List of career achievements by Jack Nicklaus

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

Major championships

Wins (18)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
1962	U.S. Open	2 shot deficit	−1 (72-70-72-69=283)	Playoff 1	Arnold Palmer
1963	Masters Tournament	1 shot lead	−2 (74-66-74-72=286)	1 stroke	Tony Lema
1963	PGA Championship	3 shot deficit	−5 (69-73-69-68=279)	2 strokes	Dave Ragan
1965	Masters Tournament (2)	5 shot lead	−17 (67-71-64-69=271)	9 strokes	Arnold Palmer, Gary Player
1966	Masters Tournament (3)	Tied for lead	E (68-76-72-72=288)	Playoff 2	Tommy Jacobs (2nd) Gay Brewer (3rd)
1966	The Open Championship	2 shot deficit	−2 (70-67-75-70=282)	1 stroke	Doug Sanders, Dave Thomas
1967	U.S. Open (2)	1 shot deficit	−5 (71-67-72-65=275)	4 strokes	Arnold Palmer
1970	The Open Championship (2)	2 shot deficit	−5 (68-69-73-73=283)	Playoff 3	Doug Sanders
1971	PGA Championship (2)	4 shot lead	−7 (69-69-70-73=281)	2 strokes	Billy Casper
1972	Masters Tournament (4)	1 shot lead	−2 (68-71-73-74=286)	3 strokes	Bruce Crampton, Bobby Mitchell, Tom Weiskopf
1972	U.S. Open (3)	1 shot lead	+2 (71-73-72-74=290)	3 strokes	Bruce Crampton
1973	PGA Championship (3)	1 shot lead	−7 (72-68-68-69=277)	4 strokes	Bruce Crampton
1975	Masters Tournament (5)	1 shot deficit	−12 (68-67-73-68=276)	1 stroke	Tom Weiskopf, Johnny Miller
1975	PGA Championship (4)	4 shot lead	−4 (70-68-67-71=276)	2 strokes	Bruce Crampton
1978	The Open Championship (3)	1 shot deficit	−7 (71-72-69-69=281)	2 strokes	Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Tom Kite, Simon Owen
1980	U.S. Open (4)	Tied for lead	−8 (63-71-70-68=272)	2 strokes	Isao Aoki
1980	PGA Championship (5)	3 shot lead	−6 (70-69-66-69=274)	7 strokes	Andy Bean
1986	Masters Tournament (6)	4 shot deficit	−9 (74-71-69-65=279)	1 stroke	Tom Kite, Greg Norman

¹ Defeated Arnold Palmer in 18-hole playoff – Nicklaus (71), Palmer (74)
² Defeated Tommy Jacobs (2nd) & Gay Brewer (3rd) in 18-hole playoff – Nicklaus (70), Jacobs (72), Brewer (78).1st, 2nd and 3rd places awarded in this playoff.
³ Defeated Doug Sanders in 18-hole playoff – Nicklaus (72), Sanders (73)

Records and trivia

• In a span of 25 years, from 1962 (age 22) to 1986 (age 46), Nicklaus won 18 professional major championships. This is the most any player has won in his career.
• Nicklaus held sole possession of the lead after 54 holes of a major championship on eight occasions and won each in regulation.
• Nicklaus won 10 of 12 major championships when having the lead outright or tied for the lead after 54 holes and won eight times when trailing after 54 holes.
• In the above-referenced 20 major championships where Nicklaus either won (18) or finished in second place (2), he was a combined 30 strokes under par in final round scoring.
• In 18 professional major championship victories, Nicklaus shot 56 rounds at even par or below.
• Nicklaus won two major championships in a season on five occasions (1963, 1966, 1972, 1975, and 1980).
• Nicklaus won at least one major championship in four consecutive years (1970–1973).
• Nicklaus is one of five players (along with Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, and Tiger Woods) to have won all four professional major championships in his career, known as the Career Grand Slam, and the second-youngest to do so in his fifth year as a professional at age 26 (Tiger Woods, fourth year at age 24).
• At age 33 in 1973, Nicklaus broke Bobby Jones' record of 13 major championships (old configuration) and Walter Hagen's record of 11 professional major championships by winning his third PGA Championship; 14th and 12th win, respectively.
• One of two players to achieve a "triple career slam" i.e. winning all four major championships three times in a career, the other being Tiger Woods.
• Nicklaus made 39 consecutive cuts in major championships starting at the 1969 Masters and ending by being cut at the 1978 PGA Championship. In this span he won eight times, was runner-up seven times, and had 33 top-10 finishes. This record of consecutive cuts made in major championships was equaled by Tiger Woods at the 2006 Masters.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most runner-up finishes in majors with 19.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most top-five finishes in major championships with 56.
• One of two players to finish in the top five in all four professional major championships in two different years (1971 and 1973), the other being Tiger Woods (2000 and 2005). Both players finished in the top four in all four majors once (1973 and 2005, respectively). However, It should be noted that Bobby Jones won the "Grand Slam" under the old configuration in 1930 and Ben Hogan won all three of the majors he was able to play in 1953.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most top-10 finishes in major championships with 73. This is 25 and 27 more than the next players Sam Snead (48) and Tom Watson (46), respectively.
• Nicklaus finished in the top-10 in his final three professional major championships as an amateur (second in the 1960 U.S. Open, seventh in the 1961 Masters, and fourth in the 1961 U.S. Open).
• Nicklaus was the first player to break 270 for four rounds in a major championship.
• Nicklaus played 154 consecutive majors for which he was eligible, from the 1957 U.S. Open through the 1998 U.S. Open.

