golf Archives - Light a Fire Light a Fire You are here: Home » golf SUMMARY: Jack Nicklaus ( January 21, 1940) American golfer Jack Nicklaus Books Jack William Nicklaus who was on born January 21, 1940 is widely regarded as the greatest professional golfer of all time. His records in major championships have earned him the nickname “The Golden Bear”. Jack Nicklaus has accumulated an astounding record of 18 professional majors in a PGA Tour career that lasted 25 years, (1962 to 1986). Later, when on the Champions Tour, (which is the senior version of the PGA Tour) he won 8 of that tour’s major championships between 1990 and 1996. It is only a reflection to Jack Nicklaus’s golf brilliance that both records still stand today. Jack did not limit himself to only activities on the golf course but has also taken part in many off-course activities, that include golf course design, golf instruction book writing, and running his own tournament on the PGA Tour,(aptly named the Memorial Tournament).

In conjunction with Arnold Palmer and Gary Player (who are known collectively as the “Big Three”), he is credited with turning golf into the major spectator sport. While Palmer is credited with bringing golf into the television era, it was the developing Nicklaus-Palmer-Player rivalry that drove subsequent interest. Jack Nicklaus was born in Columbus, Ohio. He grew up in the suburb of Upper Arlington, and attended Upper Arlington High School. This is where he earned his nickname “The Golden Bear”, as that was the school’s mascot. After overcoming a mild case of polio as a child, he then took up golf at the age of ten, where he shot 51 for his first nine holes. At 13, he then broke 70. He showed early golf genuis when he won the first of five straight Ohio State Junior titles at the age of twelve. He then went on to win the Ohio State Open in 1956 at age 16, while competing against professionals. 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.

Even today this score remains the lowest ever made by an amateur player in the U.S. Open. He went on to represent the United States, against Great Britain and Ireland, 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,(another record which still stands). It is understandable when Nicklaus was named the world’s top amateur golfer by Golf Digest magazine for three straight years, in 1959-1961. In 1962 Nicklaus began his professional career. His first professional win came in the same year, when he defeated the heavily favored Arnold Palmer at Oakmont for the 1962 U.S. Open. Before the end of the year Nicklaus had picked up two more wins, with those being the Seattle Open and the Portland Open back-to-back. He finished 1962 with over $60,000 in prize-money, which placed him third on the tour money list.

He was then named Rookie of the Year. What was to follow was a career filled with wins on every level and almost every major golf course in the world. The highlight of Jack Nicklaus career being known as the Career Slam in 1978 when he won all four majors three times. Until Tiger Woods, no other golfer had won every major more than once. Jack and his wife, Barbara have 5 children and 20 grandchildren. They stay busy with charity work including major work and donations for children’s hospitals. He counts among his highest honors the following awards: • 1985 Golf Family of the Year presented by National Golf Foundation • 1992 Family of the Year presented by the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association • 1999 Father of the Year Award presented by Minority Golf Association of America. The 18thole your source for the Best golf related merchandise 1. Jack Niclaus (1940- ) Also known as the “Golden Bear”, he is regarded as the greatest golfer of all time because of his record winnings in major championships.

He has a record of 18 professional majors in a PGA Tour career which lasted 25 years, 1962 to 1986. On the Champions Tour, he won 8 of the tours majors from 1990-1996. These records still stand today. 2. Tiger Woods (1976- ) Tiger Woods (1976- ) - Woods has won fourteen professional major golf championships, which is the second highest of any male player and 65 PGA tour events, which makes him the third of all time. He currently has the most major career wins and career PGA Tour wins than any other active golfer. Woods is the youngest player to achieve the Grand Slam. He is also the youngest to win 50 tournaments on Tour. 4. Bobby Jones (1902-1971) Jones was one of the best golfers to compete nationally and internationally. He is best known for his “Grand Slam” which consisted wins in all four major golf tournaments of his era in both the U.S. and Britain in a single year 1930. He retired from the sport at the age of 28. 5.

Arnold Palmer (1929- ) Palmer was nicknamed “The King”. He is one of golf’s most popular players. In the 1950s, which was the television age, Palmer was golf’s first television star. He helped popularize the sport around the world. In his career, Palmer won seven major championships. In the Masters Champioship he won four times, the U.S. Open once and twice in The Open Championship. 6. Sam Snead (1912-2002) Nicknamed “Slammin Sammy”, Snead was one of the top golf players for four decades. He won 82 PGA Tours, which makes him the 1st of all time, and 70 other events around the world. He never won a U.S. open despite winning so many other championships. 7. Byron Nelson (1912-2006) Nelson is best known for winning 11 consecutive tournaments and 18 total tournaments in 1945. In the PGA Tour he won 52 which makes him the 6th of all time.

