Up for auction “The Golden Bear” Jack Nicklaus Hand Signed 8X10 Color Photo. Though the consigner purchased this as an original autograph, our buyers have determined that this is a secretarial signature sent to meet the high demand for autographs. ES-1828B Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21,
1940), nicknamed The Golden Bear, is an American retired 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. |