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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.

C A R E E R C A P S U L E
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PERSONAL
PROFILE
Name:
Jack William Nicklaus
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 190
Birthdate: January 21, 1940
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio
Residence:
North Palm Beach, Florida
Family:
Wife: Barbara Jean Bash
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:
1985 Golf Family of the Year
presented by the National
Golf Foundation
1992 Family of the Year
presented by the Metropolitan
Golf Writers Association
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)
PROFESSIONAL YEARS:
1962 THROUGH 2005, INCLUSIVE
Official PGA Tour Victories: 73
Second Place or Ties: 58
Third Place or Ties: 36
Total Victories Around the World: 105
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): 1978-70-66 (runner-up 7 times)
Australian Open (6): 1978-76-75-71-68-64
World Series of Golf (5): 1976-70-67-63-62 (runner-up 6 times)
World Cup Individual (3): 1963-64-71
Piccadilly World Cup Match Play (1): 1970
Dunlop International (1): 1971
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 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)
“Major Championship” Titles:
The
Career of JACK
NICKLAUS
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A M A T E U R H I G H L I G H T S
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.
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
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 21 — in last year as amateur, won the U.S. Amateur Champ-
ionship 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.
TheEarly Years of the
GOLDEN
BEAR
A F A T H E R ’ S
S U P P O R T,
A F A T H E R ’ S
L E G A C Y
JACK 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 hard-
working boilermaker, owned several pharma-
cies 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 Univer-
sity, where he studied pharmacy before em-
barking on a professional golf career.
In 2003, it was announced that a lecture hall in Palm Beach Atlantic Univer-
sity’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, Char-
lie 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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M A J O R C H A M P I O N S H I P A P P E A R A N C E S ( A M AT E U R )
PGA
YEAR MASTERS U.S. OPEN BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
1957 – Missed Cut – –
1958 – 41st tie – –
1959 Missed Cut Missed Cut – –
1960 13th tie 2nd – –
1961 7th tie 4th tie – –
M A J O R C H A M P I O N S H I P A P P E A R A N C E S ( P R O F E S S I O N A L )
PGA
1962 15th tie WON 32nd tie 3rd tie
1963 WON Missed Cut 3rd WON
1964 2nd tie 23rd tie 2nd 2nd tie
1965 WON 31st tie 12th tie 2nd tie
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
1976 3rd tie 11th tie 2nd tie 4th tie
1977 2nd 10th tie 2nd 3rd
1978 7th 6th tie WON Missed Cut
C A R E E R S T A T I S T I C S
Jack tees off on his way to victory
at the 1963 Masters Tournament.
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
MAJOR TITLES: 20
Masters: 6
PGA Championship: 5
United States Open: 4
British Open: 3
U.S. Amateur
Championship: 2
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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N I C K L A U S D E S I G N
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M A J O R C H A M P I O N S H I P A P P E A R A N C E S ( P R O F E S S I O N A L C O N T ’ D )
PGA
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
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 – –
1999 – Missed Cut – –
2000* 54th tie Missed Cut Missed Cut Missed Cut
2001 Missed Cut – – –
2002 – – – –
2005 Missed Cut – Missed Cut –
*The year 2000 was the last in which Jack competed in all four major championships.
Jack Nicklaus II caddied for his father during
the Golden Bear’s historic 1986 Masters win.
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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A MAJOR CLOSER
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.

