There’s a good possibility that Jack Nicklaus would be able to dominate the PGA Tour even today. With his expertise and experience, the soon-to-be-82 golf icon remains a prominent figure, always concerned about how golf is progressing. Of course, some of his opinions have stayed the same over the course of all these years.

Nicklaus, for ages, has been warning everyone about the hitting distance. He has maintained that it will be a problem for golf and needs to be checked before time runs out.

Unfortunately, Nicklaus seems sure about no one paying attention to his warning.

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Jack Nicklaus on hitting distance and how it should be checked

In 2017, the US Golf Association and R&A released a distance report. They wanted to analyze distance, and understand how everyone looked at it. The pandemic ended up delaying the ‘Distance Insights Project’ which was scheduled for 2020. The concerned authorities were to look into the distance and its increased role in golf.

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“I really don’t know what they’re doing,” Nicklaus said.

He spoke about it on the 5 Clubs podcast with Gary Williams, admitting that everyone is really slow about reacting to this issue. “They say they put a line in the sand but that line in the sand keeps getting wider. They keep crossing it. I think something will get done, it’s just how long will it take for them to research the problem?” he added. 

Nicklaus even joked about buying all the houses around him, especially if the golf course would be 8000 yards in 10 years.

The 73-time PGA Tour winner has also tweeted about his views, looking forward to any favorable result.

What is Nicklaus concerned about?

However, he knows that no one is going to listen to his 81-year-old self if they did not listen to him when he was 30. Nicklaus continues to believe that the ball coming back will bring things “back into perspective”. And for the 18-time major champion, that remains extremely important.

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His concern has been present since the 70s and has stayed firm even as the game of golf went through various changes.

What do you think of distance hitting? Do you agree with Nicklaus?