RIDGEDALE, Mo. — Jack Nicklaus needed some help wrapping his head around the format changes in the Champions Tour's Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf.
"You lost me because I don't even know what you're talking about," Nicklaus said. "What are we doing here tomorrow?"
Nicklaus and partner Gary Player will open Friday on Big Cedar Lodge Resort's par-3 Top of the Rock layout, playing nine holes of better ball and nine holes of modified alternate shot.
"What's modified alternate shot?" the 75-year-old Nicklaus asked.
In modified alternate shot both players hit a tee shot, then pick the best ball and play alternate shot from there.