A look at each of Jack Nicklaus’ 18 major championships.
After both finishing at 1 under in regulation, Jack Nicklaus beat Arnold Palmer (71-74) in an 18-hole playoff Sunday at Oakmont for his first major. This marked the beginning of the Palmer-Nicklaus rivalry. (Getty Images)
Jack Nicklaus, 23, won the first of his record six green jackets with a 3-foot par putt on the final hole to finish one stroke ahead of runner-up Tony Lema.(Getty Images)
Three months after winning the Masters, Jack Nicklaus won his first Wanamaker trophy by finishing two strokes ahead of runner-up Dave Ragan (left) at Dallas Athletic Club. (AP Photo/File)
Jack Nicklaus, age 25, won the second of his six Masters titles with a score of 271 (−17), at the time a tournament record, three strokes better than Ben Hogan’s 274 in 1953. It was surpassed in 1997 by Tiger Woods’ 270 (−18). Nicklaus’ winning margin of nine strokes also stood until 1997, when Woods was victorious by twelve strokes to win his first green jacket. (Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images)
Jack Nicklaus, age 26, earned his third green jacket in an 18-hole Monday playoff and became the first back-to-back champion at the Masters. He ended regulation at even-par 288, tied with Tommy Jacobs and Gay Brewer. Nicklaus shot a 70 in the extra round on Monday to defeat Jacobs (72) and Brewer (78).(Getty Images)
Jack Nicklaus won the first of his three claret jugs, one stroke ahead of runners-up Doug Sanders and Dave Thomas. It marked the completion of his first of three grand slams. (AP Images)
Jack Nicklaus won his second of four U.S. Opens by shooting a final-round 65 at Baltusrol Golf Club. He established a new tournament scoring record, four strokes ahead of runner-up Arnold Palmer, the 1960 champion. (AP Images)
Jack Nicklaus beat Doug Sanders by one in an 18-hole playoff at St. Andrews. Sanders led by one through 71 holes in regulation, but bogeyed the 72nd, missing a 3-foot putt that would have given him the title. It was the second of Nicklaus’ three Open wins. (Getty Images)
Jack Nicklaus won the PGA Championship by two strokes over Billy Casper, the reigning Masters champion. It was Nicklaus’ second PGA victory and he became the first in history to complete the modern career Grand Slam for a second time. It was played February 25–28 at the original PGA National Golf Club, presently known as BallenIsles Country Club (East Course) in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (Getty Images)
Jack Nicklaus took the lead with a first-round 68 and won the fourth of his six Masters titles, three strokes ahead of three runners-up (Bruce Crampton, Bobby Mitchell and Tom Weiskopf). (Getty Images)
Jack Nicklaus, age 32, captured his third U.S. Open title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Bruce Crampton. (AP Images)
Ohio native Jack Nicklaus won the third of his five PGA Championships, four strokes ahead of runner-up Bruce Crampton at Canterbury Golf Club in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb east of Cleveland. (AP Images)
Jack Nicklaus won his fifth Masters and thirteenth major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Johnny Miller and Tom Weiskopf. (Getty Images)
Jack Nicklaus won the fourth of his five PGA Championships at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, two strokes ahead of runner-up Bruce Crampton. (AP Images)
Jack Nicklaus won this third and final Open championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Tom Kite, and Simon Owen, at the Old Course at St. Andrews.(Getty Images)
Jack Nicklaus won his fourth U.S. Open title with a winning total of 272 that established a new tournament record, breaking his own record of 275 set in 1967, also at Baltusrol. He rolled in a 10-foot birdie putt at the 72nd hole to top Isao Aoki by two strokes. (Getty Images)
At 40, Jack Nicklaus won his fifth PGA Championship, seven strokes ahead of runner-up Andy Bean. It was his second major of the year after having gone winless the previous year (1979) on Tour for the first time in his career. (AP Images)
Jack Nicklaus - who, at age 46, was considered washed-up by most - won his final major and a record sixth green jacket. Nicklaus shot 65 on Sunday - including 30 on the back nine - to top challengers Greg Norman and Tom Kite. He became the oldest winner of the Masters and the second-oldest winner of any major, behind Julius Boros, who was 48 when he captured the PGA Championship in 1968.(Getty Images)
