Jack Nicklaus

Amateur career Nicklaus was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of a pharmacist.He was raised in the suburb of Upper Arlington, and attended Upper ArlingtonHigh School. Overcoming a mild case of polio as a child, he took up golf at theage of 10, shooting a 51 at Scioto Country Club for his first nine holes everplayed. Nicklaus won the first of five straight Ohio State Junior titles at theage of 12. At 13, he broke 70 at Scioto Country Club for the first time.Nicklaus won the Tri-State High School Championship (Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana) atthe age of 14 with a round of 68 and also recorded his first hole in one intournament play the same year. At 15, Nicklaus shot a 66 at Scioto Country Clubwhich was the amateur course record and qualified for his first U.S. AmateurChampionship. He won the Ohio Open in 1956 at age 16 highlighted with aphenomenal third round of 64, competing against professionals. In all, Nicklauswon 27 events in the Ohio area from age 10 to age 17. In 1957, Nicklaus won theU.S. National Jaycees Championship having lost the previous year in a playoff.Nicklaus also competed in his first of 44 consecutive U.S. Opens that year, butmissed the cut. In 1958 at age 18, he competed in his first PGA Tour event atAkron, Ohio tying for 12th place and made the cut in the U.S. Open before tyingfor 41st place. Nicklaus also won two Trans-Mississippi Amateurs in 1958 atPrairie Dunes Country Club and 1959 at Woodhill Country Club with final matchvictories of 9 & 8 and 3 & 2, respectively. Also in 1959, Nicklaus wonthe North and South Amateur at Pinehurst, North Carolina which is generallyconsidered the most prestigious amateur event next to the U.S. AmateurChampionship and competed in three additional PGA Tour events with his bestfinish being another 12th place showing at the Buick Open. While attending OhioState University, he won the U.S. Amateur Championship twice (1959, 1961), andan NCAA Championship (1961). In the 1959 U.S. Amateur, Nicklaus defeatedtwo-time winner and defending champion Charles Coe in the final 36-hole match1-up with a birdie on the final hole. This was significant not only due toCoe’s proven ability as a player, but Nicklaus became the then-youngestchampion in the modern era and second only to Robert A. Gardner who won in1909. In 1961, Nicklaus became the first player to win the individual title atthe NCAA Championship and the U.S. Amateur in the same year. He was followed byPhil Mickelson (1990), Tiger Woods (1996), and Ryan Moore (2004). Nicklaus alsowon the NCAA Big Ten Conference Championship that year with a 72-hole aggregateof 283, while earlier claiming the Western Amateur in New Orleans, Louisiana.In his second and last U.S. Amateur win in 1961, Nicklaus convincingly defeatedDudley Wysong 8 & 6 at Pebble Beach in the 36-hole championship match. Atthe 1960 U.S. Open, Nicklaus shot a two-under par 282, finishing second by twostrokes to Arnold Palmer, who won the tournament with a final round charge ofsix-under par 65. This score remains the lowest ever shot by an amateur in theU.S. Open and he did so playing the final 36 holes with Ben Hogan who laterremarked he had just played 36 holes with a kid who should have won by 10shots. During the final 36 holes, Nicklaus was two-under par and never shot asingle round above par during the entire tournament. In 1960, Nicklaus alsotied for 13th in the Masters Tournament and tied for fourth in the 1961 U.S.Open three shots behind champion Gene Littler having played the final 54 holesone under par. Each of these three major championship finishes designatedNicklaus as Low Amateur. However, Nicklaus’ one under par 287 tie for seventhin the 1961 Masters Tournament was second that year only to Charles Coe’s lowamateur placing when he tied for second with Arnold Palmer at seven-under par281, one shot behind champion Gary Player. Nicklaus represented the UnitedStates against Great Britain and Ireland on winning Walker Cup teams in both1959 and 1961, decisively winning both of his matches in each contest. He wasalso a member of the victorious 1960 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team, winning theunofficial individual title by 13 shots over teammate Deane Beman with afour-round score of 269, a record which still stands and that broke Ben Hogan’searlier U.S. Open aggregate of 287 at the same site. Nicklaus was named theworld’s top amateur golfer by Golf Digest magazine for three straight years,1959-1961. PGA Tour career Professional breakthrough Nicklaus began hisprofessional career on the PGA Tour in 1962. While Nicklaus officially turnedprofessional in late 1961, he debated heavily the idea of remaining an amateurin order to further emulate his idol, Bobby Jones. However, Nicklaus realizedin order to be regarded the best, he would have to compete against the best andin greater frequency. Shortly after turning professional, Nicklaus’ futureagent, Mark McCormack was interviewed by Melbourne Age writer, Don Lawrence whoinquired about the American golf scene. When McCormack described Nicklaus,Lawrence referred to the “large, strong, and blond” player as the Golden Bear.By 1963, the nickname stuck. His first professional win came in his 17th startthe same year, defeating the heavily-favored Arnold Palmer in a Monday playoffat Oakmont for the 1962 U.S. Open. While the galleries were more than vocal intheir support for Palmer, who had grown up in the area, Nicklaus won theplayoff by three shots (71 to 74). In 90 holes, Nicklaus had only onethree-putt green. The U.S. Open victory made Nicklaus the reigning U.S. Openand U.S. Amateur champion. In addition, at age 22, Nicklaus was the youngestU.S. Open champion since Bobby Jones won at age 21 in 1923, and he has remainedthe youngest winner since. The U.S. Open win placed Nicklaus on the cover ofTime magazine. This was also the beginning of the Nicklaus-Palmer rivalry,which attracted viewers to the new technology of television. The famousquotation regarding Nicklaus and Palmer is remembered as follows: “When Godcreated Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, he turned to Nicklaus and said: ‘Youwill be the greatest the game has ever seen.’ Then He turned to Palmer, adding:‘But they will love you more.’” By the end of the year Nicklaus had picked uptwo more wins, those being the Seattle Open and the Portland Open back-to-back.In addition, he tied for third in his first attempt at the PGA Championship.Nicklaus completed 1962 with over $60,000 in prize-money, placed third on thePGA Tour money list, and was named Rookie of the Year. In 1963 Nicklaus won twoof the four major championships – the Masters and the PGA Championship. Thesevictories made him the then-youngest winner of the Masters and third youngestwinner of the PGA Championship, and each win came in just his second year as aprofessional. Earlier in 1963, Nicklaus injured his left hip playing anapproach shot from the rough – an injury that would manifest itself yearslater. Ironically, Nicklaus credits this injury with assisting him in alteringhis swing heading into the 1963 Masters, thus allowing him to play a draw moreeasily. Along with three other wins including the Tournament of Champions, heplaced second to Arnold Palmer on the PGA Tour money list with just over$100,000. He also teamed with Palmer to win the Canada