5 Golfers With the Most PGA Tour Wins 5 Golfers With the Most PGA Tour Wins Reddit Tiger Woods receives the green jacket after winning The Masters | Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images It feels like forever ago since we last spoke about Tiger Woods and his quest to be the greatest golfer in history . And yet, the crazy thing is that it’s only been a few years since Tiger was taking it to the rest of the tour, playing as if he could easily win each and every Sunday afternoon. Then again, in the sports world, perhaps 2013 was in fact a lifetime ago. Here’s a recap. Another turbulent year has come to a close for Tiger Woods, and the golfer finished his 2013 season with a loss to Zach Johnson, failing to add what would have been a sixth overall victory to an otherwise strong year. Sunday marked the end of his 17th full year as a pro, but Woods made it clear following the tournament that his work is far from over and that he still wants to beat two of the best records in golf: Jack Nicklaus’ 18 major titles and Sam Snead’s total of 82 career wins on the PGA Tour.

2013 was another dramatic year for Woods, but it will likely go down as the one in which the golfer finally returned to dominant play. While Woods didn’t add to his major championship tally of 14 this season — the fifth year in a row he missed the mark — but he did win the Players Championship, two World Golf Championships, and two regular tournaments at Torrey Pines and Bay Hill. Woods still has his sights set on Nicklaus and Snead’s titles; he stands four majors behind Nicklaus and three wins behind Snead. Woods will turn 38 at the end of December, but as he takes a much anticipated break from play, he is already strategizing how he can come closer to claiming record victory next year. Like he told Sky Sports : The easier goal is going to be getting to Sam’s record — you could get to there basically by playing the first three events of the year and win three in a row. But the major championships are a bit more spread out in April, June, and July, so it’s certainly much harder to get to Jack’s number than it will be to get to Sam’s number.

But both of them I think are significant numbers, significant milestones and hopefully one day in my career I’ll be able to surpass both of them. So we know Woods is No. 2 on the PGA Tour wins list and Snead is No.1, but we can’t forget about the others. Here are the five golfers with the most PGA Tour victories. Page 1 of 6 Jack Nicklaus Biography Jack Nicklaus Books Jack William Nicklaus who was on born January 21, 1940 is widely regarded as the greatest professional golfer of all time. His records in major championships have earned him the nickname “The Golden Bear”. Jack Nicklaus has accumulated an astounding record of 18 professional majors in a PGA Tour career that lasted 25 years, (1962 to 1986). Later, when on the Champions Tour, (which is the senior version of the PGA Tour) he won 8 of that tour’s major championships between 1990 and 1996. It is only a reflection to Jack Nicklaus’s golf brilliance that both records still stand today.

Jack did not limit himself to only activities on the golf course but has also taken part in many off-course activities, that include golf course design, golf instruction book writing, and running his own tournament on the PGA Tour,(aptly named the Memorial Tournament). In conjunction with Arnold Palmer and Gary Player (who are known collectively as the “Big Three”), he is credited with turning golf into the major spectator sport. While Palmer is credited with bringing golf into the television era, it was the developing Nicklaus-Palmer-Player rivalry that drove subsequent interest. Jack Nicklaus was born in Columbus, Ohio. He grew up in the suburb of Upper Arlington, and attended Upper Arlington High School. This is where he earned his nickname “The Golden Bear”, as that was the school’s mascot. After overcoming a mild case of polio as a child, he then took up golf at the age of ten, where he shot 51 for his first nine holes. At 13, he then broke 70. He showed early golf genuis when he won the first of five straight Ohio State Junior titles at the age of twelve. He then went on to win the Ohio State Open in 1956 at age 16, while competing against professionals.

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. Even today this score remains the lowest ever made by an amateur player in the U.S. Open. He went on to represent the United States, against Great Britain and Ireland, 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,(another record which still stands). It is understandable when Nicklaus was named the world’s top amateur golfer by Golf Digest magazine for three straight years, in 1959-1961. In 1962 Nicklaus began his professional career. His first professional win came in the same year, when he defeated the heavily favored Arnold Palmer at Oakmont for the 1962 U.S. Open.

Before the end of the year Nicklaus had picked up two more wins, with those being the Seattle Open and the Portland Open back-to-back. He finished 1962 with over $60,000 in prize-money, which placed him third on the tour money list. He was then named Rookie of the Year. What was to follow was a career filled with wins on every level and almost every major golf course in the world. The highlight of Jack Nicklaus career being known as the Career Slam in 1978 when he won all four majors three times. Until Tiger Woods, no other golfer had won every major more than once. Jack and his wife, Barbara have 5 children and 20 grandchildren. They stay busy with charity work including major work and donations for children’s hospitals. He counts among his highest honors the following awards: • 1985 Golf Family of the Year presented by National Golf Foundation • 1992 Family of the Year presented by the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association • 1999 Father of the Year Award presented by Minority Golf Association of America.

