your confidence in putting or chipping, very tough, very tough. With the long game, you are going to figure out some way to get the ball around the course.”

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Nicklaus believes Woods’ swing will be fine in time.
“You don’t win three U.S. Opens and not figure out how to control the golf ball,” Nicklaus said.
Nicklaus didn’t say the obvious but you know he knows it. Woods needs his old putting magic back if he’s going to break Nicklaus’ major championship record.
“My opinion, I still think Tiger will regain what he does, he will come back and play very, very well,” Nicklaus said. “Whether he will break my record or not, that’s another issue. I think he probably will. He still has to go do it, not only do it, but he has to win more majors than anyone playing today. That’s a pretty good task. What is he? 36? How many majors did I win past 36? I won four.”
Woods needs five more major championship triumphs to break Nicklaus’ record.
“Will he win again? Sure, he’ll win again,” Nicklaus said. “He’s too good a player not to win again, but will he be as prolific as he was? Probably not.”
Nicklaus believes that’s due in part to the emboldened competition Woods faces now compared to what he faced in years past. Nicklaus sees a lot of young talent learning how to win.
“Tiger didn’t really have a lot of competition from guys who knew how to win, prior to now,” Nicklaus said.
 If you need anyone to fill in the blanks for you Woods better get his flat stick together or he can kiss breaking Jack's record of 18 major championships.

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