P G A T O U R ( 4 4 Y E A R S )
TOUR SCORING TOUR 2ND PLACE 3RD PLACE TOUR
YEAR APPEARANCES AVERAGES VICTORIES FINISHES FINISHES WINNINGS RANKING
1962 26 70.80 3 3 4 $61,868 3
1963 25 70.42 5 2 3 $100,040 2
1964 26 69.96 4 6 3 $113,284 1
1965 24 70.09 5 4 2 $140,752 1
1966 19 70.58 3 3 3 $111,419 2
1967 23 70.23 5 2 3 $188,998 1
1968 22 69.97 2 3 1 $155,285 2
1969 23 71.06 3 1 0 $140,167 3
1970 19 70.75 2 3 2 $142,149 9
1971 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 34
1987 11 (14) 72.89 0 0 0 $64,686 *
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 *
1992 8 (9) 72.29 0 0 0 $14,868 *
1993 10 (11) 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 *
2004 2 72.50 0 0 0 0 *
2005 3 (4) 75.30 0 0 0 0 *
R E C O R D S
Most Masters Victories: 6
Most U.S. Open Victories: 4
(tied with Wille Anderson,
Bob Jones and Ben Hogan)
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: 5
Most Players
Championship Victories: 3
Most consecutive years
winning at least one
tournament: 17
(1962-78, tied with
Arnold Palmer)
Most consecutive years,
top-10 money list: 17
(1962-78)
Most years No. 1 on ﬁnal
money standings: 8
C A R E E R S T A T I S T I C S
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R E C O R D S
Most senior major
championship victories: 8
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.

C H A M P I O N S T O U R ( 1 6 Y E A R S )
TOUR SCORING TOUR 2ND PLACE 3RD PLACE TOUR
YEAR APPEARANCES AVERAGES VICTORIES FINISHES FINISHES WINNINGS RANKING
1990 4 68.60 2 1 1 $350,000 *
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 *
Number in parentheses represents total appearances including “unofficial” events. *Indicates years during which Jack played fewer than 15 PGA Tour or Champions Tour events.
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Jack won the 1991
U.S. Senior Open
Championship at
Oakland Hills
Country Club.
RELATIVE RICHES
To compare what players of
yesteryear won to what players
today are earning is like
comparing apples to water-
melons. 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.
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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THE JACK NICKLAUS MUSEUM, located in the
heart of The Ohio State University sports complex
in Jack’s hometown of Columbus, Ohio, is a 24,000-
square-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 arti-
facts, including clubs, scorecards, bags, trophies, medals
and photos, as well as many non-golf items.
Nicklaus’ life and golf achievements are detailed by
decade, and each of the five major championships, includ-
ing 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 Nick-
laus,” 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, roy-
alty 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 infor-
mation, call 614-247-5959 or email:
info@nicklausmuseum.org.
M U S E U M
T H E
“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.”
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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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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Y E A R - B Y - Y E A R S T A T I S I T I C S
FOR YOU SIR
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.
BEAR-LY KNOWN
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).
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.
P G A T O U R S U M M A R Y
Wins: 5 Money: $100,040
Scoring Average: 70.42
Top-10 Finishes: 17 of 25 events
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
Augusta National 1st
74-66-74-72–286 $20,000
U . S . O P E N
The Country Club MC
76-77–153
B R I T I S H O P E N
Royal Lytham and St. Annes 3rd
71-67-70-70–278 £800
P G A C H A M P I O N S H I P
Dallas Athletic Club 1st
69-73-69-68–279 $13,000
H I G H L I G H T S :
• Won Masters and PGA
Championship for the first time
• PGA Tour victories: Tournament
of Champions, Sahara, Palm
Springs Classic
• Captured World Series of Golf for
second straight year
• Won individual honors at World Cup
Wins: 4 Money: $113,284
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
Augusta National T2nd
71-73-71-67–282 $10,100
U . S . O P E N
Congressional Country Club T23rd
72-73-77-73–295 $475
St. Andrews 2nd
76-74-66-68–284 £1,000
Columbus Country Club T2nd
67-73-70-64–27 $9,000
• Ranked first in money and
scoring average
of Champions, Portland,
Phoenix, Whitemarsh
• Won Australian Open and
individual honors at World Cup
• Runner-up: Houston,
Doral, New Orleans Cajun
Wins: 3 Money: $61,868
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
Augusta National T15th
74-75-70-72–291 $1,160
U . S . O P E N
Oakmont Country Club 1st
72-70-72-69–283 $15,000
Troon Golf Club T32nd
80-72-74-79–305 £55
Aronimink Golf Club T3rd
71-74-69-67–281 $3,450
• 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
• Won the World Series of Golf
“Jack Nicklaus is just
a youngster and a new-
comer to the profes-
sional ranks. But you
gentlemen saw one of
the greatest out there
today. He’ll be a head-
liner 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
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.
