HONORS & AWARDS
Most Powerful Person in Golf
Golf Inc. Magazine 2004, ’05, ’06, ’07
12th Francis Ouimet Award for
Lifelong Contributions to Golf
2007
PGA Professional
Hall of Fame Inductee
PGA of America 2006
Japan’s Order of the
Rising Sun Medal
2006
Presidential Medal of Freedom
2005
Old Tom Morris Award
Golf Course Superintendents Association
2005
ASAP Sports/Jim Murray Award
Golf Writers Association of America 2005
World Sports Hall of Fame
Inaugural Class
2004
Golfer of the Century/Millennium
Numerous international and
national publications
1888-1988 Golfer of the Century
Centennial of Golf in America –
GOLF Magazine
Best Individual Male Athlete
of the 20th Century
Sports Illustrated
Florida Athlete of the Century
Florida Sports Awards
ESPY Lifetime
Achievement Award
ESPN 2001
Distinguished Service Award
PGA of America 2000
Memorial Tournament Honoree
Captains Club 2000
Payne Stewart Award
PGA Tour 2000
Inductee World Golf Hall of Fame
1974
Sportsman of the Year
Sports Illustrated 1978
Golfer of the ’70s
GOLF Magazine
Athlete of the Decade
National Sports Writers 1970s
Jack reflects before his final drive at the 2000 U.S. Open
Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links.
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JACK
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PROFESSIONAL YEARS:
1962 THROUGH 2005, INCLUSIVE
PERSONAL
PROFILE
Name:
Jack William Nicklaus
Height: 5'11"
Official PGA Tour Victories:
73
Weight: 190
Birthdate: January 21, 1940
Second Place or Ties:
58
Third Place or Ties:
36
Residence:
Total Victories Around the World:
105
Family:
No. 1 in Scoring Average:
8 times (1976-75-74-73-72-71-65-64); runner-up 6 times
Top Money-Winner:
8 times (1976-75-73-72-71-67-65-64); runner-up 4 times
Career Official Tour Earnings:
$5,723,192
“Major Championship” Titles:
18 PGA Tour, 8 Champions Tour, 2 Amateur
Tour Playoff Record:
Won 12; Lost 10
Holes in One:
20
International and other Victories:
British Open (3):
Australian Open (6):
World Series of Golf (5):
World Cup Individual (3):
Piccadilly World Cup Match Play (1):
Dunlop International (1):
1985 Golf Family of the Year
presented by the National
Golf Foundation
1978-70-66 (runner-up 7 times)
1978-76-75-71-68-64
1976-70-67-63-62 (runner-up 6 times)
1963-64-71
1970
1971
1992 Family of the Year
presented by the Metropolitan
Golf Writers Association
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio
North Palm Beach, Florida
OPPOSITE PAGE: GROVER MATHENEY ABOVE: JIM MANDEVILLE
Wife: Barbara Jean Bash
Ryder Cup:
Member of U.S. teams that defeated Great Britain in
1981-77-75-73-71 and tied Britain 1969; (non-playing captain
of winning 1983 U.S. team and losing 1987 U.S. team)
Joined Champions Tour:
1990
Champions Tour
“Major Championship” Titles:
1996: Tradition; 1995: Tradition; 1993: U.S. Senior Open;
1991: Tradition, Senior PGA Championship and U.S. Senior
Open; 1990: Tradition and Senior Players Championship
Champions Tour Official Career Earnings:
$3,372,207
Combined Tour Official Earnings, Career:
$9,108,642 (includes Nationwide Tour)
Total Victories (for both Tours):
83 (73 PGA Tour & 10 Champions Tour)
Children:
Jack II (9/23/61)
Steve (4/11/63)
Nancy “Nan” (5/5/65)
Gary (1/15/69)
Michael (7/24/73)
Grandchildren: 20
(as of September 2007)
Honors:
1999 Father of the Year Award
presented by the Minority Golf
Association of America
2006 Distinguished Citizens
Award presented by the Boy
Scouts of America
2007 Francis Ouimet Award
for lifelong contributions to golf
by the Francis Ouimet
Scholorship Fund
Barbara:
1998 First Lady of Golf Award
presented by PGA of America
(inaugural winner)
2000 Winnie Palmer Award
presented by the Metropolitan
Golf Writers Association
(inaugural winner)
2004 Woman of Distinction
Award (Palm Beach Atlantic
University)
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The Early Years of the
GOLDEN
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in Scotland ... won North-South and Trans-Mississippi Championships ...
reached quarterfinal at British Amateur.
AT AGE 20 — runner-up to Arnold Palmer in U.S. Open by two strokes
at Cherry Hills and established a record 282 for an amateur entry ...
emerged as individual winner in World Amateur Team Championship by
13 strokes with 269, eclipsing Ben Hogan’s record by 18 shots at Merion
Golf Club, where Hogan won the 1950 U.S. Open with 287 ... Colonial
Amateur Champion.
AT AGE 10 — carded 51 in the first nine holes he ever played … won the
Scioto Club Juvenile Trophy.
AT AGE 11 — won his second Scioto Club Juvenile Trophy.
AT AGE 12 — youngest member of his junior golf league team (Scioto
Country Club) which went 10 -0.
AT AGE 13 — played in his first national tournament
(USGA Junior Championship for ages 17 and under),
winning his first three matches before being eliminated
… won the Columbus Junior Match-Play Championship
and Ohio State Junior title…won the Ohio State Junior
Championship to launch a consecutive streak of five
straight titles (1952 to 1956 inclusive).
AT AGE 14 — won the Columbus Junior Championship
in both the stroke-play and match-play competitions as
well as the Ohio State Junior crown.
AT AGE 15 — again claimed both Columbus Junior
Championships along with Columbus District Amateur
title … for the first time, qualified for the U.S. Amateur,
losing in first round, 1-down … won Ohio Jaycees and
Ohio State Junior Championship again.
AT AGE 16 — among most notable victories was the
Ohio Open, which featured a strong field in 72-hole
stroke play. He won easily on two-round final day with
scores of 64 and 72.
PHOTOS COURTESY JACK NICKLAUS MUSEUM
AT AGE 17 — won his first national title by capturing
the U.S. International Jaycees Junior Championship …
qualified for his first U.S. Open and missed the cut.
AT AGE 18 — won Trans-Mississippi Championship
… qualified again for U.S. Open, this time making
the cut and finishing in tie for 41st place … playing in
first PGA Tour event (Rubber City Open at Firestone
Country Club in Akron, Ohio), was one stroke back of
lead at halfway point with rounds of 67 and 66 and
finished 76-68 for 12th spot.
AT AGE 19 — captured 1959 U.S. Amateur, defeating
Charles Coe, 1-up, in 36-hole final at Broadmoor,
Colorado Springs, Colo. ... also played on winning Walker
Cup squad against Great Britain and Ireland at Muirfield
AT AGE 21 — in last year as amateur, won the U.S. Amateur Championship a second time, defeating Dudley Wysong, 8 and 6, at Pebble Beach,
Calif. … member of Walker Cup squad that defeated Great Britain and
Ireland 11-1 … Western Amateur Champion, NCAA and Big Ten Champion
… finished tied for fourth at U.S. Open, one of his record-tying 11 top-five
finishes in his Open career.
A FATHER’S
S U P P O R T,
A FATHER’S
LEGACY
ACK and his father Charlie (shown right)
shared a wonderfully close relationship —
one that has led Jack to often say that his father
was his best friend and mentor.
Louis Charles Nicklaus, the son of a hardworking boilermaker, owned several pharmacies in and around the family’s hometown of
Columbus, Ohio. A talented athlete who played
semi-pro football, Charlie introduced his only
son to a variety of sports, including golf when
Jack was 10 years old, and tirelessly supported
his son’s amateur and then professional career
until he passed away in February 1970.
As a teenager, Jack spent a great deal of time
working behind the pharmacy counter with his
father. Jack went on to The Ohio State University, where he studied pharmacy before embarking on a professional golf career.
In 2003, it was announced that a lecture hall in Palm Beach Atlantic University’s new School of Pharmacy building would be named in honor of Jack’s father.
The Louis Charles Nicklaus Lecture Hall opened in the summer of 2004 on the
university’s 25-acre campus in West Palm Beach, Fla. The facility is part of
Gregory Hall, PBA’s School of Pharmacy named after the Gregory Family, who
founded King Pharmaceuticals and Monarch Pharmaceuticals.
As the plaque on the lecture hall reads: “Charlie Nicklaus was a caring face
and a comforting voice to his customers, and his pharmacies became a meeting
place where a stranger didn’t stay one for long… Like he was for his son, Charlie Nicklaus was always there for his customer. In his memory, the Louis Charles
Nicklaus Lecture Hall stands, so his legacy can continue to shape young minds
and young careers.”
