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Jack Nicklaus at 80 -- The Golden Bear on life, majors and not slowing down
Bob HarigJan 21, 2020, 08:49 AM ET
Close- Senior golf writer for ESPN.com
- Covered golf for more than 20 years
- Earned Evans Scholarship to attend Indiana University
NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. -- There is not much vanity on display in the Nicklaus home, the one that overlooks a pool and Lake Worth Lagoon, a waterway to the Atlantic Ocean and where the most accomplished golfer in the game's history has resided since 1970.
Jack Nicklaus moved here just after he won The Open that year over Doug Sanders in a playoff at St. Andrews, where he flung his putter in the air and nearly conked himself in the head, a moment of joy that has lived on in highlight video for decades.
Fifty years later, he is still celebrating such victories, although now it is more about the five kids and 22 grandchildren and the charitable initiatives that he and his wife of nearly 60 years, Barbara, immersed themselves in long ago.
Barbara is in the kitchen, talking to their only daughter, Nan (and mom of Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Nick O'Leary), and a colleague involved with the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation. Jack is sitting nearby, taking it all in. This is where the five kids spent most of their youth and where the grandkids -- who call the winner of 18 major championships "Peepaw'' -- often congregate.
Jack is home today because he has made time to talk about his impending 80th birthday. Yes, the Golden Bear became an octogenarian on Tuesday, and he is taking such an occasion in stride -- and recognizing that it has become just that much easier to break his age on the golf course.
Typically, Nicklaus is self-deprecating these days when it comes to his golf game. He jokes about listening for the ball to hit the fairway -- it's so close, he can hear it -- rather than watching it soar into the sky. He has no problem with playing from the forward tees with his buddies down the road CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of retired professional golfer Jack Nicklaus. Birth date: January 21, 1940 Birth place: Columbus, Ohio Birth name: Jack William Nicklaus Father: Louis Charles Nicklaus Jr., a pharmacist Mother: Helen (Schoener) Nicklaus Marriage: Barbara Jean (Bash) Nicklaus (July 23, 1960-present) Children: Michael, Gary, Nancy, Steve and Jack II Education: AttendedTheOhio State University, 1957-1961 Nicknamed “Golden Bear.” Began playing golf at age 10. Has won 18 professional major championships: six Masters, five PGA Championships, four US Opens and three British Opens. Additionally, Nicklaus has won two US Amateur Championships. 1956 – Wins the Ohio State Open golf tournament at age 16. 1959 and 1961 – Wins the US Amateur Championship. January 1962 –First professional start at the Los Angeles Open. June 1962 – First professional win, defeating Arnold Palmer at the US Open. 1962, 1967, 1972 and 1980 – Wins the US Open. 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975 and 1986 – Wins the Masters. 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975 and 1980 – Wins the PGA Championship. 1966, 1970 and 1978 – Wins the British Open. 1967, 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1976 – Named PGA Player of the Year. 1974 – Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. 1991 and 1993 – Wins the US Senior Open. 1997 – “Jack Nicklaus: My Story,” written with Ken Bowden, is published. 1999 – Named Sports Illustrated’s best individual male athlete of the 20th century. 2001 – Is awarded the ESPY Lifetime Achievement Award. 2002 – The Jack Nicklaus Museum opens on the campus of The Ohio State University. 2004 – The Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation is formed. 2005 – Retires from tournament competition. 2005 – Is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 2006 – DUBLIN, Ohio — This is home for Jack Nicklaus. Sure, the golfing legend has called Palm Beach County home for 55 years. Yes, the Honda Classic is near and dear to his heart with the tournament's primary beneficiary being the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation. But there is something different that pulls at those heart strings when it comes to your hometown, the city in which you were born, the city that is home to the Jack Nicklaus Museum - located on Jack Nicklaus Drive. And for Jack Nicklaus, other than his family, nothing is more important than the Memorial Tournament. Jack is listed as the "host." But make no mistake, this is Jack Nicklaus' tournament. His baby. Area's top Hall of Famers:Who are the greatest Top 25 Hall of Famers who have settled in the area? | D'Angelo Need a break?Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Top 50 historic sports moments:The Palm Beach Post's 50 Historic Moments in Palm Beach County sports "Growing up in Columbus, it was always his goal, particularly after becoming good friends with Mr. (Bobby) Jones, that he wanted to give something back," Barbara Nicklaus, Jack's wife of 61 years, said Tuesday as her husband stood feet away signing autographs. "Columbus had given him so much. We both grew up here, we both love Columbus, we both have families here in Columbus. "Jack wanted to bring to Columbus what Bob Jones had done with the Masters." He did that in the form of The Memorial, which starts Thursday at Muirfield Village Golf Course, just miles from where Nicklaus was born. That is why claims in a lawsuit against Nicklaus filed by New York businessman Howard Milstein, the executive chairman of the Nicklaus Companies, that it "essentially saved" Nicklaus from jumping in bed with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series by "convincing" him to stop exploring a deal, seem highly unlikely. Nicklaus, who lives in North Palm News We were at large last week, as per usual. I was in West Palm Beach, at a Marriott where I must have logged a hundred nights. On Tuesday I spent a couple of hours with the great man himself (J.W. Nicklaus) for a Masters preview story. (“Tiger could win any of the majors, but the Masters is his best chance, followed by the British Open — if he’s healthy.”) My longtime (22 years and counting) masthead partner Alan Shipnuck was beachside, too. (Pebble Beach for him.) Down the California coast was our resident gearhead, Mike Chawsky, who just put a bow on this year’s edition of ClubTest, GOLF magazine’s annual equipment review. Joe Passov was surely at some swank spot, as he needs to be. (My wife looks at Travelin’ Joe’s dispatches and says, “Why can’t you get that job?”) Back at the mothership, in downtown New York City, a group of trained professionals, about a dozen in all, kept the whole thing moving.Personal
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