Cup (now the World Cupof Golf) in France, representing the United States (this event was shortened to63 holes due to heavy fog). Despite winning no majors in 1964 (three runner-upfinishes), Nicklaus led the PGA Tour money list for the first time in hiscareer by a slim margin of $81.13 over Palmer. At The Open Championship at StAndrews, Nicklaus set a new record for the lowest score in the final 36 holeswith 66-68 in high winds (the first time in the championship’s history that 70had been broken in each of the last two rounds). This was not enough, however,to win the event; Nicklaus placed second to the late Tony Lema. Nicklaus alsoset a record for the lowest final round score in the PGA Championship with a 64(since broken by Brad Faxon in 1995 with a 63), but fell three shots short ofchampion Bobby Nichols and his record-setting 271 score. In 31 officialworldwide events in 1964, Nicklaus achieved six victories, seven runners-up,placed in the top-five 21 times, the top-10 21 times, and one missed cut.Nicklaus won the Masters in 1965 and 1966, becoming the first consecutivewinner of this event and the youngest two-time and three-time winner. He brokeBen Hogan’s 72-hole scoring record of 274 from 1953 by compiling a newaggregate of 271 in the 1965 Masters, which while tied by Raymond Floyd in1976, lasted until Tiger Woods shot 270 in 1997. During this tournament,Nicklaus hit 62 of 72 greens in regulation and had 123 putts inclusive of justone three-putt green. This was good enough to win by nine shots over ArnoldPalmer and Gary Player. The week’s performance was highlighted by a third-round64 that consisted of eight birdies and no bogeys. It was of this round thatNicklaus said, “I had never before and have never since played quite as fine acomplete round of golf in a major championship as I did in the third round ofthe 1965 Masters”. This round tied Lloyd Mangrum’s record set in 1940 atAugusta National and remained in place until Nick Price shot 63 during thethird round in 1986. It was at this time that Bobby Jones stated Nicklausplayed a game with which he was unfamiliar. After Nicklaus’ record in 1965,some changes were made to Augusta National to toughen the course. Between thesemodifications and the difficult weather, Nicklaus successfully defended histitle with an even par aggregate of 288, 17 shots higher. He won in an 18-holeplayoff over Gay Brewer and Tommy Jacobs by shooting a two-under par 70.Nicklaus led the PGA Tour money list again in 1965 by a healthy margin overTony Lema. In all, Nicklaus competed in 28 official worldwide events in 1965accumulating five victories, seven runners-up, 19 top-five finishes, 23 top-10finishes, and zero missed cuts. In 1966, Nicklaus also won the The OpenChampionship at Muirfield in Scotland under difficult weather conditions, usinghis driver just 17 times, because of very heavy rough. This was the only majorhe had failed to win up to that point. This win made him the youngest player,age 26 (his fifth year on Tour), and the only one after Gene Sarazen, BenHogan, and Gary Player (until Tiger Woods at age 24 during his fourth year onTour) to win all four major championships, now known as the Career Slam.Nicklaus eventually accomplished the double career slam in 1971 and the triplecareer slam in 1978, winning all four majors two and three times, respectively.Nicklaus concluded 1966 playing 22 official worldwide events with fourvictories, four runners-up, 14 top-five finishes, 16 top-10 finishes, and zeromissed cuts. The following year, he won his second U.S. Open title atBaltusrol, breaking Hogan’s 72-hole record by one shot with a 275. During thefour rounds, Nicklaus hit 61 of 72 greens in regulation. Nicklaus finished thisrecord win with a dramatic 239-yard one-iron shot, uphill into a breeze andlight rain, to the 72nd green (an approximate 260 yard equivalent) and holing a22-foot birdie putt to close out a final nine of 30 and final round of 65 tobeat Arnold Palmer by four shots. Nicklaus and Palmer were the only two playersto break par for the week. He also finished runner up in The Open Championshipand third in the PGA Championship one shot our of a playoff between Don Januaryand Don Massengale. For a third time, Nicklaus led the PGA Tour money list for1967. Later that year, Nicklaus and Palmer teamed up for a 13-shot wire-to-wireWorld Cup victory in Mexico City. Nicklaus competed in 24 official worldwideevents in 1967 with five victories, four runners-up, 14 top-five finishes, 16top-10 finishes, and one missed cut. Career downturn (1968-1970) After Nicklauswon the 1967 U.S. Open, he did not win another major championship until the1970 Open Championship at the Old Course at St Andrews. Moreover, his highestfinish on the Tour money list for the years 1968-70 was second; his lowest wasfourth, his worst ranking on the list since turning professional. However, itshould be noted that his fourth place ranking in 1970 would have been elevatedto second if The Open Championship winnings were included during that period inthe official PGA Tour money list, as they are today. In his inaugural Ryder Cupplay in 1969, Nicklaus was the anchor singles match on the final day and bothhis and the team matches were tied as he and opponent Tony Jacklin played theeighteenth hole. With the entire competition outcome riding on his match,Nicklaus made a five-foot par put on the last hole, and then conceded Jacklin’sthree-foot par putt to halve the individual match and the overall team results.This concession was considered by many as one of the greatest displays ofsportsmanship in the game’s history. As defending champions, the Americansretained possession of the Ryder Cup. During this period, Nicklaus also let hisphysical condition decline somewhat, putting on excess weight, which affectedhis stamina. He significantly improved his condition in the fall of 1969 bylosing twenty pounds, and his game returned to top form. In February 1970,Nicklaus’ father, Charlie Nicklaus, died. Soon after this Nicklaus won the 1970Open Championship under difficult scoring conditions where the wind howled upto 56 MPH, defeating fellow American Doug Sanders in an 18-hole playoff roundin emotional fashion. On the 18th hole of the playoff, Nicklaus drove about 380yards, through the par-4 green with a three-wood, and was forced to pitch backto the hole. His eagle pitch finished approximately eight feet short of thecup. Nicklaus threw his putter into the air after sinking the winning putt, ashe was thrilled to have won the Open at the home of golf, St Andrews. Hedescribes this period in his life: “I was playing good golf, but it reallywasn’t that big a deal to me one way or the other. And then my father passedaway and I sort of realized that he had certainly lived his life through mygolf game. I really hadn’t probably given him the best of that. So I sort ofgot myself back to work. So ‘70 was an emotional one for me from thatstandpoint. … It was a big boost.” Nicklaus also went on to capture thePiccadilly World Match Play Championship in 1970 with a 2 & 1 win over LeeTrevino in the championship match. In all for the year, Nicklaus competed in 23official worldwide events, won four, placed in the top five 10 times, and thetop 10 in 14. Record setter With a wire-to-wire two-shot win at the 1971 PGAChampionship in February over Billy Casper, Nicklaus became the first golfer towin all four majors twice in a career. In this championship, Nicklaus was theonly player to break 70 consecutively in the first two rounds under windyconditions and finished at seven-under par 281. Nicklaus finished second twiceand fifth in the remaining three major championships for the year. While hefinished tied for second in the Masters with Johnny Miller, Nicklaus made a bigenough impression on a young Nick Faldo (watching on TV in England) in orderfor him to take up the game seriously. By the end of the year, he had won fouradditional PGA tournaments including the Tournament of Champions by eight shotsand the National Team Championship with Arnold Palmer by six shots. With$244,490 in official PGA Tour earnings, Nicklaus established a new singleseason money record during the year. Nicklaus also claimed his third World Cupindividual title in 1971 with help from a 63 in the third round. He also wonthe team competition with partner Lee Trevino by 12 shots. 