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YEAR
MASTERS
U.S. OPEN
BRITISH OPEN
PGA
CHAMPIONSHIP
1957
–
Missed Cut
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1958
–
41st tie
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–
1959
Missed Cut
Missed Cut
–
–
1960
13th tie
2nd
–
–
1961
7th tie
4th tie
–
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MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES (PROFESSIONAL)
PROFESSIONAL
MAJORS’
SUMMARY
Victories: 18
Second Place: 19
Third Place: 9
Top-Three Finishes: 48
Top-Five Finishes: 56
Top-10 Finishes: 73
Played in record 154
consecutive major
championships for
which he was eligible
from 1957 U.S. Open
to the 1998 U.S. Open
U.S. OPEN
BRITISH OPEN
PGA
CHAMPIONSHIP
15th tie
WON
32nd tie
3rd tie
WON
Missed Cut
3rd
WON
1964
2nd tie
23rd tie
2nd
2nd tie
1965
WON
31st tie
12th tie
2nd tie
YEAR
MASTERS
1962
1963
1966
WON
3rd
WON
22nd tie
1967
Missed Cut
WON
2nd
3rd tie
1968
5th tie
2nd
2nd tie
Missed Cut
1969
24th tie
25th tie
6th tie
11th tie
1970
8th
49th tie
WON
6th tie
1971
2nd tie
2nd
5th tie
WON
1972
WON
WON
2nd
13th tie
1973
3rd tie
4th tie
4th
WON
1974
4th tie
10th tie
3rd
2nd
1975
WON
7th tie
3rd tie
WON
3rd tie
11th tie
2nd tie
4th tie
1977
2nd
10th tie
2nd
3rd
Masters: 6
PGA Championship: 5
United States Open: 4
British Open: 3
U.S. Amateur
Championship: 2
1978
7th
6th tie
WON
Missed Cut
LEFT: HISTORIC GOLF PHOTOS/THE RON WATTS COLLECTION ABOVE: GOLF DIGEST
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MAJOR TITLES: 20
AS AN AMATEUR...
1959: Won U.S. Amateur,
defeating Charles Coe,
1-up, at Broadmoor
Country Club in Colorado
1960: Runner-up,
U.S. Open
1961: Won U.S. Amateur
a second time, defeating
Dudley Wysong, 8 and 6,
at Pebble Beach
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Jack tees off on his way to victory
at the 1963 Masters Tournament.
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Jack Nicklaus II caddied for his father during
the Golden Bear’s historic 1986 Masters win.
Jack Nicklaus led outright
or shared the lead after
three rounds of a major
championship 12 times in
his career, 10 of which he
went on to win. The only
two he didn’t win were the
1971 Masters, when he
shared the 54-hole lead
with Charles Coody and
ended up tied for second,
and the 1977 British Open,
when he was tied with
Tom Watson and finished
second after the two’s
famous Sunday “Duel in
the Sun” that resulted in
Watson’s 65 to Jack’s 66.
MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES (PROFESSIONAL CONT’D)
MASTERS
U.S. OPEN
BRITISH OPEN
PGA
CHAMPIONSHIP
1979
4th
9th tie
2nd tie
65th tie
1980
33rd tie
WON
4th tie
WON
1981
2nd tie
6th tie
23rd tie
4th tie
1982
15th tie
2nd
10th tie
16th tie
1983
WD/Injury
43rd tie
29th tie
2nd
1984
18th tie
21st tie
31st tie
25th tie
1985
6th tie
Missed Cut
Missed Cut
32nd tie
ABOVE: HISTORIC GOLF PHOTOS/THE RON WATTS COLLECTION
YEAR
1986
WON
8th tie
46th tie
16th tie
1987
7th tie
46th tie
72nd tie
24th tie
1988
21st tie
Missed Cut
25th tie
Missed Cut
1989
18th
43rd tie
30th tie
27th tie
1990
6th
33rd tie
63rd tie
Missed Cut
1991
35th tie
46th tie
44th tie
23rd tie
1992
42nd tie
Missed Cut
Missed Cut
Missed Cut
1993
27th tie
72nd tie
Missed Cut
Missed Cut
1994
Missed Cut
28th tie
Missed Cut
Missed Cut
1995
35th tie
Missed Cut
79th tie
67th tie
1996
41st tie
27th tie
44th tie
Missed Cut
1997
39th tie
52nd tie
60th tie
Missed Cut
1998
6th tie
43rd tie
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1999
–
Missed Cut
–
–
2000*
54th tie
Missed Cut
Missed Cut
Missed Cut
2001
Missed Cut
–
–
–
2002
–
–
–
–
2003
Missed Cut
–
–
–
2004
Missed Cut
–
–
–
2005
Missed Cut
–
Missed Cut
–
*The year 2000 was the last in which Jack competed in all four major championships.
The Jack Nicklaus Award
is given annually to the
PGA Tour, Champions
Tour and Nationwide
Tour Players of the Year.
The trophy is a bronze
likeness of Jack’s legendary
victory leap on the 16th
hole of the 1975 Masters.
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PGA TOUR (44 YEARS)
YEAR
TOUR
APPEARANCES
SCORING
AVERAGES
TOUR
VICTORIES
2ND PLACE
FINISHES
3RD PLACE
FINISHES
1962
26
70.80
3
3
1963
25
70.42
5
2
1964
26
69.96
4
1965
24
70.09
5
6
1966
19
70.58
Most U.S. Open Victories: 4
(tied with Wille Anderson,
Bob Jones and Ben Hogan)
1967
23
70.23
1968
22
1969
23
1970
RECORDS
Most Masters Victories:
Most PGA Championship
Victories:
5
(tied with Walter Hagen)
Most World Series of Golf
Victories:
5
(old and new format)
Most Tournament of
Champions Victories:
Most Players
Championship Victories:
5
3
Most consecutive years
winning at least one
tournament:
(1962-78, tied with
Arnold Palmer)
17
Most consecutive years,
top-10 money list:
(1962-78)
17
Most years No. 1 on final
money standings:
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TOUR
WINNINGS
RANKING
4
$61,868
3
3
$100,040
2
6
3
$113,284
1
4
2
$140,752
1
3
3
3
$111,419
2
5
2
3
$188,998
1
69.97
2
3
1
$155,285
2
71.06
3
1
0
$140,167
3
19
70.75
2
3
2
$142,149
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18 (25)
70.08
5
3
3
$244,490
1
1972
19 (21)
70.23
7
3
0
$320,542
1
1973
18 (22)
69.81
7
1
1
$308,362
1
1974
18 (20)
70.06
2
3
0
$238,178
2
1975
16 (20)
69.87
5
1
3
$298,149
1
1976
16 (19)
70.17
2
2
1
$266,438
1
1977
18 (21)
70.36
3
2
1
$284,509
2
1978
15 (18)
71.07
3
2
0
$256,672
4
1979
12 (13)
72.49
0
0
1
$59,434
71
1980
13 (14)
70.86
2
1
0
$172,386
13
1981
16 (18)
70.70
0
3
0
$178,213
16
1982
15 (18)
70.90
1
3
2
$232,645
12
1983
16 (18)
70.88
0
3
1
$256,158
10
1984
13 (16)
70.75
1
2
1
$272,595
15
1985
15 (17)
71.81
0
2
1
$165,456
43
1986
15 (19)
71.56
1
0
0
$226,015
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1987
11 (14)
72.89
0
0
0
$64,686
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1988
9 (11)
72.78
0
0
0
$28,845
*
1989
10 (13)
72.35
0
0
0
$96,594
*
1990
9 (13)
73.71
0
0
0
$68,045
*
1991
8 (10)
71.61
0
0
0
$123,796
*
RECORDS
1992
8 (9)
72.29
0
0
0
$14,868
*
Most senior major
championship victories:
1993
10 (1 1)
72.96
0
0
0
$51,532
*
1994
8 (12)
74.79
0
0
0
$11,514
*
1995
10 (12)
72.69
0
0
0
$68,180
*
1996
7 (12)
73.50
0
0
0
$37,779
*
1997
7 (10)
72.91
0
0
0
$85,383
*
1998
5
71.10
0
0
0
$128,157
*
1999
2
73.25
0
0
0
$5,075
*
2000
8
73.56
0
0
0
$17,244
*
2001
4
73.08
0
0
0
0
*
2002
1
74.07
0
0
0
$8,910
*
2003
4
75.61
0
0
0
0
*
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Best 72-hole score:
261
(65-68-64-64, 27 under,
1990 Senior TPC)
Largest 54-hole lead:
8
(1991 PGA Seniors’
Championship)
Most Tradition victories
and wins in a single event: 4
Jack remains the only
player to win the career
“Grand Slam” on both
the PGA Tour and
Champions Tour.
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2004
2
72.50
0
0
0
0
*
2005
3 (4)
75.30
0
0
0
0
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CHAMPIONS TOUR (16 YEARS)
YEAR
TOUR
APPEARANCES
SCORING
AVERAGES
TOUR
VICTORIES
2ND PLACE
FINISHES
3RD PLACE
FINISHES
TOUR
WINNINGS
RANKING
1990
4
68.60
2
1
1
$350,000
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1991
5
69.79
3
0
0
$343,734
*
1992
4 (5)
71.00
0
1
1
$114,547
*
1993
6 (7)
71.00
1
0
0
$206,028
*
1994
6 (8)
70.35
1
0
0
$239,278
*
1995
7 (11)
69.68
1
2
1
$538,800
*
1996
7 (10)
70.92
2
1
0
$360,861
*
1997
6 (8)
71.41
0
1
0
$239,932
*
1998
6 (7)
71.64
0
0
0
$205,723
*
1999
3 (6)
71.63
0
0
0
$19,673
*
2000
7 (11)
71.84
0
0
0
$166,422
*
2001
7 (10)
71.59
0
0
0
$266,127
*
2002
2 (4)
74.83
0
0
0
$1,880
*
2003
9 (11)
71.33
0
0
0
$221,593
*
2004
4 (5)
70.42
0
0
0
$105,464
*
2005
1 (3)
73.00
0
0
0
$12,145
*
Jack won the 1991
U.S. Senior Open
Championship at
Oakland Hills
Country Club.
