Jack Nicklaus's lack of a short game is greatly overexaggerated...in his early 40's he turned to Phil Rodgers for help in this area of his game which by his own admission (& high standards) was not the strongest part of his game because he had rarely needed it prior to this point of his career. I would love to know what his GIR were over the course of his career...a stat that I could not find...but I would imagine was remarkable...I don't think he missed many greens during the peak of his career. As far as putting ...he didn't miss very many when they counted.