Masters Tournament

• Nicklaus holds the record for most wins with six which is two more than Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods.
• Nicklaus shot 17-under par 271 in 1965 for a 72-hole record lasting 32 years until Tiger Woods shot 18-under par 270 in 1997.
• Nicklaus shot individual rounds of 67 or better a total of 14 times which equates to a combined 80-under par.
• Nicklaus was the first champion to successfully defend the title having done so in 1966.
• Nicklaus won this event three times in his first five attempts as a professional.
• Nicklaus is the youngest two-time champion of this event.
• Nicklaus is the youngest three-time champion of this event.
• Nicklaus is the oldest winner of the Masters at 46 years and 82 days when he won in 1986.
• Nicklaus was a wire-to-wire winner in 1972.
• Nicklaus was runner-up a record four times.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most top-five finishes with 15.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most top-10 finishes with 22.
• In the decade of the 1970s, Nicklaus finished in the top 10 at Augusta every year with eight top-four finishes.
• Nicklaus holds the record for the lowest 72-hole score for a player over 50 having shot a 5-under par 283 in 1998 at age 58.
• Nicklaus was the oldest first-round leader (co-led with four others) shooting 67 in 1993 at age 53.
• Nicklaus holds the record for lowest scoring average of players with over 100 rounds at 71.98 for 163 rounds.
• Nicklaus competed in this event 45 times.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most cuts made with 37.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most birdies with 506.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most eagles with 24.
• For 34 consecutive years (1960 through 1993), Nicklaus missed just one 36-hole cut (1967).

U.S. Open

• Nicklaus holds the record with Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones and Ben Hogan for most wins at the U.S Open with four.
• Nicklaus is the only player to win the title in three different decades with his first in 1962 and fourth in 1980.
• Nicklaus is the youngest champion of this event in the modern era having won in 1962 at age 22. This has since been beaten by Rory McIlroy in 2011.
• Nicklaus held until 2011 the record for lowest score for 72 holes (272) with Lee Janzen (67-67-69-69) in 1993, Tiger Woods (65-69-71-67) in 2000, and Jim Furyk (67-66-67-72) in 2003. Nicklaus shot 63-71-70-68 in 1980.
• Nicklaus holds the record for lowest score for 18 holes (63) with Johnny Miller (fourth round) in 1973; Tom Weiskopf, (first round) in 1980 and Vijay Singh (second round) in 2003. Nicklaus shot a 63 in the first round in 1980.
• Nicklaus was a wire-to-wire winner in 1972 and 1980.
• Nicklaus holds the record for lowest 72-hole score shot by an amateur at two-under par 282 in 1960. While he finished second to Arnold Palmer by two shots, Nicklaus was the only player in the field not to have one round above the par of 71.
• Nicklaus tied for fourth in 1961 having played the final 54 holes in one-under par and capturing Low Amateur honors for the second consecutive year.
• Nicklaus had four runner-up finishes.
• Nicklaus had a record 11 top-five finishes.
• Nicklaus had a record 18 top-10 finishes.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most rounds in the 60s at 29.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most sub-par rounds at 37.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most sub-par championships (72 holes) completed at seven.
• Nicklaus holds the record for the most consecutive tournaments started with 44 (1957–2000).
• Nicklaus holds the record for most cuts made at 35.
• Nicklaus made 21 consecutive cuts from 1964 through 1984.
• Nicklaus made a record five consecutive birdies in the final round of the 1982 U.S. Open.

