Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus

    Majors won:18 (1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975 & 1986 Masters; 1962, 1967, 1972 & 1980 U.S. Open; 1966, 1970 & 1978 Open Championship; 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975 & 1980 PGA Championship)

PGA Tour victories: 73 (third all time)

Notes: If being the best comes down to major championships, Nicklaus is the all-time greatest and it isn't even a contest. Along with his record 18 major wins, Nicklaus was runner-up in majors on 19 occasions and was third nine times. He finished among the top 10 at 73 of the 164 majors he played. On top of that, Nicklaus is a 73-time PGA Tour winner (third all time). He remains the oldest Masters champion when he slipped into his record sixth green jacket at age 46 in 1986. He became the first player to complete double and triple career slams of golf's four professional major championships. There has never been a better golf champion than Nicklaus.