List of career achievements by Jack Nicklaus

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Contents

[edit] Major championships

[edit] Wins (18)

Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin Runner(s) Up
1962 U.S. Open 2 shot deficit -1 (72-70-72-69=283) Playoff 1 Flag of the United States Arnold Palmer
1963 The Masters 1 shot lead -2 (74-66-74-72=286) 1 stroke Flag of the United States Tony Lema
1963 PGA Championship 3 shot deficit -5 (69-73-69-68=279) 2 strokes Flag of the United States Dave Ragan
1965 The Masters (2) 5 shot lead -17 (67-71-64-69=271) 9 strokes Flag of the United States Arnold Palmer, Flag of South Africa Gary Player
1966 The Masters (3) Tied for lead E (68-76-72-72=288) Playoff 2 Flag of the United States Gay Brewer, Flag of the United States Tommy Jacobs
1966 The Open Championship 2 shot deficit -2 (70-67-75-70=282) 1 stroke Flag of the United States Doug Sanders, Flag of Wales Dave Thomas
1967 U.S. Open (2) 1 shot deficit -9 (71-67-72-65=275) 4 strokes Flag of the United States Arnold Palmer
1970 The Open Championship (2) 2 shot deficit -5 (68-69-73-73=283) Playoff 3 Flag of the United States Doug Sanders
1971 PGA Championship (2) 4 shot lead -7 (69-69-70-73=281) 2 strokes Flag of the United States Billy Casper
1972 The Masters (4) 1 shot lead -2 (68-71-73-74=286) 3 strokes Flag of Australia Bruce Crampton, Flag of the United States Bobby Mitchell, Flag of the United States Tom Weiskopf
1972 U.S. Open (3) 1 shot lead +2 (71-73-72-74=290) 3 strokes Flag of Australia Bruce Crampton
1973 PGA Championship (3) 1 shot lead -7 (72-68-68-69=277) 4 strokes Flag of Australia Bruce Crampton
1975 The Masters (5) 1 shot deficit -12 (68-67-73-68=276) 1 stroke Flag of the United States Tom Weiskopf, Flag of the United States Johnny Miller
1975 PGA Championship (4) 4 shot lead -4 (70-68-67-71=276) 2 strokes Flag of Australia Bruce Crampton
1978 The Open Championship (3) 1 shot deficit -7 (71-72-69-69=281) 2 strokes Flag of the United States Ben Crenshaw, Flag of the United States Raymond Floyd, Flag of the United States Tom Kite, Flag of New Zealand Simon Owen
1980 U.S. Open (4) Tied for lead -8 (63-71-70-68=272) 2 strokes Flag of Japan Isao Aoki
1980 PGA Championship (5) 3 shot lead -6 (70-69-66-69=274) 7 strokes Flag of the United States Andy Bean
1986 The Masters (6) 4 shot deficit -9 (74-71-69-65=279) 1 stroke Flag of the United States Tom Kite, Flag of Australia Greg Norman

1 Defeated Arnold Palmer in 18-hole playoff - Nicklaus (71), Palmer (74)
2 Defeated Tommy Jacobs & Gay Brewer in 18-hole playoff - Nicklaus (70), Jacobs (72), Brewer (78)
3 Defeated Doug Sanders in 18-hole playoff - Nicklaus (72), Sanders (73)

[edit] Records and trivia

  • In a span of 25 years, from 1962 (age 22) to 1986 (age 46), Nicklaus won 18 major championships. This is the most majors any player has won in his career.
  • He is the only player to achieve a "triple career slam" i.e. winning all four major championships three times in a career.
  • He is also only one of two to complete a "double career slam" i.e. winning all four majors at least twice in a career, the other being Tiger Woods.
  • He made 39 consecutive cuts in major championship starting at the 1969 Masters and ending by being cut at the 1978 PGA Championship. In this span he won 8 times, made 33 top tens and 7 runner-ups.
  • Holds the record for most runner-ups in majors with 19.
  • He played 154 consecutive majors for which he was eligible, from the 1957 U.S. Open to the 1998 U.S. Open.