The Open Championship

• Nicklaus won this event three times.
• Nicklaus was runner-up a record seven times.
• Nicklaus had a record 11 straight top-five finishes from 1970 to 1980.
• Nicklaus had a record 16 top-five finishes.
• Nicklaus had a record 15 straight top-10 finishes from 1966 to 1980.
• Nicklaus had a record 18 top-10 finishes.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most rounds in the 60s at 33.
• Nicklaus never finished worse than sixth from 1966 to 1980.
• Nicklaus was the first player to break 270 for four rounds having done so in 1977.
• Nicklaus made the cut in 32 out of 38 appearances including 23 consecutively from 1962 through 1984.

PGA Championship

• Nicklaus holds the record with Walter Hagen for most wins at the PGA Championship with 5.
• Nicklaus was a wire-to-wire winner in 1971.
• Nicklaus was runner-up four times.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most top-three finishes with 12.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most top-five finishes with 14.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most top-10 finishes with 15.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most top-25 finishes with 23.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most rounds in the 60s at 41.
• Nicklaus holds the record for lowest scoring average of players with over 75 rounds at 71.37 for 128 rounds.
• Nicklaus holds the record for most cuts made at 27 (with Raymond Floyd).
• Nicklaus competed in this event 37 times which is second only to Sam Snead's record of 38.
• Nicklaus held the record for the greatest winning margin in the stroke play era from 1958 to 2011. He won by 7 strokes in 1980; Rory McIlroy won by 8 strokes in 2012.

Results timeline

LA = Low amateur
DNP = did not play
WD = withdrew due to injury
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary of performances

• Starts – 163
• Wins – 18
• Second place finishes – 19
• Top 3 finishes – 46
• Top 5 finishes – 56
• Top 10 finishes – 73
• Top 25 finishes – 95
• Longest streak of top-five finishes in majors – 7 (1971 Masters to 1972 Open Championship)
• Longest streak of top-10s in majors – 13 (1973 Masters to 1976 Masters)
• Longest streak of top-15 finishes in majors – 33 (1970 Open Championship to 1978 Open Championship)
• Longest streak of top-25 finishes in majors – 33 (1970 Open Championship to 1978 Open Championship)
• Longest streak without missing a cut – 39 (1969 Masters to 1978 Open Championship)

Source:^[1]

Senior major championships

Wins (8)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
1990	The Tradition at Desert Mountain	−10 (71-67-68=206)	4 strokes	Gary Player
1990	Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship	−27 (65-68-64-64=261)	6 strokes	Lee Trevino
1991	The Tradition at Desert Mountain (2)	−11 (71-73-66-67=277)	1 stroke	Jim Colbert, Jim Dent, Phil Rodgers
1991	PGA Seniors' Championship	−17 (66-66-69-70=271)	6 strokes	Bruce Crampton
1991	U.S. Senior Open	+2 (72-69-70-71=282)	Playoff1	Chi-Chi Rodríguez
1993	U.S. Senior Open (2)	−6 (68-73-67-70=278)	1 stroke	Tom Weiskopf
1995	The Tradition (3)	−12 (69-71-69-67=276)	Playoff2	Isao Aoki
1996	The Tradition (4)	−16 (68-74-65-65=272)	3 strokes	Hale Irwin

¹ In an 18-hole playoff, Nicklaus shot a (65) to Rodríguez's (69).

Results timeline

Note: The 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.

Summary of performances

• Starts – 50
• Cuts made – 46 (cut once, withdrew 3 times)
• Wins – 8
• Second place finishes – 5
• Top-three finishes – 15
• Top-five finishes – 18
• 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 23, 2011.
• 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. He led the list through the 1988 season.
• Despite leading the Tour in scoring average eight times, Nicklaus never won the Vardon Trophy because he often did not play the minimum required number of rounds to qualify for the trophy. Prior to 1988, the minimum number of rounds was 80 vs. 60 today.

