SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Jack Nicklaus is a world-famous golf pro-
fessional, a highly successful business executive, a 
prominent advertising spokesman, a passionate and 
dedicated philanthropist, a devoted husband, father, 
and grandfather, and a man with a common touch 
that has made him one of the most popular and ac-
cessible public figures in history. 
(2) Jack Nicklaus amassed 120 victories in pro-
fessional competition of national or international 
stature, 73 of which came on the Professional Golf 
Association (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘PGA’’) 
Tour, and professional major-championship titles. 
His record 18 professional majors, the first of which 
he won 50 years ago with his win at the 1962 U.S. 
Open as a 22-year-old rookie, remains the standard 
by which all golfers are measured. He is the only 
player in golf history to have won each major cham-
pionship at least three times, and is the only player 
to complete a career ‘‘Grand Slam’’ on both the reg-
ular and senior tours. He also owns the record for 
most major championships as a senior, with eight. 
(3) Jack Nicklaus’ magnetic personality and 
unfailing sense of kindness and thoughtfulness have 
endeared him to millions throughout the world.
(4) Jack Nicklaus has been the recipient of 
countless athletic honors, including being named In-
dividual Male Athlete of the Century by Sports Illus-
trated, one of the 10 Greatest Athletes of the Cen-
tury by ESPN, and Golfer of the Century or Golfer 
of the Millennium by every major national and inter-
national media outlet. He received the Muhammad 
Ali Sports Legend Award and the first-ever ESPY 
Lifetime Achievement Award. He became the first 
golfer and only the third athlete to receive the Vince 
Lombardi Award of Excellence, and is also a five- 
time winner of the PGA Player of the Year Award. 
He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame 
at the age of 34. 
(5) Jack Nicklaus has received numerous hon-
ors outside of the world of sports, including several 
golf industry awards for his work and contributions 
as a golf course designer, such as the Old Tom Mor-
ris Award, which is the highest honor given by the 
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, 
and both the Donald Ross Award given by the 
American Society of Golf Course Architects and the 
Don A. Rossi Award given by the Golf Course Build-
ers Association of America. Golf Inc. Magazine 
named him the Most Powerful Person in Golf for a
record six consecutive years, due to his impact on 
various aspects of the industry through his course 
design work, marketing and licensing business, his 
ambassadorial role in promoting and growing the 
game of golf worldwide, and his involvement on a 
national and global level with various charitable 
causes. 
(6) Jack Nicklaus has been involved in the de-
sign of more than 290 golf courses worldwide, and 
his business, Nicklaus Design, has close to 380 
courses open for play in 36 countries and 39 States. 
(7) Jack Nicklaus served as the Global Ambas-
sador for a campaign to include golf in the Olympic 
Games, which was achieved and will begin in the 
2016 Olympic program. 
(8) Jack Nicklaus was honored by President 
George W. Bush in 2005 by receiving the Presi-
dential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor given 
to any United States civilian. 
(9) Jack Nicklaus has a long-standing commit-
ment to numerous charitable causes, such as his 
founding, along with wife Barbara, of the Nicklaus 
Children’s Health Care Foundation, which provides 
pediatric health care services throughout South Flor-
ida and in other parts of the country. The Founda-
tion has raised close to $24,000,000 since it was 
formed in 2004, and has provided health assistance 
and services to more than 4,000 children and their 
families through— 
(A) Child Life programs (supporting thera-
peutic interventions for children with chronic 
and acute conditions during hospitalization); 
(B) Miami Children’s Hospital Nicklaus 
Care Centers (to offer a new option to Palm 
Beach County-area families with children who 
require pediatric specialty care); and 
(C) Safe Kids Program (aimed at keeping 
children injury-free and offering safety edu-
cation in an effort to decrease accidental inju-
ries in children). 
(10) In October 2012, the Miami Children’s 
Hospital Nicklaus Outpatient Center was opened to 
provide pediatric urgent care, diagnostic services, 
and rehabilitation services in Palm Beach County. 
(11) Jack Nicklaus also established an annual 
pro-am golf tournament called ‘‘The Jake’’ to honor 
his 17-month-old grandson who passed away in 
2005, and it serves as a primary fundraiser for the 
Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation. The
event alone has raised well over $43,000,000 over 
the last several years. 
(12) Nicklaus has been a tireless supporter of 
numerous junior golf initiatives, working with the 
PGA of America Junior Golf Foundation over the 
course of four decades, including the establishment 
of the Barbara and Jack Nicklaus Junior Golf En-
dowment Fund and the PGA-Nicklaus First Tee 
Teaching Grants. He also is a spokesperson for sev-
eral PGA of America and USGA growth-of-the-game 
initiatives. He continues to support several scholar-
ship foundations, other children’s hospitals, and 
other causes, including spinal-cord research, pan-
creatic cancer issues, and Florida Everglades res-
toration. 
(13) In 2013, Jack Nicklaus, with the support 
of the National Park and Recreation Association 
(NRPA), launched the Jack Nicklaus Learning 
Leagues, taking team-concept golf to our parks sys-
tem for children, ages 5 to 12. A non-profit founda-
tion called Global Outreach for Learning Foundation 
(GOLF) was created to underwrite the program. By 
the end of 2013, they hope to have the program in 
more than 100 locations and reach close to 25,000 
children.