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Jack Nicklaus
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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31
on All-Time Money List
FULL NAME: Jack William Nicklaus
HEIGHT: 5-11
WEIGHT: 190
BIRTHDATE: January 21, 1940
BIRTHPLACE: Columbus, OH
RESIDENCE: North Palm Beach, FL; plays out of Muirfield
Village GC, OH and The Bear's Club, FL
FAMILY: Wife, Barbara Bash; Jack II(9/23/61), Steven(4/11/63),
Nancy Jean(5/5/65),Gary(1/15/69), Michael(7/24/73); 12 grandchildren
EDUCATION: Ohio State University
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fishing, hunting and tennis
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1961
JOINED TOUR: 1990
CLUB AFFILIATION: Muirfield VIllage GC, Dublin,
OH; The Bear's Club, Jupiter, FL
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| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (70) 1962 U.S. Open Championship, Seattle World's Fair Open
Invitational, Portland Open Invitational. 1963 Palm Springs
Golf Classic, Masters Tournament, Tournament of Champions, PGA
Championship, Sahara Invitational. 1964 Phoenix Open Invitational,
Tournament of Champions, Whitemarsh Open Invitational, Portland
Open Invitational. 1965 Masters Tournament, Memphis Open Invitational,
Thunderbird Classic, Philadelphia Golf Classic, Portland Open
Invitational. 1966 Masters Tournament, Sahara Invitational.
1967 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am, U.S. Open Championship, Western
Open, Westchester Classic, Sahara Invitational. 1968 Western
Open, American Golf Classic. 1969 Andy Williams-San Diego Open
Invitationa, Sahara Invitational, Kaiser International Open
Invitational. 1970 Byron Nelson Golf Classic, National Four-Ball
Championship. 1971 PGA Championship, Tournament of Champions,
Byron Nelson Golf Classic, National Team Championship, Walt
Disney World Open Invitational. 1972 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am,
Doral-Eastern Open, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open Championship,
Westchester Classic, Liggett and Myers Open Match Play, Walt
Disney World Open Invitational. 1973 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am,
Greater New Orleans Open, Tournament of Champions, Atlanta Classic,
PGA Championship, Ohio Kings Island Open, Walt Disney World
Golf Classic. 1974 Hawaiian Open, Tournament Players Championship.
1975 Doral-Eastern Open, Sea Pines Heritage Classic, Masters
Tournament, PGA Championship, World Open Golf Championship.
1976 Tournament Players Championship, World Series of Golf.
1977 Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic, MONY Tournament of Champions,
Memorial Tournament. 1978 Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic,
Tournament Players Championship, IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic.
1980 U.S. Open Championship, PGA Championship. 1982 Colonial
National Invitation Tournament. 1984 Memorial Tournament. 1986
Masters Tournament. |
| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (10) 1990 The Tradition at Desert Mountain, Mazda SENIOR TOURNAMENT
PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP. 1991 The Tradition at Desert Mountain,
PGA Seniors' Championship, U.S. Senior Open. 1993 U.S. Senior
Open. 1994 Mercedes Championships. 1995 The Tradition. 1996
GTE Suncoast Classic, The Tradition. |
| International Victories |
| 1991 Senior Skins Game, 1999 Wendy's Three-Tour Challenge
(with Tom Watson, Hale Irwin), Office Depot Father-Son Challenge
(with Gary), Diners Club Matches (with Tom Watson), 2000 Hyundai
Team Matches (with Tom Watson). |
| Other Victories |
| 1959 and 1961 U.S. Amateur. 1961 NCAA Championship. 1962,
1963, 1967 and 1970 World Series of Golf. 1963, 1964 and 1966
Canada Cup (with Arnold Palmer). 1964, 1968, 1971, 1975, 1976
and 1978 Australian Open. 1966 PGA Team Championship (with Arnold
Palmer). 1966, 1970, 1978 British Open. 1967 World Cup (with
Arnold Palmer) and three-time World Cup Medalist. 1970 World
Match Play. 1970 National Four-ball [with Arnold Palmer]. 1971
National Team [with Arnold Palmer], World Cup [with Lee Trevino].
1973 World Cup [with Johnny Miller]. 1983 Chrysler Team Championship
(with Johnny Miller). |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 0 |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Highlights |
| Announced on April 3 that a bad back would force him to miss
the Masters, only the second time the six-time champion didn't
start in the tournament since his debut in 1959. Hip replacement
surgery forced him to miss the 1999 tournament. |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Highlights |
| Made initial appearance of the 2002 season when he was runner-up
to Hale Irwin at the Senior Skins. Won all of his $150,000 when
he claimed seven skins on the seventh hole. It was the most
money any player ever made to start a Senior Skins Game...Announced
on April 3 that a bad back would force him to miss the Masters,
only the second time the six-time champion didn't start in the
tournament since his debut in 1959. Hip replacement surgery
forced him to miss the 1999 tournament. |
| 2001 Season PGA TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--4; in money--0; Top-10 finishes--0 |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| 4--Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, U.S. Senior Open |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--7; in money--6; Top-10 finishes--2 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Played in four PGA TOUR events, including his 42nd Masters
Tournament, but missed the cut each time out...Did not play
in the U.S. Open for the first time since 1957...Played in seven
official SENIOR PGA TOUR events and registered two top-10s...Teamed
with Arnold Palmer at Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, played
on their co-designed course, The King & Bear, in St. Augustine,
FL...T4 at the U.S. Senior Open at Salem and finished fourth
at the inaugural Siebel Classic in Silcon Valley...Honored by
American Society of Golf Course Architects with its 2001 Donald
Ross Award...Accepted invitation to become member at Augusta
National, joining Arnold Palmer as only former champions invited
as full-fledged members...Named Captain of 2003 United States
Presidents Cup team for the second time. |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Again played in seven official events and registered two top-10
finishes...T4 at the U.S. Senior Open at Salem and finished
fourth at the inaugural Siebel Classic in Silcon Valley...Made
a spirited run at the U.S. Senior Open before bogeys on the
15th and 16th holes the final day ended his chances...Started
the final round of the Siebel event one stroke back of Hale
Irwin, but one-under 71 at Coyote Creek placed him fourth, his
best SENIOR TOUR finish since T2 at the 1997 PGA Seniors' Championship...Had
another chance at victory early in the campaign at the GTE Classic.