1971 broughtNicklaus a victory in the Australian Dunlop International as well, punctuatedby a course record 62 (his career low score in competition) in the secondround. For the record, Nicklaus played in 23 official worldwide events in 1971,won eight, had 17 top-five finishes, 20 top-10 finishes, and compiled a 5-1-0record in that year’s Ryder Cup competition. Nicklaus won the first two majorchampionships of 1972 by three shots each in wire-to-wire fashion, the Mastersand the U.S. Open, creating talk of a Grand Slam. Nicklaus opened with afour-under par 68 at Augusta National and never looked back. He was the onlyplayer under par for the week as he and the field battled difficult scoringconditions. In the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach again under severe scoringconditions, Nicklaus struck a one-iron on the 218-yard par-three 17th hole intoa stiff, gusty ocean breeze that hit the flagstick and ended up three inchesfrom the cup. The U.S. Open was Nicklaus’ 13th career major and tied him withBobby Jones for career majors (although a different group of tournaments hadbeen considered majors in Jones’s time). This victory was also Nicklaus’ 11thprofessional major tying him with Walter Hagen. He won a total of seventournaments during the year, and was runner-up in a further three PGA Tourevents. Nicklaus did not win the Grand Slam in 1972, however, as Lee Trevinorepeated as the Open Championship winner (Nicklaus finished second, one shotbehind), and Gary Player prevailed in the PGA Championship. He closed out thisremarkable year with a second of three consecutive Walt Disney World GolfClassic victories by shooting a 21-under par 267 to win by nine shots. Nicklausconcluded 1972 by competing in 20 official worldwide events winning seven,placing second in four, and compiling 15 top-10 finishes. Jones’s record ofmajors was soon broken when Nicklaus won the PGA Championship in August 1973 byfour shots over Bruce Crampton for his 12th professional major (surpassingHagen’s mark of 11) and 14th overall when using the old-style configuration ofJones’s day. In that year he won another six tournaments. The PGA Player of theYear was awarded to Nicklaus for the third time, and the second year in a row.Nicklaus was also the first player to win over $300,000.00 in official moneyfor a single season in 1972 at $320,542; he eclipsed that threshold again thefollowing year with $308,362. The former total was $106,137 more than runner-upLee Trevino. The latter total for the year 1973 catapulted Nicklaus over the $2million career PGA Tour earnings mark making him the first player to reach thatmilestone. Nicklaus teamed with Johnny Miller for another team title in theWorld Cup of Golf, held in Spain. For the year, Nicklaus competed in 20official worldwide events and claimed seven victories, 14 top-five finishes, 17top-10s, and compiled a 4-1-1 record in that year’s Ryder Cup competition.Nicklaus’ failure to win a major in 1974 was offset somewhat by winning theinaugural Tournament Players Championship and being named one of the 13original inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Nicklaus said this honorwas a “nice memento” after a “disappointing season”. Although he had no majorchampionship victories in 1974, Nicklaus still achieved four top-ten finishesin the four events, three of which were in the top four, and placed second onthe official money list behind Johnny Miller. While less than a stellar year,Nicklaus was able to claim two victories and 13 top-10 finishes in 20 officialworldwide events in 1974. Nicklaus started off well in 1975: he won theDoral-Eastern Open, the Sea Pines Heritage Classic, and the Masters inconsecutive starts. His Masters win was his fifth, a record he was to breakeleven years later. In this tournament, Nicklaus made a 40-foot putt on the16th hole of the final round to all but secure his victory over Tom Weiskopfand Johnny Miller in a riveting final round battle. He also won the PGAChampionship in August at Firestone Country Club by two shots over BruceCrampton for his fourth win. Having won the Masters and PGA Championship,Nicklaus missed a playoff for the U.S. Open by two shots and a playoff for OpenChampionship by one shot. His performance in 1975 resulted in his being namedPGA Player of the Year for the fourth time, tying Ben Hogan, and he was alsonamed ABC’s Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. Nicklaus also capturedhis fourth Australian Open during the year. 1975 yielded Nicklaus six wins, 12top-five finishes, and 16 top-10 finishes in 18 official worldwide events.Nicklaus’ performance from the five-year period of 1971 through 1975 issummarized as follows: Official Worldwide Tournaments Played: 101 Victories: 30Runners-up: 12 Top-Five Finishes: 64 Top-10 Finishes: 81 Missed Cuts: 0 MajorChampionships Played: 20 Major Championship Victories: 6 Major ChampionshipRunners-up: 4 Major Championship Top-Five Finishes: 17 Major ChampionshipTop-10 Finishes: 19 Ryder Cup Record: 11-4-2 Nicklaus placed first on the PGATour money list again in 1976, despite competing in only 16 events, winningjust two (Tournament Players Championship and World Series of Golf) neither ofthem majors and playing what he called “hang-back-and-hope golf”. The 1976Tournament Players Championship saw Nicklaus set a championship record of19-under par 269 for his second win in this event which remained in place untilGreg Norman’s 24-under par 264 assault in 1994. He also won the PGA Player ofthe Year award for a record fifth time. Between 1972 and 1976 the only time hefailed to win this award was 1974. The year 1976 also concluded an officialstreak of 105 consecutive cuts made on the PGA Tour which began for Nicklaus in1970. At the time this streak was second only to Byron Nelson’s record of 113.The following year, 1977, was also majorless for Nicklaus, but he did achievefour top-10 finishes in the four events inclusive of two second and one thirdplace finish – this being one shot out of the PGA Championship playoff betweenLanny Wadkins and Gene Littler. Despite a brilliant final round 66 at theMasters, he finished second by two shots to Tom Watson. But his subsequentsecond-place finish behind Watson at the Open Championship at Turnberry createdheadlines around the world. In a one-on-one battle dubbed the “Duel in theSun,” Nicklaus shot 65-66 in the final two rounds, only to be beaten by