Personal Information
Birth	January 21, 1940 (1940-01-21) (age 67) Columbus, Ohio
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Nationality	United States
Residence	North Palm Beach, Florida
College	Ohio State University
Career
Turned Pro	1961
Tours	PGA Tour (joined 1962) Champions Tour (joined 1990)
Professional wins	113 (PGA Tour: 73, Other: 21, Champions Tour: 10, Other senior: 9)
Major Championship Wins (18)
Masters	(6) 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986
U.S. Open	(4) 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980
The Open Championship	(3) 1966, 1970, 1978
PGA Championship	(5) 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980
Awards
PGA Tour Money Winner	1964, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976
PGA Player of the Year	1967, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976

Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), also known as "The Golden Bear",^[1] is widely regarded as the greatest professional golfer of all time, in large part because of his records in major championships.^[2] Nicklaus accumulated a record 18 professional majors in a PGA Tour career lasting 25 years, from 1962 to 1986. Later, on the Champions Tour, the senior version of the PGA Tour, he won 8 of that tour's majors between 1990 and 1996. Both records still stand today.
Nicklaus has also taken part in many off-course activities, including golf course design, golf instruction book writing, and running his own tournament on the PGA Tour, the Memorial Tournament. Together with Arnold Palmer and Gary Player (collectively known as the "Big Three"), he is credited with turning golf into the major spectator sport it has become. While Palmer brought golf into the television era, it was the developing Nicklaus-Palmer-Player rivalry that drove subsequent interest.^[2] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 635 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (712 × 672 pixel, file size: 197 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio, USA Coordinates: , Country United States State Ohio Counties Franklin, Delaware, and Fairfield Government  - Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D) Area  - City  212. ... This article is about a foot as a unit of length. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre (American English:meter) is a measure of length. ... The pound (abbreviations: lb or, sometimes in the United States, #) is a unit of mass (called weight in everyday parlance) in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The kilogram or kilogramme (symbol: kg) is the SI base unit of mass. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Village of North Palm Beach North Palm Beach is a village located in Palm Beach County, Florida. ... The Ohio State University (OSU) is a coeducation public research university in the state of Ohio. ... The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USAs main professional golf tours. ... The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA TOUR, hosts 30 events annually in the United States and Canada for golfers 50 and older. ... This article is about the golf tournament. ... The United States Open Championship is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. ... “British Open” redirects here. ... The PGA Championship (often referred to as the U.S. PGA Championship outside of North America) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. ... The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USAs main professional golf tours. ... The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USAs main professional golf tours. ... is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the sport. ... // The Major Championships, often referred to simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf. ... The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USAs main professional golf tours. ... The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA TOUR, hosts 30 events annually in the United States and Canada for golfers 50 and older. ... Mens professional senior golf is for players aged fifty and above. ... The Memorial Tournament is a PGA Tour golf tournament which is closely associated with Jack Nicklaus. ... Nationality  United States Birth September 10, 1929 (age 77) Latrobe, Pennsylvania Height 5 ft 10 in (1. ... Gary Player (born November 1, 1935) is a South African professional golfer generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the games history. ... A spectator sport is one that is characterized by the presence of spectators, or watchers, at its matches. ...

Amateur career

Nicklaus was born in Columbus, Ohio. He was raised in the suburb of Upper Arlington, and attended Upper Arlington High School, where he earned his nickname "The Golden Bear", as that was the school's mascot. Overcoming a mild case of polio as a child, he took up golf at the age of ten, shooting 51 for his first nine holes. At 13, he broke 70. He won the first of five straight^[3] Ohio State Junior titles at the age of twelve. He won the Ohio State Open in 1956 at age 16, competing against professionals. While attending The Ohio State University, he won the U.S. Amateur title twice (1959, 1961), and an NCAA Championship (1961). At the 1960 U.S. Open, he shot a 282, finishing second by two strokes to Arnold Palmer, who won the tournament with a final round 65. This score remains the lowest ever made by an amateur player in the U.S. Open. He represented the United States, against Great Britain, on winning Walker Cup teams in both 1959 and 1961, winning both of his matches in each contest. He was also a member of the victorious 1960 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team, winning the unofficial individual title with a four-round score of 269, a record which still stands.^[4] Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio, USA Coordinates: , Country United States State Ohio Counties Franklin, Delaware, and Fairfield Government  - Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D) Area  - City  212. ... The Upper Arlington Municipal Services Center functions as the seat of city government as well as police headquarters Upper Arlington is a suburban city located in Franklin County, Ohio, on the northwest side of the Columbus metropolitan area. ... Upper Arlington High School is a high school in Upper Arlington, Ohio, northwest of Columbus, Ohio. ... Poliomyelitis (polio), or infantile paralysis, is a viral paralytic disease. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... This article is about Ohio State; there is also an Ohio University. ... The U.S. Amateur Championship is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for male amateur golfers. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Open Championship is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. ... The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in odd numbered years between teams comprising the leading amateur golfers of the United States and Great Britain and Ireland (in political terms the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland). ... The Eisenhower Trophy is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organised by the International Golf Federation. ...

