Jacklin On Coaches Today: “There’s so much bull*&%$"

Tom English with a fantastic profile of Tony Jacklin in today's Scotsman.

Jacklin was the 1969 Open Champion at Lytham and has some fun things to say about modern day instructors, among other topics:

Coaches today? Don’t get him started. He was with Butch Harmon a few years back and they were watching Anthony Kim play. “Swing like greased lightning, that kid. I said to Butch, ‘Don’t they teach tempo anymore?’ I see it all the time. They all have these coaches but the coaches have never won any bloody thing. It’s a bit like Trevino said, ‘Show me all these guys that can beat me and then I’ll listen to them’.

“There’s so much bullshit. You turn on the Golf Channel now and everybody’s got theories. I played in America with Nicklaus and Palmer and Player – all the greats. Hell’s teeth. I’m looking at what they do and how they do it. Is that not better than listening to some guy who has never won a tournament in his bloody life? It’s got to be better. You’re playing alongside major winners, guys who have done it under pressure. They’re not pretending. They’re the do-ers. They’ve been there. This is one of the things about players today, they’re listening to guys who are not fit to shine their shoes. It’s unbelievable.”