list of career achievements by jack nicklaus 

Statements about this table:
the master 's tournament of 1963 end in a 1 stroke margin
master tournament (3) have a margin of more than playoff 2
master tournament have a margin of more than 1 stroke
master tournament (4) be the only championship with a win score of - 2
year
championship
54 holes
winning score
margin
runner (s) - up
1. 1962
us open
2 shot deficit
1 (72 + 70 + 72 + 69 = 283)
playoff 1
arnold palmer
2. 1963
masters tournament
1 shot lead
2 (74 + 66 + 74 + 72 = 286)
1 stroke
tony lema
3. 1963
pga championship
3 shot deficit
5 (69 + 73 + 69 + 68 = 279)
2 strokes
dave ragan
4. 1965
masters tournament (2)
5 shot lead
17 (67 + 71 + 64 + 69 = 271)
9 strokes
arnold palmer , gary player
5. 1966
masters tournament (3)
tied for lead
e (68 + 76 + 72 + 72 = 288)
playoff 2
gay brewer , tommy jacobs
6. 1966
the open championship
2 shot deficit
2 (70 + 67 + 75 + 70 = 282)
1 stroke
doug sanders , dave thomas
year
championship
54 holes
winning score
margin
runner (s) - up
7. 1967
us open (2)
1 shot deficit
5 (71 + 67 + 72 + 65 = 275)
4 strokes
arnold palmer
8. 1970
the open championship (2)
2 shot deficit
5 (68 + 69 + 73 + 73 = 283)
playoff 3
doug sanders
9. 1971
pga championship (2)
4 shot lead
7 (69 + 69 + 70 + 73 = 281)
2 strokes
billy casper
10. 1972
masters tournament (4)
1 shot lead
2 (68 + 71 + 73 + 74 = 286)
3 strokes
bruce crampton , bobby mitchell , tom weiskopf
11. 1972
us open (3)
1 shot lead
+ 2 (71 + 73 + 72 + 74 = 290)
3 strokes
bruce crampton
year
championship
54 holes
winning score
margin
runner (s) - up
12. 1973
pga championship (3)
1 shot lead
7 (72 + 68 + 68 + 69 = 277)
4 strokes
bruce crampton
13. 1975
masters tournament (5)
1 shot deficit
12 (68 + 67 + 73 + 68 = 276)
1 stroke
tom weiskopf , johnny miller
14. 1975
pga championship (4)
4 shot lead
4 (70 + 68 + 67 + 71 = 276)
2 strokes
bruce crampton
16. 1980
us open (4)
tied for lead
8 (63 + 71 + 70 + 68 = 272)
2 strokes
isao aoki
17. 1980
pga championship (5)
3 shot lead
6 (70 + 69 + 66 + 69 = 274)
7 strokes
andy bean