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  1. Nicklaus, Jack Nicklaus, Jack William Nicklausnoun

    United States golfer considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time (born in 1940)

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  1. nicklaus

    Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), nicknamed The Golden Bear, is a retired American professional golfer and golf course designer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. He won 117 professional tournaments in his career. Over a quarter-century, he won a record 18 major championships, three more than second-placed Tiger Woods. Nicklaus focused on the major championships—the Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship—and played a selective schedule of regular PGA Tour events. He competed in 164 major tournaments, more than any other player, and finished with 73 PGA Tour victories, third behind Sam Snead (82) and Woods (82). Nicklaus won the U.S. Amateur in 1959 and 1961 and finished second in the 1960 U.S. Open, two shots behind Arnold Palmer. Nicklaus turned professional at age 21 toward the end of 1961. He earned his first professional victory at the 1962 U.S. Open, defeating Palmer by three shots in a next-day 18-hole playoff and launching a rivalry between golf superstars. In 1966, Nicklaus became the first player to win the Masters Tournament two years running; he also won The Open Championship, becoming at age 26 the youngest player to win all four golf majors. He won another Open Championship in 1970.Between 1971 and 1980, he won nine more major championships, overtook Bobby Jones's record of 13 majors, and became the first player to complete double and triple career grand slams. He won the 1986 Masters, his 18th and final major championship at age 46, the tournament's oldest winner. Nicklaus joined the Senior PGA Tour (now known as the PGA Tour Champions) when he became eligible in January 1990, and by April 1996 had won 10 tournaments, including eight major championships despite playing a very limited schedule. He continued to play at least some of the four regular Tour majors until 2005 when he made his final appearances at the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship. Today, Nicklaus heads Nicklaus Design, one of the world's largest golf course design and construction companies. Nicklaus runs an event on the PGA Tour, the Memorial Tournament, named after the annual honoring it bestows to individuals associated with the game of golf. Nicklaus's books vary from instructional to autobiographical, with his Golf My Way considered one of the best instructional golf books of all time; the video of the same name is the best-selling golf instructional to date.

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  1. nicklaus

    Nicklaus is a masculine given name of Greek origin, a variation of Nicholas, meaning "victory of the people." Notably, it's the first name of the renowned professional golfer Jack Nicklaus. It can also be a surname.

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  1. NICKLAUS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Nicklaus is ranked #29198 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Nicklaus surname appeared 811 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Nicklaus.

    97% or 787 total occurrences were White.
    1.9% or 16 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nicklaus in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nicklaus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of nicklaus in a Sentence

  1. American Cantlay:

    The relationship I have with Jack Nicklaus is extremely special to me and I appreciate all the time Jack Nicklaus's spent giving me advice and trying to help me in any way that Jack Nicklaus can, jack Nicklaus said just to relax and have fun and look around and see all the people having fun and try to smile and just have a good time with it.

  2. Neal Pilson:

    If you look at Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman, I think they all make substantially more money today than they were making playing golf, the business opportunities open to Tiger Woods would probably dwarf the other guys.

  3. Bernhard Langer:

    Now having won 11 senior majors, it means a great deal, nobody has won more than nine if Im correct, not even the great Jack Nicklaus or Gary Player or Tom Watson who retired from this championship today. Theres a lot of great players who have played this game and have played majors, and Ive been blessed to have won more than any of them.

  4. Henrik Stenson:

    I'm just delighted I managed to win it in the end, when you hear the words that Jack (Nicklaus) and Tom (Watson) and a lot of the best players that have ever played the game are giving us credit for how we played, that's obviously very pleasing and very humbling.

  5. Dan Jenkins:

    Even though I was making a stab at humor, I dont think I ever wrote a line I didnt believe, i tried not to draw too much blood. I tried to rave about all the heroes of the game, and they deserved it. ... When something great happens like when an Arnold Palmer or Jack Nicklaus or Tiger Woods or Ben Hogan happens you dont have to be funny, you just have to be accurate.

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