Jack Nicklaus
Personnel | |
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Date of birth | January 21, 1940 |
place of birth | Columbus, Ohio |
size | 1.80 m |
Weight | 86 kg |
nationality | United States |
place of residence | North Palm Beach, Florida |
college | Ohio State University |
Career | |
Professional since | 1961 |
current tour |
PGA Tour (since 1962) Champions Tour (since 1990) |
Tournament wins (as a professional) |
115 (PGA Tour: 73, others: 21, Champions Tour: 12, other senior tournaments : 9) |
Major tournament wins (18) | |
Masters | (6) 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986 |
US Open | (4) 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 |
The Open Championship | (3) 1966, 1970, 1978 |
PGA Championship | (5) 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980 |
Awards | |
World Golf Hall of Fame | 1974 |
Bob Jones Award | 1975 |
Sportsman of the year | 1978 |
Old Tom Morris Award | 2005 |
Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940 in Columbus, Ohio , USA ), also known as The Golden Bear , is an American former golfer. He was one of the best golfers in the world from the 1960s to the late 1980s . With 18 major wins, he is the most successful golfer in history. He is currently a leading golf course architect with his company Golden Bear International .
Life
Nicklaus has ancestors of German origin.
He has been married to Barbara Nicklaus since 1960. The couple has five children; one daughter and four sons. Together with his sons and son-in-law, Nicklaus runs the Jack Nicklaus Companies, which, in addition to various merchandising items, focus on the design of top-class golf courses.
Career
In 1996, Jack Nicklaus became the first golfer in PGA history to win the Senior Tour (now Champions Tour ) four times. He is also the only person in PGA history to win all of the major PGA Tour and Senior Tour tournaments.
Jack Nicklaus began his professional career in 1961 and his performance in major tournaments is unbeaten to this day: three Players Championships , three Open Championships (1966, 1970, 1978), four US Opens (1962, 1967, 1972 and 1980), six Australian Opens ( 1964, 1968, 1971, 1975, 1976 and 1978), five PGA Championships (1963, 1971, 1973, 1975 and 1980) and six US Masters (1963, 1965–1966, 1972, 1975 and 1986). Since 1986 he has been the oldest player (46) to ever win the Masters. He is the sole record winner of the Masters, as well as a shared record winner at the US Open and the PGA Championship.
In 1974 Nicklaus was among the first golfers to be inducted into the newly created World Golf Hall of Fame .
Sports Illustrated awarded him the Athlete of the Year award in 1978 . In 1980 he was awarded the Foreign Sports Personality of the Year award by BBC Sports.
The Open 2005 was, according to his announcement, his last professional golf tournament, among other things because former Open winners are only automatically eligible up to the age of 65. In his honor, the tournament order was changed and took place on the traditional Old Course in St. Andrews . The Royal Bank of Scotland also honored him with a special edition of the 5 pound note .
In his prime, Jack Nicklaus combined the very unusual combination of being one of the greatest putters of all time and the golfer with the longest stroke. He preferred the power fade , which was his signature ball flight.
Major wins (18)
Note: Jack Nicklaus claims 20 major victories for himself, as in his opinion the US Amateur Championship, which he won in 1959 and 1961, was still a major at the time. The modern definition of the four major tournaments, on which the following table is based, was introduced by Arnold Palmer in 1960 .
