Both have their place in Golf History...Jack is the G.O.A.T. in my book. Lee Trevino is a great Sportsman...great competitor...and one of the greatest Golfers of all time.

Wow! Amazing passion for the game and he's having fun too! I love Trevino.

Give Jack Nicklaus modern clubs and modern balls in his prime and no one comes close to him. Not even Tiger Woods.

@shelleyvanlaere7649

2 жыл бұрын

Jeff Taylor. Totally agree

golf reaaaaly needs another one like him to come along. so tired of the clones.

@darrell3118

4 жыл бұрын

And STILL applies 7 years later!

Trevino was a dominator his first year on the senior tour.

Trevino had that Latin swag tho.

When Ben Hogan was still alive, he sent every Ben Hogan Company prototype from the Fort Worth factory straight over to Dallas so Trevino could hit them and provide the feedback. "Send it to the Mexican in Dallas," Hogan said. "Nobody hits it better."

@drbopperthp

8 жыл бұрын

No one can handle the greens all around the world and Trevino hit it better than you've ever hit it in your entire life.

@drbopperthp

8 жыл бұрын

+18tangles "...amateur at best". As evidenced by your original amateurish comment. Mention Nicklaus in the same breath, no problem - but Norman the choker, et al??? Put a different shrimp on your barbee bud.

@drbopperthp

8 жыл бұрын

+18tangles Norman with the biggest choke in Master's history - Kirkwhonobody hitting shots off cheap watches - prawns versus shrimp (had some really nice ones last night at local Korean restaurant) - best you can come up with??? Hilarious - played grabass with any stingrays lately mate???

@williamhyde7310

7 жыл бұрын

Christ I can't handle Melbourne greens myself.

@blackie75

5 жыл бұрын

@@drbopperthp I remember speaking to a guy that owned a driving range back in the day. He said he had pretty much anybody who was anybody hit there over a 30 year period. He said that in those years, he never seen anyone hit the ball with more command than Greg Norman. Take that for what you will, but the man could crush a ball.

Wow, I remember this... Thanks for posting! I love Lee Trevino!

lee was the only golfer i can remember on tour that actually could tell jokes while he was hitting the ball;used to have the galleries on the ground with laughter

@jorgecallico9177

4 жыл бұрын

Humor is a great way to dispel tension. His act created a whole new dimension for golf. Jack definitely is the greatest if all time but not always when he played Lee. Perhaps some of it was the personality clash. I too am sort of a shy personality. And the old back slapping, life of the party image is something that I tend to resent. While many people attribute Lee's humor to his Mexican heritage? I see more of a TEXAN in him. The personality of other famous Texans. Like musicians Buddy Holly and Willie Nelson. Though Willie is more sly than back slapping. It's that persona of the "Bigger Thsn Life" Texan more than his Latino background. They tell tall tales. Humor a way of escaping the drudgery of long days picking cotton in 110° heat.

Nine irons and wedges to the green is ridiculous.

Two guys with wonky swings and wonky putting strokes somehow became two of the GOATs.

@pb12661

3 жыл бұрын

Nicklaus had "wonky swing?" SMH That comment proves you know absolutely nothing about the game of golf.

@johnnypenso9574

3 жыл бұрын

@@pb12661 Jack had a "flying right elbow" that defied golf convention at a time when golf swings were measured against classic swingers like Ben Hogan and Sam Snead. Clearly you need some education in golf history because you don't even know about one of the most commonly talked about attributes of Jack's swing..

@dickrichards9650

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnnypenso9574 Nicklaus was ok, or good for his time. But the greatest that I ever saw was Carlton Spackler. Ive said it before, and damnit, I'll say it again. The sound when he hit the golf ball, was out of this world. Masters champ, and guru to millions. Nicklaus, smicklaus...Trevino smevino.