PGA Tour career

Professional breakthrough

Nicklaus began his professional career in 1962. His first professional win came in the same year, defeating the heavily-favored Arnold Palmer in a Monday playoff at Oakmont for the 1962 U.S. Open. To this day, Nicklaus is still the youngest ever winner of this event. By the end of the year Nicklaus had picked up two more wins, those being the Seattle Open and the Portland Open back-to-back. He completed 1962 with over 60,000 of prize-money, placed third on the tour money list, and was named Rookie of the Year.^[3] Nationality  United States Birth September 10, 1929 (age 77) Latrobe, Pennsylvania Height 5 ft 10 in (1. ... Oakmont Country Club is a prestigious country club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania just outside Pittsburgh. ... The United States Open Championship is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. ... “Seattle” redirects here. ... Nickname: Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: , Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government  - Mayor Tom Potter Area  - City 376. ...

In 1963 Nicklaus won two of the four major championships - the Masters and the PGA Championship. Along with three other wins including the Tournament of Champions, he placed second on the tour money list with just over $100,000.^[3] The Masters is one of four major championships in mens golf. ... The PGA Championship (often referred to as the U.S. PGA Championship outside of North America) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. ... Envisioned as a continuing poker tournament series, the Tournament of Champions, shortened to TOC for simplicity, was founded in January 2005 by a small group of friends who had been playing Texas Holdem and other poker variants on a regular basis for several years but wanted to expand their...

Despite not winning a major in 1964, Nicklaus placed first on the tour money list for the first time in his career with a margin of $81.13 over Palmer. At the British Open at St Andrews, Nicklaus set a new record for the lowest score in the final 36 holes with 66-68. Despite this, Tony Lema won the event with Nicklaus placing second.^[3] “British Open” redirects here. ... For other uses, see St Andrews (disambiguation). ... Tony and Betty Lema Anthony David Tony Lema (February 25, 1934 – July 24, 1966) was an American professional golfer. ...

Nicklaus won the Masters in 1965 and 1966, becoming the first consecutive winner of this event. In 1966 he also won the British Open at Muirfield in Scotland, which was the only major he had failed to win up to this time. This win made him the youngest player, age 26, and the only one after Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, and Gary Player (until Tiger Woods at age 24) to win all four major championships, now known as the Career Slam. Jack Nicklaus eventually accomplished the triple career slam in 1978, winning all four majors three times. Until Tiger Woods, no other golfer had won every major more than once. (As of May 2007, Woods has won the career slam twice, completing it in 2005 at the age of 29, needing only a 3rd U.S. Open victory to tie Nicklaus) In 1967 Nicklaus won his second U.S. Open title at Baltusrol, breaking Hogan's 72-hole record with a 275.^[3] The Masters is one of four major championships in mens golf. ... “British Open” redirects here. ... The village of Muirfield is an upscale golf-oriented community located in Dublin, Ohio. ... This article is about the country. ... Gene Sarazen (born Eugenio Saraceni) (February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) is one of the few golfers to win all the Major Championships in his career, including 1922 US Open 1922 PGA Championship 1923 PGA Championship 1932 US Open 1932 British Open 1933 PGA Championship 1935 The Masters Winner of... Personal Information Birth August 13, 1912 Stephenville, Texas Death July 25, 1997 Fort Worth, Texas Height 5 ft 7 in (1. ... Gary Player (born November 1, 1935) is a South African professional golfer generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the games history. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... The United States Open Championship is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. ... The Baltusrol Golf Club is a 36-hole country club located in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey. ...

Career downturn (1968-1970)

After Nicklaus won the 1967 U.S. Open, he did not win another major championship until the 1970 British Open at the Old Course at St Andrews. Moreover, his highest finish on the tour money list for the years 1968-70 was second; his lowest was fourth, his worst ranking on the list since turning professional. In 1970, Nicklaus's father, Charlie Nicklaus, died. Soon after this Nicklaus won the 1970 British Open, defeating fellow American Doug Sanders in a playoff round in emotional fashion. Nicklaus threw his putter into the air after sinking the winning putt, as he was thrilled to have won the Open at the home of golf, St. Andrews.^[5] He describes this period in his life: “British Open” redirects here. ... The 18th green and clubhouse of the R&A. Looking up the 18th fairway towards the clubhouse with the famous bridge over the Swilken Burn in the middle distance. ... “British Open” redirects here. ... Doug Sanders (born 24 July 1933 in Cedartown, Georgia) is a famous professional golfer, who won 20 PGA Tour tournaments during his career. ... “British Open” redirects here. ... See St Andrews, New South Wales for St Andrews, Sydney, Australia. ...

