Jack: Big Three, Woody Hayes The Golf Writer, Spieth Masters

Steve DiMeglio with a nice roundup of Jack Nicklaus' Tuesday State of the Memorial press conference, which included a dreaded Big Three discussion, some Woody Hayes-as-golf-correspondent talk and Spieth's Masters.

From DiMeglio's story:

Nicklaus doesn’t mind the talk of today’s Big Three because of the 19th-hole noise it creates. It sells papers, if you will, and an interesting narrative.

“But don't be too surprised if somebody else doesn't jump in there, too,” Nicklaus said. “That's my point. I think we have more good players today than we've ever had in the game of golf. And I think that's saying a lot because we had a lot of good players when I played. I think you had a bit of a lag in there for a while, that Tiger was just so much better than everybody else.

“ … Now you've got a lot of guys that are really all pretty good and all sit in the same pack.”