Watson,who scored 65-65. This event marked the first time 270 was broken in a majorchampionship and the third-place finisher Hubert Green scored 279. Nicklauswould later say: “There are those in golf who would argue into next month thatthe final two rounds of the 1977 British Open were the greatest head-to-headgolf match ever played. Not having been around for the first five hundred or soyears of the game, I’m not qualified to speak on such matters. What’s for sure,however, is that it was the most thrilling one-on-one battle of my career.” In1977, Nicklaus won his 63rd tour event, passing Ben Hogan to take second placeon the career wins list, behind only Sam Snead. He also became the first playerto amass over $3 million in official PGA Tour earnings. The year also sawNicklaus win for the first time his own Memorial Tournament in which hedescribed the victory as the most emotional moment of his entire career wherehe nearly decided to retire from competitive golf. During the 1977 Ryder Cup atRoyal Lytham & St Annes, Nicklaus approached the PGA of Great Britain aboutthe urgency to improve the competitive level of the contest. The issue had beendiscussed earlier the same day by both past PGA of America President Henry Poeand British PGA President Lord Derby. Nicklaus pitched his ideas, adding: “Itis vital to widen the selection procedures if the Ryder Cup is to continue toenjoy its past prestige.” The changes in team selection procedure were approvedby descendants of the Samuel Ryder family along with The PGA of America. Themajor change was expanding selection procedures to include players from theEuropean Tournament Players’ Division, and “that European Members be entitledto play on the team.” This meant that professional players on the EuropeanTournament Players’ Division, the forerunner to the European Tour we havetoday, from continental Europe would be eligible to play in the Ryder Cup.Nicklaus won the 1978 Open Championship at St. Andrews to become the onlyplayer to have won each major championship three times. This record has sincebeen tied by Tiger Woods, by winning the 2008 U.S. Open. Nicklaus and Woods arethe only two players to win three “Career Grand Slams”. Nicklaus considered hisperformance in the 1978 Open as the finest four days of tee-to-green golf hehad ever produced and was most proud that the win came at St. Andrews, hisfavorite place to play golf. The victory was also his most emotional to date.Nicklaus won three other tournaments that year on the PGA Tour including theJackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic by playing the final 36 holes 13 under parthat included five consecutive birdies over the closing holes in the finalround plus the Tournament Players Championship in difficult weather conditions,and was named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated. The latter win wasNicklaus’ third Tournament Players Championship having won three of the firstfive played and he remains that championship’s only three-time winner. 1978also marked Nicklaus’ sixth and final Australian Open victory. After that yearhe suffered a lapse of form, not winning another tournament until June 1980.The year of 1979 was the first since turning professional in which he failed towin a tournament; he had only one runner-up finish plus tied for second withBen Crenshaw behind 22-year-old Seve Ballesteros at The Open Championship.Previously, Nicklaus won a minimum of two tournaments per year for 17consecutive years. During the offseason, Nicklaus addressed two problems whichhad hurt his performance. His lifelong teacher Jack Grout noticed that he hadbecome much too upright with his full swing causing a steep, oblique approachinto the ball vs. a more direct hit; this was corrected by flattening or“deepening” his backswing. Then Nicklaus’ short game, never a career strength,was further developed with the help of Phil Rodgers, a 20-year friend andearlier PGA Tour rival, who had become a fine coach. Rodgers lived for a timeat the Nicklaus home while this work was going on. In 1980, Nicklaus recordedonly four top-10 finishes in 14 events, but two of these were record-settingvictories in majors (the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship); the other twowere a tie for fourth in The Open Championship and a runner-up finish in theDoral-Eastern Open to Raymond Floyd via his chip-in birdie on the first hole ofa sudden-death playoff. These victories and placements more than justified thework Nicklaus put in toward his game during the off-season. Nicklaus set a newscoring record for the 1980 U.S. Open with an aggregate of 272 that whilehaving been tied by three other players still stands today, eclipsing hisearlier record of 275 from 1967. This was his second win at Baltusrol GolfClub. Nicklaus opened with a record-tying 63 in round one and fought off hisplaying partner of all four rounds, 1978 Colgate World Match Play Championshipwinner, Isao Aoki. Entering the final round, Aoki had caught Nicklaus afterthree consecutive rounds of 68, but over the course of the last day, Nicklauspulled away by two shots. Each player birdied the final two holes for adramatic finish. Aoki’s aggregate of 274 was the lowest score for a U.S. Openrunner-up and would have been the winning total any other year. Nicklaus’ winwas his fourth and final victory in the championship tying him with WillieAnderson, Bobby Jones, and Ben Hogan. Nicklaus referred to this win as “by farthe most emotional and warmest reaction to any of my wins in my own country”.In the 1980 PGA Championship, Nicklaus set another record in winning thechampionship by seven shots over Andy Bean at the Oak Hill Country Club largelydue to exceptional putting. Nicklaus shot an even-par 70 in the first roundfollowed by three successive rounds in the 60s over the difficult terrain andwas the only player to break par for the 72 holes. for the week, the fieldaveraged 74.60 strokes while Nicklaus averaged 68.50. This was Nicklaus’ fifthand final victory in the PGA Championship which elevated him to record-holderfor the most wins in the stroke-play era and tied him with Walter Hagen for themost wins overall since the latter’s victories were all during the match-playera. Nicklaus’ seven-shot winning margin remains the largest for thechampionship since converting from match play to stroke play in 1958. Thisvictory also made Nicklaus the only player since Gene Sarazen in 1922 and BenHogan in 1948 to win the U.S. Open and PGA Championship the same year(subsequently equaled by Tiger Woods in 2000). Over the next five yearsNicklaus won only twice on the PGA Tour, including his own Memorial Tournamentin 1984 for the second time as that tournament’s first repeat champion. Heaccumulated seven more top-10 placements in major championships including threerunner-up performances. Nicklaus also finished second in the 1985 Canadian Opento Curtis Strange which marked his seventh and final second place finish inthat tournament. These seven runner-up finishes came over the course of 21events – or one second place finish for every three tournaments played and doesnot include a third place finish in 1983 one shot out of the playoff betweenJohn Cook and Johnny Miller. Also in 1983, Nicklaus closed out the PGAChampionship and World Series of Golf with brilliant final rounds of 65 andpassed many players to move into contention, but