Player Comes From Behind to Pass Nicklaus

Player's comeback prevents Nicklaus from becoming first player to earn $1.5 million on the PGA TOUR

Gary Player holds court in the Sydney airport in 1972 (Photo: Trevor James Robert Dallen, Fairfax Media via Getty Images)

Get onboard for our journey through the past as we go back to 1972 and the Greater New Orleans Open. Jack Nicklaus had one goal in mind that week and that was to win the $25,000 winner’s check which would put him over the $1.5 million mark in career earnings. Gary Player had other ideas.

Scottie Scheffler is like the Energizer Bunny as he dominated again in Hilton Head at the RBC Heritage. We are watching history AND it’s being matched on the LPGA Tour as Nelly Korda is dominating over there winning the Chevron Championship for her fifth win in a row and her second major. It’s amazing what these two are doing right now. We won’t see Scottie again until the PGA Championship in May, and Korda was a late withdrawal from the JM Eagle LA Championship this week with a scheduled return next month at the Cognizant Founders Cup in New Jersey. Scottie is home for some rest, if…