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

The
JACK
Career of
NICKLAUS
PROFESSIONAL YEARS: PERSONAL
1962 THROUGH 2005, INCLUSIVE PROFILE
Name:
Jack William Nicklaus
Height: 5'11"
Official PGA Tour Victories: 73 Weight: 190
Birthdate: January 21, 1940
Second Place or Ties: 58 Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio
Residence:
Third Place or Ties: 36
North Palm Beach, Florida
Total Victories Around the World: 105 Family:
Wife: Barbara Jean Bash
No. 1 in Scoring Average: 8 times (1976-75-74-73-72-71-65-64); runner-up 6 times Children:
Jack II (9/23/61)
Top Money-Winner: 8 times (1976-75-73-72-71-67-65-64); runner-up 4 times Steve (4/11/63)
Nancy “Nan” (5/5/65)
Career Official Tour Earnings: $5,723,192 Gary (1/15/69)
Michael (7/24/73)
“Major Championship” Titles: 18 PGA Tour, 8 Champions Tour, 2 Amateur Grandchildren: 20
(as of September 2007)
Tour Playoff Record: Won 12; Lost 10 Honors:
1985 Golf Family of the Year
Holes in One: 20
presented by the National
Golf Foundation
International and other Victories:
1992 Family of the Year
British Open (3): 1978-70-66 (runner-up 7 times)
presented by the Metropolitan
Australian Open (6): 1978-76-75-71-68-64 Golf Writers Association
World Series of Golf (5): 1976-70-67-63-62 (runner-up 6 times) 1999 Father of the Year Award
World Cup Individual (3): 1963-64-71 presented by the Minority Golf
Association of America
Piccadilly World Cup Match Play (1): 1970
2006 Distinguished Citizens
Dunlop International (1): 1971 Award presented by the Boy
Scouts of America
Ryder Cup: Member of U.S. teams that defeated Great Britain in
2007 Francis Ouimet Award
OPPOSITE PAGE: GROVER MATHENEY ABOVE: JIM MANDEVILLE

Joined Champions Tour:
Champions Tour
“Major Championship” Titles:
Champions Tour Official Career Earnings:
1981-77-75-73-71 and tied Britain 1969; (non-playing captain for lifelong contributions to golf
of winning 1983 U.S. team and losing 1987 U.S. team) by the Francis Ouimet
Scholorship Fund
1990 Barbara:
1998 First Lady of Golf Award
1996: Tradition; 1995: Tradition; 1993: U.S. Senior Open; presented by PGA of America
(inaugural winner)
1991: Tradition, Senior PGA Championship and U.S. Senior
2000 Winnie Palmer Award
Open; 1990: Tradition and Senior Players Championship
presented by the Metropolitan
Golf Writers Association
$3,372,207 (inaugural winner)

Combined Tour Official Earnings, Career:
Total Victories (for both Tours):
$9,108,642 (includes Nationwide Tour) 2004 Woman of Distinction
Award (Palm Beach Atlantic
University)
83 (73 PGA Tour & 10 Champions Tour)
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 A M A T E U
The Early Years of the
GOLDEN
BEAR
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
PHOTOS COURTESY JACK NICKLAUS MUSEUM
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
R H I G H L I G H T S
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.
A FATHER’S
S U P P O R T,
A FATHER’S
LEGACY
ACK and his father Charlie (shown right)
J 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 – –

MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES (PROFESSIONAL)

PGA
YEAR MASTERS U.S. OPEN BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

1962 15th tie WON 32nd tie 3rd tie

1963 WON Missed Cut 3rd WON

PROFESSIONAL 1964 2nd tie 23rd tie 2nd 2nd tie

MAJORS’ 1965 WON 31st tie 12th tie 2nd tie
SUMMARY
1966 WON 3rd WON 22nd tie
Victories: 18
1967 Missed Cut WON 2nd 3rd tie
Second Place: 19
Third Place: 9 1968 5th tie 2nd 2nd tie Missed Cut
Top-Three Finishes: 48 1969 24th tie 25th tie 6th tie 11th tie
Top-Five Finishes: 56 1970 8th 49th tie WON 6th tie
Top-10 Finishes: 73
1971 2nd tie 2nd 5th tie WON
Played in record 154
consecutive major 1972 WON WON 2nd 13th tie
championships for 1973 3rd tie 4th tie 4th WON
which he was eligible
from 1957 U.S. Open 1974 4th tie 10th tie 3rd 2nd
to the 1998 U.S. Open
1975 WON 7th tie 3rd tie WON
1976 3rd tie 11th tie 2nd tie 4th tie
MAJOR TITLES: 20 1977 2nd 10th tie 2nd 3rd
Masters: 6 1978 7th 6th tie WON Missed Cut
PGA Championship: 5
United States Open: 4
British Open: 3
U.S. Amateur
Championship: 2

LEFT: HISTORIC GOLF PHOTOS/THE RON WATTS COLLECTION ABOVE: GOLF DIGEST
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

6 Jack tees off on his way to victory

at the 1963 Masters Tournament.
 N I C K L A U S D E S I G N

A MAJOR CLOSER

Jack Nicklaus II caddied for his father during Jack Nicklaus led outright
the Golden Bear’s historic 1986 Masters win. 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.

MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES (PROFESSIONAL CONT’D)

PGA
YEAR MASTERS U.S. OPEN BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

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
ABOVE: HISTORIC GOLF PHOTOS/THE RON WATTS COLLECTION

1996 41st tie 27th tie 44th tie Missed Cut

1997 39th tie 52nd tie 60th tie Missed Cut The Jack Nicklaus Award
1998 6th tie 43rd tie – – is given annually to the
PGA Tour, Champions
1999 – Missed Cut – –
Tour and Nationwide
2000* 54th tie Missed Cut Missed Cut Missed Cut Tour Players of the Year.
2001 Missed Cut – – – The trophy is a bronze
likeness of Jack’s legendary
2002 – – – –
victory leap on the 16th
2003 Missed Cut – – – hole of the 1975 Masters.
2004 Missed Cut – – –
2005 Missed Cut – Missed Cut –

*The year 2000 was the last in which Jack competed in all four major championships.
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PGA TOUR (44 YEARS)