@ryanu3708

Жыл бұрын

@@pb12661es by modern teaching standards his swing was abnormally upright and his absurdly far forward ball position was indeed unusual and difficult to copy. In his book “Golf My Way” Nicklaus goes into great detail about this himself. He played the ball so far forward in his stance it was literally inside his left heel with every club in the bag. Golfers who attempted to copy this method robbed themselves of considerable distance because they added unnecessary loft to the clubs and lacked the pure athleticism and sheer strength Nicklaus possessed. Ninety nine percent of tour pros in the modern era play the ball much further back to more easily compress it at impact. Greg Norman is the only golfer that had any success in copying Jack’s techniques. No one was ever able to copy Trevino’s swing. So yes, both of them had unique and highly technical golf moves. This is widely known among golf professionals and teachers and is nothing new. There are many golfers in recent years who have unusual moves through the ball. Henrik Stenson is one of the best examples.

jacks swing is totally ignored/overlooked which is strange. top tens in major championships jack is a country mile ahead of everyone-you could not do that with a faulty technique

@pb12661

3 жыл бұрын

Jack had a great swing. You are right. he was an underrated ball striker. I watched him in person for years. I've seen all the greats from the 70's until present. The only guy, IMO, that matched him in his ball striking ability was Greg Norman. Watson wasn't far behind those two.

Jack: Greatest Champion Trevino: Greatest Hustler (love him)

Better golfer was Jack. The better man was and is Lee Buck Trevino. Lee is a gem. He didn't get into golf through the front door of the country club like Jack. He made his way in through the caddy shack door. What a bad ass.

@pb12661

3 жыл бұрын

If he really think that Jack isn't a "good man" you are really clueless. Whether a person has certain advantages as children doesn't mean squat. The true measure of a man is all about what they become and how they live their life. Jack was raised correctly and worked his ass off for his success the same way Trevino had to do. Yes, Trevino is a bad ass and did it the "hard way" but it isn't like Jack's last was Biden. LOL

@jrsouth9253

3 жыл бұрын

There both great men.

Why does it seem that the self-taught players are the ball strikers in history, Moe, Trevino, Hogan etc...

@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739

3 жыл бұрын

Because they had to work hard for it. Its a thing of beauty.

@dschultz6072 But I have a great Shell video from a 1996 match between Jack and Lee, where in the pre match interview Jack says that Trevino and Hogan were the two best ball strikers ever, and he was not sure which one was a better ball striker. High praise from Jack. (Trevino went on to clean Jack's clock in the match, hitting almost every fairway and making lots of birdies, before inexplicably giving a bunch of strokes back by repeatedly hacking away at a ball he should have taken a drop.)

@ScratchArkkitehti

5 жыл бұрын

many have said the same.....he was the most accurate driver for like 10 years....Rivaled Calvin Peete.

Deceptive title! Lee had street sense. He knew he had the worst of it playing Nicklaus. So, he improvised! He talked Jack out of at least two tournaments. In one Major they played together, Jack told him, "Listen let's just play and not do any talking," because he realized that was how Trevino was beating him. He was breaking his concentration with all the banter. Trevino replied, "Don't worry. You play quietly. I'll take care of the talk for the both of us." Trevino, being a predator, saw he was getting to Jack and stepped his game up to beat him in a couple of head-to-head matches. Two of the greatest ever! Both genuine characters, too, rather than the robots on the tour today. Who was the best? Day in and day out over two long careers, no one matches up to Nicklaus. He's the greatest ever!

Trevino is the better man in the ladder years. Couldn't beat jack much in his prime though.

Lee plays inspired; Jack plays bored.

@dwighta8655

5 жыл бұрын

Yet Jack was way better. Deal with it.

@ScratchArkkitehti

4 жыл бұрын

@@dwighta8655 born with a golden spoon....too easy for him..

@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739

3 жыл бұрын

Lee had to eat Jack had a trust fund

@pb12661

3 жыл бұрын

@@ScratchArkkitehti Jack still worked his ass off.

@stevesharp401

2 жыл бұрын

Invited to the Piccadilly World Match Play Championship flown on Concorde.....Nicklaus response?......"thanks George, I've already flown on Concorde".......as with all prodigious winners, they get a little bit above their station.....