Number in parentheses represents total appearances including “unofficial” events. * Indicates years during which Jack played fewer than 15 PGA Tour or Champions Tour events.
RELATIVE RICHES
To compare what players of
yesteryear won to what players
today are earning is like
comparing apples to watermelons. But relatively speaking,
Sports Illustrated did just that.
In November 1999, the
magazine took each year’s top
earner since 1960 and divided
his winnings by the prize
money available in the events
he entered. The end result:
Jack had six of the top-10
seasons, including four of the
top five. Jack’s 1972 season of
seven wins (two majors) and
14 top-10 finishes in 19 events
took top honors.
RIGHT: JIM MANDEVILLE ABOVE: COURTESY OF THE USGA
Jack waves an emotional goodbye
to his fans on the 18th hole at
Augusta National in 2005, his final
competive round at the Masters.
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heart of The Ohio State University sports complex
in Jack’s hometown of Columbus, Ohio, is a 24,000square-foot educational and historical facility that strives
to preserve and commemorate the life and professional
career of Jack Nicklaus so that his example might touch
and influence visitors in many aspects of their game,
career and life.
In addition to the golfer who has won more than 100
professional worldwide titles, including a record 20 major
championships, we learn more about the family man, the
sportsman, the humanitarian, the author, the golf course
designer, the businessman and the global citizen.
Associates of the Nicklaus family first proposed such
a museum more than a decade ago, but the organizational
task had been going on for nearly 20 years, when staff of
the Nicklaus Companies began to inventory a warehouse
full of memorabilia.
The museum contains thousands of golf-related artifacts, including clubs, scorecards, bags, trophies, medals
and photos, as well as many non-golf items.
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Nicklaus’ life and golf achievements are detailed by
decade, and each of the five major championships, including the U.S. Amateur Championship, receives individual
attention. Other exhibits focus on the Nicklaus family,
Jack’s golf course design legacy, and the Memorial
Tournament, which he founded in 1976 and hosts each
springtime in Dublin, Ohio.
There are 19 different video presentations, as well
as exhibits on two celebrated facets of The Ohio State
University’s golf tradition, its 100-year history of men’s
and women’s golf, and its acclaimed turfgrass science
program.
Additionally, a gallery detailing the history of the
game precedes the Nicklaus exhibits, and yet another
area is devoted to traveling exhibits.
But the most special items are the many personal
Nicklaus effects.
“Some of my favorite pieces are the seemingly
small things that actually tell you a lot about Jack Nicklaus,” says Steve Auch, the museum’s curator. “From a
note he wrote as a boy to his mother, to an autographed
book from Ohio State coach Woody Hayes, to his original
yardage notes from Pebble Beach in
1961, to the many cards and letters
from the ranks of presidents, royalty and sports heroes. These all
give visitors a special look inside a
unique individual that has literally
been the embodiment of the game
of golf for over four decades.”
The Jack Nicklaus Museum is
located at 2355 Olentangy River Road,
Columbus, OH, 43210. For more information, call 614-247-5959 or email:
[email protected].
Above: The Jack Nicklaus Museum is located on the campus of The Ohio State University.
Left: Jack used “White Fang” to win the 1967 U.S. Open. Right: 1956 Ohio High School State
Champion Medallion. Opposite page: Memorabilia from the cases of the museum.
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“I think the museum transcends my career and my life, and instead reflects
my passion for the game and my appreciation for its history and traditions.
My hope is that visitors leave with a similar appreciation for the history
of what I consider the greatest game of all.”
Background photo: Previous winner Arnold Palmer
presents the coveted Masters green jacket to Jack in
1963. Inset: Jack muscling the ball in the early 1960s.
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Jack presented his
winning golf ball to
Bobby Jones at the
1963 Masters as a tribute
to the famed golfer and
as a symbol of their
friendship.
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 3
Money: $61,868
Scoring Average: 70.80
Top-10 Finishes: 16 of 26 events
BEAR-LY KNOWN
THE MAJORS:
Jack actually was a
Golden Bear well before
he earned the nickname.
He played basketball
and golf for the Upper
Arlington (Ohio) High
School Golden Bears
(see mascot below).
THE MASTERS
Augusta National
74-75-70-72–291
T15th
$1,160
U. S. O P E N
Oakmont Country Club
72-70-72-69–283
1st
$15,000
BRITISH OPEN
Troon Golf Club
80-72-74-79–305
T32nd
£55
Jack reacts to a close putt on his way to his first professional and major
championship victory at the 1962 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club.
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Aronimink Golf Club
71-74-69-67–281
T3rd
$3,450
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Named “Rookie of the Year”
• Made first professional start at
Los Angeles Open winning $33.33
• Earned first professional victory
five months later at U.S. Open via
18-hole playoff with Arnold
Palmer at Oakmont Country Club
• PGA Tour victories: Seattle,
Portland
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LEFT INSET: GOLF DIGEST
• Won the World Series of Golf
“Jack Nicklaus is just
a youngster and a newcomer to the professional ranks. But you
gentlemen saw one of
the greatest out there
today. He’ll be a headliner for a long time
and could put together
the greatest career the
game has ever known.
He has everything.”
— Arnold Palmer at the
1962 World Series of Golf
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 5
Wins: 4
Money: $100,040
Money: $113,284
Scoring Average: 70.42
Scoring Average: 69.96
Top-10 Finishes: 17 of 25 events
Top-10 Finishes: 17 of 26 events
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS
THE MASTERS
Augusta National
74-66-74-72–286
1st
$20,000
MC
Congressional Country Club T23rd
72-73-77-73–295
$475
BRITISH OPEN
BRITISH OPEN
Royal Lytham and St. Annes 3rd
71-67-70-70–278
£800
St. Andrews
76-74-66-68–284
2nd
£1,000
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Dallas Athletic Club
69-73-69-68–279
T2nd
$10,100
U. S. O P E N
U. S. O P E N
The Country Club
76-77–153
Augusta National
71-73-71-67–282
1st
$13,000
Columbus Country Club
67-73-70-64–27
T2nd
$9,000
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Won Masters and PGA
Championship for the first time
• Ranked first in money and
scoring average
• PGA Tour victories: Tournament
of Champions, Sahara, Palm
Springs Classic
• PGA Tour victories: Tournament
of Champions, Portland,
Phoenix, Whitemarsh
• Captured World Series of Golf for
second straight year
• Won Australian Open and
individual honors at World Cup
• Won individual honors at World Cup
• Runner-up: Houston,
Doral, New Orleans Cajun
BIRTH OF
THE BEAR
Did you know that
“Golden Bear” was not
some home-spun
nickname, but rather
a moniker born in
Australia? Melbourne
Age sportswriter
Don Lawrence coined
the nickname in the
early 1960s, when,
during one of Nicklaus’
first visits to Australia,
Lawrence was asked
what he thought of the
young star. Lawrence
responded by saying
Nicklaus looked like a
big “cuddly, golden bear.”
Thus was born one of
the most recognizable
nicknames in sports
history.
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Background photo: Barbara and Jack shown
with the U.S. Open Championship trophy in
1967 after he tied the Open scoring record
with a 275 at Baltusrol (see scorecards,
opposite page). Inset: Jack won the 1968
Western Open.
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PGA TOUR SUMMARY
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 5
Wins: 3
Wins: 5
Money: $140,752
Money: $111,419
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Scoring Average: 70.58
Scoring Average: 70.23
Top-10 Finishes: 20 of 24 events
Top-10 Finishes: 13 of 19 events
Top-10 Finishes: 15 of 23 events
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS
THE MASTERS
1st
$20,000
U. S. O P E N
Bellerive Country Club
78-72-73-76–299
T31st
$550
Olympic Golf Club
71-71-69-74–285
Muirfield
70-67-75-70–282
3rd
$9,000
Firestone Country Club
75-71-75-71–292
MC
Baltusrol Golf Club
71-67-72-65–275
1st
$30,000
BRITISH OPEN
1st
£2,100
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
T2nd
$12,500
Augusta National
72-79-151
U. S. O P E N
BRITISH OPEN
T12th
£132
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Laurel Valley Golf Club
69-70-72-71–282
THE MASTERS
1st
$20,000
U. S. O P E N
BRITISH OPEN
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
73-71-77-73–294
Augusta National
68-76-72-72–288
Royal Liverpool Golf Club
2nd
71-69-71-69–280
£1,500
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
T22nd
$1,400
Columbine Country Club
67-75-69-71–282
T3rd
$9,000
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Won Masters a second time with
a record 271, breaking Ben
Hogan’s mark by three strokes
set in 1953
• Won British Open to become one
of five golfers in history to win
each of the “Grand Slam” major
championship titles
• Named PGA Player of the Year
• PGA Tour victories: Thunderbird,
Philadelphia, Memphis, Portland
• Won Masters for third time and
became first golfer to successfully
defend title
• Runner-up: Canadian,
Pensacola, Jacksonville
• Won money title and led in scoring
for the second straight year
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Money: $188,998
Scoring Average: 70.09
Augusta National
67-71-64-69–271
BACKGROUND PHOTO AND INSET: THE AMERICAN GOLFER “JACK NICKLAUS: SIMPLY THE BEST” RIGHT: ROBERT WALKER
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• PGA Tour victories: Sahara,
National Team Championship
(with Arnold Palmer)
• Won U.S. Open a second time
with record 275
• PGA Tour victories: Western,
Westchester, Crosby, Sahara
• Captured World Series of Golf
money title for third time each
• Won World Cup with Arnold
Palmer for fourth time
PENNIES FROM
HEAVEN
For most, if not all of his
professional career, Jack
played with three
pennies in his pocket
during a round. Why
three? He carried one
penny to mark his ball,
another if he lost a
penny and an extra in
case a playing partner
needed one.
