Twice he finished sixth, and he finished no worse than T in his other six trips to Augusta as a senior. Nicklaus' worst finish in the Open Championship between and ? A T-6 in Five of those he won and 14 times he finishes inside the top four. Between and , Nicklaus finished outside the top 10 just once in the U.
Nicklaus is the only player to win the Players three times , all three coming within the first five years of the tournament's inception, though none of these wins came at TPC Sawgrass. Nicklaus won five of the first eight senior major championships he played in. He finished in the top 10 in 20 of his first 22, and had top-four finishes 15 times.
Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only two players to achieve three career grand slams. Full Leaderboard. Annes and was tied for third at the tournament's halfway point. Stumbled to a 6-over 77 and went on to T Open Championship: Best finish of the campaign was a T27 at the U. Shot a third-round 69 at Oakland Hills. Victory in Arizona was his th win as a professional and his eighth senior major championship, the most by any player over Shot 65 in the final round at Desert Mountain to best Hale Irwin by three strokes.
In the third round at Desert Mountain, he carded his third career double eagle and his first since the Greater Jacksonville Open. At the same time, became only the fifth man to win the same tournament three times. Was only five shots off the pace, and a Sunday 70 at Pebble Beach GL moved him up the leaderboard into a T6, seven strokes behind winner Peter Jacobsen.
Mercedes Championships: Played only six Champions Tour events. The win outside San Diego gave him seven victories in 26 career Champions Tour starts percent success rate.
Senior Open: Claimed his second U. Victory also continued a streak of never losing a senior event when leading after 54 holes. Opened the tournament shooting rounds of but was never really in contention and was nine strokes behind Greg Norman at the hole mark. The Tradition: Made only four official Champions Tour starts. Opened with a 65 at Desert Mountain but lost by one to Lee Trevino in his bid for a third consecutive Tradition title. Senior Open: U. He became the first player to win USGA titles in five different decades.
Skied to a Saturday 75 to fall six off the pace and tied for ninth. Recovered Sunday and made a final challenge, shooting a 2-under 70, one of only two under-par rounds on the day Curtis Strange, 67 to T5, three behind winner Rocco Mediate.
Senior Open: Was runner-up at the U. His four-stroke win over Gary Player made him the seventh of just 10 players ever to claim a title in his Champions Tour debut.
Ryder Cup Matches: Was the U. Europe, which had won the cup in , won again with a two-point victory. Was tied for fourth, three behind Dan Pohl until a 3-over 73 ended any winning hopes.
Open Championship: Had weekend rounds of at the U. Open to T8. Memorial Tournament: Made a run at victory five weeks later, at the Memorial Tournament. Had an opening-round 66 and fired a final-round 69 to T5 in Ohio.
Couldn't overcome Jim Thorpe's third-round 62, though, and settled for a solo second, three strokes behind Thorpe. Masters Tournament: His other top of the year came at the Masters Tournament, where a final-round 69 earned him a T6 finish.
Doral-Eastern Open: In February, despite opening with a 4-over 76 at the Doral-Eastern Open, he came back with rounds of to put himself in position to win. A 2-over 74 ended those hopes, leaving him T3 in South Florida. Canadian Open: Second close call of the season came at the Canadian Open.
Opened with a 1-over 73 at Glen Abbey GC then reeled off consecutive 69s over the final 54 holes but still came up two strokes short of Greg Norman.
Shot a final-round 68 at Doral's Blue Monster but still finished second as Tom Kite blistered the course with a 7-under 65 to win by two. It was his fifth runner-up showing at Doral. Los Angeles Open: Had a couple of chances early in the season to win. Had weekend rounds of at the Los Angeles Open but could get no closer than four strokes within winner David Edwards, settling a solo third-place finish at Riviera CC.
Ryder Cup Matches: Captained the U. Led the U. World Series of Golf: Final official start of the year came at the World Series of Golf, where he came close to picking off a second official title at the event. Another 73, this time in the second round, hurt his chances as he closed at Firestone CC to finish solo second behind Nick Price.
