How many major titles did Jack Nicklaus win?

Answer 1

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)

Answer 2

Jack Nicklaus won 73 PGA Tour events in his career, including 18 Majors.

Tour Victories:

• PGA Tour: 73

• Senior PGA Tour: 10

(113 total victories worldwide)

Major Championships:

Professional: 18

• Masters: 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986

• U.S. Open: 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980

• British Open: 1966, 1970, 1978

• PGA Championship: 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980

Amateur: 2

• U.S. Amateur: 1959, 1961

Awards and Honors:

• Member, World Golf Hall of Fame

• 8-time PGA Tour money leader

• 5-time PGA Tour Player of the Year

• Recipient, 2 "Golfer of the Century" awards

• Named "Athlete of the Decade" for the 1970s by Sports Illustrated

• Member of 6 U.S. Ryder Cup teams

• Captain, U.S. Ryder Cup team, 1983 and 1987

• Captain, U.S. Presidents Cup team, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2007

Answer 3

Jack Nicklaus had 114 professional wins.