JACK ATTACK
In 1994, after being cut off in traffic, Nicholson used a golf club to smash another motorist’s windshield. It was (and still is) the most famous instance of road rage meeting golf tantrum.
“I was out of my mind,” he said later, referring to the rugged schedule of a film he was directing and the recent death of a friend. The case was settled out of court when he wrote the other driver a check, reportedly for $500,000. One mystery remained: What club had he used? News reports called it a wedge or a 5-iron; others said 3-iron and 9-iron. Jack had never specified — until now.
“I was on my way to the course, and in the midst of this madness I some-how knew what I was doing,” he says, “because I reached into my trunk and specifically selected a club I never used on the course: my 2-iron.”
Case closed.
HOLY….. TFTC doesn’t even begin to describe this.
12 years ago at 10:44 amThis is a classic, Jack Nicholson.TFM
12 years ago at 11:50 amBreeze looks nice
12 years ago at 12:49 pmNothing wrong here.
12 years ago at 12:53 pmHe probably doesn’t even realize he’s golfing. Yay is a helluva drug.
12 years ago at 12:53 pmHis loafer game is on point.
12 years ago at 2:02 pmExcerpt from Golf Digest Dec 2007:
JACK ATTACK
12 years ago at 10:43 amIn 1994, after being cut off in traffic, Nicholson used a golf club to smash another motorist’s windshield. It was (and still is) the most famous instance of road rage meeting golf tantrum.
“I was out of my mind,” he said later, referring to the rugged schedule of a film he was directing and the recent death of a friend. The case was settled out of court when he wrote the other driver a check, reportedly for $500,000. One mystery remained: What club had he used? News reports called it a wedge or a 5-iron; others said 3-iron and 9-iron. Jack had never specified — until now.
“I was on my way to the course, and in the midst of this madness I some-how knew what I was doing,” he says, “because I reached into my trunk and specifically selected a club I never used on the course: my 2-iron.”
Case closed.
All this picture needs is some scotch
12 years ago at 10:47 am