"I was playing good golf, but it really wasn't that big a deal to me one way or the other. And then my father passed away and I sort of realized that he had certainly lived his life through my golf game. I really hadn't probably given him the best of that. So I sort of got myself back to work. So '70 was an emotional one for me from that standpoint. ... It was a big boost."^[6]

Record setter

With a win at the 1971 PGA Championship in February, Nicklaus became the first golfer to win all four majors twice in a career.^[7] By the end of the year he had won four additional tournaments including the Tournament of Champions and the National Team Championship with Arnold Palmer. The PGA Championship (often referred to as the U.S. PGA Championship outside of North America) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. ... Envisioned as a continuing poker tournament series, the Tournament of Champions, shortened to TOC for simplicity, was founded in January 2005 by a small group of friends who had been playing Texas Holdem and other poker variants on a regular basis for several years but wanted to expand their...

Nicklaus won the first two majors of 1972, the Masters and the U.S. Open, creating talk of a Grand Slam. In the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, Nicklaus struck a one-iron on the par-three 17th hole into a stiff, gusty ocean breeze which landed, hit the flagstick and ended up six inches from the cup. The U.S. Open was Nicklaus's 13th career major, and tied him with Bobby Jones for career majors (although a different group of tournaments had been considered majors in Jones's time). He won a total of seven tournaments during the year, and was runner-up in a further three. The Masters is one of four major championships in mens golf. ... The Grand Slam of golf consists of four major golfing events held each year; the events are often referred to as the major tournaments and are all recognized as a part of the worlds two most prestigious tours, the PGA TOUR in the United States and the PGA European... The United States Open Championship is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. ... Pebble Beach Golf Links is one of several well known courses in Pebble Beach, California and probably the most famous golf course in the Western United States. ... Bobby Jones won the first Grand Slam of golf in 1930. ...

Nicklaus did not win the Grand Slam in 1972, however, as Lee Trevino repeated as the British Open champion, and Gary Player prevailed in the PGA Championship. // Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is an American professional golfer. ... “British Open” redirects here. ... Gary Player (born November 1, 1935) is a South African professional golfer generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the games history. ... The PGA Championship (often referred to as the U.S. PGA Championship outside of North America) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. ...

Jones's record of majors was soon broken when Nicklaus won the PGA Championship in August 1973 for his 14th professional major. In that year he won another six tournaments. The PGA Player of the Year was awarded to Nicklaus for the third time, and the second year in a row. The PGA Championship (often referred to as the U.S. PGA Championship outside of North America) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. ... The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USAs main professional golf tours. ...

Nicklaus's failure to win a major in 1974 was offset somewhat by his being named one of the 13 original inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame.^[8] Nicklaus says this honor was a "nice memento" after a "disappointing season".^[9] // The World Golf Hall of Fame is located in St. ...

Nicklaus started off well in 1975: he won the Doral-Eastern Open, the Heritage Classic, and the Masters in consecutive starts. His Masters win was his fifth, a record he was to break eleven years later. In this tournament, Nicklaus made a 40-foot putt on the 16th hole to all but secure his victory. He also won the PGA Championship for the fourth time in August. His performance in 1975 resulted in his being named PGA Player of the Year for the fourth time, tying Ben Hogan, and he was also named ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. The Ford Championship at Doral is a PGA Tour golf tournament, which takes place over the Blue Monster course at Doral Golf Resort and Spa in Miami-Dade County, Florida, currently in early March. ... The Verizon Heritage is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. ... The Masters is one of four major championships in mens golf. ... The PGA Championship (often referred to as the U.S. PGA Championship outside of North America) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. ... The PGA Tour is an organization headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA, just south of Jacksonville, that operates the USAs main professional golf tours for men. ... Personal Information Birth August 13, 1912 Stephenville, Texas Death July 25, 1997 Fort Worth, Texas Height 5 ft 7 in (1. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... ABCs Wide World of Sports is a long-running sports anthology show on American television. ...

He placed first on the tour money list again in 1976, despite competing in only 16 events, winning only two — neither of them majors — and playing what he called "hang-back-and-hope golf".^[10] He also won the PGA Player of the Year award for a record fifth time. Between 1972 and 1976 the only time he failed to win this award was 1974.

