List of career achievements by Jack Nicklaus

This page details statistics, records, and other achievements pertaining to Jack Nicklaus.

Major championships

Wins (18)

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.

ummary 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

PGA Tour career summary

*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:

Amateur wins (7)

*1958 Trans-Mississippi Amateur
*1959 Trans-Mississippi Amateur, U.S. Amateur Championship, North and South Amateur
*1961 U.S. Amateur Championship, NCAA Championship (individual), Western Amateur

Professional wins (113)

PGA Tour wins (73)

*1962 (3) U.S. Open, Seattle World's Fair Open Invitational, Portland Open Invitational
*1963 (5) Palm Springs Golf Classic, The Masters, Tournament of Champions, PGA Championship, Sahara Invitational
*1964 (4) Phoenix Open Invitational, Tournament of Champions, Whitemarsh Open Invitational, Portland Open Invitational
*1965 (5) The Masters, Memphis Open Invitational, Thunderbird Classic, Philadelphia Golf Classic, Portland Open Invitational
*1966 (3) The Masters, British Open, Sahara Invitational
*1967 (5) Bing Crosby National Pro-Am, U.S. Open, Western Open, Westchester Classic, Sahara Invitational
*1968 (2) Western Open, American Golf Classic
*1969 (3) Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational, Sahara Invitational, Kaiser International Open Invitational (November)
*1970 (3) Byron Nelson Golf Classic, British Open, National Four-Ball Championship PGA Players (with Arnold Palmer)
*1971 (5) PGA Championship, Tournament of Champions, Byron Nelson Golf Classic, National Team Championship (with Arnold Palmer), Walt Disney World Open Invitational
*1972 (7) Bing Crosby National Pro-Am, Doral-Eastern Open, The Masters, U.S. Open, Westchester Classic, U.S. Professional Match Play Championship, Walt Disney World Open Invitational
*1973 (7) 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 (2) Hawaiian Open, Tournament Players Championship
*1975 (5) Doral-Eastern Open, Sea Pines Heritage Classic, The Masters, PGA Championship, World Open Golf Championship
*1976 (2) Tournament Players Championship, World Series of Golf
*1977 (3) Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic, MONY Tournament of Champions, Memorial Tournament
*1978 (4) Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic, Tournament Players Championship, British Open, IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic
*1980 (2) U.S. Open, PGA Championship
*1982 (1) Colonial National Invitation
*1984 (1) Memorial Tournament
*1986 (1) The Masters

Major championships are shown in bold.

Source: Harv |Barkow|1989|pp=260–261

Other wins (21)

*1956 Ohio Open (as an amateur)
*1962 World Series of Golf (U.S. - not then a PGA Tour event)
*1963 World Series of Golf (U.S. - not then a PGA Tour event), Canada Cup (team event with Arnold Palmer and individual event)
*1964 Australian Open, Canada Cup (team event with Arnold Palmer and individual event)
*1966 PGA Team Championship (with Arnold Palmer), Canada Cup (team only, with Arnold Palmer)
*1967 World Series of Golf (U.S. - not then a PGA Tour event), World Cup (with Arnold Palmer)
*1968 Australian Open
*1970 World Series of Golf (U.S. - not then a PGA Tour event), Piccadilly World Match Play Championship
*1971 Australian Open, World Cup (team event with Arnold Palmer and individual event)
*1973 World Cup (with Johnny Miller)
*1975 Australian Open
*1976 Australian Open
*1978 Australian Open
*1983 Chrysler Team Championship (with Johnny Miller)
*1984 Skins Game

enior PGA Tour wins (10)

*1990 (2) The Tradition at Desert Mountain, Mazda SENIOR TOURNAMENT PLAYERS Championship
*1991 (3) The Tradition at Desert Mountain, PGA Seniors' Championship, U.S. Senior Open
*1993 (1) U.S. Senior Open
*1994 (1) Mercedes Championships
*1995 (1) The Tradition
*1996 (2) GTE Suncoast Classic, The Tradition

Senior majors are shown in bold.

Other senior wins (9)

*1991 Senior Skins Game
*1993 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Raymond Floyd and Chi Chi Rodriguez)
*1995 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Raymond Floyd and Hale Irwin)
*1999 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Hale Irwin and Tom Watson), Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (with Gary Nicklaus), Diners Club Matches (with Tom Watson)
*2000 Hyundai Team Matches (with Tom Watson)
*2005 Wendy's Champions Skins Game
*2007 Wendy's Champions Skins Game (with Tom Watson)

Miscellaneous stats

*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). [ [http://www.nicklaus.com/nicklaus_facts/capsule.php Career Capsule] last accessed January 24, 2007]
*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.

United States national team appearances

As a player

Amateur

*Walker Cup: 1959 (winners), 1961 (winners)
*Eisenhower Trophy: 1960 (winners)

Professional

*Ryder Cup: 1969 (tie), 1971 (winners), 1973 (winners), 1975 (winners), 1977 (winners), 1981 (winners)
*World Cup: 1963 "(individual winner and team winner with Arnold Palmer)", 1964 "(individual winner and team winner with Arnold Palmer)", 1966 "(team winner with Arnold Palmer)", 1967 "(team winner with Arnold Palmer)", 1971 "(individual winner and team winner with Lee Trevino)",1973 "(team winner with Johnny Miller)"

As the captain

*Ryder Cup: 1983 (winners), 1987
*Presidents Cup: 1998, 2003 (tie), 2005 (winners), 2007 (winners)

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.
*Presented with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship by the Woodrow Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institute in Palm Beach, Florida; January 2008.

"This list is probably incomplete."

1962
*PGA Tour Rookie of the Year

1964
*PGA Tour Money Winner
*PGA Tour Scoring Average Leader

1965
*PGA Tour Money Winner
*PGA Tour Scoring Average Leader

1967
*PGA Player of the Year
*PGA Tour Money Winner

1971
*PGA Tour Money Winner
*PGA Tour Scoring Average Leader

1972
*PGA Player of the Year
*PGA Tour Money Winner
*PGA Tour Scoring Average Leader

1973
*PGA Player of the Year
*PGA Tour Money Winner
*PGA Tour Scoring Average Leader

1974
*World Golf Hall of Fame
*PGA Tour Scoring Average Leader

1975
*Bob Jones Award
*PGA Player of the Year
*PGA Tour Money Winner
*PGA Tour Scoring Average Leader

1976
*PGA Player of the Year
*PGA Tour Money Winner
*PGA Tour Scoring Average Leader

1978
*"Sports Illustrated" Sportsman of the Year

1979
*Athlete of the Decade (named by national sports writers)
*Golfer of the Seventies

1980
*BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality
*Golf World Player of the Year

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
*Canadian Golf Hall of Fame

1996
*Golfer of The Century (named by Golf Monthly Magazine (U.K.)

2000
*Payne Stewart Award
*PGA of America Distinguished Service Award

2001
*ESPY Lifetime Achievement Award

2003
*Greater Columbus Hospitality Award
*Muhammad Ali Sports Legend Awards
*The Three Amigos George Bush Inspiration Award

2005
*GCSAA Old Tom Morris Award

2008
*Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship

Source: [ [http://www.nicklaus.com/nicklaus_facts/ Facts and Figures ] ]

References

*citation |last=Barkow |first=Al |title=The History of the PGA TOUR |publisher=Doubleday |year=1989 |isbn=0-385-26145-4

External links

* [http://www.nicklaus.com/ Official site]