Playing Career

Highlights:

• Named “Rookie of the Year”
• Made first professional start at Los Angeles Open winning $33.33
• Earned first professional victory five months later at U.S. Open via 18-hole playoff with Arnold
• Palmer at Oakmont Country Club
• PGA Tour victories: Seattle, Portland

Highlights:

• Won Masters and PGA Championship for the first time
• PGA Tour victories: Tournament of Champions, Sahara, Palm Springs Classic
• Captured World Series of Golf for second straight year
• Won individual honors at World Cup

Highlights:

• Ranked first in money and scoring average
• PGA Tour victories: Tournament of Champions, Portland, Phoenix, Whitemarsh
• Won Australian Open and individual honors at World Cup
• Runner-up: Houston, Doral, New Orleans Cajun

Highlights:

• Won Masters a second time with a record 271, breaking Ben Hogan’s mark by three strokes set in 1953
• PGA Tour victories: Thunderbird, Philadelphia, Memphis, Portland
• Runner-up: Canadian, Pensacola, Jacksonville
• Won money title and led in scoring for the second straight year

Highlights:

• Won British Open to become one of five golfers in history to win each of the “Grand Slam” major championship titles
• Won Masters for third time and became first golfer to successfully defend title
• PGA Tour victories: Sahara, National Team Championship (with Arnold Palmer)

Highlights:

• Named PGA Player of the Year
• Won U.S. Open a second time with record 275
• PGA Tour victories: Western, Westchester, Crosby, Sahara
• Captured World Series of Golf money title for third time each
• Won World Cup with Arnold Palmer for fourth time

Highlights:

• PGA Tour victories: Western, American Classic
• Captured Australian Open
• Runner-up: Canadian, Westchester
• Finished second on money list

Highlights:

• PGA Tour victories: Kaiser, Sahara, San Diego
• Runner-up: Hawaiian
• Finished third on money list
• Closed in on million-dollar mark in official winnings ($996,524)
• Made first Ryder Cup appearance (1-2-1 record)

Highlights:

• Won British Open for second time, beating Doug Sanders in an 18-hole playoff
• PGA Tour victories: Byron Nelson Classic, National Team Championship (with Arnold Palmer)
• Won the Piccadilly World Match Play Championship and World Series of Golf a record fourth time

Highlights:

• Became first golfer to record a “Double Grand Slam” by winning the PGA Championship, completing the cycle of major championship victories for a second time
• Established new earnings record in capturing money title; won scoring title for a third time
• PGA Tour victories: Tournament of Champions, Disney World Open, National Team Championship (with Arnold Palmer) and Byron Nelson Classic
• Also won Australian Open, Australian Dunlop International and World Cup individual honors (a record third time)
• Member of U.S. Ryder Cup Team (5-1-0 record)

Highlights:

• Named PGA Player of the Year for a second time
• Winning a third U.S. Open tied the late Bobby Jones for major championship titles with 13
• Tied the Masters victory record with his fourth win
• Became the first player to win more than $300,000 in one year
• Took over all-time career winnings lead ($1,703,705)
• PGA Tour victories: Doral-Eastern Open, Crosby, Westchester, Disney World Open, U.S. Match Play Championship
• Posted lowest scoring average for a fourth time and won money title for a fifth time

Highlights:

• Named PGA Player of the Year for the third time and second straight year
• Made golf history by winning his 14th major championship
• Became first player to win over $300,000 two straight years and $2 million in a career
• Posted lowest scoring average of his pro career, winning scoring title and money title for second straight year
• PGA Tour victories: Crosby, New Orleans Open, Tournament of Champions, Atlanta Classic, Ohio Kings Island Open, Disney World Open
• Won World Cup team title with Johnny Miller
• Member of U.S Ryder Cup Team (4-1-1 record)

Highlights:

• PGA Tour victories: Tournament Players Championship, Hawaiian Open
• Runner-up: World Open, Colonial Invitational
• Finished first in scoring and second on money list
• Remained No. 1 in career Tour scoring average (70.2) and career Tour earnings ($2,243,623)
• Inducted into PGA World Golf Hall of Fame, one of 13 original enshrinees

Highlights:

• Tied Ben Hogan by being named PGA Player of the Year for a fourth time
• Won Masters for a record fifth time and PGA Championship for the fourth time to raise major championship victory total to 16
• Three PGA Tour victories in consecutive starts (Doral,Heritage, Masters)
• Won scoring title and money title for seventh time each
• Received USGA’s Bob Jones Award for distinguished sportsmanship

Highlights:

• Named PGA Player of the Year for a record fifth time and for the fourth time in the last five years
• Won the Tournament Players Championship for the second time in its three-year history and the first World Series of Golf under its new format, the fifth overall since its inception
• Captured the Australian Open for a record fifth time
• Won scoring title and money title for eighth time each
• Made 105 consecutive cuts from 1970-76
• The inaugural Memorial Tournament is played at Muirfield Village Golf Club

