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  2. List of career achievements by Jack Nicklaus - Wikipedia

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    The other players Sam Snead shot 69, Kathy Whitworth shot 69 and Kathy Ahern shot 74. Nicklaus was the first PGA Tour player to reach the $2,000,000 mark in career earnings (December 1, 1973), $3,000,000 (May 2, 1977), $4,000,000 (February 6, 1983), and $5,000,000 (August 20, 1988). [6] Nicklaus was the PGA Tour's career money leader from 1973 ...

  3. List of Masters Tournament champions - Wikipedia

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    The highest winning score of 289 (+1) was originally set by Sam Snead in 1954, it was equalled by Jack Burke Jr. in 1956, and Zach Johnson in 2007. [8] Five golfers have won the Masters wire-to-wire ; Craig Wood in 1941, Arnold Palmer in 1960, Nicklaus in 1972, Raymond Floyd in 1976, and Jordan Spieth in 2015. [ 9 ]

  4. Sam Snead - Wikipedia

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    Snead introduced his first book, Sam Snead's quick way to better golf. [30] In 1939, Snead won three times. 1939 was the first of four times (although Snead had already come close in 1937, losing to the eventual champion who had 19 clubs in his bag) where Snead failed at crucial moments of the U.S. Open, the only major event he never won ...

  5. Jack Nicklaus - Wikipedia

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    There is a Jack Nicklaus Museum on the campus of The Ohio State University in his home town of Columbus. [89] The museum was opened in 2002 and is a state-of-the-art, 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m 2) facility offering a comprehensive view of Nicklaus's life and career in and out of golf as well as exhibits celebrating the history and legends of ...

  6. MASTERS '24: A capsule look at Masters from 5 to 75 years ago

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    Sam Snead not only won the first of his three Masters, he won the first green jacket ever presented to a Masters champion. ... was threatened by Jack Nicklaus, Tom Weiskopf, Dave Stockton and Hale ...

  7. April 10 in Masters history: Player breaks through, Tiger ...

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    1977: Tom Watson finished with 67 to hold off hard-charging Jack Nicklaus. 1988: Sandy Lyle birdied the final hole for a one-shot win over Mark Calcavecchia. 1994: Jeff Maggert, using a 3-iron ...

  8. Shell's Wonderful World of Golf - Wikipedia

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    Shell's Wonderful World of Golf was a televised series of golf matches which began in the 1960s. [1] [2] The program was sponsored by Shell Oil.It was a part of the tradition of "challenge matches" between pairs of professional golfers, which were the earliest form of professional golf competition, but have now been almost entirely replaced by large field tournaments.

  9. 1949 PGA Championship - Wikipedia

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    Snead won the Masters in April; this was the first time the Masters champion had won the PGA Championship in the same calendar year. This has only been accomplished four times, most recently 50 years ago: Snead was followed by Jack Burke Jr. in 1956 and Jack Nicklaus in 1963 and 1975. Snead's double was in the spring, Burke and Nicklaus ...