year | competition | 54 holes | Win score | head Start | Runner-up |
1962 | US Open | 2 strokes back | -1 (72-70-72-69 = 283) | Playoff 1 | Arnold Palmer |
1963 | The Masters | 1 stroke of guidance | -2 (74-66-74-72 = 286) | 1 hit | Tony Lema |
1963 | PGA Championship | 3 blows back | -5 (69-73-69-68 = 279) | 2 strokes | Dave Ragan Jr. |
1965 | The Masters (2) | 5 strokes of leadership | -17 (67-71-64-69 = 271) | 9 strokes | Arnold Palmer, Gary Player |
1966 | The Masters (3) | Leadership shared | E (68-76-72-72 = 288) | Playoff 2 | Gay Brewer , Tommy Jacobs |
1966 | The Open Championship | 2 strokes back | -2 (70-67-75-70 = 282) | 1 hit | Doug Sanders , Dave Thomas |
1967 | US Open (2) | 1 stroke of guidance | -9 (71-67-72-65 = 275) | 4 strokes | Arnold Palmer |
1970 | The Open Championship (2) | 2 strokes back | -5 (68-69-73-73 = 283) | Playoff 3 | Doug Sanders |
1971 | PGA Championship (2) | 4 strokes of leadership | -7 (69-69-70-73 = 281) | 2 strokes | Billy Casper |
1972 | The Masters (4) | 1 stroke of guidance | -2 (68-71-73-74 = 286) | 3 strokes | Bruce Crampton , Bobby Mitchell , Tom Weiskopf |
1972 | US Open (3) | 1 stroke of guidance | +2 (71-73-72-74 = 290) | 3 strokes | Bruce Crampton |
1973 | PGA Championship (3) | 1 stroke of guidance | -7 (72-68-68-69 = 277) | 4 strokes | Bruce Crampton |
1975 | The Masters (5) | 1 blow back | -12 (68-67-73-68 = 276) | 1 hit | Tom Weiskopf, Johnny Miller |
1975 | PGA Championship (4) | 4 strokes of leadership | -4 (70-68-67-71 = 276) | 2 strokes | Bruce Crampton |
1978 | The Open Championship (3) | 1 stroke of guidance | -7 (71-72-69-69 = 281) | 2 strokes | Ben Crenshaw , Raymond Floyd , Tom Kite , Simon Owen |
1980 | US Open (4) | Leadership shared | -8 (63-71-70-68 = 272) | 2 strokes | Isao Aoki |
1980 | PGA Championship (5) | 3 strokes of leadership | -6 (70-69-66-69 = 274) | 7 strokes | Andy Bean |
1986 | The Masters (6) | 4 hits back | -9 (74-71-69-65 = 279) | 1 hit | Tom Kite, Greg Norman |
1 win over Arnold Palmer in an 18-hole playoff - Nicklaus (71), Palmer (74)
2 win over Tommy Jacobs & Gay Brewer in an 18-hole playoff - Nicklaus (70), Jacobs (72), Brewer ( 78)
3 win over Doug Sanders in an 18-hole playoff - Nicklaus (72), Sanders (73)
Results in major tournaments
competition | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 |
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The Masters | DNP | DNP | CUT | T13 LA | T7 | T15 | 1 | T2 | 1 | 1 | CUT | T5 | T24 | 8th | T2 |
US Open | CUT | T41 | CUT | 2 LA | T4 LA | 1 | CUT | T23 | T31 | 3 | 1 | 2 | T25 | T49 | 2 |
British Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T32 | 3 | 2 | T12 | 1 | 2 | T2 | T6 | 1 | T5 |
PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T3 | 1 | T2 | T2 | T22 | T3 | CUT | T11 | T6 | 1 |
competition | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 |
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The Masters | 1 | T3 | T4 | 1 | T3 | 2 | 7th | 4th | T33 | T2 | T15 | WD | T18 | T6 | 1 |
US Open | 1 | T4 | T10 | T7 | T11 | T10 | T6 | T9 | 1 | T6 | 2 | T43 | T21 | CUT | T8 |
British Open | 2 | 4th | 3 | T3 | T2 | 2 | 1 | T2 | T4 | T6 | 2 | T43 | T21 | CUT | T8 |
PGA Championship | T13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | T4 | 3 | CUT | T65 | 1 | T4 | T16 | 2 | T25 | T32 | T16 |
competition | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
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The Masters | T7 | T21 | 18th | 6th | T35 | T42 | T27 | CUT | T35 | T41 | T39 | T6 | DNP | T54 | CUT |
US Open | T46 | CUT | T43 | T33 | T46 | CUT | T72 | T28 | CUT | T27 | T52 | T43 | CUT | CUT | DNP |
British Open | T24 | CUT | T27 | T63 | T44 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T79 | T45 | 60 | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP |
PGA Championship | T24 | CUT | T27 | CUT | T23 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T67 | CUT | CUT | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP |
competition | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
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The Masters | DNP | CUT | CUT | CUT |
US Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
British Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
LA = best amateur
DNP = not started
WD = withdrawn
CUT = failed at cut
"T" = shared rank
PGA Tour victories
- 1962 (3) US Open , Seattle World's Fair Open, Portland Open
- 1963 (5) Palm Springs Golf Classic, The Masters , Tournament of Champions, PGA Championship , Sahara Invitational
- 1964 (4) Phoenix Open , Tournament of Champions, Whitemarsh Open, Portland Open
- 1965 (5) The Masters , Memphis Open, Thunderbird Classic, Philadelphia Golf Classic, Portland Open
- 1966 (3) The Masters , The Open Championship , Sahara Invitational
- 1967 (5) Bing Crosby Pro-Am , US Open , Western Open, Westchester Classic, Sahara Invitational
- 1968 (2) Western Open, American Golf Classic
- 1969 (3) Andy Williams-San Diego Open, Sahara Invitational, Kaiser International Open
- 1970 (3) Byron Nelson Golf Classic, The Open Championship , National Four-Ball Championship PGA Players with ( Arnold Palmer )
- 1971 (5) PGA Championship , Tournament of Champions, Byron Nelson Golf Classic, National Four-Ball Championship PGA Players with (Arnold Palmer), Walt Disney World Golf Classic
- 1972 (7) Bing Crosby Pro-Am, Doral-Eastern Open, The Masters , US Open , Westchester Classic, US Professional Matchplay Championship, Walt Disney World Golf Classic
- 1973 (7) Bing Crosby Pro-Am, Greater New Orleans Open, Tournament of Champions, Atlanta Classic, PGA Championship , Ohio Kings Island Open, Walt Disney World Golf Classic
- 1974 (2) Hawaiian Open, Players Championship
- 1975 (5) Doral-Eastern Open, Sea Pines Heritage Classic, The Masters , PGA Championship , World Open Golf Championship
- 1976 (2) Players Championship, World Open Golf Championship
- 1977 (3) Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic, MONY Tournament of Champions, Memorial Tournament
- 1978 (4) Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic, Players Championship, The Open Championship , IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic
- 1980 (2) US Open , PGA Championship
- 1982 (1) Colonial National Invitational
- 1984 (1) Memorial Tournament
- 1986 (1) The Masters
Honors
2005 gave US President George W. Bush Nicklaus, the Medal of Freedom ( "The Presidential Medal of Freedom") and on 16 December 2014 he received the Congressional Gold Medal , the two highest civilian awards in the United States.
See also
literature
- Michael D'Antonio : Tour '72. Nicklaus, Palmer, Player, Trevino. The Story of One Great Season . Hyperion, New York 2002.
Web links
- The Official Site of Jack Nicklaus (English)
- Literature by and about Jack Nicklaus in the catalog of the German National Library
- World Golf Hall of Fame Profile (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Gittings, CNN: Jack Nicklaus: 'I'm happy to die penniless' - CNN . In: CNN . ( cnn.com [accessed April 4, 2018]).
- ^ Peter T. Lubrecht: Germans in New Jersey: A History . Ed .: The History Press. 2013, ISBN 978-1-62619-054-2 .
- ^ Major Championship Statistics. In: Nicklaus.com. Retrieved May 11, 2009 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Nicklaus, Jack |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nicklaus, Jack William (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American retired golfer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1940 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Columbus, Ohio , USA |