Course History: The Endless Charm of Gleneagles | RYDERCUP.com Gleneagles Course History: The Endless Charm of Gleneagles That Gleneagles would one day host The Ryder Cup, which will be the case when Europe seeks a successful defence against the United States on September 26-28, 2014, seems to have been written in the stars. Published: Wednesday, January 01, 2014 | 11:11 a.m. That Gleneagles would one day host The Ryder Cup, which will be the case when Europe seeks a successful defence against the United States on September 26-28, 2014, seems to have been written in the stars.

For not only did the illustrious resort survive the threat of the First World War, but it emerged in the “Roaring Twenties” to become recognised by the rich and famous as “The Riviera of the Highlands.” Now, little more than a century after Donald Matheson had the vision for a Grand Hotel, Gleneagles will celebrate its 90th Anniversary year by welcoming the 40th edition of arguably the most enthralling show in golf on a course designed by a man recognised by most observers as the greatest golfer to ever replace a divot. Jack Nicklaus, whose record of winning 18 professional Major Championships from the 1962 US Open to the 1986 Masters Tournament represents 25 years of unparalleled sporting supremacy, states, unequivocally, that “Scotland has always been considered the ‘home of golf’ and, in some ways, it has felt like a second home to me.” All of which is hardly surprising since he made his Walker Cup debut in 1959 at Muirfield, where in 1966 he won the first of his three Open Championships.

The other two were secured in 1970 and 1978 on the Old Course at St Andrews, where in 2005 he said farewell to Major Championship competition. Nicklaus has always believed that a course should both challenge and inspire. When his layout opened in 1993 at Gleneagles as The Monarch’s Course, it achieved all that and more for the Hotel guests. Subsequently, the demand for quality golf shots and decision-making has been enhanced through a collective effort by Nicklaus Design and Gleneagles to ensure that the re-named PGA Centenary Course is a true modern-day challenge to confront the players captained by Paul McGinley and Tom Watson. Matheson was taking time out in 1910, from his role of general manager of the Caledonian Railway Company, in the picturesque surroundings of the Scottish Highlands, when, in his mind, he conceived the idea that would become Gleneagles. He submitted his proposal in October, 1912, for a “Grand Hotel” and three golf courses, and the rest, as they say, is history. Vision is in the eye of the beholder and, with hindsight, sometimes too easy to see.

So while there can be no question that the Perthshire hills provided the perfect setting for such a Grand Hotel and golf to come together, it nevertheless required commitment, energy and foresight on the part of Matheson to keep his dream alive as the First World War interrupted construction. The King’s Course, officially opened on May 1, 1919, then followed by The Queen’s Course—initially nine holes—were both creations of James Braid, winner of five Open Championships and the leading golf course designer in the 1920s and 1930s. Still, work on the hotel did not resume until 1922. The Grand Opening Gala in June, 1924, was a lavish affair, and came a full 14 years after Matheson, by profession a civil engineer and architect, had his dream, while holidaying in Strathearn, that a hotel possessing the cultured razzamataz of the grand establishments on the Continent could be built in the valley through which his company’s railway line ran, so providing the perfect mode of transportation at that time for discerning guests.

Those guests, enjoying the luxury of The Gleneagles Hotel and the relaxing challenge of the golf, could not help be smitten by the majesty of the scenery as Ed Hodge in his excellent book “Jewel in the Glen – Gleneagles, Golf and The Ryder Cup” so eloquently writes: “With the sun emerging above the verdant Ochil Hills in the foreground and the uplifting magnificence of the rugged Grampian Mountains and the Trossachs beyond there are few settings that inspire such breathlessness.” Braid, on being engaged by Matheson, instantly recognised—just as Nicklaus would more than 60 years later—that the land of sand and gravel, deposited when the last ice sheet finally melted some 15,000 years earlier, was perfect for golf courses.

