Jack Nicklaus
Personal information
Full name Jack William Nicklaus
Nickname The Golden Bear
Born January 21, 1940 (age 81)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Nationality United States
Residence North Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Spouse Barbara Bash (m. 1960)
Children 5, including Gary Nicklaus
Career
College Ohio State University
Turned professional 1961
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins 117
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 73 (3rd all time)
European Tour 9
PGA Tour of Australasia 3
PGA Tour Champions 10
Other 24 (regular)
7 (senior)
Best results in major championships
(wins: 18)
Masters Tournament Won: 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986
PGA Championship Won: 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980
U.S. Open Won: 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980
The Open Championship Won: 1966, 1970, 1978
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame 1974 (member page)
PGA Tour
leading money winner 1964, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976
PGA Player of the Year 1967, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976
Bob Jones Award 1975
Payne Stewart Award 2000
Presidential Medal of Freedom 2005
PGA Tour Lifetime
Achievement Award 2008
Congressional Gold Medal
Awards
Named greatest golfer/athlete by Sports Illustrated; Golf Magazine; Associated Press; Golfweek; Golf World; PGA Tour 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, Golfweek, Golf Web, Golf World, International Association of Golf Tour Operators, PGA Tour, Today's Golfer.
Named Florida Athlete of the Century.
Received a Doctor of Athletic Arts Honorary Degree from Ohio State University, 1972.
Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 1974.
Received a Doctor of Laws Honorary Degree from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
Inducted into the Memorial Honorees at the Memorial Tournament, 2000.
Received the Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence in 2001 being the first golfer and only the third athlete in the award's history.
Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient in 2005
Inducted into the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame in the class of 2006.
Presented with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship by the Woodrow Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institution in Palm Beach, Florida; January 2008.
Presented with the Charlie Bartlett Award from the Golf Writers Association of America at its annual awards dinner in Augusta, Georgia in April 2009 recognizing four decades of charitable work with children.
Presented with the National Pathfinder Award at the annual Pathfinder Awards Banquet in June 2009 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indiana for decades of dedication to youth in need, most recently through the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation.
Congressional Gold Medal recipient in 2015; he joins golfers Arnold Palmer and Byron Nelson.
Awarded Star #41 on The Flag for Hope on June 30, 2016; in recognition of his exceptional PGA career and his philanthropic efforts to assist children in need via the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation.[8]
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
Doctor of Athletic Arts Honorary Degree, Ohio State University
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
1984
Doctor of Laws Honorary Degree, University of St. Andrews
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)
1999
Best Individual Male Athlete of the 20th Century (named by Sports Illustrated)
2000
Payne Stewart Award
PGA of America Distinguished Service Award
Memorial Honoree, Memorial Tournament
2001
ESPY Lifetime Achievement Award
Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence
2003
Greater Columbus Hospitality Award
Muhammad Ali Sports Legend Awards
The Three Amigos George Bush Inspiration Award
2005
GCSAA Old Tom Morris Award
Presidential Medal of Freedom[9]
2006
PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame
2007
Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Citizens Award
Francis Ouimet Lifelong Contributions to Golf
2008
PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award
Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship
2009
Charlie Bartlett Award
Golf Course Architect of the Year in Asia Pacific
National Pathfinder Award
2015
Congressional Gold Medal
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