IN THE MONEY
From 1962 to 1977,
Jack finished in the top
three on the money
list in all but one year—
he was fourth in 1978.
THE HALL CALLS
Jack was among 13
living athletes named in
2004 to the inaugural
class of the World Sports
Hall of Fame. The selection committee reviewed
a list of over 400 names
representing a wide
range of sports and eras.
Other athletes named to
the inaugural class
included Muhammad Ali,
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,
Jim Brown, Gordie
Howe, Billie Jean King,
Rod Laver, Willie Mays,
Bill Russell and
Mark Spitz.
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THE GREATEST?
NUMBERS
NEVER LIE
If it weren’t enough to
have every major media
outlet in the world say
so, an end-of-the-century
47-page statistical
analysis determined that
Jack is the greatest
player in the history of
golf. A team headed by
Scott Berry, an assistant
professor of statistics at
Texas A&M University,
conducted a research
project to determine the
game’s greatest. The conclusion: If every golfer
who played in a major
since 1935 was at his
peak for the 1997 Masters, Jack Nicklaus
would have won the
event, followed by Tom
Watson and Ben Hogan.
The unbiased analysis
took into account scorecards, age and career
statistics.
THE BOOK ON
THE MASTER
Jack Nicklaus’
dominance of Augusta
National and the Masters
is the stuff of storybooks.
And definitely history
books. Through the 2007
playing of the Masters,
the Golden Bear owns or
is tied for 60 tournament
records. Even in his later
years, Jack has continued
to raise the bar. In 1998,
and at age 58, he became
the oldest top-10 finisher
in Masters’ history
with his tie for sixth.
In doing so, he set three
scoring records for
players 50 and over.
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PGA TOUR SUMMARY
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 2
Wins: 3
Wins: 2
Money: $155,285
Money: $140,167
Money: $142,149
Scoring Average: 69.97
Scoring Average: 71.06
Scoring Average: 70.75
Top-10 Finishes: 13 of 22 events
Top-10 Finishes: 11 of 23 events
Top-10 Finishes: 12 of 19 events
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS
THE MASTERS
Augusta National
69-71-74-67–281
T5th
$5,500
U. S. O P E N
Oak Hill Country Club
72-70-70-67–279
Augusta National
68-75-72-76–291
THE MASTERS
T24th
$1,800
U. S. O P E N
2nd
$15,000
BRITISH OPEN
Carnoustie Golf Club
76-69-73-73–291
Champions Golf Club
74-67-75-73–289
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Pecan Valley Country Club
71-79–150
NCR Country Club
70-68-74-71–283
Hazeltine National
81-72-75-76–304
T49th
$900
BRITISH OPEN
Royal Lytham and St. Annes T6th
75-70-68-72–285
£1,375
St. Andrews
68-69-73-73–283
1st
$12,600
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
MC
8th
$4,500
U. S. O P E N
T25th
$1,300
BRITISH OPEN
T2nd
£1,737
Augusta National
71-75-69-69–284
T11th
$3,543
Southern Hills Country Club T6th
68-76-73-66–283
$6,800
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
• PGA Tour victories: Western,
American Classic
• PGA Tour victories: Kaiser,
Sahara, San Diego
• Captured Australian Open
• Runner-up: Hawaiian
• Won British Open for second
time, beating Doug Sanders in
an 18-hole playoff
• Runner-up: Canadian,
Westchester
• Finished third on money list
• Finished second on money list
• Closed in on million-dollar mark
in official winnings ($996,524)
• Made first Ryder Cup
appearance (1-2-1 record)
• PGA Tour victories: Byron Nelson
Classic, National Team
Championship (with Arnold
Palmer)
• Won the Piccadilly World Match
Play Championship and World
Series of Golf a record fourth time
Jack concedes his putt to
Tony Jacklin during the
1969 Ryder Cup, seen by
many as the greatest act of
sportsmanship in golf history.
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Background photo: In 1970, Barbara and Jack
celebrate his second British Open and his first
victory on The Old Course at St. Andrews.
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Although Jack Nicklaus
never shot a 59 on tour,
he has at least one 59 in
the books. In 1973, the
Golden Bear shot a 59 in
the American Cancer Society’s Palm Beach Golf
Classic on the historic
layout of The Breakers.
The mark set a new
course record, shattering
a 63 shot by the late
Merle Merchant in 1966.
MAJOR
PERFORMANCES
NO MINOR ISSUE
It is widely agreed that
the major championships
are the measuring stick
for greatness. And that’s
where Jack shined
brightest. The Golden
Bear had 13 years with
three or more top-five
finishes in the majors,
including twice when he
went four-for-four in topfive finishes (1971 and
’73). In the 40-plus years
since golfers unofficially
began playing for the
modern “Grand Slam,”
Jack has had three of the
top yearly averages in
the majors. In 1971,
Jack’s average finish in
the majors was 2.5. He
had a 3.0 average in
both 1973 and ’75.
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PGA TOUR SUMMARY
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 5
Wins: 7
Wins: 7
Money: $244,490
Money: $320,542
Money: $308,362
Scoring Average: 70.08
Scoring Average: 70.23
Scoring Average: 69.81
Top-10 Finishes: 15 of 18 events
Top-10 Finishes: 14 of 19 events
Top-10 Finishes: 16 of 18 events
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS
THE MASTERS
Augusta National
70-71-68-72–281
BREAKING IN
A NEW MR. 59
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T2nd
$17,500
B R I T I S H
THE MASTERS
1st
$25,000
U. S. O P E N
U. S. O P E N
Merion Golf Club
69-72-68-71–280
Augusta National
68-71-73-74–286
2nd
$15,000
O P E N
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
T5th
71-71-72-69–283
$5,520
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
PGA National Golf Club
1st
69-69-70-73–281
$40,000
O P E N
Muirfield
70-72-71-66–279
T3rd
$12,500
U. S. O P E N
Pebble Beach Golf Links
1st
71-73-72-74–290
$30,000
B R I T I S H
Augusta National
69-77-73-66–285
Oakmont Country Club
71-69-74-68–282
B R I T I S H
2nd
£4,000
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Oakland Hills Country Club T13th
72-75-68-72–287
$4,162
T4th
$9,000
O P E N
Troon Golf Club
69-70-76-65–280
4th
£2,750
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Canterbury Golf Club
72-68-68-69–277
1st
$45,000
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Became first golfer to record a
“Double Grand Slam” by winning
the PGA Championship, completing the cycle of major championship victories for a second time
• Named PGA Player of the Year
for a second time
• Named PGA Player of the Year
for the third time and second
straight year
• Established new earnings record
in capturing money title; won
scoring title for a third time
• Tied the Masters victory record
with his fourth win
• PGA Tour victories: Tournament
of Champions, Disney World Open,
National Team Championship
(with Arnold Palmer) and Byron
Nelson Classic
• Took over all-time career
winnings lead ($1,703,705)
• Also won Australian Open,
Australian Dunlop International
and World Cup individual honors
(a record third time)
• Member of U.S. Ryder Cup Team
(5-1-0 record)
• Winning a third U.S. Open tied
the late Bobby Jones for major
championship titles with 13
• Became the first player to win
more than $300,000 in one year
• PGA Tour victories: DoralEastern Open, Crosby,
Westchester, Disney World Open,
U.S. Match Play Championship
• Posted lowest scoring average for
a fourth time and won money title
for a fifth time
• Made golf history by winning
his 14th major championship
• Became first player to win over
$300,000 two straight years and
$2 million in a career
• Posted lowest scoring average
of his pro career, winning scoring
title and money title for second
straight year
• PGA Tour victories: Crosby,
New Orleans Open, Tournament
of Champions, Atlanta Classic,
Ohio Kings Island Open, Disney
World Open
• Won World Cup team title with
Johnny Miller
• Member of U.S Ryder Cup Team
(4-1-1 record)
“When Jack Nicklaus plays well, he wins. When he plays badly, he
finishes second. When he plays terribly, he finishes third. ”
— Johnny Miller
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Background photo: Jack’s victory at
the 1972 U.S. Open Championship at
Pebble Beach along with his victory at
the Masters (see Sports Illustrated cover)
helped secure his “Player of the Year”
status for a second time. Below: Jack and
son Gary walk off the 18th green on
Sunday following his win at the PGA
Championship at Canterbury in 1973.
