Professional Stats

Heralded by fans, peers and publications alike, Jack not only reached heights in the golf world that had never been reached, but he transcends sports, as one of the most admired and respected champions in the world.

Jack played in a record 154 consecutive major championships for which he was eligible from the 1957 U.S. Open to the 1998 U.S Open.

Professional Years1962–2003

Official Tour Victories: 73
Second Place or Ties: 58
Third Place or Ties: 36
Total Victories Around the World: 118
Holes in One: 21
Career Official Tour Earnings In today’s dollars ($5.7M at the time): $33.9M

Jack Nicklaus raises his putter to a cheering gallery

Pro Years Statistics

Career Combined Tour Earnings In today’s dollars ($9.1M+ at the time) Includes Web.com Tour: $41.4M+
Total Victories 73 PGA Tour, 10 Champions Tour, 35 Unofficial or International Events: 118

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PGA Tour Career Statistics

Year	Appearances	Scoring Av.	Winnings	Victories	2nd Place	3rd Place
1962	26	70.80	$61,868	3	3	4
1963	25	70.42	$100,040	5	2	3
1964	26	69.96	$113,284	4	6	3
1965	24	70.09	$140,752	5	4	2
1966	19	70.58	$111,419	3	3	3
1967	23	70.23	$188,998	5	2	3
1968	22	69.97	$155,285	2	3	1
1969	23	71.06	$140,167	3	1	0
1970	19	70.75	$142,149	3	3	2
1971	18(25)	70.08	$244,490	5	3	3
1972	19(21)	70.23	$320,542	7	3	0
1973	18(22)	69.81	$308,362	7	1	1
1974	18(20)	70.06	$238,178	2	3	0
1975	16(20)	69.87	$298,149	5	1	3
1976	16(19)	70.17	$266,438	2	2	1
1977	18(21)	70.36	$284,509	3	2	1
1978	15(18)	71.07	$256,672	4	2	0
1979	12(13)	72.49	$59,434	0	0	1
1980	13(14)	70.86	$172,386	2	1	0
1981	16(18)	70.7	$178,213	0	3	0
1982	15(18)	70.9	$232,645	1	3	2
1983	16(18)	70.88	$256,158	0	3	1
1984	13(16)	70.75	$272,595	1	2	1
1985	15(17)	71.81	$165,456	0	2	1
1986	15(19)	71.56	$226,015	1	0	0
1987	11(14)	72.89	$64,686	0	0	0
1988	9(11)	72.78	$28,845	0	0	0
1989	10(13)	72.35	$96,594	0	0	0
1990	9(13)	73.71	$68,045	0	0	0
1991	8(10)	71.61	$123,796	0	0	0
1992	8(9)	72.29	$14,868	0	0	0
1993	10(11)	72.96	$51,532	0	0	0
1994	8(12)	74.79	$11,514	0	0	0
1995	10(12)	72.69	$68,180	0	0	0
1996	7(12)	73.5	$37,779	0	0	0
1997	7(10)	72.91	$85,383	0	0	0
1998	5	71.1	$128,157	0	0	0
1999	2	73.25	$5,075	0	0	0
2000	8	73.56	$17,244	0	0	0
2001	4	73.08	$0	0	0	0
2002	1	75	$8,910	0	0	0
2003	4	75.61	$0	0	0	0
2004	2	74.16	$11,130	0	0	0
2005	3(4)	75.33	—	0	0	0

The Majors

Victories: 18
Second Place: 19
Third Place: 9
Top-Three Finishes: 48
Top-Five Finishes: 56
Top-Ten Finishes: 73

Jack Nicklaus lifts his putter as a putt drops

Majors Statistics

Masters: 6
PGA Championships: 5
U.S. Opens: 4
British Opens: 3

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Major Championships Appearances

Year	Masters	U.S. Open	British Open	PGA Championship
1957	—	M/C	—	—
1958	—	41 tie	—	—
1959	M/C	M/C	—	—
1960	13 tie	2	—	—
1961	7 tie	4 tie	—	—
1962	15 tie	Won	32 tie	3 tie
1963	Won	M/C	3	Won
1964	2 tie	23 tie	2	2 tie
1965	Won	31 tie	12 tie	2 tie
1966	Won	3	Won	22 tie
1967	M/C	Won	2	3 tie
1968	5 tie	2	2 tie	M/C
1969	24 tie	25 tie	6 tie	11 tie
1970	8	49 tie	Won	6 tie
1971	2 tie	2	5 tie	Won
1972	Won	Won	2	13 tie
1973	3 tie	4 tie	4	Won
1974	4 tie	10 tie	3	2
1975	Won	7 tie	3 tie	Won
1976	3 tie	11 tie	2 tie	4 tie
1977	2	10 tie	2	3
1978	7	6 tie	Won	M/C
1979	4	9 tie	2 tie	65 tie
1980	33 tie	Won	4 tie	Won
1981	2 tie	6 tie	23 tie	4 tie
1982	15 tie	2	10 tie	16 tie
1983	WD/Injury	43 tie	29 tie	2
1984	18 tie	21 tie	31 tie	25 tie
1985	6 tie	M/C	M/C	32 tie
1986	Won	8 tie	46 tie	16 tie
1987	7 tie	46 tie	72 tie	24 tie
1988	21 tie	M/C	25 tie	M/C
1989	18	43 tie	30 tie	27 tie
1990	6	33 tie	63 tie	M/C
1991	35 tie	46 tie	44 tie	23 tie
1992	42 tie	M/C	M/C	M/C
1993	27 tie	72 tie	M/C	M/C
1994	M/C	28 tie	M/C	M/C
1995	35 tie	M/C	79 tie	67 tie
1996	41 tie	27 tie	60	M/C
1997	39 tie	52 tie	60	M/C
1998	6 tie	43 tie	—	—
1999	—	M/C	—	—
2000	54 tie	M/C	M/C	M/C
2001	—	M/C	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—
2003	M/C	—	—	—
2004	M/C	—	—	—
2005	M/C	—	M/C	—

Most International Titles

Professional Majors: 18
Senior Majors: 8
Amateur: 2

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International and Other Victories

Australian Opens: ’64, ’68, ’71, ’75, ’76, ’78
British Opens: ’66, ’70, ’78
World Cup Invitational: ’63, ’64, ’71
Piccadilly World Cup Match Play: ’70
World Series of Golf: ’62, ’63, ’67, ’70, ’76
Dunlop International: ’71

Champions Tour Earnings: $7.4MIn today’s dollars ($3,372,207 at the time)

Tradition, Senior TPC: 1990
Tradition, PGA Senior Championship, U.S. Open: 1991
U.S. Senior Open: 1993
Mercedes Championship: 1994
Tradition: 1995
Tradition, GTE Suncoast Classic: 1996

Jack Nicklaus holds up the ball before a cheering crowd

Career earnings are shown in today’s dollars: each season’s winnings are carried forward to September 2026 using the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), so a 1962 dollar counts as about $11 today. Figures in the season-by-season tables are as paid at the time.

BiographyThe greatest champion in golf history: 120 professional victories, 18 professional majors and a life built on family, sportsmanship and giving back.View Biography

Awards & HonorsPresidential Medal of Freedom, Congressional Gold Medal, Lincoln Medal, Golfer of the Century and more.View Awards

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