Source:^[1]

Amateur wins (18)

• 1953 Ohio State Junior Championship (13–15 yrs)
• 1954 Tri-State High School Championship (Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana)
• 1954 Ohio State Junior Championship (13–15 yrs)
• 1955 Ohio State Junior Championship (13–15 yrs)
• 1956 Columbus Amateur Match-play Championship
• 1957 International Jaycee Junior Golf Tournament
• 1958 Trans-Mississippi Amateur, Queen City Open Championship
• 1959 Trans-Mississippi Amateur, U.S. Amateur, North and South Amateur, Royal St. George's Challenge Cup
• 1960 Eisenhower Trophy (individual), Colonial Invitational
• 1961 U.S. Amateur, NCAA Championship (individual), Big Ten Conference Championship (individual), Western Amateur

Amateur major wins (2)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Runner-up
1959	U.S. Amateur	1 up	Charles Coe
1961	U.S. Amateur	8 & 6	Dudley Wysong

Results timeline

DNP = Did not play
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Sources:^[2][3]

Professional wins (120)

PGA Tour wins (73)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jun 17, 1962	U.S. Open	−1 (72-70-72-69=283)	Playoff	Arnold Palmer
2	Sep 16, 1962	Seattle World's Fair Open Invitational	−15 (67-65-65-68=265)	2 strokes	Tony Lema
3	Sep 23, 1962	Portland Open Invitational	−19 (64-69-67-69=269)	1 stroke	George Bayer
4	Feb 4, 1963	Palm Springs Golf Classic	−13 (69-66-67-71-72=345)	Playoff	Gary Player
5	Apr 7, 1963	Masters Tournament	−2 (74-66-74-72=286)	1 stroke	Tony Lema
6	May 5, 1963	Tournament of Champions	−15 (64-68-72-69=273)	5 strokes	Tony Lema, Arnold Palmer
7	Jul 21, 1963	PGA Championship	−5 (69-73-69-68=279)	2 strokes	Dave Ragan
8	Oct 20, 1963	Sahara Invitational	−8 (75-66-66-69=276)	1 stroke	Gay Brewer, Al Geiberger
9	Feb 9, 1964	Phoenix Open	−13 (71-66-68-66=271)	3 strokes	Bob Brue
10	May 3, 1964	Tournament of Champions	−9 (68-73-65-73=279)	2 strokes	Al Geiberger, Doug Sanders
11	Jul 5, 1964	Whitemarsh Open Invitational	−12 (69-70-70-67=276)	1 stroke	Gary Player
12	Sep 20, 1964	Portland Open Invitational	−13 (68-72-68-67=275)	3 strokes	Ken Venturi
13	Apr 11, 1965	Masters Tournament	−17 (67-71-64-69=271)	9 strokes	Arnold Palmer, Gary Player
14	May 23, 1965	Memphis Open Invitational	−9 (67-68-71-65=271)	Playoff	Johnny Pott
15	Aug 1, 1965	Thunderbird Classic	−18 (67-66-69-68=270)	2 strokes	Gary Player
16	Aug 8, 1965	Philadelphia Golf Classic	−11 (71-65-73-68=277)	1 stroke	Joe Campbell, Doug Sanders
17	Sep 19, 1965	Portland Open Invitational	−15 (69-68-68-68=273)	3 strokes	Dave Marr
18	Apr 11, 1966	Masters Tournament	Even (68-76-72-72=288)	Playoff	Tommy Jacobs (2nd), Gay Brewer (3rd)
19	Jul 9, 1966	The Open Championship	−2 (70-67-75-70=282)	1 stroke	Doug Sanders, Dave Thomas
20	Oct 15, 1966	Sahara Invitational	−2 (71-77-68-66=282)	3 strokes	Miller Barber, Arnold Palmer
21	Jan 23, 1967	Bing Crosby National Pro-Am	−4 (69-73-74-68=284)	5 strokes	Billy Casper
22	Jun 18, 1967	U.S. Open	−5 (71-67-72-65=275)	4 strokes	Arnold Palmer
23	Aug 6, 1967	Western Open	−10 (72-68-65-69=274)	2 strokes	Doug Sanders
24	Aug 30, 1967	Westchester Classic	−16 (67-69-65-71=272)	1 stroke	Dan Sikes
25	Oct 28, 1967	Sahara Invitational	−14 (68-69-62-71=270)	1 stroke	Steve Spray
26	Aug 4, 1968	Western Open	−11 (65-72-65-71=273)	3 strokes	Miller Barber
27	Aug 11, 1968	American Golf Classic	Even (70-69-72-69=280)	Playoff	Frank Beard, Lee Elder
28	Feb 2, 1969	Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational	−4 (68-72-71-73=284)	1 stroke	Gene Littler
29	Oct 19, 1969	Sahara Invitational	−12 (69-68-70-65=272)	4 strokes	Frank Beard
30	Nov 3, 1969	Kaiser International Open Invitational	−15 (66-67-69-71=273)	Playoff	George Archer, Billy Casper, Don January
31	May 3, 1970	Byron Nelson Golf Classic	−6 (67-68-68-71=274)	Playoff	Arnold Palmer
32	Jul 12, 1970	The Open Championship	−5 (68-69-73-73=283)	Playoff	Doug Sanders