In appointing Braid, Matheson also knew that the quality of the courses would provide the opportunity for professional competition, which started with a tangible link to The Ryder Cup when an historic, first-ever “International Challenge Match” was played on The King’s Course between British and American professionals on June 6, 1921, as a prelude to the Glasgow Herald 1,000 Guineas tournament taking place. Nevertheless, while the match and the tournament won the plaudits of the players and the spectators, the Americans were not entirely impressed by their accommodation, since construction had only just re-started on the hotel. They were compelled to fetch and carry their own water to the five waterless railway carriages in which they were housed in a siding at the station near Auchtermuchty in Fife. By the time that Nicklaus first visited Gleneagles—for a famous “Big Three” match with Arnold Palmer and Gary Player on The King’s Course in 1966—there was no talk of the resort hosting The Ryder Cup.

Yet Ian Marchbank, the Gleneagles head professional from 1962 to 1992, admits to in 1971 “trying very hard to promote Gleneagles as a potential venue” despite being aware at the time that the next edition would be taking place at Muirfield. Nicklaus was, of course, by that time the master of the fairways in full flow towards building a career record which included a remarkable 18 professional Major Championships—six Masters, five US PGA Championships, four US Opens and three Open Championships—and, although in no way diluting his quest for titles (he would eventually win in total 120 worldwide), he was already embarking in golf course design. That would evolve into the family-run, globally acclaimed Nicklaus Design, now with a résumé built over more than 40 years. When The 2014 Ryder Cup is played on The PGA Centenary Course, his company will have in 36 countries and 39 US states approaching 400 golf courses open for play, including a fourth of the courses having played host to a professional tournament.

It was in March, 1988, that Nicklaus signed a contract with Gleneagles to build his first course in Scotland with the aim being to create a 21st century challenge that would complement the existing King’s and Queen’s courses. The new course would be built on a site occupied at that time by the courses named Glendevon, opened in 1980, and Prince’s, which began life as the Wee Course in 1928 and was extended to 18 holes in 1974. Nicklaus was an obvious choice and not simply because of his reputation as a player. He had developed, unquestionably, a design company which for many astute observers was the best in the world. Moreover, he believed wholeheartedly in creating courses that were aesthetically pleasing and had not lost sight of the fact that everything he was able to pursue in design and business followed because of his ability to play golf.

Even so Nicklaus’ determination to put back into golf something that would further enhance its values had much to do with his desire to design courses and, indeed, gave birth to the dream to build Muirfield Village Golf Club just outside his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, and conceive the concept of the Memorial Tournament. Making a contribution to the future success of the game whetted Nicklaus’ appetite and in Muirfield Village and the Memorial Tournament he has a legacy of which he is justifiably proud. Now The Gleneagles Hotel and The PGA Centenary Course are about to take their place in the history books. Nicklaus, following a first planning meeting with then Managing Director Peter Lederer and Golf Courses and Estate Director Jimmy Kidd, described the land on which he would go to work in Scotland as “the finest in the world I have ever been given to work with.

Great terrain; nice rolling turf; a lot of terrific places; beautiful views—when you see the views.” You could almost hear Braid saying much the same as the challenge began on the then Monarch’s Course, which was officially opened on May 15, 1993, and re-named The PGA Centenary Course on January 1, 2001, to commemorate the PGA’s Centenary Year. Time stands still for no man and golf, similarly, requires constant review. Gleneagles had made some minor changes but then Nicklaus was invited to return to modernise and re-invigorate the layout because as Patrick Elsmie, the Managing Director of Gleneagles, points out: “When we started looking at what we thought we might need to do to The PGA Centenary Course some years ago we had a very simple motto: We wanted to have memorable holes for the fantastic match-play event that is The Ryder Cup, but we wanted it to be known as a fantastic course, for everyday play, not just because it’s going to have three days of The Ryder Cup. It was a great opportunity for us to hook those changes onto The Ryder Cup.

To re-engage with Jack was exciting.” Nicklaus explains: “When we built the course it was a pretty challenging layout. With the equipment and the golf ball—in 1993 we were still using wound balls—and everything going much farther, it needed alterations. So we set out to make it more relevant in today’s game, from some of the bunkering to the strategy.” The PGA Centenary Course has successfully hosted a European Tour event since 1999, in its present form known as the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, but the work undertaken during the winter of 2011-12 transformed the course with changes being made to no fewer than 12 holes, in addition to the bunkers on all holes being remodelled. The most significant alterations were to the ninth, which is like beauty and the beast as it is both aesthetically striking and artfully challenging, and the 18th holes. Nicklaus Design supplied Gleneagles with a very detailed and extensive plan on how to develop the 18th and then left it with them to make a decision based on time and available resources.