The following year, 1977, was also majorless for Nicklaus, but his second-place finish behind Tom Watson at the British Open at Turnberry created headlines around the world. In a one-on-one battle dubbed the "Duel in the Sun," Nicklaus shot 65-66 in the final two rounds, only to be beaten by Watson, who scored 65-65. Nicklaus would later say: // Thomas Sturges Watson (born September 4, 1949 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an golfer on the Champions Tour, who still occasionally competes in PGA Tour events. ... “British Open” redirects here. ... Turnberry is a golf resort on the Atlantic Coast of Scotland. ...

"There are those in golf who would argue into next month that the final two rounds of the 1977 British Open were the greatest head-to-head golf match ever played. Not having been around for the first five hundred or so years of the game, I'm not qualified to speak on such matters. What's for sure, however, is that it was the most thrilling one-on-one battle of my career."^[11]

During 1977, Nicklaus won his 63rd tour event, passing Ben Hogan to take second place on the career wins list, behind only Sam Snead. Personal Information Birth August 13, 1912 Stephenville, Texas Death July 25, 1997 Fort Worth, Texas Height 5 ft 7 in (1. ... Samuel Jackson Sam Snead (May 27, 1912 – May 23, 2002) was an American golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of 4 decades. ...

Nicklaus won the 1978 British Open to become the only player to have won each major championship not twice but three times. Nicklaus won three other tournaments on the PGA Tour including the Tournament Players Championship, and was named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated. After this year he suffered a lapse of form, not winning another tournament until June 1980. The year of 1979 was the first in which he failed to win a tournament; he had only one runner-up finish. “British Open” redirects here. ... The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USAs main professional golf tours. ... The Players Championship can refer to several things: For the Players Championship in snooker, see Players Championship (snooker). ... The first issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews at bat in Milwaukee County Stadium. ...

In 1980, Nicklaus recorded only three top-ten finishes, but two of these were victories in majors (the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship); the other was a runner-up finish in the Doral-Eastern Open. During the next five years Nicklaus won only twice on the tour, including his own tournament (Memorial Tournament) in 1984. The PGA Championship (often referred to as the U.S. PGA Championship outside of North America) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. ... The Ford Championship at Doral is a PGA Tour golf tournament, which takes place over the Blue Monster course at Doral Golf Resort and Spa in Miami-Dade County, Florida, currently in early March. ... The Memorial Tournament is a PGA Tour golf tournament which is closely associated with Jack Nicklaus. ...

In 1986, Nicklaus capped his career by recording his sixth Masters victory under incredible circumstances, posting a six-under 30 on the back nine at Augusta for a final round of seven-under 65. At the 17th hole, Nicklaus hit it to within 18 feet and rolled it in for birdie, raising his putter in celebration and completing an eagle-birdie-birdie run. Nicklaus made a victory-sealing par-4 at the 72nd hole, and waited for the succeeding players to falter. At age 46, Jack Nicklaus became the oldest Masters winner in history, a record which still stands. This victory was his 18th major title as a professional. The Masters is one of four major championships in mens golf. ... Augusta National Golf Club, a private golf club in Augusta, Georgia, USA, is one of the most famous and exclusive golf clubs in the world. ... The Masters is one of four major championships in mens golf. ...

Nicklaus won the 1986 Masters using the Response ZT putter. Its manufacturer, MacGregor Golf, received 5,000 orders the next day; it had planned to sell only 6,000 copies of this model for the entire year.^[12] Before the tournament a journalist wrote that he was "done, washed up, through", and this spurred him on, as he says: The Masters is one of four major championships in mens golf. ... The Response ZT 615 by MacGregor Golf, was a putter which was used by Jack Nicklaus to win the 1986 Masters. ... Golf (gowf in Scots) is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ...

"I kept thinking all week, 'Through, washed up, huh?' I sizzled for a while. But then I said to myself, 'I'm not going to quit now, playing the way I'm playing. I've played too well, too long to let a shorter period of bad golf be my last."^[13]

This victory was to be his last in his long career on the PGA Tour. At the age of 58, Nicklaus made another valiant run at the 1998 Masters, where he tied for sixth.^[14] The Masters is one of four major championships in mens golf. ...

Champions Tour career

Nicklaus became eligible to join the Champions Tour when he turned 50 in early 1990.^[15] He then quickly won in his first start on the tour, the Tradition, which was also a Champions Tour major championship. Nicklaus would go on to win another three Traditions, while the most anyone else has won is two. Later in the year, Nicklaus won the Senior Players Championship for his second win of the year, and also his second major of the year. The next year, in 1991, Nicklaus won three of the five events he started in, those being the U.S. Senior Open, the PGA Seniors Championship and the Tradition for the second year straight. These, again, were all majors on the Champions Tour. The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA TOUR, hosts 30 events annually in the United States and Canada for golfers 50 and older. ... The Tradition is one of the five major championships recognised by the U.S. based Champions Tour, the worlds leading tour for male professional golfers aged fifty and up. ... The Senior Players Championship is one of the major championships in mens senior golf. ... The U.S. Senior Open is one of the major championships in mens senior golf. ... The Senior PGA Championship is one of the major championships in mens senior golf. ... The Tradition is one of the five major championships recognised by the U.S. based Champions Tour, the worlds leading tour for male professional golfers aged fifty and up. ...