33	Jul 26, 1970	National Four-Ball Championship PGA Players (with Arnold Palmer)	−25 (61-67-64-67=259)	3 strokes	Bruce Crampton & Orville Moody, Gardner Dickinson & Sam Snead, George Archer & Bobby Nichols
34	Feb 28, 1971	PGA Championship	−7 (69-69-70-73=281)	2 strokes	Billy Casper
35	Apr 25, 1971	Tournament of Champions	−9 (69-71-69-70=279)	8 strokes	Bruce Devlin, Gary Player, Dave Stockton
36	May 9, 1971	Byron Nelson Golf Classic	−6 (69-71-68-66=274)	2 strokes	Frank Beard, Jerry McGee
37	Aug 1, 1971	National Team Championship (with Arnold Palmer)	−27 (62-64-65-66=257)	6 strokes	Julius Boros & Bill Collins, Bob Charles & Bruce Devlin
38	Dec 6, 1971	Walt Disney World Golf Classic	−15 (67-68-70-68=273)	3 strokes	Deane Beman
39	Jan 16, 1972	Bing Crosby National Pro-Am	−4 (66-74-71-73=284)	Playoff	Johnny Miller
40	Mar 5, 1972	Doral-Eastern Open	−12 (71-71-64-70=276)	2 strokes	Bob Rosburg, Lee Trevino
41	Apr 9, 1972	Masters Tournament	−2 (68-71-73-74=286)	3 strokes	Bruce Crampton, Bobby Mitchell, Tom Weiskopf
42	Jun 18, 1972	U.S. Open	+2 (71-73-72-74=290)	3 strokes	Bruce Crampton
43	Aug 13, 1972	Westchester Classic	−18 (65-67-70-68=270)	3 strokes	Jim Colbert
44	Aug 27, 1972	U.S. Professional Match Play Championship	n/a	2&1	Frank Beard
45	Dec 3, 1972	Walt Disney World Golf Classic	−21 (68-68-67-64=267)	9 strokes	Jim Dent, Bobby Mitchell, Larry Wood
46	Jan 28, 1973	Bing Crosby National Pro-Am	−6 (71-69-71-71=282)	Playoff	Raymond Floyd, Orville Moody
47	Mar 25, 1973	Greater New Orleans Open	−8 (68-72-71-69=280)	Playoff	Miller Barber
48	Apr 22, 1973	Tournament of Champions	−12 (70-70-68-68=276)	1 stroke	Lee Trevino
49	May 27, 1973	Atlanta Classic	−16 (67-66-66-73=272)	2 strokes	Tom Weiskopf
50	Aug 12, 1973	PGA Championship	−7 (72-68-68-69=277)	4 strokes	Bruce Crampton
51	Oct 7, 1973	Ohio Kings Island Open	−13 (68-69-62-72=271)	6 strokes	Lee Trevino
52	Dec 1, 1973	Walt Disney World Golf Classic	−13 (70-71-67-67=275)	1 stroke	Mason Rudolph
53	Feb 3, 1974	Hawaiian Open	−17 (65-67-69-70=271)	3 strokes	Eddie Pearce
54	Sep 2, 1974	Tournament Players Championship	−16 (66-71-68-67=272)	2 strokes	J.C. Snead
55	Mar 16, 1975	Doral-Eastern Open	−12 (69-70-69-68=276)	3 strokes	Forrest Fezler, Bert Yancey
56	Mar 30, 1975	Sea Pines Heritage Classic	−13 (66-63-74-68=271)	3 strokes	Tom Weiskopf
57	Apr 13, 1975	Masters Tournament	−12 (68-67-73-68=276)	1 stroke	Johnny Miller, Tom Weiskopf
58	Aug 10, 1975	PGA Championship	−4 (70-68-67-71=276)	2 strokes	Bruce Crampton
59	Sep 14, 1975	World Open Golf Championship	−4 (70-71-70-69=280)	Playoff	Billy Casper
60	Mar 1, 1976	Tournament Players Championship	−19 (66-70-68-65=269)	3 strokes	J.C. Snead
61	Sep 5, 1976	World Series of Golf	−5 (68-70-69-68=275)	4 strokes	Hale Irwin
62	Feb 27, 1977	Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic	−13 (70-66-69-70=275)	5 strokes	Gary Player
63	Apr 17, 1977	MONY Tournament of Champions	−7 (71-69-70-71=281)	Playoff	Bruce Lietzke
64	May 23, 1977	Memorial Tournament	−7 (72-68-70-71=281)	2 strokes	Hubert Green
65	Feb 26, 1978	Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic	−12 (70-75-66-65=276)	1 stroke	Grier Jones
66	Mar 19, 1978	Tournament Players Championship	+1 (70-71-73-75=289)	1 stroke	Lou Graham
67	Jul 15, 1978	The Open Championship	−7 (71-72-69-69=281)	2 strokes	Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Tom Kite, Simon Owen
68	Jul 23, 1978	IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic	−14 (66-64-72-68=270)	1 stroke	Gil Morgan
69	Jun 15, 1980	U.S. Open	−8 (63-71-70-68=272)	2 strokes	Isao Aoki
70	Aug 10, 1980	PGA Championship	−6 (70-69-66-69=274)	7 strokes	Andy Bean
71	May 16, 1982	Colonial National Invitation	−7 (66-70-70-67=273)	3 strokes	Andy North
72	May 27, 1984	Memorial Tournament	−8 (69-70-71-70=280)	Playoff	Andy Bean
73	Apr 13, 1986	Masters Tournament	−9 (74-71-69-65=279)	1 stroke	Tom Kite, Greg Norman