[edit] The Masters

  • Nicklaus holds the record for most wins at the Masters with 6.
  • Nicklaus is the oldest winner of the Masters. He was 46 years and 82 days old when he won the Masters in 1986.
  • Nicklaus holds the record for most cuts made with 37.
  • Nicklaus holds the record for most top tens with 22.
  • Nicklaus was a runner-up a record four times.
  • In the decade of the 1970s, Nicklaus finished in the top ten at Augusta every year.
  • Over his career, he appeared in the event 45 times and made the cut 37 times.

[edit] U.S. Open

  • Nicklaus holds the record with Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones and Ben Hogan for most wins at the U.S Open with 4.
  • Nicklaus holds the record for the most consecutive tournaments started with 44 (1957-2000).
  • Nicklaus holds the record for lowest score for 72 holes (272) with Lee Janzen (67-67-69-69) in 1993; Tiger Woods (65-69-71-67) in 2000 and Jim Furyk (67-66-67-72) in 2003. Nicklaus shot 63-71-70-68 in 1980.
  • Nicklaus holds the record for lowest score for 18 holes (63) with Johnny Miller (4th round) in 1973; Tom Weiskopf, (1st round) in 1980 and Vijay Singh (2nd round) in 2003. Nicklaus shot a 63 in the 1st round in 1980.
  • Nicklaus is the only player to win the title in three different decades.
  • Nicklaus had four runner-up finishes in his 44 consecutive appearances. He made the cut 35 times.

[edit] The Open Championship

  • Nicklaus had 15 straight top tens from 1966 to 1980.
  • Nicklaus had 11 straight top fives from 1970 to 1980.
  • Nicklaus was a runner-up a record seven times.
  • Nicklaus made the cut in 32 out of 38 appearances, and from 1966 to 1980 he never finished worse than sixth.

[edit] PGA Championship

  • Nicklaus holds the record with Walter Hagen for most wins at the PGA Championship with 5.
  • Nicklaus holds the record for the greatest winning margin in the strokeplay era, 7 strokes in 1980.
  • Nicklaus made the cut 27 times in 37 finishes
  • Nicklaus was runner-up four times.

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament 1957 1958 1959
The Masters DNP DNP CUT
U.S. Open CUT T41 CUT
British Open DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
The Masters T13 LA T7 T15 1 T2 1 1 CUT T5 T24
U.S. Open 2 LA T4 LA 1 CUT T23 T31 3 1 2 T25
British Open DNP DNP T32 3 2 T12 1 2 T2 T6
PGA Championship DNP DNP T3 1 T2 T2 T22 T3 CUT T11
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters 8 T2 1 T3 T4 1 T3 2 7 4
U.S. Open T49 2 1 T4 T10 T7 T11 T10 T6 T9
British Open 1 T5 2 4 3 T3 T2 2 1 T2
PGA Championship T6 1 T13 1 2 1 T4 3 CUT T65
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters T33 T2 T15 WD T18 T6 1 T7 T21 18
U.S. Open 1 T6 2 T43 T21 CUT T8 T46 CUT T43
British Open T4 T23 T10 T29 T31 CUT T46 T72 T25 T30
PGA Championship 1 T4 T16 2 T25 T32 T16 T24 CUT T27
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters 6 T35 T42 T27 CUT T35 T41 T39 T6 DNP
U.S. Open T33 T46 CUT T72 T28 CUT T27 T52 T43 CUT
British Open T63 T44 CUT CUT CUT T79 T45 60 DNP DNP
PGA Championship CUT T23 CUT CUT CUT T67 CUT CUT DNP DNP
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
The Masters T54 CUT DNP CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
British Open CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
PGA Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
WD = withdrew due to injury
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] Summary of major championship performances

  • Starts - 163
  • Wins - 18
  • 2nd place finishes - 19
  • Top 3 finishes - 46
  • Top 5 finishes - 57
  • Top 10 finishes - 73
  • Longest streak of top-10s in majors - 13

Source: [1] (page 8)

[edit] Champions Tour major championships

[edit] Wins (8)