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“You can now, if you will, go to the blackboard and write 100 times,
‘Jack Nicklaus is the greatest golfer in the world.’ ”
— The late Jim Murray, L.A. Times columnist, after the 1975 Masters
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 2
Wins: 5
Wins: 2 Money: $266,438
Money: $238,178
Money: $298,149
Scoring Average: 70.06
Scoring Average: 69.87
Scoring Average: 70.17
Top-10 Finishes: 12 of 18 events
Top-10 Finishes: 14 of 16 events
Top-10 Finishes: 11 of 16 events
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS
THE MASTERS
Augusta National
69-71-72-69–281
T4th
$10,833
U. S. O P E N
Winged Foot Golf Club
75-74-76-69–294
THE MASTERS
1st
$40,000
U. S. O P E N
T10th
$3,750
BRITISH OPEN
Medinah Country Club
72-70-75-72–289
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Carnoustie Golf Club
69-71-68-72–280
Firestone Country Club
70-68-67-71–276
Atlanta Athletic Club
74-70-75-68–287
T11th
$4,000
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
74-70-72-69–285
T2nd
$9,450
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
1st
$45,000
Congressional Country Club T4th
71-69-69-74–283
$9,750
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
• PGA Tour victories: Tournament
Players Championship,
Hawaiian Open
• Tied Ben Hogan by being named
PGA Player of the Year for a
fourth time
• Named PGA Player of the Year
for a record fifth time and for the
fourth time in the last five years
• Runner-up: World Open,
Colonial Invitational
• Finished first in scoring and
second on money list
• Won Masters for a record fifth
time and PGA Championship for
the fourth time to raise major
championship victory total to 16
• Remained No. 1 in career Tour
scoring average (70.2) and career
Tour earnings ($2,243,623)
• Three PGA Tour victories in
consecutive starts (Doral,
Heritage, Masters)
• Won the Tournament Players
Championship for the second
time in its three-year history and
the first World Series of Golf
under its new format, the fifth
overall since its inception
• Inducted into PGA World Golf
Hall of Fame, one of 13 original
enshrinees
• Won scoring title and
money title for seventh
time each
• Received USGA’s Bob Jones
Award for distinguished
sportsmanship
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T3rd
$16,250
BRITISH OPEN
T3rd
$8,154
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
2nd
$25,700
Augusta National
67-69-73-73–282
U. S. O P E N
T7th
$7,500
BRITISH OPEN
Royal Lytham and St. Annes 3rd
74-72-70-71–287
£3,250
Tanglewood Golf Club
69-69-70-69–277
Augusta National
68-67-73-68–276
• Captured the Australian Open
for a record fifth time
• Won scoring title and money
title for eighth time each
• Made 105 consecutive cuts
from 1970-76
• The inaugural Memorial
Tournament is played at
Muirfield Village Golf Club
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HOW JACK
RAISED THE BAR
After turning
professional in 1962,
consider what Jack
did his first 17 years
on the PGA Tour:
• Won one out of five
regular Tour events he
entered, finished among
the top three 41.6
percent of the time,
and averaged 3.8
victories per year.
• Won almost a fourth
of the majors he
entered and finished
in the top three more
than half the time.
Actually, Jack won
17 majors in his first
76 appearances as a
pro (1962-80).
• Went six years and
105 tournaments
without missing a cut
(Jack did that from
November 1970 through
September 1976).
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Background photo: Jack sinks a 40-foot birdie putt on No. 16 at the
1975 Masters. He won two of the four majors in 1975: The Masters
and PGA Championship. Inset: Barbara, Steve and Jack II help their
Dad hoist the PGA Championship trophy.
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On the eve of the 1978
Australian Open, Jack
caught a 15-foot-6-inchlong, 1,358-pound black
marlin after a 6 1/2-hour
battle off the Australian
coast. It was the biggest
black marlin catch of the
year and the fourth
largest ever in Australia.
Days later, Jack went
onto win his sixth
Australian Open. He does,
however, confess that
when he got to the first
hole in the first round, he
was so sore and achey, he
topped his drive off the
first tee.
With equipment technology dramatically changing the game, and
today’s purses skewing
the
career money list into
one of the most irrelevant statistics in golf,
it is impossible to use
money to compare talent
from era to era unless
you create an even
playing field. In the
best-selling book,
Golf’s Greatest Eighteen
(McGraw-Hill), authors
David Mackintosh and
Joey Kaney used “new
money”—a unique
methodology that
compares the greatest
players of the modern
game by taking their
year-by-year results
and recalculating them
as if they were playing
for current-day prize
money. Jack was, by far,
the leading career
money-winner with
$149,451,012 through
the 2004 Masters,
followed by Sam Snead
($140,854,546) and
Arnold Palmer
($115,425,548).
Tiger Woods was ranked
17th overall with
$57,325,297.
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PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 3
Wins: 0
Money: $256,672
Scoring Average: 71.07
Scoring Average: 72.49
Top-10 Finishes: 10 of 15 events
Top-10 Finishes: 3 of 12 events
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS
THE MASTERS
Augusta National
72-73-69-67–281
7th
$10,000
Cherry Hills Country Club T6th
73-69-74-73–289
$7,548
Money: $284,509
St. Andrews
71-72-69-69–281
1st
$23,750
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Scoring Average: 70.36
Top-10 Finishes: 14 of 18 events
4th
$15,000
Inverness Golf Club
74-77-72-68–291
T9th
$7,500
BRITISH OPEN
BRITISH OPEN
Wins: 3
Augusta National
69-71-72-69–281
U. S. O P E N
U. S. O P E N
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Money: $59,434
Oakmont Country Club
79-74–153
Royal Lytham and St. Annes T2nd
72-69-73-72–286
$25,740
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
MC
Oakland Hills Country Club T65th
73-72-78-71–294
$515
THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS
Augusta National
72-70-70-66–278
2nd
$30,000
U. S. O P E N
Southern Hills Country Club T10th
74-68-71-72–285
$4,100
BRITISH OPEN
Turnberry Country Club
2nd
68-70-65-66–269
$13,600
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Pebble Beach Golf Links
3rd
69-71-70-73–283
$15,000
HIGHLIGHTS:
• PGA Tour victories: Memorial
Tournament, Jackie Gleason
Inverrary Classic, Tournament
of Champions
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
• British Open title was his third
there, giving him 17th major
championship victory and making
him the only player to win each
of the “Grand Slam” titles three
times or more
• Named “Athlete of the Decade”
in a nationwide poll of 432
sports journalists
• PGA Tour victories: Tournament
Players Championship, Gleason
Inverrary Classic, IVBPhiladelphia Classic
• Won sixth Australian Open
• Continued streak of winning at
least two Tour events in each of his
17 professional seasons (1962-78)
• Named “Golfer of the ’70s” in
sweeping 12 of 14 categories
• Runner-up: Philadelphia
• Strengthened his position as top
money-winner of all time with
official Tour winnings of
$3,408,826 and as career scoringaverage leader with 70.4 strokes
per round
“No one in sports, not even Ali, has so
• Runner-up: Pleasant Valley Classic
dominated or been a finer credit to his
• Finished second on money list
and scoring list
particular profession. As Ali mesmerized
• Became the first player to
eclipse the $3 million mark in
official Tour career earnings
the world with his fighting skills,
• Brought his total Tour victories
to 63, surpassing Ben Hogan
and taking over second place on
the all-time victories list
• Member of U.S. Ryder Cup Team
(1-2-0 record)
bombast and charm, Nicklaus has woven
a gentlemanly grace into his tapestry of
silver and gold trophies.”
— Will Grimsley, The Associated Press, 1979
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THAT’S A LOT
OF JACK, JACK
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Background photo and insets: In 1978, Jack won the British Open
at St. Andrews and was named Sports Illustrated’s “Sportsman of
the Year.” (See cover on opposite page.)
Background photo: Jack “was back” in 1980 when he won the U.S. Open at
Baltusrol. Inset top: Jack was honored in 2005 at the 18th tee for his memorable
and record-breaking performances on Baltusrol’s Lower Course, where he won
the U.S. Open in 1967 and 1980, setting scoring records each time.
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SEVENTH HEAVEN
Jack’s seven-stroke
victory over Andy Bean
in the 1980 PGA
Championship at Oak
Hill was the largest
margin of victory since
the event went to stroke
play in 1958.
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 2
Money: $172,386
Scoring Average: 70.86
Top-10 Finishes: 3 of 13 events
“JACK’S BACK” …
ON THE COVER
AGAIN
THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS
Augusta National
74-71-73-73–291
T33rd
$1,860
U. S. O P E N
Baltusrol Golf Club
63-71-70-68–272
1st
$55,000
Nicklaus hoists the Wanamaker Trophy after his record-tying win at the
1980 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y.
BRITISH OPEN
Muirfield
73-67-71-69–280
T4th
$21,623
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Oak Hill Country Club
70-69-66-69–274
1st
$60,000
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
HIGHLIGHTS:
Wins: 0
Wins: 1
• Won U.S. Open for the fourth
time with record score of 272,
breaking his own mark set in
1967 by three strokes
Scoring Average: 70.70
Scoring Average: 70.90
Top-10 Finishes: 8 of 16 events
Top-10 Finishes: 7 of 15 events
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
• Tied Walter Hagen for most PGA
crowns with fifth title
THE MASTERS
• GolfWorld Player of the Year
Money: $178,213
Augusta National
70-65-75-72–282
THE MASTERS
T2nd
$30,500
U. S. O P E N
Merion Golf Club
69-68-71-72–280
B R I T I S H
T15th
$5,850
Pebble Beach Golf Links
2nd
74-70-71-69–284
$34,506
B R I T I S H
T23rd
$2,437
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Atlanta Athletic Club
71-68-71-69–279
Augusta National
69-77-71-75–292
U. S. O P E N
T6th
$9,920
O P E N
Royal St. George’s
83-66-71-70–290
Money: $232,645
O P E N
Royal Troon Golf Club
77-70-72-69–288
T10th
$13,230
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
T4th
$13,146
Southern Hills Country Club T16th
74-70-72-67–283
$4,625
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Registered his best Tour scoring
average since 1977 and his
highest earnings since 1978
• PGA Tour victories: Colonial
Invitational
• Runner-up: Canadian Open,
Inverrary
• Remained No. 1 in career Tour
scoring average with 70.49 and in
career Tour official money
with $3,759,426
• Runner-up: Bay Hill Classic,
Australian Open
• Recorded his best earnings in
four seasons and remained No. 1
in career total with $3,992,071
The Golden Bear has
appeared on more Sports
Illustrated covers than
any golfer in history,
appearing 22 times
(23 when counting a
photo collage of professional athletes) over a
30-year period. Jack is
tied for third all-time on
SI’s cover count, with a
who’s who of the sporting world ahead of him:
Michael Jordan (49),
Muhammad Ali (37),
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
(22) and Magic Johnson
(22). Jack first appeared
on an SI cover Sept. 12,
1960, and his last was
June 18, 1990. The
Golden Bear’s win at the
1980 U.S. Open earned
him his 19th trip on the
cover (shown below left).