PGA Tour playoff record (14–10)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1962	Houston Classic	Bobby Nichols, Dan Sikes	Nichols won with eagle on first extra hole after an 18-hole playoff (Nichols:71, Sikes:71, Nicklaus:76)
2	1962	U.S. Open	Arnold Palmer	Won 18-hole playoff (Nicklaus:71, Palmer:74)
3	1963	Palm Springs Golf Classic	Gary Player	Won 18-hole playoff (Nicklaus:65, Player:73)
4	1963	Western Open	Julius Boros, Arnold Palmer	Lost 18-hole playoff (Palmer:70, Boros:71, Nicklaus:73)
5	1965	Pensacola Open Invitational	Doug Sanders	Lost to birdie on third extra hole
6	1965	Memphis Open Invitational	Johnny Pott	Won with par on first extra hole
7	1966	Masters Tournament	Tommy Jacobs (2nd), Gay Brewer (3rd)	Won 18-hole playoff (Nicklaus:70, Jacobs:72, Brewer:78)
8	1968	American Golf Classic	Frank Beard, Lee Elder	Won with birdie on fifth extra hole Beard eliminated with birdie on first hole
9	1969	Kaiser International Open Invitational	George Archer, Billy Casper Don January	Won with birdie on second extra hole January eliminated with birdie on first hole
10	1970	Byron Nelson Golf Classic	Arnold Palmer	Won with birdie on first extra hole
11	1970	The Open Championship	Doug Sanders	Won 18-hole playoff (Nicklaus:72, Sanders:73)
12	1971	Atlanta Classic	Gardner Dickinson	Lost to par on first extra hole
13	1971	U.S. Open	Lee Trevino	Lost 18-hole playoff (Trevino:68, Nicklaus:71)
14	1972	Bing Crosby National Pro-Am	Johnny Miller	Won with birdie on first extra hole
15	1972	Tournament of Champions	Bobby Mitchell	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
16	1973	Bing Crosby National Pro-Am	Raymond Floyd, Orville Moody	Won with birdie on first extra hole
17	1973	Greater New Orleans Open	Miller Barber	Won with birdie on second extra hole
18	1974	World Open Golf Championship	Frank Beard, Johnny Miller Bob Murphy	Miller won with birdie on second extra hole Murphy eliminated with par on first hole
19	1975	Canadian Open	Tom Weiskopf	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
20	1975	World Open Golf Championship	Billy Casper	Won with par on first extra hole
21	1977	MONY Tournament of Champions	Bruce Lietzke	Won with birdie on third extra hole
22	1980	Doral-Eastern Open	Raymond Floyd	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
23	1982	Bay Hill Classic	Tom Kite, Denis Watson	Kite won with birdie on first extra hole
24	1984	Memorial Tournament	Andy Bean	Won with par on third extra hole