Year Championship Winning Score Margin Runner(s) Up
1990 The Tradition -10 (71-67-68=206) 4 strokes Flag of South Africa Gary Player
1990 Senior Players Championship -27 (65-68-64-64=261) 6 strokes Flag of the United States Lee Trevino
1991 The Tradition (2) -11 (71-73-66-67=277) 1 stroke Flag of the United States Phil Rodgers, Flag of the United States Jim Colbert, Flag of the United States Jim Dent
1991 Senior PGA Championship -17 (66-66-69-70=271) 6 strokes Flag of Australia Bruce Crampton
1991 U.S. Senior Open +2 (72-69-70-71=282) Playoff Flag of Puerto Rico Chi Chi Rodriguez
1993 U.S. Senior Open (2) -6 (68-73-67-70=278) 1 stroke Flag of the United States Tom Weiskopf
1995 The Tradition (3) -12 (69-71-69-67=276) Playoff Flag of Japan Isao Aoki
1996 The Tradition (4) -16 (68-74-65-65=272) 3 strokes Flag of the United States Hale Irwin

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Tradition 1 1 2 T9 T4 1 1 T25 T25 DNP
Senior PGA Championship T3 1 T10 T9 9 8 T22 T2 T6 DNP
Senior Players Championship 1 T22 DNP T22 T6 2 T24 T8 6 DNP
U.S. Senior Open T2 1 T3 1 T7 2 16 T5 T13 DNP
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
The Tradition T9 T29 69 T10 DNP
Senior PGA Championship T12 12 WD CUT WD
Senior Players Championship T34 WD DNP T40 DNP
U.S. Senior Open T21 4 DNP T25 DNP
Senior British Open -1 -1 -1 T14 DNP

1The Senior British Open was not a Champions Tour event until 2003.

DNP = Did not play
CUT = Missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] Summary of senior major championship performances

  • Starts - 50
  • Cuts made - 46 (cut once, withdrew 3 times)
  • Wins - 8
  • 2nd place finishes - 5
  • Top 3 finishes - 7
  • Top 5 finishes - 9
  • Top 10 finishes - 30
  • Longest streak of top-10s - 10

[edit] PGA Tour career summary

Year Starts Wins (Majors) 2nd 3rd Earnings ($) Money list rank Scoring Average
1962 26 3 (1) 3 4 61,868 3 70.80
1963 25 5 (2) 2 3 100,040 2 70.42
1964 26 4 6 3 113,284 1 69.96
1965 24 5 (1) 4 3 140,752 1 70.09
1966 19 3 (2) 3 3 111,419 2 70.58
1967 23 5 (1) 2 3 188,998 1 70.23
1968 22 2 3 1 155,285 2 69.97
1969 23 3 1 0 140,167 3 71.06
1970 19 3 (1) 3 2 142,149 3 70.75
1971 18 5 (1) 3 3 244,490 1 70.08
1972 19 7 (2) 3 0 320,542 1 70.23
1973 18 7 (1) 1 1 308,362 1 69.81
1974 18 2 3 0 238,178 2 70.06
1975 16 5 (2) 1 3 298,149 1 69.87
1976 16 2 2 1 266,438 1 70.17
1977 18 3 2 1 284,509 2 70.36
1978 15 4 (1) 2 0 256,672 4 71.07
1979 12 0 0 1 59,434 71 72.49
1980 13 2 (2) 1 0 172,386 13 70.86
1981 16 0 3 0 178,213 16 70.70
1982 15 1 3 2 232,645 12 70.90
1983 16 0 3 1 256,158 10 70.88
1984 13 1 2 1 272,595 15 70.75
1985 15 0 2 1 165,456 43 71.81
1986 15 1 (1) 0 0 226,015 34 71.56
1987 11 0 0 0 64,686 127 72.89
1988 9 0 0 0 28,845 177 72.78
1989 10 0 0 0 96,594 129 72.35
1990 9 0 0 0 68,045 160 73.71
1991 8 0 0 0 123,796 122 71.61
1992 8 0 0 0 14,868 223 72.29
1993 10 0 0 0 51,532 182 72.96
1994 8 0 0 0 11,514 248 74.79
1995 10 0 0 0 68,180 179 72.69
1996 7 0 0 0 137,779 208 73.50
1997 7 0 0 0 85,383 174 72.91
1998 5 0 0 0 128,157 172 71.10
1999 2 0 0 0 5,075 T322 73.25
2000 8 0 0 0 17,244 229 73.56
2001 4 0 0 0 0 N/A 73.08
2002 1 0 0 0 8,910 241 75
2003 4 0 0 0 0 N/A 75.61
2004 2 0 0 0 11,130 251 74.16
2005 3 0 0 0 0 N/A 75.33
Career 586 73 (18) 58 36 5,734,031 149 71.80
  • Green background for 1st. Yellow background for top-10.
  • All-time money list rank is complete as of February 24, 2008.
  • Nicklaus' position on the all-time money list is misleading, given he is regarded as the greatest golfer of all time. Tournament purses have expanded considerably since his prime. For example, Nicklaus received $144,000 for winning the Masters in 1986 while Zach Johnson received $1,305,000 for winning the Masters in 2007.
  • Despite leading the Tour in scoring average 8 times, Nicklaus never won the Vardon Trophy because he often did not play the minimum required number of rounds to qualify for the trophy.