finished runner-up in each toPlayer of the Year Hal Sutton and red-hot Nick Price, respectively, whodominated the tournaments from start to finish. Despite not winning a PGA Tourevent in 1983, Nicklaus finished 10th on the PGA Tour money list and passed asignificant milestone by becoming the first player to eclipse the $4 millionlevel in career earnings. During this five-year period, the Ryder Cup matchesprovided Nicklaus with two bright spots. He completed his competition as aplayer in style by contributing a perfect 4-0-0 record inclusive of a 5 & 3anchor singles match win over Eamonn Darcy in 1981 and captained the UnitedStates team in 1983 to a one-point win over Europe. In 1986, Nicklaus cappedhis career by recording his sixth Masters victory under incrediblecircumstances, posting a six-under par 30 on the back nine at Augusta for afinal round of seven-under par 65. At the 17th hole, Nicklaus hit his secondshot to within 18 feet and rolled it in for birdie, raising his putter incelebration and completing an eagle-birdie-birdie run. Nicklaus made avictory-sealing par-4 at the 72nd hole, and waited for the succeeding playersto falter. Nicklaus played the final 10 holes seven under par with six birdiesand an eagle. At age 46, Nicklaus became the oldest Masters winner in history,a record which still stands. On the feat, sports columnist Thomas Boswellremarked, “Some things cannot possibly happen, because they are both tooimprobable and too imperfect. The U.S. hockey team cannot beat the Russians inthe 1980 Olympics. Jack Nicklaus cannot shoot 65 to win The Masters at age 46.Nothing else comes immediately to mind.” This victory was his 18th major titleas a professional. Before the 1986 Masters Tournament, Tom McCollister, writingin the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, said that Nicklaus was “done, washed up,through,” and this spurred him on. He said: “I kept thinking all week,‘Through, washed up, huh?’ I sizzled for a while. But then I said to myself,‘I’m not going to quit now, playing the way I’m playing. I’ve played too well,too long to let a shorter period of bad golf be my last.” This victory was tobe his last in his long career on the PGA Tour and was described at the time bynoted golf historian and writer Herbert Warren Wind as “nothing less than themost important accomplishment in golf since Bobby Jones’ Grand Slam in 1930″.Author Ken Bowden would write after the win: “There have been prettier swingersof the club than Jack Nicklaus. There may have been better ball-strikers thanJack Nicklaus. There have definitely been better short-game exponents than JackNicklaus. Other golfers have putted as well as Jack Nicklaus. There may havebeen golfers as dedicated and fiercely competitive as Jack Nicklaus. But noindividual has been able to develop and combine and sustain all of the complexphysical skills and the immense mental and emotional resources the game demandsat its highest level as well as Jack Nicklaus has for as long as he has.” Atthe age of 58, Nicklaus made another valiant run at the 1998 Masters, where hetied for sixth despite being hampered by an ever-increasing painful left hip.Nicklaus’ five-under par 283 is the lowest 72-hole score by a player over 50 inthe Masters. Over the course of his 25-year span (19621986) of winning 18 majorchampionships, Nicklaus finished second an astounding 18 times (excludes thesecond place finish at the 1960 U.S. Open as an amateur). In addition to the 18runners-up as a professional, Nicklaus placed third four times and fourth onetime and in each case was one shot out of a playoff. Nicklaus’ total span of 73top-10 finishes was 39 years (19601998) which is a record in total number aswell as longevity among the four major championships and encompassed his tenurefrom an amateur through the majority of his Champions Tour career. ChampionsTour career Nicklaus became eligible to join the Senior PGA Tour, now known asthe Champions Tour, when he turned 50 in January 1990, at which point hedeclared, “I’m never satisfied. Trouble is, I want to play like mend I can’tplay like me anymore.” He then quickly won in his first start on the Tour, TheTradition, also a Senior Tour major championship. Nicklaus would go on to winanother three Traditions – the final two in succession – while the most anyoneelse has won is two. Nicklaus walks up to his ball on the 9th hole of the par-3course at Augusta National Golf Club during the 2006 par-3 contest. Later inthe year, Nicklaus won the Senior Players Championship by six shots over LeeTrevino for his second win of the year, and also his second major of the yearby shooting a record 27-under par 261. The next year, in 1991, Nicklaus wonthree of the five events he started in, those being the U.S. Senior Open atOakland Hills by firing a 65 in a playoff against Chi Chi Rodriguez and hisfine round of 69, the PGA Seniors Championship and The Tradition for the secondyear straight. These, again, were all majors on the Champions Tour. Nicklaushas won all the Champions Tour majors with the exception of the Senior BritishOpen. However, he never played the Senior British Open which was only elevatedto a major in 2003. After a winless year in 1992, Nicklaus came back to win theU.S. Senior Open for the second time in 1993 by one shot over Tom Weiskopf.Also in that year he teamed up with Chi Chi Rodriguez and Raymond Floyd to winthe Wendy’s Three Tour Challenge for the Senior Tour team. In 1994 he won theSenior Tour’s version of the Mercedes Championship for his only win of theyear. The Tradition was his again in 1995, in a year where he made the top 10in all of the seven tournaments he entered in. His 100th career win came thenext year, when he won the Tradition for the fourth time, and second time insuccession. He made a double eagle in the final round. Nicklaus closed thefinal 36 holes with back-to-back seven-under par rounds of 65 to shoot a16-under par 272 and win by three shots over Hale Irwin. This was to be hislast win on the Champions Tour, and the last official win of his career. Closeof playing career Nicklaus’ final U.S. Open was held at Pebble Beach Golf Linksin 2000, where he shot 73-82 to miss the cut. Later in the year, he was pairedwith Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh in his final PGA Championship only a few daysafter the death of his mother, where he also missed the cut by one shot. Inboth tournaments, Nicklaus provided last minute heroics by reaching the par-518th in two shots in the U.S. Open and nearly holing his wedge shot for eagleat the par-5 18th in the PGA Championship. Nicklaus played without muchpreparation in the 2005 Masters, a month after the drowning death of his17-month-old grandson Jake (child of his son, Steve) on March 1, 2005. He andSteve played golf as therapy for their grief following the death. After days ofplaying, it was Steve who suggested his dad return to The Masters. He made thathis last appearance in the tournament. Later in 2005, Nicklaus finished hisprofessional career at The Open Championship played at St Andrews on July 15,2005. Nicklaus turned 65 in January that year, which was the last year he couldenter The Open Championship as an exempt player. He played with Luke Donald andTom Watson in his final round. After hitting his tee shot off the 18th tee inthe second round, Nicklaus received a ten-minute standing ovation