After a winless year in 1992, Nicklaus came back to win the U.S. Senior Open for the second time in 1993. Also in that year he teamed up with Chi Chi Rodriguez and Raymond Floyd to win the Wendy's Three Tour Challenge for the Champions Tour team. In 1994 he won the Champions Tour's version of the Mercedes Championship for his only win of the year. The Tradition was his again in 1995, in a year where he made the top 10 in all of the seven tournaments he entered in. His 100th career win came the next year, when he won the Tradition for the fourth time, and second time in succession. This was to be his last win on the Champions Tour, and the last official win of his career. Juan Chi-Chi Rodriguez (born October 23, 1935 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico) is the first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the PGAs World Golf Hall of Fame. ... Raymond Floyd often known as Ray Floyd (b September 4, 1942, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S.A.) is a professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both PGA Tour and Champions Tour level. ... The Wendys 3-Tour Challenge is an unofficial golf event held every November at the Lake Las Vegas Resort in Henderson, Nevada. ...

Close of playing career

Nicklaus played without much preparation in April 2005 at The Masters, a month after the drowning death of his 17-month-old grandson Jake (child of his son, Steve) on March 1, 2005. He and Steve played golf as therapy for their grief following the death. After days of playing, it was Steve who suggested his dad return to The Masters. He made that his last appearance in the tournament.^[16] is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The last competitive tournament in which Nicklaus played in the United States was the Champions Tour's Bayer Advantage Classic in Overland Park, Kansas on June 13, 2005. The Greater Kansas City Golf Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1987 to 2006. ... Location within the state of Kansas Coordinates: County Johnson County Government  - Mayor Carl R. Gerlach Area  - City 147. ... is the 164th day of the year (165th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Nicklaus finished his professional career at the The Open Championship at St. Andrews on July 15, 2005.^[17] Nicklaus turned 65 in January that year, which was the last year he could enter a PGA tournament as an exempt player. He played with Luke Donald and Tom Watson in his final round.^[18] On the 18th hole, Nicklaus hit the final tee-shot of his career, and strolled to the Swilcan Bridge and waved to the appreciative crowd (who gave him a ten-minute standing ovation). He then began posing for commemorative photographs with his son and caddy, Steve, as well as Donald and Watson. Afterwards, Nicklaus ended his illustrious career in style, making a fifteen-foot birdie putt and extending his putter and left arm in the air as he had done so many times to celebrate crucial putts. Nicklaus missed the 36-hole cut with a score of +3 (147). “British Open” redirects here. ... The 18th green and clubhouse of the R&A. Looking up the 18th fairway towards the clubhouse with the famous bridge over the Swilken Burn in the middle distance. ... is the 196th day of the year (197th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Personal Information Birth December 7, 1977 ) (age 29) Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire Height 5 ft 9 in (1. ... // Thomas Sturges Watson (born September 4, 1949 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an golfer on the Champions Tour, who still occasionally competes in PGA Tour events. ...

In 2000, Nicklaus played in the U.S. Open and PGA Championship for the last time, with Woods winning both; Woods also won The Open Championship in that year, which Nicklaus originally intended as his last appearance in that event. In 2005, Nicklaus made his last Masters appearance, and played The Open one last time. Woods won both events as well.

Off-the-course career

Nicklaus devotes much of his time to golf course design and operates one of the largest golf design practices in the world. His first design was opened for play in 1970. For the first few years all of his projects were co-designs with either Pete Dye or Desmond Muirhead, who were two of the leading golf course architects of that era. His first sole design, Glen Abbey Golf Course in Oakville, Canada, opened for play in 1976. He is now in partnership with his four sons and his son-in-law through Nicklaus Design. The company had 299 courses open for play at the end of 2005, which was nearly 1% of all the courses in the world (In 2005 Golf Digest calculated that there were nearly 32,000 golf courses in the world, approximately half of them in the United States.^[19]). There are Nicklaus Design courses in more than thirty U.S. states and more than twenty-five countries around the world. Jack Nicklaus is personally responsible for over 200 golf course designs. These include Muirfield Village, Shoal Creek, Porta Cima, Castle Pines and the PGA Centenary Course at the Gleneagles Hotel. Pete Dye (born December 29, 1925 in Urbana, Ohio) is a golf course designer and a member of a famous family of course designers. ... Glen Abbey Golf Course is one of Canadas most famous golf courses. ... The front cover of a Golf Digest magazine Golf Digest is a monthly golf magazine published by Advance Publications in the United States. ... Muirfield Village is an upscale golf-oriented community located in Dublin, Ohio. ... Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club, located in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, is an invitation-only private golf club which opened in 1976. ... Gleneagles Hotel and grounds. ...