Source:^[4]

Other wins (26)

• 1956 (1) Ohio Open (as an amateur)
• 1962 (1) World Series of Golf (unofficial money event)
• 1963 (3) World Series of Golf (unofficial money event),
  Canada Cup (Individual title and team with Arnold Palmer)
• 1964 (3) Australian Open,
  Canada Cup (Individual title and team with Arnold Palmer)
• 1966 (2) PGA Team Championship (with Arnold Palmer),
  Canada Cup (team with Arnold Palmer)
• 1967 (2) World Series of Golf (unofficial money event),
  World Cup (team with Arnold Palmer)
• 1968 (1) Australian Open
• 1970 (2) World Series of Golf (unofficial money event),
  Piccadilly World Match Play Championship
• 1971 (4) Australian Open,
  World Cup (Individual title and team with Lee Trevino),
  Dunlop International (Australia)
• 1973 (1) World Cup (team with Johnny Miller)
• 1975 (1) Australian Open
• 1977 (1) Jerry Ford Invitational
• 1976 (1) Australian Open
• 1978 (1) Australian Open
• 1983 (1) Chrysler Team Championship (with Johnny Miller)
• 1984 (1) Skins Game

Senior PGA Tour wins (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Apr 1, 1990	The Tradition at Desert Mountain	−10 (71-67-68=206)	4 strokes	Gary Player
2	Jun 10, 1990	Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship	−27 (65-68-64-64=261)	6 strokes	Lee Trevino
3	Apr 7, 1991	The Tradition at Desert Mountain	−11 (71-73-66-67=277)	1 stroke	Jim Colbert, Jim Dent, Phil Rodgers
4	Apr 21, 1991	PGA Seniors' Championship	−17 (66-66-69-70=271)	6 strokes	Bruce Crampton
5	Jul 29, 1991	U.S. Senior Open	+2 (72-69-70-71=282)	Playoff	Chi-Chi Rodriguez
6	Jul 11, 1993	U.S. Senior Open	−6 (68-73-67-70=278)	1 stroke	Tom Weiskopf
7	Jan 9, 1994	Mercedes Championships	−9 (73-69-69-68=279)	1 stroke	Bob Murphy
8	Apr 2, 1995	The Tradition	−12 (69-71-69-67=276)	Playoff	Isao Aoki
9	Feb 18, 1996	GTE Suncoast Classic	−2 (76-68-67=211)	1 stroke	J. C. Snead
10	Apr 7, 1996	The Tradition	−16 (68-74-65-65=272)	3 strokes	Hale Irwin

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (2-1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1991	U.S. Senior Open	Chi-Chi Rodriguez	Won 18-hole playoff (Nicklaus:65, Rodriguez:69)
2	1995	The Tradition	Isao Aoki	Won with birdie on third extra hole
3	1995	Ford Senior Players Championship	J. C. Snead	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Senior majors are shown in bold.

Other senior wins (11)

• 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)
• 2010 Wendy's Champions Skins Game (with Tom Watson)
• 2011 Wendy's Champions Skins Game (with Tom Watson)

Miscellaneous stats

President Bush awarding Nicklaus the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005