from thecrowd. Soon afterwards, Nicklaus ended his career with a fitting birdie, holinga fifteen-foot birdie putt on the 18th green. Nicklaus missed the 36-hole cutwith a score of +3 (147). The last competitive tournament in which Nicklausplayed in the United States was the Champions Tour’s Bayer Advantage Classic inOverland Park, Kansas on June 13, 2005. Off-the-course career Golf coursedesign Nicklaus devotes much of his time to golf course design and operates oneof the largest golf design practices in the world. In the mid-1960s, Pete Dyeinitially requested Nicklaus’ opinion in the architecture process of The GolfClub in suburban Columbus, OH and the input increased from that point forward.Nicklaus considered golf course design another facet of the game that kept himinvolved and offered a challenge. His first design, Harbour Town Golf Links,was opened for play in 1969. A subsequent early, yet more prominent design wasMuirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, OH which opened in 1974 and has hostedthe Memorial Tournament since its inception in 1976. This course has alsohosted the 1987 Ryder Cup and the 1998 Solheim Cup matches. For the first fewyears, all of his projects were co-designs with either Pete Dye or DesmondMuirhead, who were two of the leading golf course architects of that era. Hisfirst solo design, Glen Abbey Golf Course in Oakville, Ontario, opened for playin 1976. This course served as the host site for the Canadian Open for manyyears, the first being in 1977. In 2000, the King & Bear opened in St.Augustine, FL as a joint collaboration between Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. In2006, the Concession Golf Club opened in Sarasota, FL as a joint collaborationbetween Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin to commemorate their historic Ryder Cupsingles match in 1969. Nicklaus is in partnership with his four sons and hisson-in-law through Nicklaus Design. The company had 299 courses open for playat the end of 2005, which was nearly 1% of all the courses in the world (In2005 Golf Digest calculated that there were nearly 32,000 golf courses in theworld, approximately half of them in the United States.). While the majority ofNicklaus-designed courses reside in the United States, a significant presencealso occupies Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, and Mexico. For 2009, NicklausDesign had 12 courses in Golf Digest “75 Best Golf Resorts in North America”.It has been suggested that this section be split into a new article titled Listof Jack Nicklaus designed golf courses. (Discuss) Other Nicklaus-designed golfcourses include: Grand Geneva Resort, Lake Geneva, WI 1970 John’s Island –South Course, Vero Beach, FL 1970 Wabeek Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, MI1972 Golf Center at Kings Island – Bruin, Mason, OH 1973 Golf Center at KingsIsland – Grizzly, Mason, OH 1973 Mayacoo Lakes Country Club, West Palm Beach,FL 1973 New Saint Andrews Golf Club, Otawara, Tochigi, Japan 1973 La MoralejaGolf Club, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain 1976 Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club,Shoal Creek, AL 1976 The Australian Golf Club, Rosebery, New South Wales,Australia 1977 (redesign) The Greenbrier Course, White Sulphur Springs, WV 1978(redesign) Bear’s Paw Country Club, Naples, FL 1980 Lochinvar Golf Club,Houston, TX 1980 Annandale Golf Club, Madison, MS 1981 Castle Pines Golf Club,Castle Rock, CO 1981 The Club at Morningside, Rancho Mirage, CA 1981 The Hillsof Lakeway – The Hills Country Club Course, Austin, TX 1981 Sailfish Point GolfClub, Stuart, FL 1981 Turtle Point Golf Club, Kiawah Island, SC 1981 Bear CreekGolf Club, Murrieta, CA 1982 The Country Club at Muirfield Village, Dublin, OH1982 Atlanta Country Club, Atlanta, GA 1983 (redesign) Park Meadows CountryClub, Park City, UT 1983 Bear Lakes Country Club, West Palm Beach, FL 1984Country Club of the Rockies, Edwards, CO 1984 Desert Highlands, Scottsdale, AZ1984 Elk River Golf Club, Banner Elk, NC 1984 Grand Cypress Golf Club, Orlando,FL 1984 Grand Traverse Resort, Acme, MI 1984 La Paloma Country Club, Tucson, AZ1984 The Loxahatchee Club, Jupiter, FL 1984 Meridian Golf Club, Englewood, CO1984 Bear Lakes Country Club – Lakes Course, West Palm Beach, FL 1985 BritanniaGolf and Beach Club, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies 1985 St.Andrews Golf Club, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 1985 (redesign) The Country Club atCastle Pines, Castle Rock, CO 1986 The Country Club of Louisiana, Baton Rouge,LA 1986 Dallas Athletic Club – Blue Course, Dallas, TX 1986 St. Mellion HotelGolf & Country Club, Cornwall, England 1986 Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville,KY 1986 Bear Lakes Country Club – Links Course, West Palm Beach, FL 1987Breckenridge Golf Club, Breckenridge, CO 1987 Country Club of The South,Alpharetta, GA 1987 Daufuskie Island Club & Resort – Melrose Course, HiltonHead Island, SC 1987 Desert Mountain – Cochise, Scottsdale, AZ 1987 DesertMountain – Renegade, Scottsdale, AZ 1987 PGA West – Private Course, La Quinta,CA 1987 PGA West – Resort Course, La Quinta, CA 1987 English Turn Golf &Country Club, New Orleans, LA 1988 Golf Club Crans-Sur-Sierre,Crans-Sur-Sierre, Valais, Switzerland 1988 Golf Club Gut Altentann, Henndorf,Salzburg, Austria 1988 Grand Cypress Golf Club – New Course, Orlando, FL 1988Kauai Lagoons – Kiele Course, Lihue, HI 1988 Pawleys Plantation, PawleysIsland, SC 1988 Ptarmigan Country Club, Fort Collins, CO 1988 Richland CountryClub, Nashville, TN 1988 Sunny Field Golf Club, Gozenyama, Ibaraki, Japan 1988Avila Golf & Country Club, Tampa, FL 1989 Dallas Athletic Club – GoldCourse, Mesquite, TX 1989 Desert Mountain – Geronimo, Scottsdale, AZ 1989 EagleOaks Golf Club, Farmingdale, NJ 1989 Kauai Lagoons – Mokihana Course, Lihue, HI1989 The Long Bay Club, Longs, SC 1989 National Golf Club, Village ofPinehurst, NC 1989 Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, CA 1989 ShimonosekiGolden Golf Club, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan 1989 St. Creek Golf Club,Asuke, Aichi, Japan 1989 Sycamore Hills Golf Club, Fort Wayne, IN 1989 WynstoneGolf Club, North Barrington, IL 1989 Country Club of Landfall, Wilmington, NC1990 Governors Club, Chapel Hill, NC 1990 Japan Memorial Golf Club, Yakawa-cho,Nara, Japan 1990 Oakmont Golf Club, Yamazoe, Nara, Japan 1990 PGA National,Palm Beach Gardens, FL 1990 (redesign) TPC of Michigan, Dearborn, MI 1990Colleton River Plantation Club, Bluffton, SC 1991 Dove Canyon Country Club,Dove Canyon, CA 1991 Hanbury Manor, Ware, Herfordshire, England 1991 HokkaidoClassic Golf Club, Hayakita, Hokkaido, Japan 1991 Ibis Golf & CC –Heritage, West Palm Beach, FL 1991 Ibis Golf & CC – Legend, West PalmBeach, FL 1991 Legacy Golf Links, Aberdeen, NC 1991 Mission Hills Golf Club –Kanchanaburi, Thamuang, Kanchanaburi, Thailand 1991 Mount Juliet, ThomastownCounty, Kilkenny, Ireland 1991 Paris International Golf Club, Paris, France1991 The Club at Nevillewood, Nevillewood, PA 1992 Damai Indah Golf &Country Club, Jakarta, Banten, Indonesia 1992 Glenmoor Country Club, Canton, OH1992 Great Waters at Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro, GA 1992 Hananomori GolfClub, Ohira, Miyagi, Japan 1992 Huis Ten Bosch Country Club, Seihi, Nagasaki,Japan 1992 Komono Golf Club, Komono, Mie, Japan 