Am i seeing things??, or did I see him Hook a ball of the tee on 18?

Trevino on a good week was pretty much unbeatable. By anybody. He was the only guy to really scare Jack Nicklaus. When he was "on," his consistency was just unbelievable.

Jack Nicklaus 🤷‍♂️

Only history will tell, and people will count how many times a particular players name, is etched on that silver claret jug, or US Open trophy. How many Green jackets are in each players wardrobe, that is what matters. A player can only achieve true greatness, if he finds form, just at the right time. How many top players have tried to win a major, or even stay in contention to win one. If career earnings are anything to go by, then the Scot, Colin Montgomerie should be ranked as one of the greatest players, yet he never won or was in contention for any of the majors.

If Trevino was young now he would have more majors than Rory and Spieth combined. If Jack were young now he would be as long as Dechambeau is and he would win as often as Tiger did in his prime. Tiger never dealt with a prime Palmer Nicklaus Watson Casper Player Weiskopf Miller Watson Norman and Seve. They were really good and did not accept second place.

Silly question! Just ask Lee who the GOAT is.

@edro3838

3 жыл бұрын

Bingo!

Lee didnt have the putter Jack Had. Jack was the best Clutch Putter golf has ever seen.

@jefftaylor1186

3 жыл бұрын

Ahh yes but Trevino is easily the best bunker player I’ve ever seen. I’m pretty sure he PREFERED the sand.

Lee had a shorter prime but at his best he was Jack's equal

Well Jack was 18 times and Lee was 6 times.

@2badger2

3 жыл бұрын

After Lee got hit by lightening in 1975 he was never the same. He won 5 Majors in 7 years before the injury and it took him 10 years to win another. Lee probability would have won about 10-12 majors because the injury allowed him to play about 1/2 of the majors that Jack played.

@dennisdobin8640

3 жыл бұрын

@@2badger2 Yea he possible was effect by the lighting strike,and showed great courage to comeback and win another major.I think Buck was one of the few players that was not intimidated by Jack and one of the few player that actually gave Jack something to worry about coming down the home straight.I put Trevino in the same box as SEV and Bubba,great natural talents,and extremely entertaining.

@2badger2

3 жыл бұрын

@@dennisdobin8640 Back surgery to help reduce the pain.

Even today, he strikes the ball so well, that he'll stil beat most people using only one club, like a 200 year old fairway wood for example. He used to make money beating people with a taped up soda bottle on a stick. If you don't believe it, bring your wallet.

Seve LOL :-).

On that given day Lee was better. Lee was a great golfer and probably doesn’t get the credit he deserves.

Lee is in my dream foursome. Jack is not.

@pb12661

3 жыл бұрын

You probably aren't in Jack's dream foursome either.

@Mitch1977

3 жыл бұрын

@@pb12661 you’re gonna troll a comment I made a year ago. Haha wow play some golf instead man. This is just poor form! Hit em straight turd head!!

Is this a joke???? Trevino couldn’t shine Nicklaus shoes

How is he a great shot maker? he couldn't draw the ball so he never won the masters

@pb12661

3 жыл бұрын

He couldn't/didn't hit it high enough either. Ironically, Lee started hitting draws when he got on the "champions" tour. He could always do it but didn't learn to trust it.

@LeeTrevinoFans

3 жыл бұрын

@@pb12661 According to Butch he could hit em all...It was actually his problems with disgraced Augusta Chairman Clifford Roberts at that time. Very racist treatment of his caddie. Didnt sit well with Lee hence he boycotted the event.

@LeeTrevinoFans

3 жыл бұрын

He contended for years.....anyone who saw him including Moe Norman would disagree with you .

Lee was the better Golfer and a better person

@jeffreysmith5175

3 жыл бұрын

How could you say that. Jack has 18 majors. Jack is a devout Christian man. Trevino has neither. But golfers did their thing when they needed too.

4:55 is how the world sees Joe Biden 🤦😂

Is this a serious question????