Nicklaus "Dotting the i" at the Buckeyes football game against Golden Gophers at Ohio Stadium on 2006-10-28

Nicklaus also continues to manage the Memorial Tournament he created in his home state of Ohio, which is played on a course he designed and is one of the more prestigious events on the PGA Tour. His other interests are varied and many, and include a golf equipment company and golf academies. There is a Jack Nicklaus Museum on the campus of the Ohio State University in his home town of Columbus, Ohio.^[20] He had the unique privilege of dotting the "i" of "Script Ohio" (specifically the "i" in "Ohio"), the signature formation of the Ohio State University Marching Band, at the Ohio State homecoming game on October 28, 2006 when the Buckeyes played Minnesota; this is considered the greatest honor that can be bestowed on a non-band member.^[21] While at Ohio State University, Nicklaus became a member of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta.^[22] Nicklaus also started/ heavily supported a private school in North Palm Beach called The Benjamin School. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1200x900, 233 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1200x900, 233 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... The Ohio State Universitys intercollegiate sports teams and players are called the Buckeyes (after the state tree, the Buckeye), and participate in the NCAAs Division I in all sports (except in football, where they are located in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision) and the Big Ten Conference in... The Minnesota Golden Gophers are the college sports team for the University of Minnesota. ... Ohio Stadium (also known as The Horseshoe, or simply The ’Shoe) is the home of the Buckeyes football team at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Memorial Tournament is a PGA Tour golf tournament which is closely associated with Jack Nicklaus. ... The Ohio State University (OSU) is a coeducation public research university in the state of Ohio. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio, USA Coordinates: , Country United States State Ohio Counties Franklin, Delaware, and Fairfield Government  - Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D) Area  - City  212. ... The Ohio State University Marching Band (often called The Best Damn Band in the Land or TBDBITL by fans) is one of the few all-brass and percussion bands in the country, the largest of its type in the world. ... The Ohio State University Marching Band (often called The Best Damn Band in the Land or TBDBITL by fans) is one of the few all-brass and percussion bands in the country, the largest of its type in the world. ... North Palm Beach is a village located in Palm Beach County, Florida. ...

Playing style

Jack Nicklaus had an unusual playing style, combining being one of the greatest putters of all time with being the longest hitter on the tour during his prime. He popularized the "power fade," which was his characteristic ball flight. He was also known as a conservative player at times, going for broke only when he needed to. This was especially apparent on the green, where he would often choose to be less aggressive and make sure of an easy two-putt.^[23]

Nicklaus, a pioneer of performance science, was also known for eating bananas on the golf course as an energy food.

Records

Records in major championships

• In a span of 25 years, from 1962 (age 22) to 1986 (age 46), Nicklaus won 18 major championships.^[24] This is the most majors any player has won in his career. Bobby Jones (13 titles) and Tiger Woods (13 titles) are currently tied, with Woods still competing.
• He is the only player to achieve a "triple career slam" i.e. winning all four major championships three times in a career. He is also only one of two to complete a "double career slam" i.e. winning all four majors at least twice in a career, the other being Tiger Woods.
• Nicklaus's six wins at the Masters came in 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975 and 1986.^[25] Not only is his win tally a record, but he also finished as runner-up a record four times. In the decade of the 1970s, Nicklaus finished in the top ten at Augusta every year. Over his career, he appeared in the event 45 times and made the cut 37 times. In 1986 he became the oldest winner of the Masters at 46,^[26] while in 1998, at the age of 58, he finished an impressive sixth.^[27]
• Nicklaus won the U.S. Open in 1962, 1967, 1972 and 1980, and is tied with Ben Hogan,^[26] Bobby Jones, and Willie Anderson for most wins. He is the only player to win the title in three different decades, and also had four runner-up finishes in his 44 consecutive appearances. He made the cut 35 times.
• Nicklaus won the Open Championship in 1966, 1970, 1978, and was runner-up a record seven times. He made the cut in 32 out of 38 appearances, and from 1966 to 1980 he never finished worse than sixth. So revered is Nicklaus in the United Kingdom for his British Open exploits that in July 2005, the Royal Bank of Scotland announced that Nicklaus's image would be printed on a special issue of two million £5 notes, a rare honour for a living person.
• His five wins at the PGA Championship came in 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975 and 1980. He is tied with Walter Hagen for most wins.^[28] He made the cut 27 times in 37 finishes and was runner-up four times.