Source: [2]

[edit] Amateur wins (7)

[edit] Professional wins (113)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (73)

Major championships are shown in bold.

Source: (Barkow 1989, pp. 260–261)

[edit] Other wins (21)

[edit] Senior PGA Tour wins (10)

Senior majors are shown in bold.

[edit] Other senior wins (9)

[edit] Miscellaneous stats

President Bush awarding Nicklaus the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005
President Bush awarding Nicklaus the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005
  • Nicklaus won the prestigious The Players Championship three times (though never at the TPC at Sawgrass, the current Players site and a course whose setup he harshly criticized, likening some of its approach shots to "stopping a 5-iron on the hood of a car").
  • He won various events around the globe, including six Australian Opens (1964, 1968, 1971, 1975, 1976 and 1978).[3]
  • He is second to Sam Snead on the all-time list of players with most PGA Tour wins, having accumulated seventy-three titles.
  • In seventeen consecutive seasons from 1962 to 1978 he always won at least two PGA Tour titles, and always finished in the top four on the money list.
  • In 1996, Nicklaus was the first person to win the same Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour) event four times, when he captured The Tradition tournament.
  • Nicklaus is the only person in the history of the PGA to win all of the major championships on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. (Although he never won the Senior British Open, it was not recognized as a major in the United States until 2003, after he had stopped playing the Champions Tour.)
  • With 8 Champions Tour major championship victories, he has won more than any other golfer.
  • Nicklaus is 13-10 in PGA Tour playoffs and 2-1 in Champions Tour playoffs.
  • At the 1990 Senior PGA Championship Nicklaus shot a 27-under-par 261 at Dearborn Country Club, the lowest 72-hole total in Champions Tour history.

[edit] United States national team appearances

[edit] As a player

[edit] Amateur

[edit] Professional

[edit] As the captain

[edit] Awards

  • Named greatest golfer/athlete by Sports Illustrated; GOLF Magazine; Associated Press; Golfweek; GolfWorld; PGATOUR.com and GolfWeb; ESPN; British Broadcasting Company; and Today's Golfer.
  • Named golfer of the Century/Millennium by Asian Golf Monthly, Associated Press, British Broadcasting Company, Golf Digest, GOLF Magazine, Golf Monthly Magazine, Golfweek, Golf Web, GolfWorld, International Association of Golf Tour Operators, PGA TOUR.com, Today's Golfer
  • Named Florida Athlete of the Century
  • Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 1974.

This list is probably incomplete.

1962

1964

1965

1967

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1978

1979

  • Athlete of the Decade (named by national sports writers)
  • Golfer of the Seventies

1980

1988

  • Golfer of the Century (named by golfing officials and journalists from around the world)

1993

  • Golf Course Architect of the Year (named by Golf World)

1995

1996

  • Golfer of The Century (named by Golf Monthly Magazine (U.K.)

2000

2001

2003

  • Greater Columbus Hospitality Award
  • Muhammad Ali Sports Legend Awards
  • The Three Amigos George Bush Inspiration Award

2005

Source: [4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.nicklaus.com/nicklaus_facts/facts.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.nicklaus.com/nicklaus_facts/facts.pdf
  3. ^ Career Capsule last accessed January 24, 2007
  4. ^ Facts and Figures

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