The only other golfers to
make the magazine’s
top-20 list are Tiger
Woods (at No. 6), who
has been on 17 covers
through April 16, 2007,
and Arnold Palmer
(Tied for 10) with 14.
LIKE FATHER,
LIKE SON
Jack Nicklaus II,
the oldest of five
Nicklaus children,
won the 1985 NorthSouth Amateur—
26 years after his
father won the event.
• Member of U.S. Ryder Cup Team
(4-0-0 record)
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he is magnanimous in victory, gracious in defeat and sportsmanlike, in the best sense of the word, at all times. This man has not
brilliant embellishment to the game and his profession.”
— Tribute during 1984 ceremony at which Jack was named
Honorary Doctor of Law by the University of St. Andrews, Scotland
ST. ANDREWS
PRESENTS JACK
HONORARY
DOCTORATE
In July of 1984,
Jack was named
an Honorary Doctor of
Law of the University
of St. Andrews,
Scotland—one of the
world’s most renowned
institutions of higher
learning. The first
sportsman to be
so honored, the
ceremony remains one
of Jack’s proudest
moments as a golfer.
(See photo—opposite
page, bottom right and
above.)
GOLDEN
RECORDS
Including Jack’s secondplace finish in 1983 and
his five wins at the
PGA Championship,
the Golden Bear has a
long history of great
performances and holds
or shares at least 12
records for the event
including the largest
winning margin in 1980
(beating Andy Bean by
7 strokes) and the most
Top 3, Top 5, Top 10 and
Top 25 finishes from
1958 through 2006.
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PGA TOUR SUMMARY
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 0
Wins: 1
Wins: 0
Money: $256,158
Money: $272,595
Money: $165,456
Scoring Average: 70.88
Scoring Average: 70.75
Scoring Average: 71.81
Top-10 Finishes: 9 of 16 events
Top-10 Finishes: 6 of 13 events
Top-10 Finishes: 4 of 15 events
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS
THE MASTERS
Augusta National
73–
WD
(Back injury)
T43rd
$2,847
Winged Foot Golf Club
71-71-70-77–289
Royal Birkdale Golf Club T29th
71-72-72-70–285
$2,137
St. Andrews
76-72-68-72–288
2nd
$60,000
T6th
$22,663
Oakland Hills Country Club
76-73–149
MC
BRITISH OPEN
T31st
$3,377
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Augusta National
71-74-72-69–286
U. S. O P E N
T21st
$6,575
BRITISH OPEN
BRITISH OPEN
Riviera Country Club
73-65-71-66–275
THE MASTERS
T18th
$8,400
U. S. O P E N
U. S. O P E N
Oakmont Country Club
73-74-77-76–300
Augusta National
73-73-70-70–286
Shoal Creek Country Club T25th
77-70-71-69–287
$4,506
Royal St. George’s
77-75–152
MC
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Cherry Hills Country Club T32nd
66-75-74-74–289
$3,408
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Won Chrysler Team Invitational
(with Johnny Miller)
• PGA Tour victories: Memorial
Tournament
• Runner-up: World Series of Golf
• Captain of U.S. Ryder Cup Team
• Runner-up: Canadian Open,
Doral-Eastern Open
• Remained No. 1 in both career
earnings and lifetime scoring
average
• Became the first player to reach
the $4 million mark in career
earnings
• Won the biggest check of his
career ($240,000) in the Skins
Game
• Runner-up: Canadian Open,
Milwaukee
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only taken the game of golf to new heights, but has also been a
Background photo: Jack won the Memorial Tournament for the
second time in 1984. Inset top: Jack captained the victorious
1983 Ryder Cup team. Inset bottom: Jack was named an
Honorary Doctor of Law of the University of St. Andrews,
Scotland, in July of 1984.
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1986 MASTERS:
ONE FOR THE
HISTORY BOOKS
Jack’s 1986 Masters
victory at age 46 is still
considered one of the
greatest sporting
achievements of the
last century. So when
the media began to
look back at a
century of golf, the ’86
Masters received its
proper place in history.
GOLF Magazine called
Jack’s win the “Best
Tournament of the
Century.” GolfWorld
called it the “Greatest
Masters Tournament”
in history and his
final-round 65 the
“Greatest Final
Round in Major Championship” history. In
2001, Golf Digest
ranked Jack’s 1986
Masters as one of the
“10 Defining Moments
in Golf History.”
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PGA TOUR SUMMARY
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 1 Money: $226,015
Wins: 0 Money: $64,686
Wins: 0 Money: $28,845
Scoring Average: 71.56
Scoring Average: 72.89
Scoring Average: 72.78
Top-10 Finishes: 4 of 15 events
Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 11 events
Top-10 Finishes: 0 in 9 events
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS
THE MASTERS
Augusta National
74-71-69-65–279
1st
$144,000
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club T8th
77-72-67-68–284
$14,500
Olympic Golf Club
70-68-76-77–291
B R I T I S H
BRITISH OPEN
T46th
$3,712
T16th
$8,500
T21st
$11,200
The Country Club
74-73–147
B R I T I S H
T72nd
$2,560
C H A M P I O N S H I P
PGA National Golf Club
76-73-74-73–296
Augusta National
75-73-72-72–292
U. S. O P E N
T46th
$4,240
O P E N
Muirfield
74-71-81-76–302
P G A
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Inverness Club
70-68-72-75–285
THE MASTERS
T7th
$26,200
U. S. O P E N
U. S. O P E N
Turnberry Golf Club
78-73-76-71–298
Augusta National
74-72-73-70–289
O P E N
Royal Lytham and St. Annes T25th
75-70-75-68–288
$9,350
P G A
T24th
$5,975
MC
C H A M P I O N S H I P
Oak Tree Golf Club
72-79–151
MC
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Won the Masters for a record sixth
time, his 20th major championship
victory
• Lifetime Tour winnings came
within $23,020 of the $5 million
mark
• Brought his official Tour victories
total to 71 and world-wide victory
total to 89
• Career scoring average still
ranks No. 1 with 70.71 strokes
per round
• Named “Golfer of the Century”
by golfing officials and journalists
from around the world as
highlight of the “Centennial of
Golf in America Celebration”
• Marked his 25th year as a golf
professional
• Captained the U.S. Ryder Cup
Team for a second time
• First player to break the $5 million
mark in official Tour winnings
• Golf Coaches Association of
America created the Jack Nicklaus
Award to honor collegiate golfer of
the year
OPPOSITE PAGE BACKGROUND PHOTO: SPORTS ILLUSTRAED PICTURE COLLECTION
Among the many
unique and special aspects of the Masters
Tournament are the
valuable keepsakes
they award players for
such achievements as
winning, the day’s low
score and eagles. To no
surprise, Jack is the
all-time leader in such
memorabilia with
88 items. Included are:
seven gold medals;
five silver medals;
46 crystal goblets
(for eagles); 15 crystal
vases; and, of course,
six replicas of the
Masters trophy.
Background photo: Jack chases his birdie putt
on the 17th hole at Augusta, which helped
him to his stirring 1986 Masters victory and
prompted a deluge of congratulatory letters from
friends, fans of all ages and past presidents.
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“There is not the slightest doubt in my mind
that Jack Nicklaus is the finest golfer ever to
swing a club in the entire history of the game.
It has been a distinct honor and great pleasure
for me to have played some part in his career.
And that brings me to my final bequest. To you,
Jack Nicklaus, I give my thanks.”
— From the last will and testament of Jack Grout, Nicklaus’
first and longtime teacher, who died in May 1989.
WHO’S THE
ROOKIE?
Jack is one of only 11
players to win a
tournament in his
Champions Tour debut,
winning The Tradition
in 1990. He also is one
of only three players to
win a major in their
first senior start.
Arnold Palmer won the
1980 PGA Seniors’
Championship in his
senior debut, as did
Roberto De Vicenzo the
same year in the
U.S. Senior Open.
