Jack William Nicklaus who is also known as The Golden Bear, is a retired professional golfer and golf course designer from the United States.
Nicklaus is regarded as one of the best golfers of all time. He won 117 events in the cause of his professional career.
He won a record 18 major tournaments in a quarter-century, three more than Tiger Woods.
Nicklaus mostly participated in major championships such as the Masters Tournament, the U.S. Open, the Open Championship, and the PGA Championship while also participating in a limited number of regular PGA Tour events.
He played in 164 major tournaments, more than any other golfer, and concluded with 73 PGA Tour titles, third only to Sam Snead (82) and Tiger Wood (82).
Nicklaus was second in the 1960 U.S. Open, two strokes behind Arnold Palmer, and won the U.S. Amateur in 1959 and 1961. At age 21, Nicklaus began his career around the end of 1961.
At the 1962 U.S. Open, he won his first professional match, beating Palmer by three strokes in an 18-hole playoff the next day, sparking a rivalry between the two greatest golfers of all time.
At age 26, Nicklaus became the youngest golfer to have won all four major championships when he won The Open Championship and the Masters Tournament consecutively in 1966. In 1970, he captured a second Open Championship.
Meet Jack Nicklaus’ Grandchild Gary G.T. Nicklaus Jr
The only child of American golfer Gary Nicklaus is Gary G.T. Nicklaus Jr.
Jack Nicklaus is his grandfather, and Gary, his father, is a former professional golfer. Therefore, you had better believe Gary Nicklaus Jr. has goals for a professional golf career of his own.
Thanks to his televised ace during the Masters Par 3 Contest, the 20-year-old (also known as G.T.) has already achieved some level of notoriety in the golfing community. He has also not managed to escape the notice of college scouts.
Gary G.T. Nicklaus Jr. is a student at West Palm Beach, Florida’s Oxbridge Academy
According to Gary G.T. Nicklaus Jr., he is still in the early stages of recruiting for colleges. But he also mentioned that schools have shown interest.
His grandfather and father were both athletes at Ohio State.
Gary G.T. Nicklaus Jr. has lately started to play golf outside of high school again, including this year’s U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open qualifying events.