Was tied for the first-round lead in Tampa and just two strokes
off the pace after 36 holes. Drifted back into a T20 after a
final-round 75 at the TPC at Tampa Bay...Finished second to
Hale Irwin at the Senior Skins Game in January, despite claiming
10 skins and $260,000...Withdrew from the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS
Championship midway through the second round due to a hamstring
injury suffered earlier in the week...Played in four PGA TOUR
events, including his 42nd Masters Tournament, but missed the
cut each time out. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Made seven appearances and Had a lone top-10 finish
at the Countrywide Tradition. Closing-round 5-under-par 67 at
Desert Mountain helped him to a T9...Played in eight PGA TOUR
events and made two cuts -- T54 at the Masters and T64 at The
Memorial Tournament. 1999: Underwent hip replacement surgery
in January and played in only three official tournaments on
the SENIOR TOUR...Did not play until midway thru the year at
the Bell Atlantic Classic. Carded two rounds of 70 on the weekend
at Hartefeld National and finished 18th near Philadelphia...Withdrew
from the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship after nine holes of
the third round due to a sore hip...Played in two PGA TOUR events
during the year. Missed the cut at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst
and T70 at The Memorial Tournament. 1998: Hobbled by a painful
left hip for the majority of the year and played in just six
official SENIOR TOUR events for the second straight season...Closed
with 68 at Augusta National and T6 at The Masters, four strokes
back of eventual winner Mark O'Meara...Ended his remarkable
run of 154 straight appearances in major championships when
he chose not to compete in the PGA Championship at Sahalee CC.
1997: Broke Sam Snead's record for most rounds played at the
Masters with his 147th on Sunday...Played his 10,000th hole
at the U.S. Open at Congressional CC. 1996: Became the first
player to win the same SENIOR TOUR event four times when he
claimed The Tradition. Victory in Arizona was his 100th as a
professional and was his eighth senior major championship, the
most by any player over 50. Shot 65 in the final round at Desert
Mountain to best Hale Irwin by three strokes. Carded his third
career double-eagle on Saturday at The Tradition, his first
since the 1965 Greater Jacksonville Open...Also claimed his
first 54-hole event on the SENIOR TOUR, rallying from five strokes
back to edge J.C. Snead for the GTE Suncoast Classic title.
1995: Defeated Isao Aoki in a playoff to win his third Tradition
title and, at the time, became only the fifth man to win the
same tournament three times...Also was the runner-up to Tom
Weiskopf at the U.S. Senior Open and lost to J.C. Snead in a
playoff for the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship. 1994: Came
from three strokes back of Bob Murphy to win the Mercedes Championships
at LaCosta by a stroke. 1993: Claimed his second U.S. Senior
Open title, holding off rival Weiskopf by a shot at Cherry Hills
Country Club near Denver. 1991: Made just five appearances on
the SENIOR TOUR, but won three official events including his
only PGA Seniors' Championship and first U.S. Senior Open title...Shot
17-under 271 at PGA National GC, the lowest 72-hole score on
the SENIOR TOUR that year, to claim the PGA Seniors' crown by
six strokes over Bruce Crampton...U.S. Senior Open victory over
Chi Chi Rodriguez came in an 18-hole playoff at Oakland Hills
CC, 65 to 69, making him the first player ever to win USGA titles
in five different decades...Also came from five strokes back
to successfully defend his Tradition title by one over Jim Colbert,
Jim Dent and Phil Rodgers. 1990: Played in just four official
SENIOR TOUR events but won twice, finished second once and T3
in his only other tournament...Four-stroke win over Gary Player
at The Tradition made him the seventh of just 10 players ever
to claim a title in their SENIOR TOUR debut...Finished solo
sixth at The Masters a week later, at the time the best finish
by a senior in a major since Sam Snead (T3-1974 PGA Championship)...Cruised
to a six-stroke victory at the Mazda Senior TPC in record-setting
fashion by shooting a 27-under-par 261 at Dearborn CC, the lowest
72-hole total in SENIOR TOUR history. |
| Personal |
| Remains one of golf's driving forces off the course...Founder
and host of The Memorial Tournament...One of the world's leading
golf course designers...The Nicklaus companies' global business
includes golf course design, development and licensing...Over
300 professional golf tournaments have been staged on as many
as 62 Nicklaus courses, including 12 current PGA TOUR and SENIOR
PGA TOUR events as well as Ryder Cup, PGA Championship and World
Cups...Selected as Golf World's Golf Course Architect of the
Year in 1993...At age 10, carded a 51 in the first nine holes
he played...Alma mater, Ohio State, is scheduled to open the
Jack Nicklaus Musuem on campus in early 2002...Named 1999 Father
of the Year by Minority Golf Association...His son, Gary, played
on the PGA TOUR the last two years after previously playing
on the BUY.COM TOUR and PGA European Tours...Named co-chair
with Juli Inkster of The First Tee's Capital Campaign, More
Than A Game, in November 2000. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 13-10 |
| SENIOR TOUR Playoff Record |
| 2-1 |
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