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PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 0
Money: $96,594
Scoring Average: 72.35
Top-10 Finishes: 2 of 10 even
THE MASTERS
18th
$14,000
U. S. O P E N
Oak Hill Country Club
67-74-74-75–290
B R I T I S H
P G A
T43rd
$6,281
O P E N
Royal Troon Golf Club
74-71-71-70–286
T30th
$4,711
C H A M P I O N S H I P
Kemper Lakes Golf Club
68-72-73-72–285
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 0
Wins: 0
Money: $68,045
T27th
$7,538
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Established personal record in
total worldwide winnings for the
year with $524,232. (Official PGA
Tour total, $96,594; Australian
Skins Game, $254,250; American
Skins Game, $90,000; Ronald
McDonald Invitational $42,750;
Merrill Lynch Shoot-out
Championship, $25,000;
Australian Masters,
$8,100; and British Open, $7,538)
Money: $123,796
Scoring Average: 73.71
Scoring Average: 71.61
Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 9 events
Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 8 events
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS
THE MASTERS
Augusta National
72-70-69-74–285
6th
$45,000
Medinah Country Club
71-74-68-76–289
B R I T I S H
T33rd
$8,221
Hazeltine National
70-76-77-74–297
B R I T I S H
O P E N
St. Andrews
71-70-77-71–289
Augusta National
68-72-72-76–288
T35th
$6,371
U. S. O P E N
U. S. O P E N
THE MAJORS:
Augusta National
73-74-73-71–291
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
T63rd
$5,339
O P E N
Royal Birkdale Golf Club T44th
70-75-69-71–285
$6,988
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Shoal Creek
78-74–152
T46th
$6,875
MC
Crooked Stick Golf Club
T23rd
71-72-73-71–287
$11,500
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
Wins: 2
Wins: 3
Money: $350,000
Money: $343,734
Scoring Average: 68.60
Scoring Average: 69.79
Top-3 Finishes: 4 of 4 events
Top-10 Finishes: 4 of 5 events
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Won in his first Champions
Tour start at The Tradition
(senior major championship)
• Won three of five starts:
U.S. Senior Open, PGA Seniors’
Championship and The Tradition
for the second straight year
• Won his second Champions Tour
event at the Senior Players
Championship with a record
27-under-par 261
• Brought his total victories
around the world to 95 (71 PGA
Tour, 19 non-Tour or international,
and five Champions Tour)
ABOVE LEFT: OLLIE ATKINS PHOTOGRAPHS, SPECIAL COLLECTION AND ARCHIVE, GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
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Jack, the NCAA
Champion in 1961,
was named Ohio State
University “Golfer
of the Century” and
was runner-up to Jesse
Owens for the Ohio
State “Athlete of the
Century.” The honors
were announced during
an awards show held in
January 2002, on the
OSU campus. Jack lost in
a close vote to Owens, but
edged out basketball
great Jerry Lucas and
two-time Heisman
Trophy winner
Archie Griffin.
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JACK SKINS
COMPETITION
Wins: 0 Money: $14,868
Scoring Average: 72.29
Top-10 Finishes: 0 in 8 events
THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS
Augusta National
69-75-69-74–287
T42nd
$5,450
U. S. O P E N
Pebble Beach Golf Links
77-74–151
MC
Jack won his
second U.S. Senior
Open in 1993 at
Cherry Hills
Country Club.
BRITISH OPEN
Muirfield
75-73–148
MC
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Bellerive Country Club
72-78–150
MC
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 0
Wins: 0
Wins: 0
Money: $114,547
Money: $51,532
Money: $11,514
Scoring Average: 72.96
Scoring Average: 74.79
Scoring Average: 71.0
Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 10 events
Top-10 Finishes: 0 in 8 events
Top-10 Finishes: 4 of 4 events
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
THE MASTERS
• Hit the $6 million mark in total
career winnings on both tours
• Made it into the top three twice
with a second-place finish at The
Tradition, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
with a 275 for the tournament
and a third-place at the U.S.
Senior Open Championship at
Saucon Valley Country Club in
Bethlehem, Pa.
Augusta National
67-75-76-71–289
THE MASTERS
T27th
$12,350
U. S. O P E N
Baltusrol Golf Club
70-72-76-71–289
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U. S. O P E N
T72nd
$5,405
BRITISH OPEN
Royal St. George’s
69-75–145
Oakmont Country Club
T28th
69-70-77-76–292
$11,514
BRITISH OPEN
MC
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Inverness Club
71-73–144
Jack dabbled in network golf
commentary in the early 1990s.
Augusta National
78-74–152
Turnberry Golf Club
72-73–145
MC
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
MC
Southern Hills Country Club
79-71–150
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
Wins: 1
Wins: 1
Money: $206,028
MC
Since the first Skins
Game was played in
1983 at Nicklausdesigned Desert
Highlands, Jack
Nicklaus has been a
familiar face in the
popular made-for-TV
event, which later
spawned a senior
version (Champions
Skins Game). So,
what’s the skinny
on the Skins? Jack
is the all-time leader
in Skins’ appearances
with 26 (9 Skins,
17 Champions Skins).
He is also the Champions Skins Game
all-time leader in:
earnings ($2.945
million); skins won (123);
skins money won on
front nine in a single
day ($260,000);
lifetime money won on
front nine ($1.215
million for Champion
Skins); most skins won
on a single hole (9);
most skins won on
a front nine for a
single day (8); and
most career skins won
on the front nine (60).
Jack is also the all-time
leader in combined skins
won in the Skins Game
and Champions Skins
Game with 96. He is
second on the combined
money list with $2.295
million to Fred Couples’
$3.9 million.
Money: $239,278
Scoring Average: 71.00
Scoring Average: 70.35
Top-10 Finishes: 3 of 6 events
Top-10 Finishes: 5 of 6 events
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Won U.S. Senior Open for the
second time, capturing his sixth
senior event since becoming
eligible in 1990
• Won Mercedes Championship
(formerly Tournament of
Champions) in the Champions
Tour’s first official event of the year
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The Tradition for
a record fourth
time in 1996,
marking his
100th victory
worldwide.
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 0
Wins: 0
Money: $37,779
Scoring Average: 73.50
Scoring Average: 72.91
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 7 events
Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 7 events
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS
Augusta National
74-66-74-72–286
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 0
NICKLAUS DAY AT
THE ’98 MASTERS
It was an emotional day
for Jack Nicklaus (see
photo opposite page)
whenAugusta National
and the Masters
Tournament officials held
“Nicklaus Day” on April
7, 1998, to honor the
six-time champion.
The highlight of the day
was the unveiling of a
Jack Nicklaus plaque,
which was later affixed
to a drinking fountain
between the 16th green
and 17th tee at Augusta
National.
THE BEAR AND
HIS CUBS
Prior to the U.S. Open
at Pinehurst in 1999,
Jack was presented
the Father of the Year
Award by the Minority
Golf Association of
America.
INSIDE THE
NUMBERS
Jack played his 10,000th
hole in a major during
the 1997 U.S. Open at
Congressional.
He parred the hole.
Money: $68,180
Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 10 events
BRITISH OPEN
THE MAJORS:
Augusta National
67-78-70-75–290
T35th
$10,840
U. S. O P E N
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
71-81–152
T79nd
$7,178
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Riviera Country Club
69-71-71-76–287
T67th
$3,263
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
Wins: 0
Money: $538,800
Scoring Average: 69.68
Top-10 Finishes: 7 of 7 events
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Captured his eighth Champions
Tour victory at The Tradition,
his seventh senior major
championship in six years
• Finished runner-up at the U.S.
Senior Open and Ford Senior
Players Championship
• Led the Champions Tour in
earnings per start ($76,971)
• Member of winning team at
Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge
Congressional Golf Club T52nd
73-71-75-74–293
$7,139
Royal Troon Golf Club T60th
73-74-71-75–293
$9,634
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
MC
MC
BRITISH OPEN
St. Andrews
78-70-77-71–296
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Valhalla Golf Club
77-69
T39th
$11,610
BRITISH OPEN
Royal Lytham and St. Annes T44th
69-66-77-73–285
$7,178
THE MASTERS
Augusta National
77-70-74-68–299
U. S. O P E N
Oakland Hills Country Club T27th
71-74-69-72–287
$17,809
• Increased career wins on both
tours to 79 (98 worldwide) and
surpassed $7 million mark in
career earnings
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T41st
$10,500
U. S. O P E N
Scoring Average: 72.69
Money: $85,383
Winged Foot Golf Club
74-76
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
Wins: 2
Wins: 0
Money: $360,861
MC
Money: $239,932
Scoring Average: 70.92
Scoring Average: 71.41
Top-10 Finishes: 3 of 7 events
Top-10 Finishes: 3 of 6 events
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Recorded his 100th professional
victory by winning The Tradition
for a record fourth time
• Extended his lifetime appearances in Majors to 152 straight
• Captured his 10th Champions
Tour victory in seven years at
The Tradition and his second
title of the year, the first being
the GTE Suncoast Classic
• Became the oldest champion in
Tradition history at 56 years,
two months, 17 days. Also
holds record for being youngest
Tradition champion (50 years,
two months, 11 days)
• Named “Golfer of the Century”
by Golf Monthly Magazine (U.K.)