• 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 in the early 1980s, likening some of its approach shots to "stopping a 5-iron on the hood of a car"). He was the first multiple winner of this event and remains the only three-time champion winning three of the first five contested (1974, 1976, and 1978). Nicklaus' 19-under par score of 269 in 1976 was the record for this championship until 1994, when Greg Norman shot 24-under par, and remains the second lowest 72-hole score for the championship.
• Nicklaus won various events around the globe, including six Australian Opens (1964, 1968, 1971, 1975, 1976 and 1978)^[5] and the Piccadilly World Match Play Championship in 1970.
• From 1963 to 1977, Nicklaus won the Tournament of Champions a record five times with one runner-up playoff finish. Of these five victories, he recorded an eight-shot winning margin in 1971, which is also a record.
• Nicklaus is third to Sam Snead (82), and Tiger Woods (79) on the all-time list of players with most PGA Tour wins, having accumulated 73 titles. Of these 73 wins, 66 were against full-field populations, while only seven were against limited fields.
• Nicklaus' total wins of 73, total second place finishes of 58, and total third place finishes of 36 is an unmatched 167 on the PGA Tour. In addition, Nicklaus registered 218 top-five and 310 top-10 finishes.
• At age 16, Nicklaus won the Ohio Open against a field of mainly professional golfers. While not an official PGA win, it was previously sanctioned as such and former champions include three-time winner Byron Nelson, among others.
• In 17 consecutive seasons from 1962 to 1978, Nicklaus won at least two PGA Tour titles per season, and always finished in the top four on the money list. During these years British Open winnings were not included in the official money list rankings. If so, Nicklaus would have finished no worse than third in any year since he won that major in 1970 and 1978 and his additional top finishes would likely have affected other years' placings.
• Nicklaus won a total of eight USGA national championships, including two U.S. Amateurs (1959 and 1961), four U.S. Opens (1962, 1967, 1972, and 1980), and two U.S. Senior Opens (1991 and 1993).
• Nicklaus is the only player to win the U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Open at the same course Pebble Beach Golf Links in 1961 and 1972, respectively.
• From 1970 to 1976, Nicklaus made 105 consecutive cuts which at the time was second only to Byron Nelson's record of 113.
• Nicklaus won the inaugural semi-full field World Series of Golf championship in 1976 by four shots over Hale Irwin. This marked his third different official PGA event (1968 American Golf Classic and the 1975 PGA Championship) victory at Firestone Country Club and excludes four earlier wins in the old World Series of Golf format from 1962 through 1975.
• Nicklaus shot a course record 59 for 18 holes during the 1973 American Cancer Society's Palm Beach Golf Classic (unofficial event) played at The Breakers.
• Nicklaus was the first PGA Tour player to reach the $2,000,000 mark in career earnings (December 1, 1973), $3,000,000 (May 2, 1977), $4,000,000 (February 6, 1983), and $5,000,000 (August 20, 1988).^[6]
• Nicklaus was the PGA Tour's career money leader from 1973^[1] to 1988.^[7]
• Nicklaus was a member of a record-tying six World Cup teams all of which being victorious and a record-tying combination of four with Arnold Palmer. Nicklaus also won a record-setting three individual International Trophy titles in the competition, was runner-up once, and finished third twice.
• Nicklaus played his way onto six Ryder Cup teams beginning in 1969. However, by today's qualification standards, he would have been eligible for the 1963, 1965, and 1967 teams. In addition, captain's picks were not available until 1989. If prior, Nicklaus would likely have been on the 1979 team, increasing his total to 10.
• Nicklaus played in his first PGA tournament at age 18 in the 1958 Rubber City Open Invitational at Akron's Firestone Country Club, was one stroke back of the lead at halfway point with rounds of 67 and 66 and finished 76-68 for 12th spot.
• At the 1990 Senior Players Championship, Nicklaus shot a 27-under-par 261 at Dearborn Country Club, the lowest 72-hole total in Champions Tour history.
• 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 eight Champions Tour major championship victories, Nicklaus has won more than any other golfer.
• Nicklaus is 14–10 in PGA Tour playoffs (including the 1970 Open Championship), which incorporates a 3–1 record in major championships. Nicklaus also holds a 2–1 record in Champions Tour playoffs.
• Nicklaus has made 20 career holes-in-one in competition.

U.S. national team appearances

As player

Amateur

• Walker Cup: 1959 (winners), 1961 (winners)
• Eisenhower Trophy: 1960 (team winners and individual winner)
• America's Cup: 1960 (winners), 1961 (winners)

Professional

• Ryder Cup: 1969 (tie), 1971 (winners), 1973 (winners), 1975 (winners), 1977 (winners), 1981 (winners)
  • Cumulative 17–8–3 record across six matches: 8–1–0 record in foursomes matches, 5–3–1 record in four-ball matches, 4–4–2 record in singles matches, for a combined point total of 18.5 and a 66% win percentage.
• World Cup: 1963 (winners, individual winner), 1964 (winners, individual winner), 1965, 1966 (winners), 1967 (winners), 1971 (winners, individual winner), 1973 (winners)

As captain

Professional

• 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; 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 Magazine, Golfweek, Golf Web, GolfWorld, 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.

Source:^[1]

References

External links

• Official website