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
RECORDS
1965 24 70.09 5 4 2 $140,752 1
Most Masters Victories: 6 1966 19 70.58 3 3 3 $111,419 2
Most U.S. Open Victories: 4 1967 23 70.23 5 2 3 $188,998 1
(tied with Wille Anderson,
Bob Jones and Ben Hogan) 1968 22 69.97 2 3 1 $155,285 2
1969 23 71.06 3 1 0 $140,167 3
Most PGA Championship
Victories: 5 1970 19 70.75 2 3 2 $142,149 9
(tied with Walter Hagen) 1971 18 (25) 70.08 5 3 3 $244,490 1
Most World Series of Golf 1972 19 (21) 70.23 7 3 0 $320,542 1
Victories: 5
1973 18 (22) 69.81 7 1 1 $308,362 1
(old and new format)
1974 18 (20) 70.06 2 3 0 $238,178 2
Most Tournament of
Champions Victories: 5 1975 16 (20) 69.87 5 1 3 $298,149 1

Most Players 1976 16 (19) 70.17 2 2 1 $266,438 1

Championship Victories: 3 1977 18 (21) 70.36 3 2 1 $284,509 2
Most consecutive years 1978 15 (18) 71.07 3 2 0 $256,672 4
winning at least one
1979 12 (13) 72.49 0 0 1 $59,434 71
tournament: 17
(1962-78, tied with 1980 13 (14) 70.86 2 1 0 $172,386 13
Arnold Palmer) 1981 16 (18) 70.70 0 3 0 $178,213 16
Most consecutive years, 1982 15 (18) 70.90 1 3 2 $232,645 12
top-10 money list: 17
1983 16 (18) 70.88 0 3 1 $256,158 10
(1962-78)
1984 13 (16) 70.75 1 2 1 $272,595 15
Most years No. 1 on final
money standings: 8 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 *
RECORDS 1992 8 (9) 72.29 0 0 0 $14,868 *
Most senior major 1993 10 (1 1) 72.96 0 0 0 $51,532 *
championship victories: 8
1994 8 (12) 74.79 0 0 0 $11,514 *
Best 72-hole score: 261
1995 10 (12) 72.69 0 0 0 $68,180 *
(65-68-64-64, 27 under,
1990 Senior TPC) 1996 7 (12) 73.50 0 0 0 $37,779 *
Largest 54-hole lead: 8 1997 7 (10) 72.91 0 0 0 $85,383 *
(1991 PGA Seniors’
1998 5 71.10 0 0 0 $128,157 *
Championship)
Most Tradition victories 1999 2 73.25 0 0 0 $5,075 *
and wins in a single event: 4 2000 8 73.56 0 0 0 $17,244 *
Jack remains the only 2001 4 73.08 0 0 0 0 *
player to win the career 2002 1 74.07 0 0 0 $8,910 *
“Grand Slam” on both
the PGA Tour and 2003 4 75.61 0 0 0 0 *
Champions Tour. 2004 2 72.50 0 0 0 0 *
2005 3 (4) 75.30 0 0 0 0 *

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 CHAMPIONS TOUR (16 YEARS)
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 *
Jack won the 1991
2002 2 (4) 74.83 0 0 0 $1,880 * U.S. Senior Open
2003 9 (11) 71.33 0 0 0 $221,593 * Championship at
Oakland Hills
2004 4 (5) 70.42 0 0 0 $105,464 *
Country Club.
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.

RELATIVE RICHES
Jack waves an emotional goodbye To compare what players of
to his fans on the 18th hole at yesteryear won to what players
Augusta National in 2005, his final today are earning is like
competive round at the Masters. 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.
RIGHT: JIM MANDEVILLE ABOVE: COURTESY OF THE USGA

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 T H E

M U S E U M

“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.”

Nicklaus’ life and golf achievements are detailed by

HE JACK NICKLAUS MUSEUM, located in the
T 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.
RIGHT AND ABOVE: BARABARA HARTLEY/JACK NICKLAUS MUSEUM
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

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.
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,
OPPOSITE PAGE: ROBERT WALKER/USGA

The museum contains thousands of golf-related arti- Columbus, OH, 43210. For more infor-
facts, including clubs, scorecards, bags, trophies, medals mation, call 614-247-5959 or email:
and photos, as well as many non-golf items. info@nicklausmuseum.org.

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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FOR YOU SIR

Jack presented his
winning golf ball to
Bobby Jones at the
1963 Masters as a tribute
PGA TOUR SUMMARY to the famed golfer and
Wins: 3 Money: $61,868 as a symbol of their
friendship.
Scoring Average: 70.80
Top-10 Finishes: 16 of 26 events BEAR-LY KNOWN

THE MAJORS: Jack actually was a

Golden Bear well before
THE MASTERS
he earned the nickname.
Augusta National T15th
He played basketball
74-75-70-72–291 $1,160 and golf for the Upper
U. S. O P E N Arlington (Ohio) High
Oakmont Country Club 1st School Golden Bears
72-70-72-69–283 $15,000 (see mascot below).

BRITISH OPEN 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.
Troon Golf Club T32nd
80-72-74-79–305 £55
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Aronimink Golf Club T3rd
71-74-69-67–281 $3,450

HIGHLIGHTS:
PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY
• Named “Rookie of the Year”
Wins: 5 Money: $100,040 Wins: 4 Money: $113,284
• Made first professional start at
Los Angeles Open winning $33.33 Scoring Average: 70.42 Scoring Average: 69.96
• Earned first professional victory Top-10 Finishes: 17 of 25 events Top-10 Finishes: 17 of 26 events
five months later at U.S. Open via
THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS:
18-hole playoff with Arnold
THE MASTERS THE MASTERS BIRTH OF
Palmer at Oakmont Country Club
Augusta National 1st Augusta National T2nd THE BEAR
• PGA Tour victories: Seattle, 71-73-71-67–282 $10,100
74-66-74-72–286 $20,000 Did you know that
Portland
U. S. O P E N “Golden Bear” was not
U. S. O P E N
• Won the World Series of Golf some home-spun
The Country Club MC Congressional Country Club T23rd
nickname, but rather
76-77–153 72-73-77-73–295 $475
a moniker born in
“Jack Nicklaus is just BRITISH OPEN
LEFT INSET: GOLF DIGEST

BRITISH OPEN Australia? Melbourne

a youngster and a new- Royal Lytham and St. Annes 3rd St. Andrews 2nd Age sportswriter
71-67-70-70–278 £800 76-74-66-68–284 £1,000 Don Lawrence coined
comer to the profes- the nickname in the
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
sional ranks. But you early 1960s, when,
Dallas Athletic Club 1st Columbus Country Club T2nd during one of Nicklaus’
gentlemen saw one of 69-73-69-68–279 $13,000 67-73-70-64–27 $9,000 first visits to Australia,
BACKGROUND PHOTO AND ABOVE RIGHT: BETTMAN CORBIS

the greatest out there HIGHLIGHTS:

Lawrence was asked
HIGHLIGHTS: what he thought of the
today. He’ll be a head- • Won Masters and PGA • Ranked first in money and young star. Lawrence
Championship for the first time scoring average responded by saying
liner for a long time
• PGA Tour victories: Tournament • PGA Tour victories: Tournament Nicklaus looked like a
and could put together of Champions, Portland, big “cuddly, golden bear.”
of Champions, Sahara, Palm
the greatest career the Springs Classic Phoenix, Whitemarsh Thus was born one of
the most recognizable
game has ever known. • Captured World Series of Golf for • Won Australian Open and
nicknames in sports
second straight year individual honors at World Cup
history.
He has everything.” • Runner-up: Houston,
• Won individual honors at World Cup
— Arnold Palmer at the Doral, New Orleans Cajun
1962 World Series of Golf 13
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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PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY

Wins: 5 Money: $140,752 Wins: 3 Money: $111,419 Wins: 5 Money: $188,998
Scoring Average: 70.09 Scoring Average: 70.58 Scoring Average: 70.23
Top-10 Finishes: 20 of 24 events Top-10 Finishes: 13 of 19 events Top-10 Finishes: 15 of 23 events
THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS THE MASTERS THE MASTERS
Augusta National 1st Augusta National 1st Augusta National MC PENNIES FROM
67-71-64-69–271 $20,000 68-76-72-72–288 $20,000 72-79-151 HEAVEN

U. S. O P E N U. S. O P E N For most, if not all of his

U. S. O P E N
professional career, Jack
Bellerive Country Club T31st Olympic Golf Club 3rd Baltusrol Golf Club 1st
played with three
78-72-73-76–299 $550 71-71-69-74–285 $9,000 71-67-72-65–275 $30,000 pennies in his pocket
BRITISH OPEN BRITISH OPEN BRITISH OPEN during a round. Why
Royal Birkdale Golf Club T12th Muirfield 1st Royal Liverpool Golf Club 2nd three? He carried one
73-71-77-73–294 £132 70-67-75-70–282 £2,100 71-69-71-69–280 £1,500 penny to mark his ball,
another if he lost a
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PGA CHAMPIONSHIP penny and an extra in
Laurel Valley Golf Club T2nd Firestone Country Club T22nd Columbine Country Club T3rd case a playing partner
69-70-72-71–282 $12,500 75-71-75-71–292 $1,400 67-75-69-71–282 $9,000 needed one.

HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: IN THE MONEY

• 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,
BACKGROUND PHOTO AND INSET: THE AMERICAN GOLFER “JACK NICKLAUS: SIMPLY THE BEST” RIGHT: ROBERT WALKER
• 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
• Named PGA Player of the Year From 1962 to 1977,
• Won U.S. Open a second time Jack finished in the top
with record 275 three on the money
• PGA Tour victories: Western, list in all but one year—
he was fourth in 1978.
Westchester, Crosby, Sahara
• Captured World Series of Golf THE HALL CALLS
money title for third time each

Pensacola, Jacksonville • PGA Tour victories: Sahara, Jack was among 13

National Team Championship • Won World Cup with Arnold living athletes named in
• Won money title and led in scoring
(with Arnold Palmer) Palmer for fourth time 2004 to the inaugural
for the second straight year
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.

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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 PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY
47-page statistical Wins: 2 Money: $155,285 Wins: 3 Money: $140,167 Wins: 2 Money: $142,149
analysis determined that
Scoring Average: 69.97 Scoring Average: 71.06 Scoring Average: 70.75
Jack is the greatest
player in the history of Top-10 Finishes: 13 of 22 events Top-10 Finishes: 11 of 23 events Top-10 Finishes: 12 of 19 events
golf. A team headed by THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS:
Scott Berry, an assistant THE MASTERS THE MASTERS THE MASTERS
professor of statistics at Augusta National T5th Augusta National T24th Augusta National 8th
Texas A&M University, 69-71-74-67–281 $5,500 68-75-72-76–291 $1,800 71-75-69-69–284 $4,500
conducted a research
U. S. O P E N U. S. O P E N U. S. O P E N
project to determine the
Oak Hill Country Club 2nd Champions Golf Club T25th Hazeltine National T49th
game’s greatest. The con-
72-70-70-67–279 $15,000 74-67-75-73–289 $1,300 81-72-75-76–304 $900
clusion: If every golfer
who played in a major BRITISH OPEN BRITISH OPEN BRITISH OPEN
since 1935 was at his Carnoustie Golf Club T2nd Royal Lytham and St. Annes T6th St. Andrews 1st
peak for the 1997 Mas- 76-69-73-73–291 £1,737 75-70-68-72–285 £1,375 68-69-73-73–283 $12,600
ters, Jack Nicklaus PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
would have won the Pecan Valley Country Club MC NCR Country Club T11th Southern Hills Country Club T6th
event, followed by Tom 71-79–150 70-68-74-71–283 $3,543 68-76-73-66–283 $6,800
Watson and Ben Hogan.
The unbiased analysis HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS:

LEFT: AP/WIDEWORLD MONEY CLIP: BARBARA HARTLEY RIGHT: NICKLAUS COMPANY ARCHIVE INSET: AP/WIDEWORLD MEDALS: BARBARA HARTLEY
took into account score- • PGA Tour victories: Western, • PGA Tour victories: Kaiser, • Won British Open for second
cards, age and career American Classic Sahara, San Diego time, beating Doug Sanders in
statistics. • Captured Australian Open • Runner-up: Hawaiian an 18-hole playoff

• Runner-up: Canadian, • Finished third on money list • PGA Tour victories: Byron Nelson
THE BOOK ON Classic, National Team
THE MASTER Westchester • Closed in on million-dollar mark Championship (with Arnold
Jack Nicklaus’ • Finished second on money list in official winnings ($996,524) Palmer)
dominance of Augusta • Made first Ryder Cup • Won the Piccadilly World Match
National and the Masters appearance (1-2-1 record) Play Championship and World
is the stuff of storybooks. Series of Golf a record fourth time
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.

