Golf Celebrities

Posted by nabeelshaukat on August 21st, 2010

Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus is described as Golfer Of The Millennium or Golfer Of The Century by almost all the major golfing publications in the world. He got success when he carded 24 in the initial nine holes, and at the age of ten he won the Scioto Club Juvenile Trophy. He was born in 1940 in Columbus, Ohio, and his competitive career spans five decades.  He has 5 children and 19 grand children, and he lives in Palm beach, Florida with his wife Barbara.

He won the Ohio State Junior Championship at the age of twelve, and he continuously won this tournament for the next five years as of 1952 to 1956. For the first time he did qualify for the United States Open at the age of seventeen, and became the runner up to Arnold palmer in the United States Open via two strokes at the age of twenty, and made a record of 282 as an immature entry.

Jack Nicklaus won his debut in 1990 in the United States Senior Tour (Over-50) and continued to win this title.

His professional titles comprise Six MASTERS ( 1963, 1965, 1966,1972, 1975, 1986), Four US Open Titles ( 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980), Five PGS Championships ( 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975.1980), and Three British Opens ( 1966,1970,1978). He is the only payer in the history who has completed the career Grand Slam on both senior and regular tours, and is the only player in the past who has won major games at least twice.

He has also got a massive success as a Golf Course Designer, and has got numerous honors in this field like, he was nominated as Architect of the year 1993 (Golf World), got Environmental Recognition Award in 1996, he also won Environmental Leaders in Golf Award in 1998, Donald Rossi Award 2001, ING Achievement in Golf Course Design in 2000 to2001, and he further won the Donald Ross Award in 2001. This is not enough; he has also been included in the design of 243 courses universally, and one of the most famous is Glen Abbey.  Moreover, his business named with ?Nicklaus Design? contains 294 courses open for play in all over the globe.

In 1986, Jack Nicklaus got the golden time of his career when he won the Masters by playing the last ten holes in seven under par. Then he reached to 46 of age and regarded as ?past it? by many people. In short his career statistics contain 20 wins, 19 second place and 9 third place, and this is truly a remarkable professional and career history and deserves to be praised.

He played his final British open in 2005, and the Royal bank Of Scotland issued a 5 pound bank note containing his image to appreciate his implausible career achievements, and in July 14^th 2005, two million Jack Nicklaus bank notes were issued in Scotland. He is the only person ever to have appeared in the Scottish note after Her Majesty, The Queen and the late Queen Mother.