Nicklaus explained: “Among the adjustments we collectively decided to move forward with was to place a bunker off the right side of the first landing area. Obviously the more you challenge the bunker, the better the opportunity to reach the green in two. We also added a group of diagonal bunkers short and right of the new green which gives the golfer three options on how to play the hole—hit short and right and leave a pitch; play left to open the green for a pitch; or take it all the way home.” In a nutshell, the ninth and 18th are now par fives that provide a risk-and-reward element that transcends the course, offering the opportunity for the players, especially in the match-play environment afforded by The Ryder Cup, to raise the excitement level. The lowering of the 18th green to create an amphitheatre effect has installed the space for more spectators to enjoy those matches which go to the wire. The flow of The PGA Centenary Course has, however, not changed. You start out playing southeast towards the famed Glen of Eagles, sweeping up the Ochil Hills to the summit of the pass below Ben Shee, which joins it to Glen Devon.

As you move westwards, the course, which now sits so naturally in the Perthshire countryside that it might have been there since the 1920s, the rugged Grampians provide a breath-taking backdrop with the majesty of Ben Vorlich and the mountains above the Trossachs. There is a bewitching kaleidoscope of colours every step of the way, with the lush panorama of the rich Perthshire straths framed by tall pines, beech and firs, silver birch and golden gorse, purple heather and dominant-brown ferns in a spectacular moorland setting dotted by burns and lochs. The charm of Gleneagles is endless, with the call of wild geese, duck, grouse, partridge, pheasant, snipe and woodcock. Perhaps there has never been a more appropriate setting, given that Samuel Ryder, the seed merchant who provided The Ryder Cup for competition, named his business the Heath and Heather Company.

Coincidentally, The Gleneagles Hotel and The Ryder Cup began life in the “Roaring Twenties,” recognised as the breakout decade for sports across the modern world, and when the hotel opened on June 7, 1924, the music was broadcast all over Britain by the BBC. Such is the appeal of The Ryder Cup there is no question that the attention of the whole world will in late September, 2014, focus on the teams of Europe and the United States and on The Gleneagles Hotel with The PGA Centenary Course that Jack Nicklaus built. Mitchell Platts Country Club of the North Golf - Beavercreek, Ohio � C L U B N E W S � CCN Curbside Carryout! Too tired to cook and don't want to go out? Well, no worries! Call CCN, order your favorites and pull up to the front door! Call 937-374-5000, ask for Bistro 19. About the Architect - Jack Nicklaus Jack William Nicklaus, born January 21, 1940 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", the school's mascot. While attending Ohio State University, he won the U.S. Amateur title twice (1959, 1961), and an NCAA Championship (1961). Nicklaus is widely regarded as one the greatest professional golfers of all time, in large part because of his records in Major championships. Nicklaus accumulated a record 18 professional Majors in a PGA Tour career lasting 25 years, from 1962 to 1986. Later, on the Champions Tour he won 8 of their tour's Majors between 1990 and 1996. The legacy Jack has left as a player can be rivaled only by the legacy he is leaving as a golf course designer. Today, Nicklaus devotes much of his time to golf course design and operates one of the largest golf design companies in the world. His Country Club of the North signature design opened in 1993.

Jack was named GolfWorld’s Architect of the Year in 1993, and in 1999, Golf Digest named him the world’s leading active designer. In February 2005, the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America recognized Jack with its highest honor, The Old Tom Morris Award. In 2001, he was named recipient of both the Donald Ross Award (American Society of Golf Course Architects) and the Donald Ross Award (Golf Course Builders Association of America), and was honored with the International Network of Golf’s Achievement in Golf Course Design Award for 2000-2001. Jack has been involved in the design of 262 courses open for play worldwide, and his thriving business, Nicklaus Design , has 377 courses open for play around the world. Nicklaus Design courses are represented in 36 countries, 39 states, and at least 103 have hosted a combined total of close to 800 professional tournaments or significant national amateur championships. At least 70 Nicklaus Design courses have appeared in various national and international Top-100 lists.

The firm currently has 45 projects under construction or under development in 24 different countries. Since 1962, Jack has added the moniker of “businessman” to his lengthy résumé. He is chairman of the privately- held Nicklaus Companies. In October, Golf Inc. magazine ranked Jack “The Most Powerful Person in Golf” for the fourth consecutive year, due to his impact on various aspects of the industry through his course design work, marketing and licensing business, and his involvement on a national level with various charitable causes. He was also named "Golf Development Newsmaker of the Year" for 2005 by Golf Inc., and the Robb Report once named Jack the “Leading Power Player” in the golf market. Residing in North Palm Beach, Fla., Jack and Barbara Nicklaus are parents to five children and grandparents to 20.

