Jack Nicholson spent $75,000 on a set of golf clubs

In the game of golf there is one only Jack, Mr. Nicklaus, but there is a man with a similar name that is just as famous as the Golden Bear who dabbles in the game.

Jack Nicholson, a reported 12 handicap, enjoys his country club days in Los Angeles when he isn’t taking in Lakers games, and when you have all the money in the world to spend, you enjoy the game a little more.

But is $ 75,000 for a set of golf clubs even insane for a three-time Oscar winner? That’s the word from Marketwatch, who reported that Nicholson spent the equivalent of an upscale country club membership on 14 clubs by the Japanese club manufacturer Honma.

From the report of what makes these clubs, ahem, worth it …

Honma, a 54-year-old company, describes the clubs as the work of golf “artisans.” The company says more than 100 craftsmen are involved in the production of each piece. Some are busy polishing club heads to exact specifications — as Honma says on its website, variations of 1/100th of a millimeter “can make all the difference” in terms of how they affect a golfer’s performance.

I’ve reviewed plenty of golf clubs in my days and I’m pretty sure I’ve never thought to myself after taking one out for a range session, “Man, I like these clubs, but how many golf artisans worked on them?!”

Nicholson joins Donald Trump and Danny DeVito as owners of these nearly six-figure golf clubs, and while I’m sure they are beautiful to look at, I’m not sure how confident I’d be over a golf shot from the Arizona rocks if I knew that the 7-iron I was about to scuff up cost $ 5,357. I guess if that’s the case you better just take a drop.

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