Came back with a second-round 65 and then closed with a to finish solo second, a stroke behind Hal Sutton. Followed with rounds of but finished a stroke out of the John Cook-Johnny Miller playoff that Cook won.
Masters Tournament: Had to withdraw from the Masters Tournament for the only time in his career. After opening with a 73 at Augusta National, back spasms sidelined him. He showed no ill effects from the injury in his next start, the MONY Tournament of Champions, beginning the tournament with a seven-birdie, no-bogey 65 at La Costa Resort. Went on to T Open Championship: Was victimized for a second consecutive year in a major by Tom Watson, this time at the U.
Open at Pebble Beach. He lost by a stroke when Watson chipped in for birdie on the 17th hole Sunday. Shot an opening 66 at Colonial CC and finished with a 3-under 67 to win by three strokes over Andy North.
Appeared to be in control, shooting three consecutive rounds in the 60s to lead Raymond Floyd by a stroke going into the final round.
Struggled playing with Floyd on Sunday at Bay Hill. The trio finished at under, with Kite making birdie to win on the first extra hole. Ryder Cup Matches: After missing the Ryder Cup, he played in his final biennial event, going in foursomes and four-balls Tom Watson was his partner in all three. He then won his singles match 5 and 3 over Eamonn Darcy as the U. Canadian Open: Was also second at the Canadian Open.
Couldn't match his opening at Glen Abbey GC in the final round, finishing with an even-par 71 to finish a stroke behind Peter Oosterhuis. Only held a three-stroke lead going into the final day and then shot a 1-under 69 for his fifth PGA Championship. Had a foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole, with Floyd off the green chipping for birdie.
Floyd chipped in, and when he couldn't make his birdie putt, Floyd had the victory. Annes in England. Open Championship: Was also T9 at the U. Masters Tournament: Was solo fourth at the Masters Tournament. Andrews, his final The Open Championship title and second at St.
Fired a final-round 65 to come from off the pace to win the by a stroke over Grier Jones, while making birdies on his final five holes. On the 14th hole, he chipped in from 80 feet. At No. On the next hole, the par-3 16th, he missed the green but chipped in from the fringe then sunk a foot putt on No.
He rolled in a routine 4-footer on the closing hole for the title. With his Tournament Players Championship win there, it was three wins in a row at Inverrary. William D. Richardson Award: Received the William D. Richardson Award from the Golf Writers Association of American for his outstanding contributions to golf.
Annes at an event that featured only one day each of foursomes, four-ball and singles. Masters Tournament: Had three runner-up finishes, including a Sunday charge at the Masters Tournament. Had a tournament-low 66 Sunday but could only get within two shots of Watson. Australian Open: In search of his third consecutive Australian Open title, he was in contention until he blew up on the final day and shot an 8-over 80 to finish 12 shots behind winner David Graham.
His four previous wins came when the tournament was a hole affair featuring the major championship winners that season. Also played in the event and T8.
Tournament Players Championship: Shot a final-round 65 to beat J. His 7-under score was a tournament record for low final round by a winner until Fred Couples broke it with a 64 in With a two-shot lead going into the final round, he birdied three of his first four holes and never looked back, defeating Curtis Strange—who was on something of a working honeymoon after getting married a couple of weeks earlier—by four strokes.
As he did a year earlier, he immediately flew to Cairns for a week of marlin fishing off the Great Barrier Reef. Beat Billy Casper. Canadian Open: Lone runner-up finish came at the Canadian Open. Battled Weiskopf again, with Weiskopf finally picking up a victory, winning at Royal Montreal GC in a playoff with a birdie on the first extra hole.
Leading by five shots at the halfway mark, he struggled to a 1-over 73 Saturday to enter the final round a stroke behind Weiskopf.
His 4-under 68 Sunday was enough to hold off Weiskopf and a hard-charging Miller, who shot a 6-under 66 in the final round but fell a stroke short. Came back on the final day with a 68 to win by three. He left immediately after the victory, traveling to Cairns where he went marlin fishing on the Great Barrier Reef. Tournament Players Championship: Played in 17 official events and played on the weekend in all of them. Won the inaugural Tournament Players Championship, defeating J.