Site designed & developed by Cybergolf List of career achievements by Jack Nicklaus - 必应 Sign in List of career achievements by Jack Nicklaus 1 Defeated Arnold Palmer in 18-hole playoff – Nicklaus (71), Palmer (74) 2 Defeated Tommy Jacobs and Gay Brewer in 18-hole playoff – Nicklaus (70), Jacobs (72), Brewer (78) 3 Defeated Doug Sanders in 18-hole playoff – Nicklaus (72), Sanders (73) Records and trivia[edit] In a span of 25 years, from 1962 (age 22) to 1986 (age 46), Nicklaus won 18 professional major championships. This is the most any player has won in his career. Nicklaus held sole possession of the lead after 54 holes of a major championship on eight occasions and won each in reg ... (展开) ulation. Nicklaus won 10 of 12 major championships when having the lead outright or tied for the lead after 54 holes and won eight times when trailing after 54 holes.

In the above-referenced 20 major championships where Nicklaus either won (18) or finished in second place (2), he was a combined 30 strokes under par in final round scoring. In 18 professional major championship victories, Nicklaus shot 56 rounds at even par or below. Nicklaus won two major championships in a season on five occasions (1963, 1966, 1972, 1975, and 1980). Nicklaus won at least one major championship in four consecutive years (1970–1973). Nicklaus is one of five players (along with Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, and Tiger Woods ) to have won all four professional major championships in his career, known as the Career Grand Slam, and the second-youngest to do so in his fifth year as a professional at age 26 ( Tiger Woods , fourth year at age 24).

At age 33 in 1973, Nicklaus broke Bobby Jones' record of 13 major championships (old configuration) and Walter Hagen's record of 11 professional major championships by winning his third PGA Championship; 14th and 12th win, respectively. One of two players to achieve a "triple career slam" i.e. winning all four major championships three times in a career, the other being Tiger Woods . Nicklaus made 39 consecutive cuts in major championships starting at the 1969 Masters and ending by being cut at the 1978 PGA Championship. In this span he won eight times, was runner-up seven times, and had 33 top-10 finishes. This record of consecutive cuts made in major championships was equaled by Tiger Woods at the 2006 Masters. Nicklaus holds the record for most runner-up finishes in majors with 19. Nicklaus holds the record for most top-five finishes in major championships with 56.

One of two players to finish in the top five in all four professional major championships in two different years (1971 and 1973), the other being Tiger Woods (2000 and 2005). Both players finished in the top four in all four majors once (1973 and 2005, respectively). However, It should be noted that Bobby Jones won the "Grand Slam" under the old configuration in 1930 and Ben Hogan won all three of the majors he was able to play in 1953. Nicklaus holds the record for most top-10 finishes in major championships with 73. This is 25 and 27 more than the next players Sam Snead (48) and Tom Watson (46), respectively. Nicklaus finished in the top-10 in his final three professional major championships as an amateur (second in the 1960 U.S. Open, seventh in the 1961 Masters, and fourth in the 1961 U.S. Open). Nicklaus was the first player to break 270 for four rounds in a major championship.

Nicklaus played 154 consecutive majors for which he was eligible, from the 1957 U.S. Open through the 1998 U.S. Open. Masters Tournament[edit] Nicklaus holds the record for most wins with six which is two more than Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods . Nicklaus shot 17-under par 271 in 1965 for a 72-hole record lasting 32 years until Tiger Woods shot 18-under par 270 in 1997. Nicklaus shot individual rounds of 67 or better a total of 14 times which equates to a combined 80-under par. Nicklaus was the first champion to successfully defend the title having done so in 1966. Nicklaus won this event three times in his first five attempts as a professional. Nicklaus is the youngest two-time champion of this event. Nicklaus is the youngest three-time champion of this event. Nicklaus is the oldest winner of the Masters at 46 years and 82 days when he won in 1986. Nicklaus was a wire-to-wire winner in 1972.

Nicklaus was runner-up a record four times. Nicklaus holds the record for most top-five finishes with 15. Nicklaus holds the record for most top-10 finishes with 22. In the decade of the 1970s, Nicklaus finished in the top 10 at Augusta every year with eight top-four finishes. Nicklaus holds the record for the lowest 72-hole score for a player over 50 having shot a 5-under par 283 in 1998 at age 58. Nicklaus was the oldest first-round leader (co-led with four others) shooting 67 in 1993 at age 53. Nicklaus holds the record for lowest scoring average of players with over 100 rounds at 71.98 for 163 rounds. Nicklaus competed in this event 45 times. Nicklaus holds the record for most cuts made with 37. Nicklaus holds the record for most birdies with 506. Nicklaus holds the record for most eagles with 24.