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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PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY

Wins: 5 Money: $244,490 Wins: 7 Money: $320,542 Wins: 7 Money: $308,362

Scoring Average: 70.08 Scoring Average: 70.23 Scoring Average: 69.81
Top-10 Finishes: 15 of 18 events Top-10 Finishes: 14 of 19 events Top-10 Finishes: 16 of 18 events
THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS THE MASTERS THE MASTERS
Augusta National T2nd Augusta National 1st Augusta National T3rd
70-71-68-72–281 $17,500 68-71-73-74–286 $25,000 69-77-73-66–285 $12,500
BREAKING IN U. S. O P E N U. S. O P E N U. S. O P E N
A NEW MR. 59 Merion Golf Club 2nd Pebble Beach Golf Links 1st Oakmont Country Club T4th
Although Jack Nicklaus 69-72-68-71–280 $15,000 71-73-72-74–290 $30,000 71-69-74-68–282 $9,000
never shot a 59 on tour,
B R I T I S H O P E N B R I T I S H O P E N B R I T I S H O P E N
he has at least one 59 in
Royal Birkdale Golf Club T5th Muirfield 2nd Troon Golf Club 4th

LEFT/ MONEY CLIP: BARBARA HARTLEY OPPOSITE PAGE: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED PICTURE COLLECTION INSET: RAY MATJASEC/CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER MEDALS: BARBARA HARTLEY
the books. In 1973, the
Golden Bear shot a 59 in
71-71-72-69–283 $5,520 70-72-71-66–279 £4,000 69-70-76-65–280 £2,750
the American Cancer So- PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
ciety’s Palm Beach Golf PGA National Golf Club 1st Oakland Hills Country Club T13th Canterbury Golf Club 1st
Classic on the historic 69-69-70-73–281 $40,000 72-75-68-72–287 $4,162 72-68-68-69–277 $45,000
layout of The Breakers.
The mark set a new HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS:
course record, shattering • Became first golfer to record a • Named PGA Player of the Year • Named PGA Player of the Year
a 63 shot by the late “Double Grand Slam” by winning for a second time for the third time and second
Merle Merchant in 1966. the PGA Championship, complet- • Winning a third U.S. Open tied straight year
ing the cycle of major champion- the late Bobby Jones for major • Made golf history by winning
ship victories for a second time championship titles with 13 his 14th major championship
MAJOR • Established new earnings record
PERFORMANCES • Tied the Masters victory record • Became first player to win over
in capturing money title; won with his fourth win $300,000 two straight years and
NO MINOR ISSUE scoring title for a third time
It is widely agreed that • Became the first player to win $2 million in a career
the major championships • PGA Tour victories: Tournament more than $300,000 in one year • Posted lowest scoring average
are the measuring stick of Champions, Disney World Open, of his pro career, winning scoring
National Team Championship • Took over all-time career
for greatness. And that’s title and money title for second
(with Arnold Palmer) and Byron winnings lead ($1,703,705)
where Jack shined straight year
brightest. The Golden Nelson Classic • PGA Tour victories: Doral-
Eastern Open, Crosby, • PGA Tour victories: Crosby,
Bear had 13 years with • Also won Australian Open,
Westchester, Disney World Open, New Orleans Open, Tournament
three or more top-five Australian Dunlop International
U.S. Match Play Championship of Champions, Atlanta Classic,
finishes in the majors, and World Cup individual honors Ohio Kings Island Open, Disney
including twice when he (a record third time) • Posted lowest scoring average for World Open
went four-for-four in top- a fourth time and won money title
• Member of U.S. Ryder Cup Team • Won World Cup team title with
five finishes (1971 and for a fifth time
(5-1-0 record) Johnny Miller
’73). In the 40-plus years
since golfers unofficially • Member of U.S Ryder Cup Team
began playing for the (4-1-1 record)
modern “Grand Slam,”
Jack has had three of the
top yearly averages in
the majors. In 1971,
Jack’s average finish in “When Jack Nicklaus plays well, he wins. When he plays badly, he
the majors was 2.5. He finishes second. When he plays terribly, he finishes third. ”
had a 3.0 average in
both 1973 and ’75. — 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.
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“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

PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY

Wins: 2 Money: $238,178 Wins: 5 Money: $298,149 Wins: 2 Money: $266,438
HOW JACK
RAISED THE BAR Scoring Average: 70.06 Scoring Average: 69.87 Scoring Average: 70.17
After turning
Top-10 Finishes: 12 of 18 events Top-10 Finishes: 14 of 16 events Top-10 Finishes: 11 of 16 events
professional in 1962,
consider what Jack THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS:
did his first 17 years THE MASTERS THE MASTERS THE MASTERS
on the PGA Tour: Augusta National T4th Augusta National 1st Augusta National T3rd
• Won one out of five 69-71-72-69–281 $10,833 68-67-73-68–276 $40,000 67-69-73-73–282 $16,250

regular Tour events he
U. S. O P E N
entered, finished among
the top three 41.6 Winged Foot Golf Club T10th
percent of the time, 75-74-76-69–294 $3,750
and averaged 3.8 BRITISH OPEN
victories per year. Royal Lytham and St. Annes 3rd
• Won almost a fourth
74-72-70-71–287 £3,250
of the majors he
entered and finished PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
in the top three more Tanglewood Golf Club
than half the time. 69-69-70-69–277 $25,700
Actually, Jack won
17 majors in his first HIGHLIGHTS:
76 appearances as a • PGA Tour victories: Tournament
pro (1962-80). Players Championship,
• Went six years and Hawaiian Open
105 tournaments
• Runner-up: World Open,
without missing a cut
Colonial Invitational
(Jack did that from
• Finished first in scoring and
November 1970 through
second on money list
September 1976).
• 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
U. S. O P E N
Medinah Country Club
72-70-75-72–289
BRITISH OPEN
Carnoustie Golf Club
69-71-68-72–280
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
2nd Firestone Country Club
70-68-67-71–276 $45,000
HIGHLIGHTS:
• 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
BACKGROUND PHOTO: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED INSET ABOVE: HISTORIC GOLF PRINTS INSET BELOW: AP/WIDEWORLD (2) MEDALS: BARBARA HARTLEY
U. S. O P E N
T7th Atlanta Athletic Club T11th
$7,500 74-70-75-68–287 $4,000
BRITISH OPEN
T3rd Royal Birkdale Golf Club T2nd
$8,154 74-70-72-69–285 $9,450
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
1st Congressional Country Club T4th
71-69-69-74–283 $9,750
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Named PGA Player of the Year
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