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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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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 selec-
tion 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.
Wins: 5 Money: $140,752
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
67-71-64-69–271 $20,000
U . S . O P E N
Bellerive Country Club T31st
78-72-73-76–299 $550
Royal Birkdale Golf Club T12th
73-71-77-73–294 £132
Laurel Valley Golf Club T2nd
69-70-72-71–282 $12,500
• Won Masters a second time with
a record 271, breaking Ben
Hogan’s mark by three strokes
set in 1953
• PGA Tour victories: Thunderbird,
Philadelphia, Memphis, Portland
• Runner-up: Canadian,
Pensacola, Jacksonville
• Won money title and led in scoring
for the second straight year
Wins: 3 Money: $111,419
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
68-76-72-72–288 $20,000
U . S . O P E N
Olympic Golf Club 3rd
71-71-69-74–285 $9,000
Muirfield 1st
70-67-75-70–282 £2,100
Firestone Country Club T22nd
75-71-75-71–292 $1,400
• Won British Open to become one
of five golfers in history to win
each of the “Grand Slam” major
championship titles
• Won Masters for third time and
became first golfer to successfully
defend title
• PGA Tour victories: Sahara,
National Team Championship
(with Arnold Palmer)
Wins: 5 Money: $188,998
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
Augusta National MC
72-79-151
U . S . O P E N
Baltusrol Golf Club 1st
71-67-72-65–275 $30,000
Royal Liverpool Golf Club 2nd
71-69-71-69–280 £1,500
Columbine Country Club T3rd
67-75-69-71–282 $9,000
• Named PGA Player of the Year
• 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
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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 con-
clusion: If every golfer
who played in a major
since 1935 was at his
peak for the 1997 Mas-
ters, Jack Nicklaus
would have won the
event, followed by Tom
Watson and Ben Hogan.
The unbiased analysis
took into account score-
cards, 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.
Wins: 3 Money: $140,167
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
68-75-72-76–291 $1,800
U . S . O P E N
Champions Golf Club T25th
74-67-75-73–289 $1,300
Royal Lytham and St. Annes T6th
75-70-68-72–285 £1,375
NCR Country Club T11th
70-68-74-71–283 $3,543
• PGA Tour victories: Kaiser,
Sahara, San Diego
• Runner-up: Hawaiian
• Finished third on money list
• Closed in on million-dollar mark
in official winnings ($996,524)
• Made first Ryder Cup
appearance (1-2-1 record)
Wins: 2 Money: $142,149
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
Augusta National 8th
71-75-69-69–284 $4,500
U . S . O P E N
Hazeltine National T49th
81-72-75-76–304 $900
St. Andrews 1st
68-69-73-73–283 $12,600
Southern Hills Country Club T6th
68-76-73-66–283 $6,800
• Won British Open for second
time, beating Doug Sanders in
an 18-hole playoff
• 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
Wins: 2 Money: $155,285
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
69-71-74-67–281 $5,500
U . S . O P E N
Oak Hill Country Club 2nd
72-70-70-67–279 $15,000
Carnoustie Golf Club T2nd
76-69-73-73–291 £1,737
Pecan Valley Country Club MC
71-79–150
• PGA Tour victories: Western,
American Classic
• Captured Australian Open
• Runner-up: Canadian,
Westchester
• Finished second on money list
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.
Inset: Jack defeated Doug Sanders in the playoff.

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BREAKING IN
A NEW MR. 59
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 So-
ciety’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 top-
five 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.
