Jack (William) Nicklaus

Golfer, born in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He won the US Amateur title in 1959 and 1961, then turned professional. Runner-up to Arnold Palmer in the 1960 US Open, as amateur, he has since won all the world's major tournaments: the (British) Open (1966, 1970, 1978), the US Open (1962, 1967, 1972, 1980), the US Professional Golfers Association tournament a record-equalling five times (1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980), and the US Masters a record six times (1963, 1965–6, 1972, 1975, 1986). His win in 1986 was at the age of 46 years 82 days, the oldest winner of the event. His 18 professional majors is a world record. He retired from professional golf after his appearance at The Open at St Andrews in 2005.

1965	Masters (2)	5 shot lead	-17 (67-71-64-69=271)	9 strokes	Arnold Palmer, Gary Player
1966	Masters (3)	Tied for lead	E (68-76-72-72=288)	Playoff	Gay Brewer, Tommy Jacobs
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	-9 (71-67-72-65=275)	4 strokes	Arnold Palmer
1970	The Open Championship (2)	2 shot deficit	-5 (68-69-73-73=283)	Playoff	Doug Sanders
1971	PGA Championship (2)	4 shot lead	-7 (69-69-70-73=281)	2 strokes	Billy Casper
1972	Masters (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 (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 (6)	4 shot deficit	-9 (74-71-69-65=279)	1 stroke	Tom Kite, Greg Norman

Results timeline

Tournament	1957	1958	1959
The Masters	DNP	DNP	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	T41	CUT
British Open	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	T13 LA	T7	T15	1	2	1	1	CUT	T5	T24
U.S. Open	2 LA	T4 LA	1	CUT	T23	T31	3	1	2	T25
British Open	DNP	DNP	T32	3	2	T12	1	2	T2	T6
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T3	1	T2	T2	T22	T3	CUT	T11

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Masters	8	T2	1	T3	T4	1	T3	2	7	4
U.S. Open	T49	2	1	T4	T10	T7	T11	T10	T6	T9
British Open	1	T5	2	4	3	T3	T2	2	1	T2
PGA Championship	T6	1	T13	1	2	1	T4	3	CUT	T65

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	T33	T2	T15	WD	T18	T6	1	T7	T21	18
U.S. Open	1	T6	2	T43	T21	CUT	T8	T46	CUT	T43
British Open	T4	T23	T10	T29	T31	CUT	T46	T72	T25	T30
PGA Championship	1	T4	T16	2	T25	T32	T16	T24	CUT	T27

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	5	T35	T42	T27	CUT	T35	T41	T39	T6	DNP
U.S. Open	T33	T46	CUT	T72	T28	CUT	T27	T52	T43	CUT
British Open	T63	T44	CUT	CUT	CUT	T79	T45	60	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	T23	CUT	CUT	CUT	T67	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
The Masters	T54	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
British Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

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.