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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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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,
PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 3 Money: $256,672 Wins: 0 Money: $59,434
Scoring Average: 71.07 Scoring Average: 72.49
Top-10 Finishes: 10 of 15 events Top-10 Finishes: 3 of 12 events
THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS THE MASTERS
Augusta National 7th Augusta National 4th
72-73-69-67–281 $10,000 69-71-72-69–281 $15,000
U. S. O P E N U. S. O P E N
Cherry Hills Country Club T6th Inverness Golf Club T9th
73-69-74-73–289 $7,548 74-77-72-68–291 $7,500
BRITISH OPEN BRITISH OPEN
PGA TOUR SUMMARY St. Andrews 1st Royal Lytham and St. Annes T2nd
Wins: 3 Money: $284,509 71-72-69-69–281 $23,750 72-69-73-72–286 $25,740
Scoring Average: 70.36 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Oakmont Country Club MC Oakland Hills Country Club T65th
Top-10 Finishes: 14 of 18 events
79-74–153 73-72-78-71–294 $515
THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS:
Augusta National 2nd • British Open title was his third • Named “Athlete of the Decade”
72-70-70-66–278 $30,000 there, giving him 17th major in a nationwide poll of 432

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.
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U. S. O P E N
Southern Hills Country Club T10th
74-68-71-72–285 $4,100
BRITISH OPEN
Turnberry Country Club 2nd
68-70-65-66–269 $13,600
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Pebble Beach Golf Links 3rd
69-71-70-73–283 $15,000
HIGHLIGHTS:
• 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
• Member of U.S. Ryder Cup Team
(1-2-0 record)
BACKGROUND PHOTO: NICKLAUS COMPANIES INSET ABOVE: RUFFIN BECKWITH INSET BELOW: GETTY IMAGES MEDALS: BARBARA HARTLEY
championship victory and making sports journalists
him the only player to win each • Named “Golfer of the ’70s” in
of the “Grand Slam” titles three
sweeping 12 of 14 categories
times or more
• Runner-up: Philadelphia
• PGA Tour victories: Tournament
• Strengthened his position as top
Players Championship, Gleason
money-winner of all time with
Inverrary Classic, IVB-
official Tour winnings of
Philadelphia Classic
$3,408,826 and as career scoring-
• Won sixth Australian Open average leader with 70.4 strokes
• Continued streak of winning at per round
least two Tour events in each of his
17 professional seasons (1962-78)
“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
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.
BACKGROUND PHOTO: HISTORIC GOLFPRINTS INSET ABOVE: JIM MANDEVILLE INSET BELOW: BRIAN MORGAN MEDALS: BARBARA HARTLEY RIGHT: PGA OF AMERICA

SEVENTH HEAVEN
Jack’s seven-stroke
victory over Andy Bean
in the 1980 PGA
Championship at Oak
PGA TOUR SUMMARY Hill was the largest
margin of victory since
Wins: 2 Money: $172,386 the event went to stroke
Scoring Average: 70.86 play in 1958.

Top-10 Finishes: 3 of 13 events

THE MAJORS: “JACK’S BACK” …
THE MASTERS ON THE COVER
Augusta National T33rd AGAIN
74-71-73-73–291 $1,860 The Golden Bear has
appeared on more Sports
U. S. O P E N
Nicklaus hoists the Wanamaker Trophy after his record-tying win at the Illustrated covers than
Baltusrol Golf Club 1st
1980 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y. any golfer in history,
63-71-70-68–272 $55,000 appearing 22 times
BRITISH OPEN (23 when counting a
Muirfield T4th photo collage of profes-
73-67-71-69–280 $21,623 sional athletes) over a
30-year period. Jack is
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP tied for third all-time on
Oak Hill Country Club 1st SI’s cover count, with a
70-69-66-69–274 $60,000 who’s who of the sport-
PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY
ing world ahead of him:
HIGHLIGHTS: Wins: 0 Money: $178,213 Wins: 1 Money: $232,645 Michael Jordan (49),
• Won U.S. Open for the fourth Scoring Average: 70.70 Scoring Average: 70.90 Muhammad Ali (37),
time with record score of 272, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
breaking his own mark set in Top-10 Finishes: 8 of 16 events Top-10 Finishes: 7 of 15 events (22) and Magic Johnson
1967 by three strokes THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS: (22). Jack first appeared
• Tied Walter Hagen for most PGA THE MASTERS THE MASTERS on an SI cover Sept. 12,
crowns with fifth title Augusta National T2nd Augusta National T15th 1960, and his last was
June 18, 1990. The
• GolfWorld Player of the Year 70-65-75-72–282 $30,500 69-77-71-75–292 $5,850
Golden Bear’s win at the
U. S. O P E N U. S. O P E N 1980 U.S. Open earned
Merion Golf Club T6th Pebble Beach Golf Links 2nd him his 19th trip on the
69-68-71-72–280 $9,920 74-70-71-69–284 $34,506 cover (shown below left).
The only other golfers to
B R I T I S H O P E N B R I T I S H O P E N
make the magazine’s
Royal St. George’s T23rd Royal Troon Golf Club T10th top-20 list are Tiger
83-66-71-70–290 $2,437 77-70-72-69–288 $13,230 Woods (at No. 6), who
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PGA CHAMPIONSHIP has been on 17 covers
Atlanta Athletic Club T4th Southern Hills Country Club T16th through April 16, 2007,
71-68-71-69–279 $13,146 74-70-72-67–283 $4,625 and Arnold Palmer
(Tied for 10) with 14.
HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS:
LIKE FATHER,
• Registered his best Tour scoring • PGA Tour victories: Colonial LIKE SON
average since 1977 and his Invitational
Jack Nicklaus II,
highest earnings since 1978 • Runner-up: Bay Hill Classic, the oldest of five
• Runner-up: Canadian Open, Australian Open Nicklaus children,
Inverrary • Recorded his best earnings in won the 1985 North-
• Remained No. 1 in career Tour four seasons and remained No. 1 South Amateur—
scoring average with 70.49 and in in career total with $3,992,071 26 years after his
career Tour official money father won the event.
with $3,759,426
• Member of U.S. Ryder Cup Team
(4-0-0 record)
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“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.”

