Jack Nicklaus v Lee Trevino Vintage World Matchplay Final 1970 

Wow, these guys were players. It was a different game compared with the robo Golf of today. Miss these days..

What a great final in what was a terrific end of season tournament. We used to enjoy the BBC blanket coverage in the days when they actually had live top class golf on air. Best commentators like Peter Allis and top presenters such has Harry Carpenter. As you have seen all the top players competed in the World match play at Wentworth. Fast forward to nowadays 😢

Trevino was, is, a fantastic golfer. Incredible. Amazing. I could go on and on. The drives mostly in the fairway, irons mostly at the pin and usually close. Chip shots going in most of the time. And putts dropping from all over the green. All this from a guy who would shine the shoes in the clubhouse and cut the grass by the greens who would practice on a makeshift course in the back. Practice until his hands bled. Came up with a style that worked for him and never gave up. Mucho respect Lee Buck. Mucho respect.

Thank you for posting this video. Jack Nicklaus received a winner’s cheque of £5,750 out of a total prize fund of £18,400. How times have changed !

Two great golfers, but even better human beings.

What a match. Trevino was a s tough an opponent as Jack ever had, with the possible exception of Tom Watson. Trevino winning 6 majors in the Nicklaus era was quite an accomplishment.

I love Tevino's dealer's hat. It is awesome!

Two of the greats of golf....not only in playing the game, but also in living lives they can be proud of. Seems like much of that has been lost by everyone today.

Nothing on tv in those days, these guys were my heroes growing up, both fine gentleman , and both great golfers without the help of shot tracer😄⛳⛳⛳🦘

Jack drilled a birdie off a watcher, that is awesome, I need some crowd around my green to keep my chances up.

The most underrated part of Trevino is his honesty. It is damn hard to be funny, AND be honest. And he is sneaky humble. I am in shock to find out in another recent interview, that Trevino was asked to join a world league or something in 1969, and refused. It might have been lucrative for him etc...but he said The PGA threatened to take away his teaching card. He said he worked for 4 years to get this card, and if everything started falling off the cliff in his playing, he could still teach and make a living. This is AFTER winning the US Open and a PGA Tournament in Hawaii. You talk about a man that appreciates his fortunes, and values everything that has been offered to him. He just said this: I could pick up range balls, I could give lessons etc...He values everything.... Including the ability to make a living as a teacher.

A Mexican born in Dallas, makes him American. :)

Thanks for posting ....classic golf match

I play golf with my fancy range finder and Titlist Pro Vx golf balls and wish I was 1/2 as good as these Legends Of Golf...

Just a couple years earlier Lee was a golf range “pro” and then match play vs greatest of all time, crazy.

Thanks for posting this great match!

Damm what a duel!

man was a powerhouse my god he tore through the ball

I didn't hear anyone yelling BABA BOOEY. Maybe the microphone just didn't pick it up.

This is when you had to hit a golf ball

Thanks

Chicano. The term Mr. Wright, is a Chicano/American, but he's a Texan, through, and through.

These are both one-of-a-kind, legendary men who are the hero's of millions. I don't know why they don't teach Jack's swing, since his swing was, in my estimation, superior to everyone's.

Great stuff-old school golf

Incredible golf. Considering their equipment in those days.

I didn't think Trevino even knew out of bounds existed.

Ohhh how putting has changed....and announcing:)

Nobody copied Jacks swing because nobody had the talent to. By far best golfer ever! He could hit a 1 iron off fairway higher then my PW

The swing that Jack makes at 2:50 is the perfect. He hits ball first and his clubhead drags on the ground a good 1 feet after impact. Hit down to make the ball go up.

in my younger days, I was deep in the heather a lot too.

Awesome

they keep repeating the same impact-sound, regardless of the player/club/shot :-( I guess it was filmed without sound-recording and edited later on

godamnit I wanna see the ball flights but I dont think they really recorded that since you couldn't see it :( how low were lee trevinos shots? were they like stingers so he got that roll from the texas courses he would play?

Jack's swing is unique to him.

"...both 30, Trevino a Mexican born in Dallas and Nicklaus born in Columbus and there the similarity ends..."

What a fantastic post - thank you. I wonder if they were able to use the large ball or had to use the small one? Hard to tell from the film.

Trevino would get his revenge in the 1971 US Open, beating Jack in an 18 hole playoff.

epic scrap

@ Adrian Ashworth Trevino said they still used the small ball then.

man ii knew said he saw nicklaus at wentworth in the 1970s(1971/1970) said in 54 holes he missed 2 greens and one of those the ball span off the green stated that nicklaus did not miss fairway or green and hit the ball a country mile

What course?

This is golf as it should be.😅

Country Club golden boy VS A true Self Made man....

How can Trevino be Mexican, born in Texas?

Fark yah lee

Some weirdnesses: it looks like they always had their caddies fetch the ball out of the hole. The greens are painfully slow. The most confusing part is that Ben Wright keeps mentioning the "stroke play" score--for instance that Nicklaus posted a 34 on the front nine. But there is no stroke play score during a match play event, what with concessions, etc., only a match play score. Why would he keep bringing it up? It just confuses the matter.

Jack was great but his competitors were great also. Tiger never faced the quality of golfers Jack did. The list was long from Arnie to Greg Norman over 30 years

Jack said to Trevino one time do u now how great u really could be if u took this game seriously!LOL!!

nicklaus at wentworth.jack missed 2 greens in 54 holes.one of those the ball spun off the green.hit the ball a country mile.

How many legit hall of famers did Jack have to beat to get 18 majors. Answer. A whole lot. How good was the competition back then. Answer. Moe Norman never won a tournament in the USA even though he was a star in Canada.

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5:48 Amazing chip in from a shitty lie.

I'd forgotten have shitty Trevino's swing was until I saw this. Thank for posting.

Both of them missed fairways

Well I used to think so but anyone who can publicly support a criminal insurrectionist like Trump is not the man I thought he was

Awesome