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Other records

President Bush awarding Nicklaus the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005

• Nicklaus won the prestigious PLAYERS Championship three times (though never at the TPC at Sawgrass, the current PLAYERS site and a course whose setup he harshly criticized, likening some of its approach shots to "stopping a 5-iron on the hood of a car").
• He won various events around the globe, including six Australian Opens (1964, 1968, 1971, 1975, 1976 and 1978).^[29]
• He is second to Sam Snead on the all-time list of players with most PGA Tour wins, having accumulated seventy-three titles.
• In seventeen consecutive seasons from 1962 to 1978 he always won at least two PGA Tour titles, and always finished in the top four on the money list.
• He topped the PGA Tour money list eight times: 1964, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, and 1976.^[30]
• He played on six Ryder Cup teams: 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, and 1981, and captained the team in 1983 and 1987.
• He has captained The Presidents Cup three times and will do so again with Gary Player in 2007 at Royal Montreal in Canada
• In 1996, Nicklaus was the first person to win the same Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour) event four times, when he captured The Tradition tournament. He is the only person in the history of the PGA to win all of the major championships on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. (Although he never won the Senior British Open, it was not recognized as a major in the United States until 2003, after he had stopped playing the Champions Tour.) He never played a full schedule on the Champions Tour, but he won ten Champions Tour events, including eight majors.
• In 1978, he received Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" award.^[31]
• In 1980 he was awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality Award.^[32]
• Jack Nicklaus has been inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame (1974) and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame (1995).

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Major Championships

Wins (18)

Year	Championship	54 Holes	Winning Score	Margin	Runners Up
1962	U.S. Open	2 shot deficit	-1 (72-70-72-69=283)	Playoff 1	Arnold Palmer
1963	The Masters	1 shot lead	-2 (74-66-74-72=286)	1 stroke	Tony Lema
1963	PGA Championship	3 shot deficit	-5 (69-73-69-68=279)	2 strokes	Dave Ragan Jr.
1965	The Masters (2)	5 shot lead	-17 (67-71-64-69=271)	9 strokes	Arnold Palmer, Gary Player
1966	The Masters (3)	Tied for lead	E (68-76-72-72=288)	Playoff 2	Gay Brewer, Tommy Jacobs
1966	The Open Championship	2 shot deficit	-2 (70-67-75-70=282)	1 stroke	Doug Sanders, Dave Thomas
1967	U.S. Open (2)	1 shot deficit	-9 (71-67-72-65=275)	4 strokes	Arnold Palmer
1970	The Open Championship (2)	2 shot deficit	-5 (68-69-73-73=283)	Playoff 3	Doug Sanders
1971	PGA Championship (2)	4 shot lead	-7 (69-69-70-73=281)	2 strokes	Billy Casper
1972	The Masters (4)	1 shot lead	-2 (68-71-73-74=286)	3 strokes	Bruce Crampton, Bobby Mitchell, Tom Weiskopf
1972	U.S. Open (3)	1 shot lead	+2 (71-73-72-74=290)	3 strokes	Bruce Crampton
1973	PGA Championship (3)	1 shot lead	-7 (72-68-68-69=277)	4 strokes	Bruce Crampton
1975	The Masters (5)	1 shot deficit	-12 (68-67-73-68=276)	1 stroke	Tom Weiskopf, Johnny Miller
1975	PGA Championship (4)	4 shot lead	-4 (70-68-67-71=276)	2 strokes	Bruce Crampton
1978	The Open Championship (3)	1 shot deficit	-7 (71-72-69-69=281)	2 strokes	Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Tom Kite, Simon Owen
1980	U.S. Open (4)	Tied for lead	-8 (63-71-70-68=272)	2 strokes	Isao Aoki
1980	PGA Championship (5)	3 shot lead	-6 (70-69-66-69=274)	7 strokes	Andy Bean
1986	The Masters (6)	4 shot deficit	-9 (74-71-69-65=279)	1 stroke	Tom Kite, Greg Norman

¹ Defeated Arnold Palmer in 18-hole playoff - Nicklaus (71), Palmer (74)
² Defeated Tommy Jacobs & Gay Brewer in 18-hole playoff - Nicklaus (70), Jacobs (72), Brewer (78)
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Results timeline

LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
WD = withdrew due to injury
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
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Summary of major championship performances