ABOVE LEFT: THE AMERICAN GOLFER “JACK NICKLAUS: SIMPLY THE BEST” OPPOSITE PAGE BACKGROUND PHOTO: THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT ARCHIVE INSET ABOVE: PGA OF AMERICA INSET BELOW: GETTY IMAGES
— 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 PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Law of the University Wins: 0 Money: $256,158 Wins: 1 Money: $272,595 Wins: 0 Money: $165,456
of St. Andrews,
Scoring Average: 70.88 Scoring Average: 70.75 Scoring Average: 71.81
Scotland—one of the
world’s most renowned Top-10 Finishes: 9 of 16 events Top-10 Finishes: 6 of 13 events Top-10 Finishes: 4 of 15 events
institutions of higher
THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS:
learning. The first
THE MASTERS THE MASTERS THE MASTERS
sportsman to be
so honored, the Augusta National WD Augusta National T18th Augusta National T6th
ceremony remains one 73– (Back injury) 73-73-70-70–286 $8,400 71-74-72-69–286 $22,663
of Jack’s proudest U. S. O P E N U. S. O P E N U. S. O P E N
moments as a golfer. Oakmont Country Club T43rd Winged Foot Golf Club T21st Oakland Hills Country Club MC
(See photo—opposite
73-74-77-76–300 $2,847 71-71-70-77–289 $6,575 76-73–149
page, bottom right and
above.) BRITISH OPEN BRITISH OPEN BRITISH OPEN
Royal Birkdale Golf Club T29th St. Andrews T31st Royal St. George’s MC
GOLDEN 71-72-72-70–285 $2,137 76-72-68-72–288 $3,377 77-75–152
RECORDS
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Including Jack’s second-
Riviera Country Club 2nd Shoal Creek Country Club T25th Cherry Hills Country Club T32nd
place finish in 1983 and
73-65-71-66–275 $60,000 77-70-71-69–287 $4,506 66-75-74-74–289 $3,408
his five wins at the
PGA Championship, HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS:
the Golden Bear has a
• Won Chrysler Team Invitational • PGA Tour victories: Memorial • Remained No. 1 in both career
long history of great
(with Johnny Miller) Tournament earnings and lifetime scoring
performances and holds
• Runner-up: World Series of Golf • Runner-up: Canadian Open, average
or shares at least 12
records for the event • Captain of U.S. Ryder Cup Team Doral-Eastern Open • Runner-up: Canadian Open,
including the largest • Won the biggest check of his Milwaukee
winning margin in 1980 • Became the first player to reach
the $4 million mark in career career ($240,000) in the Skins
(beating Andy Bean by Game
7 strokes) and the most earnings
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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SOUVENIRS
FROM
AUGUSTA
NATIONAL
Among the many
unique and special as- PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY
pects of the Masters Wins: 0 Money: $64,686 Wins: 0 Money: $28,845
Wins: 1 Money: $226,015
Tournament are the
valuable keepsakes Scoring Average: 71.56 Scoring Average: 72.89 Scoring Average: 72.78
they award players for Top-10 Finishes: 4 of 15 events Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 11 events Top-10 Finishes: 0 in 9 events
such achievements as
winning, the day’s low THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS:
score and eagles. To no THE MASTERS THE MASTERS THE MASTERS
surprise, Jack is the Augusta National 1st Augusta National T7th Augusta National T21st
all-time leader in such 74-71-69-65–279 $144,000 74-72-73-70–289 $26,200 75-73-72-72–292 $11,200
memorabilia with
U. S. O P E N U. S. O P E N U. S. O P E N
88 items. Included are:
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club T8th Olympic Golf Club T46th The Country Club MC
seven gold medals;
77-72-67-68–284 $14,500 70-68-76-77–291 $4,240 74-73–147
five silver medals;
46 crystal goblets BRITISH OPEN B R I T I S H O P E N B R I T I S H O P E N
(for eagles); 15 crystal Turnberry Golf Club T46th Muirfield T72nd Royal Lytham and St. Annes T25th
vases; and, of course, 78-73-76-71–298 $3,712 74-71-81-76–302 $2,560 75-70-75-68–288 $9,350
six replicas of the
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP P G A C H A M P I O N S H I P P G A C H A M P I O N S H I P
Masters trophy.

OPPOSITE PAGE BACKGROUND PHOTO: SPORTS ILLUSTRAED PICTURE COLLECTION

Inverness Club T16th PGA National Golf Club T24th Oak Tree Golf Club MC
1986 MASTERS: 70-68-72-75–285 $8,500 76-73-74-73–296 $5,975 72-79–151
ONE FOR THE
HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS:
HISTORY BOOKS
• Won the Masters for a record sixth • Lifetime Tour winnings came • Named “Golfer of the Century”
Jack’s 1986 Masters
time, his 20th major championship within $23,020 of the $5 million by golfing officials and journalists
victory at age 46 is still
victory mark from around the world as
considered one of the
• Career scoring average still highlight of the “Centennial of
greatest sporting • Brought his official Tour victories
ranks No. 1 with 70.71 strokes Golf in America Celebration”
achievements of the total to 71 and world-wide victory
last century. So when total to 89 per round • First player to break the $5 million
the media began to • Captained the U.S. Ryder Cup mark in official Tour winnings
• Marked his 25th year as a golf
look back at a professional Team for a second time • Golf Coaches Association of
century of golf, the ’86 America created the Jack Nicklaus
Masters received its Award to honor collegiate golfer of
proper place in history. the year
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.”

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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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 “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.

.BACK TO COLLEGE
Jack, the NCAA PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Champion in 1961,
was named Ohio State Wins: 0 Money: $68,045 Wins: 0 Money: $123,796
University “Golfer
Scoring Average: 73.71 Scoring Average: 71.61
of the Century” and
was runner-up to Jesse Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 9 events Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 8 events
Owens for the Ohio PGA TOUR SUMMARY
State “Athlete of the THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS:
Wins: 0 Money: $96,594
Century.” The honors THE MASTERS THE MASTERS
were announced during Scoring Average: 72.35 Augusta National 6th Augusta National T35th
an awards show held in 72-70-69-74–285 $45,000 68-72-72-76–288 $6,371
Top-10 Finishes: 2 of 10 even
January 2002, on the
OSU campus. Jack lost in THE MAJORS: U. S. O P E N U. S. O P E N
a close vote to Owens, but THE MASTERS Medinah Country Club T33rd Hazeltine National T46th
edged out basketball 71-74-68-76–289 $8,221 70-76-77-74–297 $6,875
Augusta National 18th
great Jerry Lucas and
73-74-73-71–291 $14,000

