subject: Jack Nicklaus - A Great Golf player [print this page] Jack Nicklaus - A Great Golf player Jack Nicklaus - A Great Golf player
Jack Nicklaus as we know, especially people in the golfing world, has enjoyed huge success as a Golf Course Architect and has gained a number of honours in this field including: Architect of the Year 1993, Environmental Recognition Awards 1996, Environmental Leaders in Golf Award 1998, ING Achievement in Golf Course Design 2000-2001, Donald Rossi Award 2001 and the Donald Ross Award 2001.
Success came early to Nicklaus when he carded 51 in the first nine holes he ever played and won the Scioto Club Juvenile Trophy at the age of ten. At the age of twelve he won the Ohio State Junior Championship and continued to win this tournament for the following five years from 1952 to 1956. Aged seventeen he qualified for the US Open for the first time and at the age of twenty he came runner-up to Arnold Palmer in the US Open by two strokes and in the process established a record 282 for an amateur entry.
He has established himself as the most successful golfer ever since 1992. His impressive array of Professional Titles include 6 Masters, 5 PGA Championships, 4 US Open Titles and 3 British Opens. He won on his debut in the US Senior Tour in 1990 and continued to win the title. He is the only player in history to have won each of the games majors at least twice and is the only player to have completed the career "Grand Slam" on both the regular and senior tours, even Tiger Woods have not achieved this kind of honor.
As recored, Jack Nicklaus played his 38th and final British Open in 2005 and to commemorate his incredible career achievements the Royal Bank Of Scotland issued a 5 Bank Note bearing his image and recognising his Open Championship victories at St Andrews in 1970 and 1978. Two million Jack Nicklaus Bank Notes were issued into circulation in Scotland on July 14th 2005, the first day of the Open Championship. Apart from Her Majesty The Queen and the late Queen Mother, Jack Nicklaus is the only living person ever to have appeared on a Scottish Bank Note.
You may not be a huge fan, but you have to admit that he is a great golf pro.