Wins: 7 Money: $320,542
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
68-71-73-74–286 $25,000
U . S . O P E N
Pebble Beach Golf Links 1st
71-73-72-74–290 $30,000
Muirfield 2nd
70-72-71-66–279 £4,000
Oakland Hills Country Club T13th
72-75-68-72–287 $4,162
for a second time
• Winning a third U.S. Open tied
the late Bobby Jones for major
championship titles with 13
• Tied the Masters victory record
with his fourth win
• Became the first player to win
more than $300,000 in one year
• Took over all-time career
winnings lead ($1,703,705)
• PGA Tour victories: Doral-
Eastern 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
Wins: 7 Money: $308,362
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
Augusta National T3rd
69-77-73-66–285 $12,500
U . S . O P E N
Oakmont Country Club T4th
71-69-74-68–282 $9,000
Troon Golf Club 4th
69-70-76-65–280 £2,750
Canterbury Golf Club 1st
72-68-68-69–277 $45,000
for the third time and second
straight year
• 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)
Wins: 5 Money: $244,490
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
70-71-68-72–281 $17,500
U . S . O P E N
Merion Golf Club 2nd
69-72-68-71–280 $15,000
71-71-72-69–283 $5,520
PGA National Golf Club 1st
69-69-70-73–281 $40,000
• Became first golfer to record a
“Double Grand Slam” by winning
the PGA Championship, complet-
ing the cycle of major champion-
ship victories for a second time
• Established new earnings record
in capturing money title; won
scoring title for a third time
of Champions, Disney World Open,
National Team Championship
(with Arnold Palmer) and Byron
Nelson Classic
• 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)
“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.

Wins: 2 Money: $238,178
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
69-71-72-69–281 $10,833
U . S . O P E N
Winged Foot Golf Club T10th
75-74-76-69–294 $3,750
Royal Lytham and St. Annes 3rd
74-72-70-71–287 £3,250
Tanglewood Golf Club 2nd
69-69-70-69–277 $25,700
Players Championship,
Hawaiian Open
• Runner-up: World Open,
Colonial Invitational
• Finished first in scoring and
second on money list
• Remained No. 1 in career Tour
scoring average (70.2) and career
Tour earnings ($2,243,623)
• Inducted into PGA World Golf
Hall of Fame, one of 13 original
enshrinees
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Wins: 5 Money: $298,149
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
68-67-73-68–276 $40,000
U . S . O P E N
Medinah Country Club T7th
72-70-75-72–289 $7,500
Carnoustie Golf Club T3rd
69-71-68-72–280 $8,154
Firestone Country Club 1st
70-68-67-71–276 $45,000
• Tied Ben Hogan by being named
PGA Player of the Year for a
fourth time
• Won Masters for a record fifth
time and PGA Championship for
the fourth time to raise major
championship victory total to 16
• Three PGA Tour victories in
consecutive starts (Doral,
Heritage, Masters)
• Won scoring title and
money title for seventh
time each
• Received USGA’s Bob Jones
Award for distinguished
sportsmanship
Wins: 2 Money: $266,438
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
67-69-73-73–282 $16,250
U . S . O P E N
Atlanta Athletic Club T11th
74-70-75-68–287 $4,000
Royal Birkdale Golf Club T2nd
74-70-72-69–285 $9,450
Congressional Country Club T4th
71-69-69-74–283 $9,750
for a record fifth time and for the
fourth time in the last five years
• 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
• 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
“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
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 asa
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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Wins: 3 Money: $256,672
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
72-73-69-67–281 $10,000
U . S . O P E N
Cherry Hills Country Club T6th
73-69-74-73–289 $7,548
St. Andrews 1st
71-72-69-69–281 $23,750
Oakmont Country Club MC
79-74–153
• 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
Players Championship, Gleason
Inverrary Classic, IVB-
Philadelphia Classic
• Won sixth Australian Open
• Continued streak of winning at
least two Tour events in each of his
17 professional seasons (1962-78)
Wins: 3 Money: $284,509
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
Augusta National 2nd
72-70-70-66–278 $30,000
U . S . O P E N
74-68-71-72–285 $4,100
Turnberry Country Club 2nd
68-70-65-66–269 $13,600
Pebble Beach Golf Links 3rd
69-71-70-73–283 $15,000
• PGA Tour victories: Memorial
Tournament, Jackie Gleason
Inverrary Classic, Tournament
of Champions
• Runner-up: Pleasant Valley Classic
• Finished second on money list
and scoring list
• Became the first player to
eclipse the $3 million mark in
official Tour career earnings
• Brought his total Tour victories
to 63, surpassing Ben Hogan
and taking over second place on
the all-time victories list
(1-2-0 record)
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
69-71-72-69–281 $15,000
U . S . O P E N
Inverness Golf Club T9th
74-77-72-68–291 $7,500
Royal Lytham and St.Annes T2nd
72-69-73-72–286 $25,740
73-72-78-71–294 $515
• Named “Athlete of the Decade”
in a nationwide poll of 432
sports journalists
• 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 scoring-
average leader with 70.4 strokes
per round
“No one in sports, not even Ali, has so
dominated or been a finer credit to his
particular profession. As Ali mesmerized
the world with his fighting skills,
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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AUSSIE ALERT
On the eve of the 1978
Australian Open, Jack
caught a 15-foot-6-inch-
long, 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.