ABOVE LEFT: OLLIE ATKINS PHOTOGRAPHS, SPECIAL COLLECTION AND ARCHIVE, GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
two-time Heisman B R I T I S H O P E N B R I T I S H O P E N
Trophy winner U. S. O P E N St. Andrews T63rd Royal Birkdale Golf Club T44th
Archie Griffin. 71-70-77-71–289 $5,339 70-75-69-71–285 $6,988
Oak Hill Country Club T43rd
67-74-74-75–290 $6,281 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
WHO’S THE
ROOKIE? B R I T I S H O P E N Shoal Creek MC Crooked Stick Golf Club T23rd
Jack is one of only 11 Royal Troon Golf Club T30th 78-74–152 71-72-73-71–287 $11,500
players to win a 74-71-71-70–286 $4,711
tournament in his CHAMPIONS TOUR CHAMPIONS TOUR
P G A C H A M P I O N S H I P
Champions Tour debut, SUMMARY SUMMARY
Kemper Lakes Golf Club T27th
winning The Tradition Wins: 3 Money: $343,734
68-72-73-72–285 $7,538 Wins: 2 Money: $350,000
in 1990. He also is one
of only three players to Scoring Average: 68.60 Scoring Average: 69.79
HIGHLIGHTS:
win a major in their Top-3 Finishes: 4 of 4 events Top-10 Finishes: 4 of 5 events
• Established personal record in
first senior start.
total worldwide winnings for the HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS:
Arnold Palmer won the
year with $524,232. (Official PGA • Won three of five starts:
1980 PGA Seniors’ • Won in his first Champions
Tour total, $96,594; Australian U.S. Senior Open, PGA Seniors’
Championship in his Tour start at The Tradition
Skins Game, $254,250; American Championship and The Tradition
senior debut, as did (senior major championship)
Skins Game, $90,000; Ronald for the second straight year
Roberto De Vicenzo the
McDonald Invitational $42,750; • Won his second Champions Tour
same year in the • Brought his total victories
Merrill Lynch Shoot-out event at the Senior Players
U.S. Senior Open. around the world to 95 (71 PGA
Championship, $25,000; Championship with a record
Australian Masters, 27-under-par 261 Tour, 19 non-Tour or international,
$8,100; and British Open, $7,538) and five Champions Tour)
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 S T A T I S I T I C S

PGA TOUR SUMMARY

Wins: 0 Money: $14,868 JACK SKINS

COMPETITION
Scoring Average: 72.29
Since the first Skins
Top-10 Finishes: 0 in 8 events Game was played in
1983 at Nicklaus-
THE MAJORS:
designed Desert
THE MASTERS Highlands, Jack
Augusta National T42nd Nicklaus has been a
Jack won his familiar face in the
69-75-69-74–287 $5,450
second U.S. Senior popular made-for-TV
U. S. O P E N Open in 1993 at event, which later
Pebble Beach Golf Links MC Cherry Hills spawned a senior
Country Club. version (Champions
77-74–151
Skins Game). So,
BRITISH OPEN what’s the skinny
Muirfield MC on the Skins? Jack
75-73–148 is the all-time leader
in Skins’ appearances
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP with 26 (9 Skins,
Bellerive Country Club MC 17 Champions Skins).
72-78–150 He is also the Champ-
ions Skins Game
all-time leader in:
CHAMPIONS TOUR PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY earnings ($2.945
SUMMARY Wins: 0 Money: $51,532 million); skins won (123);
Wins: 0 Money: $11,514
skins money won on
Wins: 0 Money: $114,547 Scoring Average: 72.96 Scoring Average: 74.79 front nine in a single
Scoring Average: 71.0 Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 10 events day ($260,000);
Top-10 Finishes: 0 in 8 events
lifetime money won on
Top-10 Finishes: 4 of 4 events THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS: front nine ($1.215
HIGHLIGHTS: THE MASTERS THE MASTERS million for Champion
Augusta National T27th Skins); most skins won
• Hit the $6 million mark in total Augusta National MC
on a single hole (9);
career winnings on both tours 67-75-76-71–289 $12,350 78-74–152 most skins won on
• Made it into the top three twice U. S. O P E N U. S. O P E N a front nine for a
Baltusrol Golf Club T72nd single day (8); and
with a second-place finish at The Oakmont Country Club T28th
most career skins won
Tradition, in Scottsdale, Ariz. 70-72-76-71–289 $5,405 69-70-77-76–292 $11,514 on the front nine (60).
with a 275 for the tournament BRITISH OPEN Jack is also the all-time
BRITISH OPEN
and a third-place at the U.S. leader in combined skins
Royal St. George’s MC Turnberry Golf Club MC
Senior Open Championship at won in the Skins Game
69-75–145 72-73–145
Saucon Valley Country Club in and Champions Skins
Bethlehem, Pa. PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Game with 96. He is
Inverness Club MC second on the combined
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Southern Hills Country Club MC

