Jack Nicklaus sidesteps LIV Golf criticism ahead of St Andrews honour | Ewan Murray

The 18-time major winner admits he does not see eye to eye' with Greg Norman but focuses on positives before 150th Open

Jack Nicklaus has not lost his skills of navigation at St Andrews. Whereas in 1970 and 1978 he plotted his way around the Old Course adeptly enough to claim the Claret Jug, in 2022 the 82-year-old sidestepped questions about golf's ongoing civil war.

He may have cause to be circumspect about the rebel LIV series, given he was reportedly offered tens of millions to advocate the Saudi Arabia-backed scheme. It is instead Greg Norman who is front and centre of all things LIV, which has led to the Australian not being invited by the R&A to past champion events here this week.