Snead by two strokes at Atlanta CC. Both players shot 69, giving Trevino the one-stroke win in North Carolina. Hawaiian Open: In his second start of the campaign, rolled to a three-stroke win over Eddie Pearce at the Hawaiian Open. He was the tournament's only individual winner until as it went to a team format from Ohio Kings Island Open: Earned his sixth and seventh wins in his final two starts of the year, at the Ohio Kings Island Open, where a third-round 62 gave him a nine-stroke cushion going into Sunday.
Won by six. Was in his five matches during the U. Atlanta Classic: Took a month off from competition then returned at the Atlanta Classic where he opened to enjoy a six-stroke bulge. Shot a final-round 73 and still won by two. Finished his season with five tournaments between August and December, winning three times.
Open Championship: Rebounded at the U. Open to defeat Bruce Crampton by three strokes at Pebble Beach. Tournament of Champions: In defense of his Tournament of Champions title, he came up short, losing to Mitchell in a playoff when Mitchell birdied the first extra hole at La Costa Resort and Spa. At the Doral Resort and Spa, broke free from a third-round tie with Lee Trevino to win by two strokes. Defeated Deane Beman by three strokes.
Ryder Cup Matches: Again represented the U. Played in six matches and recorded a record in the U. Open Championship: At the U. Open, he dropped a playoff to Lee Trevino at Merion GC, with Trevino shooting a 68 to win by three strokes in the hole overtime session.
The duo finished tied at , with Dickinson winning on the first playoff hole. Nicklaus won two majors again in He captured the Masters with a thrilling finish. Nicklaus birdied the par-5 15th, and then holed a long putt for birdie on the par-3 16th to edge Johnny Miller and Tom Weiskopf by a stroke. Nicklaus closed out the s by winning the Open at St. It marked the second time the Golden Bear had captured the claret jug on the hallowed links, and he completed the career Grand Slam for a third time.
Woods would match Nicklaus with three career slams at the U. The work would pay off quickly as a year-old Nicklaus headed into the majors in Wins fourth green jacket by three strokes. Wins U. Open at Pebble Beach by three strokes to become first player to win U. Amateur and U. Open on the same course. Two years after opening Muirfield Village G.
Wins his own tournament, the Memorial, for first time. Becomes only player to win three Players Championships. Woods only other player to win three career Grand Slams U. Wins sixth and final Australian Open. But the Golden Bear decided to revamp his game and play a limited schedule built around the majors and his own Memorial Tournament. It paid off as Nicklaus won the U.
Open and PGA in and his second Memorial in Then in , at age 46, Nicklaus won his 18th and final professional major at the Masters. He played the final 10 holes birdie-birdie-birdie-bogey-birdie-par-eagle-birdie-birdie-par for a 65 that gave him his sixth green jacket. Nicklaus has since been passed by Woods, who currently has 79 wins.
Almost as amazing as his major haul is the fact that he finished runner-up 19 times in the biggest events. Wins fourth U. Runner-up: Pleasant Valley Classic. Finished second on money list and scoring list. Brought his total Tour victories to 63, surpassing Ben Hogan and taking over second place on the all-time victories list. Won sixth Australian Open. Continued streak of winning at least two Tour events in each of his 17 professional seasons Runner-up: Philadelphia. Open for the fourth time with record score of , breaking his own mark set in by three strokes View Stats.
Open for the fourth time with record score of , breaking his own mark set in by three strokes. GolfWorld Player of the Year. Runner-up: Canadian Open, Inverrary. Recorded his best earnings in four seasons and remained No. Runner-up: World Series of Golf. Captain of U. Ryder Cup Team. Runner-up: Canadian Open, Milwaukee.
Brought his official Tour victories total to 71 and world-wide victory total to Marked his 25th year as a golf professional. Career scoring average still ranks No. Captained the U. Ryder Cup Team for a second time. View Stats. Won his second Champions Tour event at the Senior Players Championship with a record under-par Made it into the top three twice with a second-place finish at The Tradition, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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