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LUXURY ROUNDUP GAMES PEOPLE PLAY...
GOLF TIPS FORE THE LOVE
The Jet-Set Edition
OF GOLF WITH
BARBARA AND JACK NICKLAUS
WBY THE LUXURY AND LIFESTYLE EDITORIAL TEAM
e’re into summer and it’s already turning out to be a doozy. The Climate Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmo- spheric Administration (NOAA) released their summer outlook, which predicts a summer of above-average temperatures and wetter
weather for the East Coast. According to NOAA, this prediction is influenced by the fact that this is a La Niña year. This means a stronger hurricane season in
the Atlantic. Between escalating U.S. natural gas prices, air-conditioning season, and potentially stormy weather, the odds of us having another major blackout are pretty high. Once your cell phone batteries die, what better thing to do with your friends and family than have a game night by candlelight? Hampton Sheet has assembled the perfect games for you to play.
I turned 9 the day before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared. I’m 11 now. If you know me, you know that I always look for the positives—but it was really hard to find any silver linings over the past two years. That is, until I discovered golf.
PREDICTIONS AREN’T
JUST FOR THE WEATHER
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ALWAYS A PAWN, NEVER THE QUEEN
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READY, GET SET, GO!
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I VANT TO BE ALONE
Are you channeling your inner Greta Garbo, having become accustomed to the pandemic’s hermit-like isolation? Are you not quite ready to play well with others? Then run, don’t walk, to Cartier to get your very own Panthère de Cartier solitaire board. This exquisite piece, which comes in a varnished resin with the iconic panther motif, also includes beads in blown glass and gold leaf. $2,980, cartier.com
ROLL OF THE DICE
After over two years of pandemic restrictions, people are looking
to go back to the carefree ways of simpler, happier times—like the 1970s, when disco was king and backgammon was played
in nightclubs, including Studio
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BY BOBBY LOVE
Golf is the perfect pandemic sport. It’s outside, the players are really kind, and if you’re still into social distancing, you can be as far away from other golfers as you want.
This column is about golf tips—both on and off the course. I cannot think of two better people to give advice than the most important couple in golf— Barbara and Jack Nicklaus. Married since 1960, they have raised five chil- dren and now have 22 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Maybe you know Jack Nicklaus as the player who had the longest and straightest drives on the PGA Tour. Or that he was awarded the Congressio- nal Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Or maybe you’ve seen sports clips of him sinking a 102- foot putt. No matter what, you proba- bly know Jack Nicklaus as one of the greatest golfers of all time—the Golden Bear—who won a record 73 PGA Tour events and 18 major championships.
Barbara Nicklaus is another kind of champion—for charitable causes. She believes that “the legacy you leave here on Earth is measured by the hearts you touch.” And she has touched many. She and Jack cofounded the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation in 2004 and the PGA Tour’s Memorial Tournament in 1976, raising millions for charity. For her work helping oth- ers, she was recognized with the 2019 PGA Distinguished Service Award
and was inaugurated into the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame in 2021. Mrs. Nicklaus—also known as the First Lady of Golf—can also play the sport. Legend has it that after she completed her first five holes ever—at just two- over par—she said: “This game isn’t
so hard. I don’t know why you practice so much.”
I was recently in contact with Barbara and Jack Nicklaus in sunny South Florida to talk about my favorite sport—golf.
The PGA Tour’s Memorial Tournament that you cofounded has raised millions for Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The PGA Tour and its players also support more than 3,000 other charities. Why is charity so important in golf?
JN: Charity is important because
golf is much more than just a game. Ever since the PGA Tour was formed, billions of dollars in charitable funds have been raised to help a variety of causes all over the world. My family and I are very grateful for all we have been given over the years, not only through the game of golf but through all those we have had the good fortune to meet.
Tell me more about your own charity.
JN: Barbara and I decided long ago that if we were ever in a position to help, we would make it a priority to give back.
In 2004, we formed the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation, through which we have helped count- less children and families from all over the world get access to cutting-edge pediatric health care.
What’s your best advice for any golfer? JN: The best advice I can give to an as- piring golfer is to have a good teacher and practice, practice, practice—there is no substitute for either and I cannot stress that enough. To be successful in golf, as with anything, you must have a desire and a willingness to commit to a lot of hard work.
BN: Practice, work hard, and always be patient.
JN: Barbara knows a lot about pa- tience; she has been married to me for almost 62 years!
This question is for my game. Mr. Nick- laus, if you had the choice between hitting the longest and straightest drive every time or making every putt, what would you choose?
JN: Bobby, if I had the choice to hit either the longest and straightest drives every time or to make every putt, I would choose the putt. Even if you drive well time after time, you still have to make that putt.
For more information about the Nick- laus Children’s Healthcare Foundation, go to nchcf.org. Bobby Love, born and raised in Manhattan, is an 11-year-old Florida transplant. He started taking golf lessons in 2021 at the age of 10. He wants everyone to love golf as much as he does. n
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