• Increased his official money
total on both tours to
$7,964,696 (Not counted was
“unofficial” money of $221,366
earned on Champions Tour)
• His runner-up finish at the
Senior PGA Championship
gave him a total of 24 career
second-place finishes in majors
(19 on PGA Tour)
• Has 63 overall career secondplace finishes, including 58 on
the PGA Tour
• Finished third with son Gary
in the annual Office Depot
Father/Son Challenge, shooting
a final-round 59 in the scramble
format
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 0
Wins: 0
Money: $128,157
Scoring Average: 73.25
Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 5 events
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 2 events
THE MAJORS:
THE MAJORS:
Augusta National
73-72-70-68–283
Olympic Golf Club
73-74-73-75–295
T43rd
$12,537
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
DNP
DNP
Pinehurst No. 2
78-75
MC
Money: $205,723
Scoring Average: 71.64
Top-10 Finishes: 3 of 6 events
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Final-round 68 led to tie for
sixth, making Jack (at age 58)
the oldest top-10 finisher in
Masters’ history
• Snapped streak of 154
consecutive majors for which he’s
been eligible when he withdrew
from the British Open because of
left hip-related problems
MC
MC
MAKING THE CUT
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 0
BRITISH OPEN
DNP
Money: $17,244
Scoring Average: 73.56
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 8 events
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
DNP
DNP
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
The Golden Bear’s
mantle became crowded
as a new millennium
began with Jack piling
up awards. In 2001, we
saw Jack add a few
“firsts” to his list of
accolades. The Golden
Bear was honored in
February 2001 with
the first-ever “ESPY
Lifetime Achievement
Award.” The 2001 ESPY
Awards was broadcast
live from Las Vegas on
ESPN. A month later,
Jack became the first
golfer and only the
third athlete to win
the “Vince Lombardi
Award of Excellence.”
U. S. O P E N
Medinah Country Club
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Sahalee Country Club
Augusta National
Carnoustie Golf Club
BRITISH OPEN
Wins: 0
FIRST AND LAST
WORD ON
AWARDS
THE MASTERS
T6th
$111,200
U. S. O P E N
BELOW AND ABOVE: AP/WIDEWORLD
Money: $5,075
Scoring Average: 71.10
THE MASTERS
Jack accepting
Sports Illustrated’s
“Best Individual
Male Athlete of
the 20th Century”
Award in 1999.
THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
Wins: 0
Money: $19,673
Scoring Average: 71.63
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 3 events
Augusta National
74-70-81-78–303
T54th
$10,672
U. S. O P E N
Pebble Beach Golf Links
73-82–155
MC
BRITISH OPEN
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Underwent left hip-replacement
surgery in January and returned
less than four months later at the
Champions Tour’s Bell Atlantic
Classic. Shot consecutive rounds
of 70 on the weekend to finish 18th
• Made the cut at the Memorial
Tournament in his first start on
the regular Tour after surgery
St. Andrews
77-73–150
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Valhalla Golf Club
77-71–148
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
Wins: 0
Money: $166,422
Scoring Average: 71.84
Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 7 events
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Competed in all four majors
in one season for the last time
• Masters’ performance gave
him 43 straight years of
making cut in at least one
regular PGA Tour event
In 2000, Jack was tied
for 18th in the Masters
after two rounds when
he shot a two-under 70
on Friday, becoming the
first player 60 or older
to shoot under par since
Sam Snead shot 71 in
1975 at the age of 62.
Jack’s performance in
the event gave the
Golden Bear 43 straight
years of making the cut
in at least one regular
PGA Tour event.
• Electrified U.S. Open crowd
alongside 18th hole when he
reached par-5 finishing hole
at Pebble Beach in two with
a 3-wood from 261 yards
• Missed cut by one shot at
PGA Championship but
nearly holed his wedge into
par-5 18th for eagle
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COVER BOY
MAKES RETURN
WHEATIES
CHAMPION
Already a champion on
the course, Jack Nicklaus
became a champion on
the box when Wheaties,
the well-known General
Mills cereal, released a
special-edition package
featuring the Golden
Bear’s likeness in 2003.
Complete with commentary from Nicklaus and
golf-related fitness tips
from the American
College of Sports
Medicine, the boxes
brought a great thrill to
golf’s greatest player.
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 0
Scoring Average: 75.61
Jack Nicklaus, pictured above with boxing great Muhammad Ali and
actor Billy Crystal, was among those honored at the ninth annual Celebrity
Fight Night charity event Mar. 15, 2003, in Phoenix, Ariz., as he received
the Muhammad Ali Sports Legend Award.
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 4 events
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
Wins: 0
Money: $221,593
Scoring Average: 71.63
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 3 events
HIGHLIGHTS:
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 0
Wins: 0
Money: $0
Money: $8,910
Scoring Average: 73.08
Scoring Average: 74.07
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 4 events
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 1 events
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
Wins: 0
Wins: 0
Money: $266,127
Money: $1,880
Scoring Average: 71.59
Scoring Average: 74.83
Top-10 Finishes: 2 of 7 events
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 2 events
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Only major championship
appearance was the Masters
(missed cut)
• Made the most money ever to
start a Senior Skins game by
claiming seven skins on the
seventh hole and earning $150,000
• Champions Tour earnings were
his highest in five seasons
• Rallied in final round of the U.S.
Senior Open to tie the lead with
four holes to play. Two late bogeys
slipped him into a tie for fourth—
two shots behind winner Bruce
Fleisher—for his best Senior
Open finish in six years
• Season-best finish came in a tie
for third in his first appearance
in the Senior British Open
• Finished fourth in the inaugural
Siebel Classic at Silicon Valley,
played at Nicklaus-designed
Coyote Creek in San Jose, Calif.
• Won a record 10 skins and
pocketed personal-best $260,000
at Senior Skins Game
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Money: $0
• Nagging back problems limited his
playing schedule to just three
starts between the PGA Tour and
Champions Tour. Missed the
Masters for only the second time
since his debut in 1959
• Only PGA Tour start was the
Memorial Tournament, where he
made the cut—his first on the
PGA Tour since 2000
• Teamed with Tiger Woods for the
first time to defeat Sergio Garcia
and Lee Trevino in the primetime,
made-for-TV Battle of Bighorn.
Their 3-and-2 victory came with a
combined 11 birdies. The two split
$1.2 million for the largest golf
payday in the Golden Bear’s
storied career
• Appeared in more Champions
Tour events than in any other
previous season since joining the
circuit in 1990 (nine events, with
six top-25 finishes)
• His tie for 10th at the JELD-WEN
Tradition was his first top-10
finish in a senior major in 10 starts
• Participated in BMW Charity
Pro-Am at The Cliffs with his four
sons—the first time all five have
played in a professional tournament together
• Captained U.S. Presidents Cup
Team for second time, where the
matches were declared a tie after
both teams finished regulation
with 17 points apiece, and the
sudden-death playoff between
Ernie Els and Tiger Woods could
not determine a winner before
darkness descended after three
holes. In a show of sportsmanship,
both teams decided that the
competition would be declared a
tie and that the teams would
share the cup
• Received the “Muhammad Ali
Sports Legend Award,” as well as
“The Three Amigos George Bush
Inspiration Award”
• 2003 Greater Columbus Hospitality
Award was given to both Jack
and Barbara for continuing contributions to the growth of tourism in
the Greater Columbus area
OPPOSITE PAGE BACKGROUND PHOTO AND INSET: BRIAN MORGAN
In the fall of 2003, Jack
and officials from Golf
Digest shook hands on
an agreement that
returned the Golden Bear
to the pages and the
cover of golf’s leading
publication, kicking off
with the spring 2004
Golf Digest (opposite
page). As a playing editor,
Jack contributes
exclusive articles to
Golf Digest for publication under his byline.
From 1972 to 1992, the
Golden Bear contributed
to every issue of Golf
Digest and with his
appearance on the
October 2007 issue,
he has appeared on the
cover of Golf Digest a
record 51 times.
Background photo: U.S. captain Jack Nicklaus and
International captain Gary Player celebrate after the
2003 Presidents Cup was declared a tie. The matches
created such worldwide interest that the two captains
were invited back for the 2005 Presidents Cup and
some “unfinished business.” Inset: Charles Howell III
and Tiger Woods join Jack greenside at the 18th hole
on the final day of the 2003 matches.
BACKGROUND PHOTO: GOLF DIGEST RIGHT AND ABOVE: JIIM MANDEVILLE
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 0
Wins: 0
Money: $11,130
Money: $0
Scoring Average: 74.14
Scoring Average: 75.30
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 2 events
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 4 events
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
Wins: 0
Wins: 1
Money: $105,464
Money: $2,145
Scoring Average: 70.40
Scoring Average: 68.25
Top-10 Finishes: 2 of 5 events
Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 3 events
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Solo sixth-place effort at the
season-opening MasterCard
Championship in Hawaii was his
best on the Champions Tour since
a tie for fourth place at the 2001
U.S. Senior Open
• Teamed with son Steve for
the pro-am portion of the Bayer
Advantage Classic where he tied
for 64th in Champions Tour event
• Became the second oldest player
to make a cut on the PGA Tour
when he finished tied for 63rd at
the Memorial Tournament after
a final-round 71
• Made his final Masters and
British Open Championship
appearance sinking a 15-foot
birdie putt on his final hole of
championship golf at St. Andrews
where he won two of his three
Open Championships in 1970
and 1978
ON THE MONEY
Three-time British Open
champion Jack Nicklaus
was honored by The Royal
Bank of Scotland prior to
his final British Open
appearance in July 2005
when the U.K.’s secondlargest bank by assets
issued a 5-pound bank
note with Nicklaus’
likeness. The honor
marked the first time a
living person other than
a member of the British
royal family has ever
appeared on a bank note
in Scotland or England.
PRESIDENTIAL
MEDAL OF
FREEDOM
Jack Nicklaus was among
recipients honored
November 9, 2005, at
the White House by
President George W. Bush
with the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, the
nation’s highest civil
award. The medal
(opposite page top right),
established in 1963, may
be awarded by the
President “to any person
who has made an
especially meritorious
contribution to the
security or national
interests of the United
States, or world peace,
or cultural or other
significant public or
private endeavors.”
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