THAT’S A LOT
OF JACK, JACK
With equipment technol-
ogy dramatically chang-
ing the game, and
today’s purses skewing
the
career money list into
one of the most irrele-
vant 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.

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.
“JACK’S BACK” …
ON THE COVER
AGAIN
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 profes-
sional 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 sport-
ing 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 North-
South Amateur—
26 years after his
father won the event.
Wins: 0 Money: $178,213
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
70-65-75-72–282 $30,500
U . S . O P E N
Merion Golf Club T6th
69-68-71-72–280 $9,920
Royal St. George’s T23rd
83-66-71-70–290 $2,437
Atlanta Athletic Club T4th
71-68-71-69–279 $13,146
• Registered his best Tour scoring
average since 1977 and his
highest earnings since 1978
• 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
(4-0-0 record)
Wins: 1 Money: $232,645
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
69-77-71-75–292 $5,850
U . S . O P E N
Pebble Beach Golf Links 2nd
74-70-71-69–284 $34,506
Royal Troon Golf Club T10th
77-70-72-69–288 $13,230
74-70-72-67–283 $4,625
• PGA Tour victories: Colonial
Invitational
• 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
Wins: 2 Money: $172,386
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
74-71-73-73–291 $1,860
U . S . O P E N
Baltusrol Golf Club 1st
63-71-70-68–272 $55,000
Muirfield T4th
73-67-71-69–280 $21,623
Oak Hill Country Club 1st
70-69-66-69–274 $60,000
• Won U.S. Open for the fourth
time with record score of 272,
breaking his own mark set in
1967 by three strokes
• Tied Walter Hagen for most PGA
crowns with fifth title
• GolfWorld Player of the Year
Nicklaus hoists the Wanamaker Trophy after his record-tying win at the
1980 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y.
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Wins: 1 Money: $272,595
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
73-73-70-70–286 $8,400
U . S . O P E N
Winged Foot Golf Club T21st
71-71-70-77–289 $6,575
St. Andrews T31st
76-72-68-72–288 $3,377
Shoal Creek Country Club T25th
77-70-71-69–287 $4,506
• PGA Tour victories: Memorial
Tournament
Doral-Eastern Open
• Won the biggest check of his
career ($240,000) in the Skins
Game
Wins: 0 Money: $165,456
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
71-74-72-69–286 $22,663
U . S . O P E N
Oakland Hills Country Club MC
76-73–149
Royal St. George’s MC
77-75–152
Cherry Hills Country Club T32nd
66-75-74-74–289 $3,408
• Remained No. 1 in both career
earnings and lifetime scoring
average
Milwaukee
Wins: 0 Money: $256,158
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
Augusta National WD
73– (Back injury)
U . S . O P E N
Oakmont Country Club T43rd
73-74-77-76–300 $2,847
71-72-72-70–285 $2,137
Riviera Country Club 2nd
73-65-71-66–275 $60,000
• Won Chrysler Team Invitational
(with Johnny Miller)
• Runner-up: World Series of Golf
• Captain of U.S. Ryder Cup Team
• Became the first player to reach
the $4 million mark in career
earnings
“Fiercely, uncompromisingly honest, totally devoid of pretension,
he is magnanimous in victory, gracious in defeat and sportsman-
like, in the best sense of the word, at all times. This man has not
only taken the game of golf to new heights, but has also been a
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 second-
place 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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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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T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
74-72-73-70–289 $26,200
U . S . O P E N
Olympic Golf Club T46th
70-68-76-77–291 $4,240
Muirfield T72nd
74-71-81-76–302 $2,560
PGA National Golf Club T24th
76-73-74-73–296 $5,975
• Lifetime Tour winnings came