money list with $2.295
71-73–144 79-71–150 million to Fred Couples’
$3.9 million.
CHAMPIONS TOUR CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY SUMMARY
Wins: 1 Money: $206,028 Wins: 1 Money: $239,278
Scoring Average: 71.00 Scoring Average: 70.35
Top-10 Finishes: 3 of 6 events Top-10 Finishes: 5 of 6 events
HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS:
• Won U.S. Senior Open for the • Won Mercedes Championship
second time, capturing his sixth (formerly Tournament of
senior event since becoming Champions) in the Champions
eligible in 1990 Tour’s first official event of the year
Jack dabbled in network golf 31
commentary in the early 1990s.
 Jack won
The Tradition for
a record fourth
time in 1996,
marking his
PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY
100th victory
worldwide. Wins: 0 Money: $37,779 Wins: 0 Money: $85,383
Scoring Average: 73.50 Scoring Average: 72.91
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 7 events Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 7 events
THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS:
THE MASTERS THE MASTERS
Augusta National T41st Augusta National T39th
PGA TOUR SUMMARY 74-66-74-72–286 $10,500 77-70-74-68–299 $11,610
Wins: 0 Money: $68,180 U. S. O P E N U. S. O P E N
NICKLAUS DAY AT Oakland Hills Country Club T27th Congressional Golf Club T52nd
THE ’98 MASTERS Scoring Average: 72.69
71-74-69-72–287 $17,809 73-71-75-74–293 $7,139
It was an emotional day Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 10 events
BRITISH OPEN BRITISH OPEN
for Jack Nicklaus (see THE MAJORS: Royal Lytham and St. Annes T44th Royal Troon Golf Club T60th
photo opposite page) THE MASTERS
whenAugusta National
69-66-77-73–285 $7,178 73-74-71-75–293 $9,634
Augusta National T35th
and the Masters PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
67-78-70-75–290 $10,840
Tournament officials held Valhalla Golf Club MC Winged Foot Golf Club MC
“Nicklaus Day” on April U. S. O P E N 77-69 74-76
7, 1998, to honor the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club MC
six-time champion. 71-81–152 CHAMPIONS TOUR CHAMPIONS TOUR
The highlight of the day
BRITISH OPEN SUMMARY SUMMARY
was the unveiling of a
Jack Nicklaus plaque, St. Andrews T79nd Wins: 2 Money: $360,861 Wins: 0 Money: $239,932
which was later affixed 78-70-77-71–296 $7,178
Scoring Average: 70.92 Scoring Average: 71.41
to a drinking fountain PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
between the 16th green Top-10 Finishes: 3 of 7 events Top-10 Finishes: 3 of 6 events
Riviera Country Club T67th
and 17th tee at Augusta HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS:
69-71-71-76–287 $3,263
National.
• Recorded his 100th professional • Extended his lifetime appear-
CHAMPIONS TOUR victory by winning The Tradition ances in Majors to 152 straight
SUMMARY for a record fourth time • Increased his official money
THE BEAR AND
Wins: 0 Money: $538,800 • Captured his 10th Champions total on both tours to
HIS CUBS
Tour victory in seven years at $7,964,696 (Not counted was
Prior to the U.S. Open Scoring Average: 69.68 The Tradition and his second “unofficial” money of $221,366
at Pinehurst in 1999, title of the year, the first being earned on Champions Tour)
Top-10 Finishes: 7 of 7 events
Jack was presented the GTE Suncoast Classic
HIGHLIGHTS: • His runner-up finish at the
the Father of the Year
• Became the oldest champion in Senior PGA Championship
Award by the Minority • Captured his eighth Champions
Tradition history at 56 years, gave him a total of 24 career
Golf Association of Tour victory at The Tradition,
two months, 17 days. Also second-place finishes in majors
America. his seventh senior major
holds record for being youngest (19 on PGA Tour)
championship in six years
Tradition champion (50 years, • Has 63 overall career second-
• Finished runner-up at the U.S. two months, 11 days) place finishes, including 58 on
INSIDE THE Senior Open and Ford Senior
• Named “Golfer of the Century” the PGA Tour
NUMBERS Players Championship
by Golf Monthly Magazine (U.K.) • Finished third with son Gary
Jack played his 10,000th • Led the Champions Tour in
hole in a major during in the annual Office Depot
earnings per start ($76,971)
the 1997 U.S. Open at Father/Son Challenge, shooting
Congressional. • Member of winning team at a final-round 59 in the scramble
He parred the hole. Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge format
• Increased career wins on both
tours to 79 (98 worldwide) and
surpassed $7 million mark in
career earnings

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 Jack accepting
Sports Illustrated’s
“Best Individual
Male Athlete of
the 20th Century”
Award in 1999.
PGA TOUR SUMMARY PGA TOUR SUMMARY

Wins: 0 Money: $128,157 Wins: 0 Money: $5,075

Scoring Average: 71.10 Scoring Average: 73.25
Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 5 events Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 2 events
FIRST AND LAST
THE MAJORS: THE MAJORS: WORD ON
THE MASTERS THE MASTERS AWARDS
Augusta National T6th Augusta National DNP
The Golden Bear’s
73-72-70-68–283 $111,200 U. S. O P E N mantle became crowded
U. S. O P E N Pinehurst No. 2 MC as a new millennium
PGA TOUR SUMMARY began with Jack piling
Olympic Golf Club T43rd 78-75
up awards. In 2001, we
73-74-73-75–295 $12,537 Wins: 0 Money: $17,244
BRITISH OPEN saw Jack add a few
BRITISH OPEN Carnoustie Golf Club DNP Scoring Average: 73.56 “firsts” to his list of
accolades. The Golden
Royal Birkdale Golf Club DNP PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 8 events Bear was honored in
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Medinah Country Club DNP THE MAJORS: February 2001 with
Sahalee Country Club DNP the first-ever “ESPY
THE MASTERS
Lifetime Achievement
CHAMPIONS TOUR Augusta National T54th Award.” The 2001 ESPY
CHAMPIONS TOUR SUMMARY 74-70-81-78–303 $10,672 Awards was broadcast
SUMMARY live from Las Vegas on
Wins: 0 Money: $19,673 U. S. O P E N
ESPN. A month later,
Wins: 0 Money: $205,723 Scoring Average: 71.63 Pebble Beach Golf Links MC Jack became the first
Scoring Average: 71.64 73-82–155 golfer and only the
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 3 events third athlete to win
Top-10 Finishes: 3 of 6 events BRITISH OPEN
HIGHLIGHTS: the “Vince Lombardi
St. Andrews MC Award of Excellence.”
HIGHLIGHTS: • Underwent left hip-replacement 77-73–150
• Final-round 68 led to tie for surgery in January and returned
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
BELOW AND ABOVE: AP/WIDEWORLD

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
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
Valhalla Golf Club
77-71–148
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
Wins: 0 Money: $166,422
Scoring Average: 71.84
Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 7 events
HIGHLIGHTS:
• 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
MC 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.
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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.
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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.
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 0 Money: $0
Scoring Average: 73.08
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 4 events
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
Wins: 0 Money: $266,127
Scoring Average: 71.59
Top-10 Finishes: 2 of 7 events
HIGHLIGHTS:
• 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
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 0 Money: $8,910
Scoring Average: 74.07
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 1 events
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
Wins: 0 Money: $1,880
Scoring Average: 74.83
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 2 events
HIGHLIGHTS:
• 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
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 0 Money: $0
Scoring Average: 75.61
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 4 events
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
Wins: 0 Money: $221,593
Scoring Average: 71.63
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 3 events
HIGHLIGHTS:
• 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, OPPOSITE PAGE BACKGROUND PHOTO AND INSET: BRIAN MORGAN
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
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.
 PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 0 Money: $11,130
Scoring Average: 74.14
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 2 events
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
Wins: 0 Money: $105,464
Scoring Average: 70.40
Top-10 Finishes: 2 of 5 events
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Solo sixth-place effort at the
season-opening MasterCard
Championship in Hawaii was his
best on the Champions Tour since
BACKGROUND PHOTO: GOLF DIGEST RIGHT AND ABOVE: JIIM MANDEVILLE
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
PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Wins: 0 Money: $0
Scoring Average: 75.30
Top-10 Finishes: 0 of 4 events
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SUMMARY
Wins: 1 Money: $2,145
Scoring Average: 68.25
Top-10 Finishes: 1 of 3 events
HIGHLIGHTS:
• 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
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.”
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