Jack Nicklaus has won 18 major tournaments:6 Masters: 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, and 19864 US Open: 1962, 1967, 1972, and 19803 British Open: 1966, 1970, and 19785 PGA Championship: 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, and 1980
Jack Nicklaus won 20 major golf championships. They were: Masters Tournament (6 ) - 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986 U.S. Open (4) - 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 British Open (3) - 1966, 1970, 1978 PGA Championship (5) - 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980 U.S. Amateur (2) - 1959, 1961 British Amateur (0) These tournaments used to be considered the standard benchmark for "major championships". When Jack won the Masters in 1986, it was universally recognised as his 20th. For some reason this has changed over the last few years as now you more often than not hear about his 18 "professional majors", with people less willing to accept and recognise his two US Amateur wins. Naturally, many wonder if Tiger Woods is responsible for this change in historical thinking. Well if he is then he shouldn't be, for Tiger Woods won 3 U.S. Amateurs (1994, 1995, 1996). So if you care only about professional majors then the current scoreboard (thru 2007) reads Jack 18 Tiger 14. If you care for a more traditionalist view (as I do) then the scoreboard would read Jack 20 Tiger 17. For the record, here are Tiger's major golf championships: Masters Tournament (4) - 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 U.S. Open (3) - 2000, 2002, 2008 British Open (3) - 2000, 2005, 2006 PGA Championship (4) - 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 U.S. Amateur (3) - 1994, 1995, 1996 British Amateur (0)
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Good question. Sam Snead is the all time PGA Tour wins leader, with 82, he also won 7 major championships. But isn't often mentioned in the same sentence as other legends of the game. Perhaps it is because he wasn't winning majors in the same era as the 'big three', Palmer, Nicklaus and Player.
When I toured the Fortress of Louisbourg, I found that three hours was not enough time to see and take in everything.
Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus won 18 major championships, and came second in a further 19, an incredible record.
Jack Nicklaus had 73 PGA tour wins, 10 Champions Tour wins. His total number of professional wins is 113.
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Gary Player 29 wins including 9 Majors This is WRONG for two reasons Gary Player is South African (hint - Africa is a different continent) He had 24 PGA tour wins Tommy Armour (Scotland) has 25 PGA Tour wins
3rd He has 66 (30/3/09), behind Jack Nicklaus 73 and Sam Snead 82.
Jack Nicklaus has won 113 worldwide professional tournaments. This includes 73 PGA Tour wins which is second all time, only behind Sam Snead. He has also won the most major championships of all time with 18.
Well, there are still a couple believe it or not. Jack Nicklaus' 18 major championships and Sam Sneads 82 PGA Tour victories.
Hard to say, some speculate he will try to win 19 majors (to beat Jack Nicklaus' 18) and then pack away his clubs. Others say he will set an unbeatable target. It is hard to imagine him on The Champion's Tour in 15 years, but you never know.
It's usually the standing chairman of Augusta National, as in the cases of Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods. However, when Jack Nicklaus won in consecutive years, he put it on himself.
Dave Regan played professional golf in the late 50's and 60's. Won 3 times on the US pga tour. Finished 2 nd to Jack Nicklaus in the 1963 PGA. Solid player. Also appeared on Shells Wonderful World of Golf series.