within $23,020 of the $5 million
mark
• Career scoring average still
ranks No. 1 with 70.71 strokes
per round
• Captained the U.S. Ryder Cup
Team for a second time
Wins: 1 Money: $226,015
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
74-71-69-65–279 $144,000
U . S . O P E N
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club T8th
77-72-67-68–284 $14,500
Turnberry Golf Club T46th
78-73-76-71–298 $3,712
Inverness Club T16th
70-68-72-75–285 $8,500
• Won the Masters for a record sixth
time, his 20th major championship
victory
• Brought his official Tour victories
total to 71 and world-wide victory
total to 89
• Marked his 25th year as a golf
professional
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SOUVENIRS
FROM
AUGUSTA
NATIONAL
Among the many
unique and special as-
pects 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.
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 Cham-
pionship” history. In
2001, Golf Digest
ranked Jack’s 1986
Masters as one of the
“10 Defining Moments
in Golf History.”
Top-10 Finishes: 0 in 9 events
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
Augusta National T21st
75-73-72-72–292 $11,200
U . S . O P E N
The Country Club MC
74-73–147
Royal Lytham and St.Annes T25th
75-70-75-68–288 $9,350
Oak Tree Golf Club MC
72-79–151
• Named “Golfer of the Century”
by golfing officials and journalists
from around the world as
highlight of the “Centennial of
Golf in America Celebration”
• 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

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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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T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
72-70-69-74–285 $45,000
U . S . O P E N
Medinah Country Club T33rd
71-74-68-76–289 $8,221
St. Andrews T63rd
71-70-77-71–289 $5,339
Shoal Creek MC
78-74–152
C H A M P I O N S T O U R
S U M M A R Y
Wins: 2 Money: $350,000
• Won in his first Champions
Tour start at The Tradition
(senior major championship)
• Won his second Champions Tour
event at the Senior Players
Championship with a record
27-under-par 261
Top-10 Finishes: 2 of 10 even
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
73-74-73-71–291 $14,000
U . S . O P E N
Oak Hill Country Club T43rd
67-74-74-75–290 $6,281
74-71-71-70–286 $4,711
Kemper Lakes Golf Club T27th
68-72-73-72–285 $7,538
• 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)
Wins: 0 Money: $123,796
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
68-72-72-76–288 $6,371
U . S . O P E N
Hazeltine National T46th
70-76-77-74–297 $6,875
70-75-69-71–285 $6,988
Crooked Stick Golf Club T23rd
71-72-73-71–287 $11,500
S U M M A R Y
Wins: 3 Money: $343,734
• Won three of five starts:
U.S. Senior Open, PGA Seniors’
Championship and The Tradition
for the second straight year
• Brought his total victories
around the world to 95 (71 PGA
Tour, 19 non-Tour or international,
and five Champions Tour)
“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.
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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.
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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S T A T I S I T I C S
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
Augusta National MC
78-74–152
U . S . O P E N
Oakmont Country Club T28th
69-70-77-76–292 $11,514
Turnberry Golf Club MC
72-73–145
Southern Hills Country Club MC
79-71–150
S U M M A R Y
Wins: 1 Money: $239,278
• Won Mercedes Championship
(formerly Tournament of
Champions) in the Champions
Tour’s first official event of the year
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
69-75-69-74–287 $5,450
U . S . O P E N
Pebble Beach Golf Links MC
77-74–151
Muirfield MC
75-73–148
Bellerive Country Club MC
72-78–150
S U M M A R Y
Wins: 0 Money: $114,547
• 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.
