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The Legend

Jack Nicklaus is a golfing legend.  He has won 13 major championship titles and over 100 victories, a record that may never be surpassed.  To put this in perspective, Tiger Woods has currently won 10 major championships.  He is simply the greatest player in the history of the game. 

To see his greatness in golfing terms, just look at his career statistics;

Official Tour Victories: 73
Second Place or Ties: 58
Third Place or Ties: 36
Total Victories Around the World: 113
No. 1 in Lowest Scoring Average: 8 times (1976-75-74-73-72-71-65-64); runner-up 6 times
Top Money-Winner: 8 times (1976-75-73-72-71-67-65-64); runner-up 4 times
Career Official Tour Earnings:
Most "Major Championship" Titles: 18 PGA Tour, 8 Senior PGA Tour, 2 Amateur
"Greatest Golfer/Athlete" Awards (9): Sports Illustrated; GOLF Magazine; Associated Press; Golfweek; GolfWorld; PGATOUR.com and GolfWeb; ESPN; British Broadcasting Company; and Today's Golfer
"Golfer of the Century" Award (2): 1988 (GOLF Magazine); 1996 (Golf Monthly, U.K.)
PGA Player of the Year Award: 5 times (1976-75-73-72-67)
Athlete of the Decade Award: 1970s (Sports Illustrated)
Golf Course Architect of the Year: 1993 (Golf World)
Tour Playoff Record: Won 12; Lost 10
Holes in One: 20
International and other Victories: British Open (3): 1978-70-66 (runner-up 7 times)
Australian Open (6): 1978-76-75-71-68-64
World Series of Golf (5): 1976-70-67-63-62 (runner-up 6 times)
World Cup Invitational (3): 1963-64-71
Piccadilly World Cup Match Play (1): 1970
Dunlop International (1): 1971
Ryder Cup: Member of U.S. teams that defeated Britain in 1981-77-75-73-71 and tied Britain 1969 (non-playing captain of winning 1983 U.S. team and losing 1987 U.S. team)
Joined Champions Tour: 1990
Champions Tour Victories (10): 1996: Tradition, GTE Suncoast Classic
1995: Tradition
1994: Mercedes Championship
1993: U.S. Senior Open
1991: Tradition, PGA Seniors Championship, U.S. Senior Open
1990: Tradition, Senior TPC
Ryder Cup: Member of U.S. teams that defeated Great Britain in 1981-77-77-73-71 and tied Britain in 1969 (non-playing captain of winning 1983 U.S. team and losing 1987 U.S. team)
Champions Tour Career Earnings: $3,264,598 (includes Nationwide Tour)
Combined Tour Earnings, Career: $8,989,903
Total Victories: 113 (73 PGA Tour & 10 Champions Tour), 30 unofficial or International events