Highlights:

• PGA Tour victories: Memorial Tournament, Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic, Tournament of Champions
• Runner-up: Pleasant Valley Classic
• Finished second on money list and scoring list
• Became the first player to eclipse the $3 million mark in official Tour career earnings
• Brought his total Tour victories to 63, surpassing Ben Hogan and taking over second place on the all-time victories list
• Member of U.S. Ryder Cup Team (1-2-0 record)

Highlights:

• British Open title was his third there, giving him 17th major championship victory and making him the only player to win each of the “Grand Slam” titles three times or more
• PGA Tour victories: Tournament Players Championship, Gleason Inverrary Classic, IVB- Philadelphia Classic
• Won sixth Australian Open
• Continued streak of winning at least two Tour events in each of his 17 professional seasons (1962-78)

Highlights:

• Named “Athlete of the Decade” in a nationwide poll of 432 sports journalists
• Named “Golfer of the ’70s” in sweeping 12 of 14 categories
• Runner-up: Philadelphia
• Strengthened his position as top money-winner of all time with official Tour winnings of $3,408,826 and as career scoring-average leader with 70.4 strokes per round

Highlights:

• Won U.S. Open for the fourth time with record score of 272, breaking his own mark set in 1967 by three strokes
• Tied Walter Hagen for most PGA crowns with fifth title
• GolfWorld Player of the Year

Highlights:

• Registered his best Tour scoring average since 1977 and his highest earnings since 1978
• Runner-up: Canadian Open, Inverrary
• Remained No. 1 in career Tour scoring average with 70.49 and in career Tour official money with $3,759,426
• Member of U.S. Ryder Cup Team (4-0-0 record)

Highlights:

• PGA Tour victories: Colonial Invitational
• Runner-up: Bay Hill Classic, Australian Open
• Recorded his best earnings in four seasons and remained No. 1 in career total with $3,992,071

Highlights:

• Won Chrysler Team Invitational (with Johnny Miller)
• Runner-up: World Series of Golf
• Captain of U.S. Ryder Cup Team
• Became the first player to reach the $4 million mark in career earnings

Highlights:

• PGA Tour victories: Memorial Tournament
• Runner-up: Canadian Open, Doral-Eastern Open
• Won the biggest check of his career ($240,000) in the Skins Game

Highlights:

• Remained No. 1 in both career earnings and lifetime scoring average
• Runner-up: Canadian Open, Milwaukee

Highlights:

• Won the Masters for a record sixth time, his 20th major championship victory
• Brought his official Tour victories total to 71 and world-wide victory total to 89
• Marked his 25th year as a golf professional

Highlights:

• Lifetime Tour winnings came within $23,020 of the $5 million mark
• Career scoring average still ranks No. 1 with 70.71 strokes per round
• Captained the U.S. Ryder Cup Team for a second time

Highlights:

• First player to break the $5 million mark in official Tour winnings
• Named “Golfer of the Century” by golfing officials and journalists from around the world as highlight of the “Centennial of Golf in America Celebration”
• Golf Coaches Association of America created the Jack Nicklaus Award to honor collegiate golfer of the year

Highlights:

• Established personal record in total worldwide winnings for the year with $524,232.
• (Official PGA Tour total, $96,594; Australian Skins Game, $254,250; American Skins Game, $90,000; Ronald McDonald Invitational $42,750; Merrill Lynch Shoot-out Championship, $25,000; Australian Masters, $8,100; and British Open, $7,538)

Highlights:

• Won in his first Champions Tour start at The Tradition (senior major championship)
• Won his second Champions Tour event at the Senior Players Championship with a record 27-under-par 261

Highlights:

• Won three of five starts: U.S. Senior Open, PGA Seniors’ Championship and The Tradition for the second straight year
• Brought his total victories around the world to 95 (71 PGA Tour, 19 non-Tour or international, and five Champions Tour)

Highlights:

• Hit the $6 million mark in total career winnings on both tours
• Made it into the top three twice with a second-place finish at The Tradition, in Scottsdale, Ariz. with a 275 for the tournament and a third-place at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pa.