For 34 consecutive years (1960 through 1993), Nicklaus missed just one 36-hole cut (1967). U.S. Open[edit] Nicklaus holds the record with Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones and Ben Hogan for most wins at the U.S Open with four. Nicklaus is the only player to win the title in three different decades with his first in 1962 and fourth in 1980. Nicklaus is the youngest champion of this event in the modern era having won in 1962 at age 22. This has since been beaten by Rory McIlroy in 2011. Nicklaus held until 2011 the record for lowest score for 72 holes (272) with Lee Janzen (67-67-69-69) in 1993, Tiger Woods (65-69-71-67) in 2000, and Jim Furyk (67-66-67-72) in 2003.

Nicklaus shot 63-71-70-68 in 1980. Nicklaus holds the record for lowest score for 18 holes (63) with Johnny Miller (fourth round) in 1973; Tom Weiskopf, (first round) in 1980 and Vijay Singh (second round) in 2003. Nicklaus shot a 63 in the first round in 1980. Nicklaus was a wire-to-wire winner in 1972 and 1980. Nicklaus holds the record for lowest 72-hole score shot by an amateur at two-under par 282 in 1960. While he finished second to Arnold Palmer by two shots, Nicklaus was the only player in the field not to have one round above the par of 71. Nicklaus tied for fourth in 1961 having played the final 54 holes in one-under par and capturing Low Amateur honors for the second consecutive year. Nicklaus had four runner-up finishes. Nicklaus had a record 11 top-five finishes.

Nicklaus had a record 18 top-10 finishes. Nicklaus holds the record for most rounds in the 60s at 29. Nicklaus holds the record for most sub-par rounds at 37. Nicklaus holds the record for most sub-par championships (72 holes) completed at seven. Nicklaus holds the record for the most consecutive tournaments started with 44 (1957–2000). Nicklaus holds the record for most cuts made at 35. Nicklaus made 21 consecutive cuts from 1964 through 1984. Nicklaus made a record five consecutive birdies in the final round of the 1982 U.S. Open. The Open Championship[edit] Nicklaus won this event three times. Nicklaus was runner-up a record seven times. Nicklaus had a record 11 straight top-five finishes from 1970 to 1980. Nicklaus had a record 16 top-five finishes. Nicklaus had a record 15 straight top-10 finishes from 1966 to 1980. Nicklaus had a record 18 top-10 finishes.

Nicklaus holds the record for most rounds in the 60s at 33. Nicklaus never finished worse than sixth from 1966 to 1980. Nicklaus was the first player to break 270 for four rounds having done so in 1977. Nicklaus made the cut in 32 out of 38 appearances including 23 consecutively from 1962 through 1984. PGA Championship[edit] Nicklaus holds the record with Walter Hagen for most wins at the PGA Championship with 5. Nicklaus was a wire-to-wire winner in 1971. Nicklaus was runner-up four times. Nicklaus holds the record for most top-three finishes with 12. Nicklaus holds the record for most top-five finishes with 14. Nicklaus holds the record for most top-10 finishes with 15. Nicklaus holds the record for most top-25 finishes with 23. Nicklaus holds the record for most rounds in the 60s at 41.

Nicklaus holds the record for lowest scoring average of players with over 75 rounds at 71.37 for 128 rounds. Nicklaus holds the record for most cuts made at 27 (with Raymond Floyd). Nicklaus competed in this event 37 times which is second only to Sam Snead's record of 38. Nicklaus held the record for the greatest winning margin in the strokeplay era from 1980 to 2012. He won by 7 strokes in 1980; Rory McIlroy won by 8 strokes in 2012. Results timeline[edit] Tournament 1957 1958 1959 Masters Tournament DNP DNP CUT U.S.

Open CUT T41 CUT The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Masters Tournament T13 LA T7 T15 1 T2 1 1 CUT T5 T24 U.S. Open 2 LA T4 LA 1 CUT T23 T31 3 1 2 T25 The Open Championship DNP DNP T32 3 2 T12 1 2 T2 T6 PGA Championship DNP DNP T3 1 T2 T2 T22 T3 CUT T11 Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Masters Tournament 8 T2 1 T3 T4 1 T3 2 7 4 U.S.

Open T49 2 1 T4 T10 T7 T11 T10 T6 T9 The Open Championship 1 T5 2 4 3 T3 T2 2 1 T2 PGA Championship T6 1 T13 1 2 1 T4 3 CUT T65 Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Masters Tournament T33 T2 T15 WD T18 T6 1 T7 T21 18 U.S.

Open 1 T6 2 T43 T21 CUT T8 T46 CUT T43 The Open Championship T4 T23 T10 T29 T31 CUT T46 T72 T25 T30 PGA Championship 1 T4 T16 2 T25 T32 T16 T24 CUT T27 Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Masters Tournament 6 T35 T42 T27 CUT T35 T41 T39 T6 DNP U.S.