1992 Manila Southwoods Golf& Country Club – Legends, Carmona, Cavite, Philippines 1992 Natural ParkRamindra Golf Club, Klongsamwa, Bangkok, Thailand 1992 New Albany Country Club,New Albany, OH 1992 The Challenge at Manele, Lanai City, HI 1993 Chang An Golf& Country Club, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan 1993 Chung Shan Hot Spring GolfClub, Zhongshan City, Guangdong, China 1993 Country Club of the North,Beavercreek, OH 1993 Gleneagles Hotel – The PGA Centenary Course, Auchterarder,Perthshire, Scotland 1993 Golden Bear Golf Club at Indigo Run, Hilton HeadIsland, SC 1993 Laem Chabang International Country Club, Sriracha, Chonburi,Thailand 1993 Las Campanas – Sunrise, Santa Fe, NM 1993 Leo Palace ResortManenggon Hills, Barrigada, GMF, Guam 1993 Manila Southwoods Golf & CountryClub – Masters, Carmona, Cavite, Philippines 1993 The Medallion Club,Westerville, OH 1993 Mission Hills Khao Yai Golf Club, Pak Chong, NakhonRatchasima, Thailand 1993 Palmilla Golf Club, Los Cabos, Baja California Sur,Mexico 1993 Santa Lucia River Club at Ballantrae, Port St. Lucie, FL 1993Sendai Minami Golf Club, Shibat-gun, Miyagi-ken, Japan 1993 Springfield RoyalCountry Club, Cha-Am, Phetchaburi, Thailand 1993 Sungai Long Golf & CountryClub, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia 1993 Barrington Golf Club, Aurora, OH 1994Cabo del Sol – Ocean Course, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico 1994Castlewoods Country Club – The Bear, Brandon, MS 1994 Ishioka Golf Club, Ogawa,Ibaraki, Japan 1994 London Golf Club – The Heritage, Ash, Kent, England 1994London Golf Club – The International Course, Ash, Kent, England 1994 MiramarLinkou Golf & Country Club, Linkou Hsiang, Taipei, Taiwan 1994 MissionHills Golf Club – World Cup Course, Guanlan Town, Shenzhen, China 1994Montecastillo Hotel & Golf Resort, Jerez, Cadiz, Spain 1994 The Zenzation,Pak Chong, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand 1994 Borneo Golf & Country Club,Bongawan, Sabah, Malaysia 1995 Bukit Darmo Golf Club, Surabaya, Indonesia 1995Eagle Bend Golf Club – Championship Course, Big Fork, MT 1995 Emeralda Golf& Country Club – Plantation North Course, Cimanngis, Bogor, Indonesia 1995La Gorce Country Club, Miami Beach, FL 1995 (redesign) Le Robinie Golf &Sporting Club, Solbiate Olona, Varese, Italy 1995 Mission Hills Golf Club –Valley Course, Guanlan Town, Shenzhen, China 1995 President Country Club,Tochigi, Tochigi, Japan 1995 Sanyo Golf Club, Okayama, Japan 1995 TamarinSantana Golf Club, Batam, Riau, Indonesia 1995 Williamsburg National,Williamsburg, VA 1995 Bearpath Golf & Country Club, Eden Prairie, MN 1996Bukit Barisan Country Club at Medan, Medan, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia 1996Country Club Bosques, Hidalgo, Distrito Federal, Mexico 1996 Desert Mountain –Apache, Scottsdale, AZ 1996 Golf Club at Indigo Run, Hilton Head Island, SC1996 The Golf Club of Purchase, Purchase, NY 1996 Hammock Creek Golf Club, PalmCity, FL 1996 Hertfordshire Golf & Country Club, Hertfordshire, England1996 Hibiki no Mori Country Club, Kurabuchi, Gunma, Japan 1996 Hualalai GolfClub, Kailua-Kona, HI 1996 Lakelands Golf Club, Robina, Queensland, Australia1996 Nicklaus North Golf Course, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada 1996 RokkoKokusai, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan 1996 Ruby Hill Golf Club, Pleasanton, CA 1996Southshore at Lake Las Vegas, Henderson, NV 1996 Sun Belgravia Golf Club,Nukata, Aichi, Japan 1996 Top of the Rock Golf Course, Ridgedale, MO 1996 AspenGlen Golf Club, Carbondale, CO 1997 Bintan Lagoon – Seaview Course, Bintan,Riau, Indonesia 1997 Empire Hotel & Country Club, Negara Brunei Darussalam,Jerudong, Brunei 1998 Forest Hills Golf & Country Club, Inarawan, Antipolo,Philippines 1997 Golf Platz Gut Larchenhof, Cologne, Germany 1997 Great BearGolf & Country Club, East Stroudsburg, PA 1997 James Island, Victoria,British Columbia, Canada 1997 Legends Golf & Country Resort, Kulai, Johor,Malaysia 1997 Montreux Golf & Country Club, Reno, NV 1997 Old Works GolfCourse, Anaconda, MT 1997 Ruitoque Country Club, Bucaramanga, Colombia 1997Salem Glen Country Club, Clemmons, NC 1997 Spring City Resort, Kunming City,Yunnan, China 1997 Stonewolf Golf Club, Fairview Heights, IL 1997 SuzhouSunrise Golf Club, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China 1997 Taman Dayu Club, Pandaan, EastJava, Indonesia 1997 Arzaga Golf Club, Drugolo di Lonato, Brescia, Italy 1998The Bear Trace at Cumberland Mountain, Crossville, TN 1998 Carden Park,Cheshire, England 1998 Classic Golf Resort – Basant Lok, Vasant Vihar, NewDelhi, India 1998 Grand Haven Golf Club, Palm Coast, FL 1998 J&P Golf Club,Utsonomiya, Tochigi, Japan 1998 Laurel Springs Golf Club, Suwanee, GA 1998Legends West at Diablo Grande, Patterson, CA 1998 Nanhu Country Club,Guangzhou, Guangdong, China 1998 Pecanwood Estate, Hartebeespoort Dam, Guateng,South Africa 1998 Phoenix Park Golf Club, Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do, South Korea1998 Reflection Bay Golf Club at Lake Las Vegas, Henderson, NV 1998 SherwoodHills Golf & Country Club, Trece Martires, Cavite, Philippines 1998Superstition Mountain Golf & Country Club – Prospector, SuperstitionMountain, AZ 1998 Vermont National Country Club, South Burlington, VT 1998Westlake Golf & Country Club, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China 1998 AlabangCountry Club, Alabang, Muntinlupa, Philippines 1999 Aliso Viejo Golf Club,Aliso Viejo, CA 1999 Aston Oaks, North Bend, OH 1999 The Bear Trace at HarrisonBay, Harrison, TN 1999 The Bear Trace at Tims Ford, Winchester, TN 1999 CampJohn Hay, Bagio, Benguet, Philippines 1999 The Club at Twin Eagles, Naples, FL1999 Coyote Creek Golf Club – Tournament Course, San Jose, CA 1999 DesertMountain – Chiricahua, Scottsdale, AZ 1999 El Dorado Golf & Beach Club, SanJose del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico 1999 Estrella Mountain Ranch GolfClub, Goodyear, AZ 1999 Four Seasons Golf Club Punta Mita, Punta Mita, Nayarit,Mexico, 1999 The Golden Bear Club at Keene’s Pointe, Windermere, FL 1999 TheGolf Club at Mansion Ridge, Monroe, NY 1999 Grand Bear Golf Course, Saucier, MS1999 New Capital Golf Club, Yamaoka, Gigu, Japan 1999 Okanagan Golf Club,Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada 1999 Palm Island Golf Club, Hui Yang City,Guangdong, China 1999 Palmilla Ocean Nine, San Jose del Cabo, BCS, Mexico 1999Punta Mita Club de Golf – Pacifico Course, Punta Mita, Nayarit, Mexico 1999 TheRoaring Fork Club, Basalt, CO 1999 Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort,Flintstone, MD 1999 Shanghai Links Golf & Country Club, Pudong New Area,Shanghai, China 1999 Spring Creek Ranch, Collierville, TN 1999 SuperstitionMountain Golf & Country Club – Lost Gold, Superstition Mountain, AZ 1999TPC at Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoqualmie, WA 1999 Achasta Golf Club, Dahlonega, GA2000 Bear Creek Golf Course at Chandler, Chandler, AZ 2000 The Bear Trace atChickasaw, Henderson, TN 2000 The Bear’s Club, Jupiter, FL 2000 Bear’s PawJapan Country Club, Kouga-gun, Shiga-ken, Japan 2000 The Club at Porto Cima,Lake Ozark, MO 2000 Country Club of Landfall II, Wilmington, NC 2000 GapyeongBenest Golf Club, Gapyeong-gun, Kyonggi-do, South Korea 2000 Gapyeong BenestGolf Club – Nicklaus Design Course, Gapyeong-gun, Kyonggi-do, South