Highlights:

• Won U.S. Senior Open for the second time, capturing his sixth senior event since becoming eligible in 1990

Highlights:

• Won Mercedes Championship (formerly Tournament of Champions) in the Champions Tour’s first official event of the year

Highlights:

• Captured his eighth Champions Tour victory at The Tradition, his seventh senior major championship in six years
• Finished runner-up at the U.S. Senior Open and Ford Senior Players Championship
• Led the Champions Tour in earnings per start ($76,971)
• Member of winning team at Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge
• Increased career wins on both tours to 79 (98 worldwide) and surpassed $7 million mark in career earnings

Highlights:

• Recorded his 100th professional victory by winning The Tradition for a record fourth time
• Captured his 10th Champions Tour victory in seven years at The Tradition and his second title of the year, the first being the GTE Suncoast Classic
• Became the oldest champion in Tradition history at 56 years, two months, 17 days. Also
• Holds record for being youngest Tradition champion (50 years, two months, 11 days)
• Named “Golfer of the Century” by Golf Monthly Magazine (U.K.)

Highlights:

• Extended his lifetime appearances in Majors to 152 straight
• Increased his official money total on both tours to $7,964,696 (Not counted was “unofficial” money of $221,366 earned on Champions Tour)
• His runner-up finish at the Senior PGA Championship gave him a total of 24 career second-place finishes in majors (19 on PGA Tour)
• Has 63 overall career second-place finishes, including 58 on the PGA Tour
• Finished third with son Gary in the annual Office Depot Father/Son Challenge, shooting a final-round 59 in the scramble format

Highlights:

• Final-round 68 led to tie for sixth, making Jack (at age 58) the oldest top-10 finisher in Masters’ history
• Snapped streak of 154 consecutive majors for which he’s been eligible when he withdrew from the British Open because of left hip-related problems

Highlights:

• Made the cut at the Memorial Tournament in his first start on the regular Tour after surgery
• Underwent left hip-replacement surgery in January and returned less than four months later at the Champions Tour’s Bell Atlantic Classic. Shot consecutive rounds of 70 on the weekend to finish 18th

Highlights:

• Competed in all four majors in one season for the last time
• Masters’ performance gave him 43 straight years of making cut in at least one regular PGA Tour event
• Electrified U.S. Open crowd alongside 18th hole when he reached par-5 finishing hole at Pebble Beach in two with a 3-wood from 261 yards
• Missed cut by one shot at PGA Championship but nearly holed his wedge into par-5 18th for eagle

Highlights:

• Only major championship appearance was the Masters (missed cut)
• Rallied in final round of the U.S. Senior Open to tie the lead with four holes to play. Two late bogeys slipped him into a tie for fourth—two shots behind winner Bruce Fleisher—for his best Senior Open finish in six years
• Finished fourth in the inaugural Siebel Classic at Silicon Valley, played at Nicklaus-designed Coyote Creek in San Jose, Calif.
• Champions Tour earnings were his highest in five seasons
• Season-best finish came in a tie for third in his first appearance in the Senior British Open
• Won a record 10 skins and pocketed personal-best $260,000 at Senior Skins Game

Highlights:

• Made the most money ever to start a Senior Skins game by claiming seven skins on the seventh hole and earning $150,000
• Nagging back problems limited his playing schedule to just three starts between the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. Missed the Masters for only the second time since his debut in 1959
• Only PGA Tour start was the Memorial Tournament, where he made the cut—his first on the PGA Tour since 2000
• Teamed with Tiger Woods for the first time to defeat Sergio Garcia and Lee Trevino in the primetime, made-for-TV Battle of Bighorn. Their 3-and-2 victory came with a combined 11 birdies. The two split $1.2 million for the largest golf payday in the Golden Bear’s storied career

Highlights:

• Appeared in more Champions Tour events than in any other previous season since joining the circuit in 1990 (nine events, with six top-25 finishes)
• His tie for 10th at the JELD-WEN Tradition was his first top-10 finish in a senior major in 10 starts
• Participated in BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs with his four sons—the first time all five have played in a professional tournament together
• Captained U.S. Presidents Cup Team for second time, where the matches were declared a tie after both teams finished regulation with 17 points apiece, and the sudden-death playoff between Ernie Els and Tiger Woods could not determine a winner before darkness descended after three holes. In a show of sportsmanship, both teams decided that the competition would be declared a tie and that the teams would share the cup
• Received the “Muhammad Ali Sports Legend Award,” as well as “The Three Amigos George Bush Inspiration Award”
• 2003 Greater Columbus Hospitality Award was given to both Jack and Barbara for continuing contributions to the growth of tourism in the Greater Columbus area

Highlights:

• Became the second oldest player to make a cut on the PGA Tour when he finished tied for 63rd at the Memorial Tournament after a final-round 71
• Solo sixth-place effort at the season-opening MasterCard Championship in Hawaii was his best on the Champions Tour since a tie for fourth place at the 2001 U.S. Senior Open

Highlights:

• Teamed with son Steve for the pro-am portion of the Bayer Advantage Classic where he tied for 64th in Champions Tour event
• Made his final Masters and British Open Championship appearance sinking a 15-foot birdie putt on his final hole of championship golf at St. Andrews where he won two of his three Open Championships in 1970 and 1978