Open T33 T46 CUT T72 T28 CUT T27 T52 T43 CUT The Open Championship T63 T44 CUT CUT CUT T79 T45 60 DNP DNP PGA Championship CUT T23 CUT CUT CUT T67 CUT CUT DNP DNP Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Masters Tournament T54 CUT DNP CUT CUT CUT U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT PGA Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 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. Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary of performances[edit] Starts – 163 Wins – 18 Second place finishes – 19 Top 3 finishes – 46 Top 5 finishes – 56 Top 10 finishes – 73 Top 25 finishes – 95 Longest streak of top-five finishes in majors – 7 (1971 Masters to 1972 Open Championship) Longest streak of top-10s in majors – 13 (1973 Masters to 1976 Masters) Longest streak of top-15 finishes in majors – 33 (1970 Open Championship to 1978 Open Championship) Longest streak of top-25 finishes in majors – 33 (1970 Open Championship to 1978 Open Championship) Longest streak without missing a cut – 39 (1969 Masters to 1978 Open Championship) Source: List of career achievements by Jack Nicklaus ... This is the most any player has won in his career. Nicklaus held sole possession of the ... Talk:List of career achievements by ... Nicklaus achieved the career slam in a ...

and I've never seen them cited elsewhere in my decades of following Jack's career. ... PGA Tour money list, as they are today. Nicklaus finished ... Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden ... Career achievements Nicklaus holds ... List of career achievements by Jack Nicklaus. Wikimedia list article. Statements. instance of. Wikimedia list article. 0 references. is a list of. prize. 0 references ... More info on List of career achievements by Jack Nicklaus Wikis. Encyclopedia. Major championships; Wins (18) Records and trivia; The Masters; U.S. Open; The Open ... Jack Nicklaus Home About Gallery Brands Players The game Contact Me Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. By winning a total of 18 career major championships while producing 19 second place and 9 third place finishes in major events on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years, he is widely regarded as the most accomplished professional golfer of all time.

Nicklaus did not play that many tournaments because he wanted to focus on the Majors, but is still second on the PGA-tournament winning list, with 73 victories. After winning two U.S. Amateurs in 1959 and 1961, and challenging for the 1960 U.S. Open, Nicklaus turned professional toward the end of 1961. The 1962 U.S. Open was both Nicklaus first major championship victory and his first professional win. This win over Arnold Palmer began the on-course rivalry between the two. In 1966, Nicklaus won the Masters Tournament for the second year in a row, becoming the first golfer to achieve this, and also won The Open Championship, completing his career slam of major championships. At age 26, he became the youngest to do so at the time. In 1968 and 1969, Nicklaus did not win a major tournament. He then won another Open Championship in 1970.

Between 1971 and 1980, he would win a further nine major championships, overtake Bobby Jones' record of 13 majors, and become the first player to complete double and triple career slams of golf's four professional major championships. At the age of 46, Nicklaus claimed his 18th and final major championship at the 1986 Masters Tournament, becoming that championship's oldest winner. Nicklaus joined the Senior PGA Tour (now known as the Champions Tour) in January 1990, when he became eligible, and by April 1996 had won 10 of the tour's tournaments, including eight of that tour's major championships, despite playing a very limited schedule. He continued to play at least some of the four regular Tour majors until 2005, when he made his final appearances at The Open Championship and the Masters Tournament. Nicklaus has also taken part in various off-course activities, including golf course design, charity work and book writing. Nicklaus also runs his own tournament on the PGA Tour, the Memorial Tournament. His golf course design company is one of the largest in the world.

Nicklaus' books vary from instructional to autobiographical, with his Golf My Way considered one of the best instructional golf books of all time; the video of the same name is the best-selling golf instructional to date. Who is Jack Nicklaus dating? Jack Nicklaus girlfriend, wife Golf Claim to Fame Nicklaus accumulated a record 18 professional majors in a PGA Tour career lasting 25 years, from 1962 to 1986. Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is a retired American professional golfer. He is widely regarded as the greatest professional golfer of all time, winning a total of 18 career major championships, while producing 19 second-place and 9 third-place finishes in them, over a span of 25 years. Nicklaus focused on the major championships (Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, Open Championship, and PGA Championship), and played a selective schedule of regular PGA Tour events, yet still finished with 73 victories, third on the all-time list behind Sam Snead (82) and Tiger Woods (79). More about Jack Nicklaus

Question: In the 25 years from 1962 to 1986, which golfer won a record 18 professional major championships?
Answer: Jack Nicklaus