Golf Club used by Jack Nicklaus
date: label: date made
content: before 1979
name: label: user
content: Nicklaus, Jack
label: maker
content: McGregor
notes: label: Description
content: Golfer Jack Nicklaus (b. 1940) won 117 professional tournaments in his career, 73 coming on the PGA tour, setting a record for Major Championships with 18. The Ohio State alum known as “The Golden Bear,” is widely considered one the golf’s greatest competitors, with the six-time Masters winner, five-time PGA Tour Player of the Year and recipient of a Congressional Gold Medal also recognized as one of the greatest athletes of the 20th Century.
label: Description
content: Nicklaus's televised rivalry with fellow hall-of-famer Arnold Palmer is widely credited as a significant reason for the explosion in the popularity of golf in the United States during the 1960s.
label: Description
content: In addition to his exploits on the turf, Nicklaus has contributed to his sport by becoming a sought-after course designer. Well after his retirement, he remains of the game’s most marketable personalities, he has endorsed a plethora of merchandise such as clubs, clothing and a popular video game series.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Golf
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Jack Nicklaus
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0621.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0621
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0621.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Golf Club
label: Object Name
content: club, golf
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 1/2 in x 4 in x 2 1/2 in; 92.71 cm x 10.16 cm x 6.35 cm