PGA Championship
Jack and Barbara Nicklaus and two of their sons with the Wanamaker Trophy, the Day-Date on his wrist.
1975
Rolex
On his wrist for history.
British Open
Nicklaus with his Rolex (and Claret Jug) at the 1978 British Open.
1978
Jack’s Rolex Auction
GQ covered Jack Nicklaus’s auction of his Rolex.
2019
Jack Nicklaus received his gold Rolex Day-Date in 1967 and wore it almost every day for more than 50 years. Before each round, he placed it safely inside his golf bag, returning it to his wrist after the final putt. The watch accompanied 12 of his 18 professional major celebrations before being auctioned in 2019 for $1.22 million, with every dollar benefiting the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation.
In May 2019 Phillips announced the sale of the watch, with Nicklaus’s own account of what it meant to him and why he chose to part with it for the Foundation.
Dublin, Ohio · Muirfield Village
Rolex time at the club Jack built.
The partnership keeps time at Muirfield Village, too. Two Rolex post clocks in the club’s green and gold, “Muirfield” above the dial and “Village” below, stand beside the course and in front of the clubhouse. Above the clubhouse doors, a Rolex clock framed in the fluted bezel of a Rolex watch is set in the stone of the clock tower, looking out over the course where the Memorial Tournament has been played every year since 1976.
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