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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.
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| 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.
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| 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).
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| 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).
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| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Positions |
| $8,910 (235) |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money and Positions |
| $1,880 (172) |
| Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 71--Memorial Tournament |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| 69--The Countrywide Tradition |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round |
| 71 at Round 3, Memorial Tournament |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 71 at Round 2, The Countrywide Tradition, at Round 1, Senior PGA Championship |
| 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...Teamed with Tiger Woods to win the Battle of Bighorn over Sergio Garcia and Lee Trevino, 3 and 2. |
| 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...Played in first official event of the year when he competed in April's The Countrywide Tradition and finished 69th. Arizona appearance was his first official event since July 2001 when he was forced to WD from the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship with a hamstring injury...Made the cut at the Senior PGA Championship at Firestone, but was forced to withdraw on Saturday morning with lower back pain. |
| 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.
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| 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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