Golf Channel · May 30, 2018
Tiger adds TaylorMade wedges to his bag
NCAA DI Men's Champ.: Scoring, TV timesJack Nicklaus in the 1983 U.S. Open at Oakmont and Tiger Woods in the 2004 U.S. Open at Shinnecock. Getty Images
Jack Druga will never forget the day he caddied for Jack Nicklaus in a practice round before the 1983 U.S. Open at Oakmont. The Pittsburgh native was an Oakmont assistant under Bob Ford and only 24 years old when Nicklaus called the club asking if he could come in early and play nine holes with his assistants. Druga was doubly blessed that day when Nicklaus wanted to play an emergency nine.
“Think about how cool that was for me,” Druga said Tuesday from the pro shop at Shinnecock Hills GC. “That was when Jack was still Jack (competitively).”