Jack Nicklaus "Not Interested At All" In Watching Tiger Woods' Comeback

The 18-time major winner says he won't be watching Tiger Woods' return in 2018

Jack Nicklaus "Not Interested At All" In Watching Tiger Woods' Comeback

The 18-time major winner says he won't be watching Tiger Woods' return in 2018

Jack Nicklaus "Not Interested At All" In Watching Tiger Woods' Comeback

Tiger Woods played his first tournament in 300 days earlier this month, with the whole of the golfing world glued to their screens to see one of the greatest of all time back on the links.

Woods came through his return unscathed, and actually played some very decent golf, leaving the rest of us waiting with baited breath to see him play a 'proper' PGA Tour event again (his 18-man Hero World Challenge invitational tournament is a non-official PGA Tour event).

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However, the only man to have won more majors than Woods, Jack Nicklaus, won't be tuning in to see how Tiger gets on in 2018.

In an interview with GolfWeek, Nicklaus was asked if he'll be watching Woods' play next year. The Golden Bear said, “I’m not interested at all."

“Do I wish (Tiger) well? Yeah, but I’m not interested in watching him,” Nicklaus continued.

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“I’ve watched him play golf for 20-something years, why would I want to go watch more? I don’t watch anybody play golf.”

Despite Jack saying he never watches golf, he appeared to have caught some of Tiger's return at the Hero World Challenge, commenting on how Woods' swing looked.

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“Tiger seemed to hit the ball pretty well over there and seemed to enjoy it and be pain-free and I wish him well.

“The swing as I saw, looked good. It looked like a swing of somebody who didn’t want to hurt his back.”

Tiger Woods has made no public announcement on his schedule for early 2018, read our predictions for the tournaments he may opt to play here.

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Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!

Elliott is currently playing:

Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV