Great news for all those nervous about Sunday’s local medal – even 18-time major winners get scared!

Golfing super-legend Jack Nicklaus revealed on Wednesday that he learned most about his game when he was asleep, sometimes dreaming and often having the journey to the golf course that William Foster might have had in Falling Down should that have been about the great game.

Nicklaus was speaking to Bally Sports Columbus at the Legends Luncheon, hosted by the Memorial Tournament, continuing the theme set by Nelly Korda and her Augusta nightmare.

“Years ago I used to dream about my swing,” Nicklaus told Dave Maetzold. “If I was having trouble with my swing, I’d give myself lessons quite often when I slept. Then I went out the next morning and tried it and it worked and I’d put it in.”

The 83-year-old continued. “I went to the practice range after I played, which I did most of the time, and couldn’t quite figure out what it was,” he admitted. “Then all of a sudden it would hit me while I was sleeping. It’s the perfect time to think. You don’t have anything else to do.”

Things clearly clicked during the dark hours and, after six green jackets, five PGA Championships, four U.S Opens and three Open Championship titles, you’d be hard-pressed to think The Golden Bear was ever anxious.

Not at all.

“I haven’t had it recently, but I used to have a dream all the time that it was my time to get to the first tee and I could never get there,” the 83-year-old said. “No matter what I did, somebody ran into me and kept me from getting to the first tee. I never quite got there, and I always woke up before it was my tee shot.”

“I’d know the courses, usually, and know how to get to the first tee, but I’d…have to go to the bathroom; I don’t have a ball; I couldn’t find my caddie––just so many different distractions. Not getting to the first tee is a nightmare.”

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Jack Nicklaus was in Columbus today for @MemorialGolf‘s Legends Luncheon, which raised $1.4 million for @nationwidekids.

Jack chatted with @DMaetzMedia about a recurring golf dream he used to have. #theMemorial pic.twitter.com/m3tsomMBLt

— Bally Sports Columbus (@BallySportsCBUS) April 19, 2023

Article originally appeared on: Golfwrx.com