Korea 2000Heritage Golf & Country Club, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2000 LasCampanas – Sunset, Santa Fe, NM 2000 The Ocean Course at Hammock Beach, PalmCoast, FL 2000 Pasadera Country Club, Monterey, CA 2000 Whispering Pines GolfClub, Trinity, TX 2000 Winghaven Country Club, O’Fallon, MO 2000 Bear CreekGolf Course at Chandler – Short Course, Chandler, AZ 2001 Bear Trace at RossCreek Landing, Clifton, TN 2001 Bear’s Best Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 2001Breckenridge – Elk Nine, Breckenridge, CO 2001 The Club at Carlton Woods, TheWoodlands, TX 2001 Coyote Creek Golf Club, Bartonville, IL 2001 Coyote CreekGolf Club – Valley Course, San Jose, CA 2001 Cozumel Country Club, Cozumel,Quintana Roo, Mexico 2001 Ibis Golf & CC – Tradition, West Palm Beach, FL2001 Mayacama Golf Club, Santa Rosa, CA 2001 Montreux – 3 Holes, Reno, NV 2001Nicklaus Golf Club at Lionsgate, Overland Park, KS 2001 Olympic Staff AshikagaGolf Course, Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan 2001 Pine Valley Golf & Country Club– Golden Bear Course, Beijing, Changping, China 2001 Ross Creek Landing,Clifton, TN 2001 The Summit at Cordillera, Edwards, CO 2001 Vista Vallarta GolfClub, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico 2001 WuYi Fountain Palm Golf Club,Jiangmen, Guangdong, China 2001 Bear’s Best Atlanta, Suwanee, GA 2002 CanadasDe Santa Fe, Mexico City, C.P., Distrito Federal, Mexico 2002 Cherry CreekCountry Club, Denver, CO 2002 Cimarron Hills Country Club, Georgetown, TX 2002The Club at Hokuli`a, Kailua Kona, HI 2002 Dalhousie Golf Club, Cape Girardeau,MO 2002 The Hills of Lakeway – The Flintrock Fans Course, Austin, TX 2002Hokulia Golf Club, Kailua-Kona, HI 2002 Lost Tree Club, North Palm Beach, FL2002 (redesign) The Moon Palace Golf Club, Cancun, Mexico 2002 Northern BearGolf Club, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada 2002 Pinehills Golf Club, Plymouth,MA 2002 The Reserve at Lake Keowee, Sunset, SC 2002 Reserve Club at WoodsidePlantation, Aiken, SC 2002 The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club and Spa, Jupiter, FL 2002Takaraike Golf Course, Nara, Japan 2002 The Tradition Golf Club, Okazaki-shi,Aichi, Japan 2002 Arabian Ranches, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2003 The Bear’sClub Par 3, Jupiter, FL 2003 Bear Mountain Golf & Country Club, Victoria,British Columbia, Canada 2003 The Bull at Pinehurst Farms, Sheboygan Falls, WI2003 The Club at Longview, Charlotte, NC 2003 Desert Mountain – Outlaw,Scottsdale, AZ 2003 Mayan Palace – Riviera Maya, Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo,Mexico 2003 Pearl Valley Golf Estate & Spa, Franschhoek, Western Cape,South Africa 2003 Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club, Boca Raton, FL 2003Sagamore Club, Noblesville, IN 2003 Angeles National Golf Club, Sunland, CA2004 Chapelco Golf & Resort, San Martin de los Andes, Neuquen, Argentina2004 The Club at Pronghorn, Bend, OR 2004 May River Club, Bluffton, SC 2004Mission Hills Phuket Golf Resort & Spa, Talang, Phuket, Thailand 2004 OldGreenwood, Truckee, CA 2004 Toscana Country Club, Indian Wells, CA 2004Traditions Club, Bryan, TX 2004 Tres Marias Residencial Golf Club, Morelia,Michoacan, Mexico 2004 Bay Creek, Cape Charles, VA 2005 Bay Point Golf Club,Panama City Beach, FL 2005 (redesign) Bayside Resort Golf Club, Selbyville, DE2005 The Bridges Golf & Country Club, Montrose, CO 2005 Champions RetreatGolf Club – Bluffs Course, Augusta, GA 2005 The Cliffs at Walnut Cove,Asheville, NC 2005 Club Polaris Golf Resort, Seoul, South Korea 2005 Escena,Palm Springs, CA 2005 Laguna Del Mar, Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico 2004Machynys Peninsula Golf Club, Carmarthenshire, Wales, England 2005 Moon Palace– 3rd Nine, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico 2005 Olympic Country Club – LakeTsuburada, Misato-cho, Saitama Prefecture, Japan 2005 Palisades Country Club,Charlotte, NC 2005 Real de Faula, Xeresa, Valencia, Spain 2006 Simola Golf& Country Lodge, Knysna, South Africa 2005 Toscana Country Club – North,Indian Wells, CA 2005 The Broadmoor Golf Club, Colorado Springs, CO 2006 DismalRiver Club, Mullen, NE 2006 La Torre, Torre Pacheo, Murcia, Spain 2006 NorthPalm Beach Country Club, North Palm Beach, FL 2006 The Peninsula, PuertoPenasco, Sonora, Mexico 2006 The Peninsula Golf & Country Club, Millsboro,DE 2006 Punta Espada, Punta Cana, La Alta Gracia, Dominican Republic 2006Puntiro Golf Club, Mallorca, Spain 2006 Reserve Club at St. James Plantation,Southport, NC 2006 The Retreat Golf & Country Club, Corona, CA 2006 ScarletCourse at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2006 (redesign) Sebonack GolfClub, Southhampton, NY 2006 Sherwood Lake Club, Thousand Oaks, CA 2006 St.Francis Links, St. Francis Bay, South Africa 2006 Asturiano Golf Club, Cuautla,Mexico 2007 The Cliffs at Keowee, Sunset, SC 2007 Club Campestre, Cabo SanLucas, Mexico 2007 Cordillera Ranch, Boerne, TX 2006 Cougar Canyon Golf Links,Trinidad, CO 2007 El Valle Golf Resort, Torre Pacheco, Spain 2007 The KinlochClub/Jack Nicklaus Golf Club New Zealand, Kinloch, Noan Island, New Zealand2007 La Loma Club de Golf, San Luis Potosi, Mexico 2007 Monte Rei, Faro,Portugal 2007 Moorea Golf Resort, Moorea, French Polynesia, Tahiti 2007Nordelta, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2007 Oak Valley Resort, Wonju, Kangwan-Do,South Korea 2007 Old Corkscrew, Estero, FL 2007 Pine Valley Golf & CountryClub – Nicklaus Course, Beijing, Changping, China 2007 Promontory, The RanchClub, Park City, UT 2007 Real de Faula II, Benidorm, Valencia, Spain 2007 Sky72 Golf Club – Ocean Course, Incheon, South Korea 2007 Suzhou Sunrise II, LumuTown, Suzhou, China 2007 The Tradition Course Ginn Reunion Resort, Kissimmee,FL 2007 Villaitama & Villaitama II, Benidorm, Spain 2007 Whispering Oak atVerandah Club, Ft. Myers, FL 2007 Bear Lake Golf Club, Cashiers, NC 2008Bosques Real, Mexico City, Mexico 2008 The Club at Creighton Farms, LoudounCounty, VA 2008 Coyote Springs – The Chase, Clark County, NV 2008 DonneakoCountry Club, Seogwipo, Jeju Island, South Korea 2008 El Rio Country Club,Guadalajara, Mexico 2008 Hacienda Riquelme Golf Resort, Riquelme, Spain 2008The Idaho Club, Sandpoint, ID 2008 Killeen Castle Golf Resort, Dublin, Ireland2008 Puerto Los Cabos, Punta Gorda, Mexico 2008 Riviera Cancun, Tecera Etapa deCancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico 2008 Samanah Country Club, Marrakech, Morocco 2008Shadow Creek, Beijing, China 2008 Temae Resort, Tahiti, French Polynesia 2008Tseleevo Golf Polo Club, Moscow, Russia 2008 Yucatan Village & Resort,Merida, Yucatan, Mexico 2008 Bear Mountain Resort – Valley Course, Victoria,British Columbia, Canada 2009 Punta Mita Bahia, Punta Mita, Mexico 2009 RedLedges, Heber City, UT 2009 The Ritz Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain, Tucson,AZ 2009 Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate, Johannesburg, South Africa 2009Twelve Oaks, Raleigh, NC 2009 Twelve Shores Golf Club, Logan, NM 2009 AngelHill, Chongqing, China 2010 Applecross Country Club, East Brandywine, PA 2010Cao Fei Dian Golf Club, Tangshan City, China 2010 Condado de Alhama I, TorrePacheco, Spain 2010 Fyre Lake National, Sherrard, IL 2010 Gold Golf CountryClub – Pines Course, Senica, Slovakia 2010 Hampton Poi…