One question to fellow Grand Slam champion Jack Nicklaus about the Grand Slam winning Rory McIlroy and of this week’s Memorial.

Nicklaus asked what was is like for for him watching the final round coverage of The Masters.

“Well, you know, I don’t know whether he was going to win or not”, said Nicklaus.

Legendary Jack Nicklaus has hinted perhaps Rory McIlroy should consider having a chat with the Golden Bear before heading to Augusta and a quest, for a second year running, to win the Grand Slam.

“After the Masters, I dropped him a note, and I told him, I don’t think anybody’s won by having four double bogeys. And I said, But that just showed me how much talent you have to overcome that to win and how you played some unbelievably spectacular shots, such as the iron at 7 that he hit over the tree that actually hit the tree.

“The phenomenal iron he hit at 15, the shot he hit at 17. Then, of course, to miss that little short putt at 18 on a pitch-out on his second shot with a wedge, which was not very good. But he played some bad shots. The shot he hit at 13, I can’t believe.

“But anyway, you know, I was very happy for him. It was a great win, and it got the monkey off his back. And to me, the monkey was not the Grand Slam. The monkey was the Masters.  Now, the Grand Slam was a product of winning the Masters.

“If you ask him which was more important, I think he would have to say the Masters. That’s because it was”.

Well said, as always, Jack.