Jack William Nicklaus, also known as The Golden Bear, is considered the greatest professional golfer of all time. Born on January 21, 1940, in Columbus, Ohio, his career spans over a 25-year period with an accumulated record of 18 professional majors in the PGA Tour and 8 Champion Tours—a record that still stands to date.
Nicklaus began his professional career in 1962 by defeating the favored Arnold Palmer. In 1963, Nicklaus won The Masters and the PGA Championship, including three Tournament of Champions titles. In 1965 and 1966, he became the first golfer to win the Masters event consecutively. He set a tournament record of 271 for The Masters in 1965, a record only surpassed by Tiger Woods. In 1965, Jack Nicklaus was the youngest player to win the British Open in Scotland, where his success included all four major championships known as the Career Slam. In 1987, he won all four majors a total of three times (a triple career slam).
Jack Nicklaus has an unusual playing style, combining being one of the best putters and longest hitters of all time. He popularized a ball flight style named "power fade." He managed the course extremely well and was a very conservative player. Known for eating bananas on the golf course to give him the energy needed, Nicklaus was a conservative golfer rather than an aggressive player on the course.
Nicklaus has written several books, including *The Greatest Game of All* in 1969, *Golf My Way* in 1974, *On and Off The Fairway* in 1978, *Play Better Golf: The Short Game and Scoring* in 1987, *Play Better Golf: Short Cuts to Lower Scores* in 1990, *My Story I* in 1997, *Jack Nicklaus’ Lesson Tee* in 1998, *Nicklaus By Design* in 2002, *Memories and Mementos from Golf’s Golden Bear* in 2007, and *Golf and Life* in 2007.
In 1975, Nicklaus won the Doral-Eastern Open, securing his fifth Masters win and the PGA Championship for the fourth time. Due to this incredible performance in 1975, he was named PGA Player of The Year and ABC’s Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year.
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