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
67-75-76-71–289 $12,350
U . S . O P E N
Baltusrol Golf Club T72nd
70-72-76-71–289 $5,405
Royal St. George’s MC
69-75–145
Inverness Club MC
71-73–144
S U M M A R Y
Wins: 1 Money: $206,028
• Won U.S. Senior Open for the
second time, capturing his sixth
senior event since becoming
eligible in 1990
JACK SKINS
COMPETITION
Since the first Skins
Game was played in
1983 at Nicklaus-
designed 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 Champ-
ions 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.
Jack dabbled in network golf
commentary in the early 1990s.
Jack won his
second U.S. Senior
Open in 1993 at
Cherry Hills
Country Club.
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PGA TOUR SUMMARY
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
Augusta National T41st
74-66-74-72–286 $10,500
U . S . O P E N
71-74-69-72–287 $17,809
Royal Lytham and St.AnnesT44th
69-66-77-73–285 $7,178
Valhalla Golf Club MC
77-69
S U M M A R Y
Wins: 2 Money: $360,861
• Recorded his 100th professional
victory by winning The Tradition
for a record fourth time
• 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.)
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
77-70-74-68–299 $11,610
U . S . O P E N
Congressional Golf Club T52nd
73-71-75-74–293 $7,139
73-74-71-75–293 $9,634
Winged Foot Golf Club MC
74-76
S U M M A R Y
Wins: 0 Money: $239,932
• Extended his lifetime appear-
ances in Majors to 152 straight
• 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 second-
place 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
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
67-78-70-75–290 $10,840
U . S . O P E N
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club MC
71-81–152
St. Andrews T79nd
78-70-77-71–296 $7,178
Riviera Country Club T67th
69-71-71-76–287 $3,263
S U M M A R Y
Wins: 0 Money: $538,800
• 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
• Increased career wins on both
tours to 79 (98 worldwide) and
surpassed $7 million mark in
career earnings
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.
Jack won
The Tradition for
a record fourth
time in 1996,
marking his
100th victory
worldwide.

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T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
Augusta National DNP
U . S . O P E N
Pinehurst No. 2 MC
78-75
Carnoustie Golf Club DNP
Medinah Country Club DNP
S U M M A R Y
• 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
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
74-70-81-78–303 $10,672
U . S . O P E N
Pebble Beach Golf Links MC
73-82–155
St. Andrews MC
77-73–150
Valhalla Golf Club MC
77-71–148
S U M M A R Y
Wins: 0 Money: $166,422
• 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
• 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
Wins: 0 Money: $128,157
T H E M A J O R S :
T H E M A S T E R S
73-72-70-68–283 $111,200
U . S . O P E N
Olympic Golf Club T43rd
73-74-73-75–295 $12,537
Royal Birkdale Golf Club DNP
Sahalee Country Club DNP
S U M M A R Y
Wins: 0 Money: $205,723
• 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
Jack accepting
Sports Illustrated’s
“Best Individual
Male Athlete of
the 20th Century”
Award in 1999.
FIRST AND LAST
WORD ON
AWARDS
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.”
MAKING THE CUT
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.

Wins: 0 Money: $0
S U M M A R Y
Wins: 0 Money: $266,127
• Only major championship
appearance was the Masters
(missed cut)
• 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
S U M M A R Y
• Made the most money ever to
start a Senior Skins game by
claiming seven skins on the
seventh hole and earning $150,000
• 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
Wins: 0 Money: $0
S U M M A R Y
Wins: 0 Money: $221,593
• 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 tourna-
ment 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 contri-
butions to the growth of tourism in
the Greater Columbus area
COVER BOY
MAKES RETURN
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 publica-
tion 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.
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 commen-
tary 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.
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.
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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.

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S U M M A R Y
Wins: 0 Money: $105,464
• 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
• 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
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 second-
largest 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.”
Wins: 0 Money: $0
S U M M A R Y
• Teamed with son Steve for
the pro-am portion of the Bayer
Advantage Classic where he tied
for 64th in Champions Tour event
• 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
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