• Starts - 163
• Wins - 18
• 2nd place finishes - 19
• Top 3 finishes - 46
• Top 5 finishes - 57
• Top 10 finishes - 73
• Longest streak of top-10s in majors - 13

Amateur wins (7)

• 1958 Trans-Mississippi Amateur Championship
• 1959 Trans-Mississippi Amateur Championship, U.S. Amateur Championship, North and South Amateur
• 1961 U.S. Amateur Championship, NCAA Championship (individual), Western Amateur

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PGA Tour wins (73)

• 1962 (3) U.S. Open, Seattle World's Fair Open Invitational, Portland Open Invitational
• 1963 (5) Palm Springs Golf Classic, The Masters, Tournament of Champions, PGA Championship, Sahara Invitational
• 1964 (4) Phoenix Open Invitational, Tournament of Champions, Whitemarsh Open Invitational, Portland Open Invitational
• 1965 (5) The Masters, Memphis Open Invitational, Thunderbird Classic, Philadelphia Golf Classic, Portland Open Invitational
• 1966 (3) The Masters, British Open, Sahara Invitational
• 1967 (5) Bing Crosby National Pro-Am, U.S. Open, Western Open, Westchester Classic, Sahara Invitational
• 1968 (2) Western Open, American Golf Classic
• 1969 (3) Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational, Sahara Invitational, Kaiser International Open Invitational (November)
• 1970 (3) Byron Nelson Golf Classic, British Open, National Four-Ball Championship (with Arnold Palmer)
• 1971 (5) PGA Championship, Tournament of Champions, Byron Nelson Golf Classic, National Team Championship (with Arnold Palmer), Walt Disney World Open Invitational
• 1972 (7) Bing Crosby National Pro-Am, Doral - Eastern Open Invitational, The Masters, U.S. Open, Westchester Classic, U.S. Professional Match Play Championship, Walt Disney World Open Invitational
• 1973 (7) Bing Crosby National Pro-Am, Greater New Orleans Open, Tournament of Champions, Atlanta Classic, PGA Championship, Ohio Kings Island Open, Walt Disney World Golf Classic
• 1974 (2) Hawaiian Open, Tournament Players Championship
• 1975 (5) Doral - Eastern Open Invitational, Sea Pines Heritage Classic, The Masters, PGA Championship, World Open Golf Championship
• 1976 (2) Tournament Players Championship, World Series of Golf
• 1977 (3) Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic, MONY Tournament of Champions, Memorial Tournament
• 1978 (4) Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic, Tournament Players Championship, British Open, IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic
• 1980 (2) U.S. Open, PGA Championship
• 1982 (1) Colonial National Invitation
• 1984 (1) Memorial Tournament
• 1986 (1) The Masters

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Other wins (21)

• 1956 Ohio Open Championship (as an amateur)
• 1962 World Series of Golf (U.S. - not then a PGA Tour event)
• 1963 World Series of Golf (U.S. - not then a PGA Tour event), Canada Cup (team event with Arnold Palmer and individual event)
• 1964 Australian Open, Canada Cup (team event with Arnold Palmer and individual event)
• 1966 PGA Team Championship (with Arnold Palmer), Canada Cup (team only, with Arnold Palmer)
• 1967 World Series of Golf (U.S. - not then a PGA Tour event), World Cup (with Arnold Palmer)
• 1968 Australian Open
• 1970 World Series of Golf (U.S. - not then a PGA Tour event), Piccadilly World Match Play Championship
• 1971 Australian Open, World Cup (team event with Arnold Palmer and individual event)
• 1973 World Cup (with Johnny Miller)
• 1975 Australian Open
• 1976 Australian Open
• 1978 Australian Open
• 1983 Chrysler Team Championship (with Johnny Miller)
• 1984 Skins Game

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Senior PGA Tour wins (10)

• 1990 (2) The Tradition at Desert Mountain, Mazda SENIOR TOURNAMENT PLAYERS Championship
• 1991 (3) The Tradition at Desert Mountain, PGA Seniors' Championship, U.S. Senior Open
• 1993 (1) U.S. Senior Open
• 1994 (1) Mercedes Championships
• 1995 (1) The Tradition
• 1996 (2) GTE Suncoast Classic, The Tradition

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Other senior wins (9)

• 1991 Senior Skins Game
• 1993 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Raymond Floyd and Chi Chi Rodriguez)
• 1995 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Raymond Floyd and Hale Irwin)
• 1999 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Hale Irwin and Tom Watson), Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (with Gary Nicklaus), Diners Club Matches (with Tom Watson)
• 2000 Hyundai Team Matches (with Tom Watson)
• 2005 Wendy's Champions Skins Game
• 2007 Wendy's Champions Skins Game (with Tom Watson)

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See also

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• Big Three

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