Nicklaus Design Facts
Courses Open for Play: 350
Courses Designed by Jack: 280
Countries Represented: 34
Courses on Tour: 90
Championships Staged: Over 600
Golf Course Design Facts
- Jack Nicklaus has 275 courses open for play worldwide.
- This includes 228 solo designs, 32 co-designs and 15 re-designs.
- Nicklaus Design, as a company, has 346 courses open for play.
- The 300th Nicklaus Design to open for play was Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, NY.
- Nicklaus Design opened 15 courses in 2008, and opened 8 in 2009.
- Jack Nicklaus was involved in 13 of those 23 projects.
- Nicklaus Design has opened 151 courses over the last 10 years—an average of 15 courses a year—including a record 27 in 1999.
- Jack Nicklaus was involved in 116 of those 151 projects.
- Nicklaus Design is represented in 34 countries and 39 U.S. states.
- Nicklaus Design has 200 courses open for play in the United States, with Red Ledges, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Course in Heber City, Utah, becoming No. 200 when it opened July 3.
- Nicklaus Design has 40 courses under construction, and has projects signed, under design or under development in 45 different countries.
- Of those courses under development, 80 percent are outside of the United States and 25 of the 45 countries are ones in which Nicklaus Design has never been involved.
- Nicklaus sons have been involved in 66 courses open for play.
- Jack Nicklaus II has 30 courses open for play (14 solo designs, 16 co-designs).
- Steve Nicklaus has 13 courses open for play.
- Gary Nicklaus has nine courses open for play.
- Michael Nicklaus has six courses open for play.
- Bill O’Leary (son-in-law) has eight courses open for play.
- At least 63 Nicklaus Design courses have been ranked in various national and international Top-100 lists (Golf Digest, GOLF Magazine, and Golfweek).
- Through 2009, 88 Nicklaus courses will have hosted 607 professional tournaments or national amateur championships.
- In 2009 alone, 15 Nicklaus courses will host a PGA Tour-sanctioned event—nine on the PGA Tour, four on the Champions Tour, and two on the Nationwide Tour. Another two play host in 2009 to events on the LPGA; four host European Tour events; and two more are played on the Canadian Tour. In 2008, the Champions Tour added the Cap Cana Championship at Punta Espada Golf Club, Dominican Republic. Also in 2008, the Ryder Cup was held at Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky.
- Close to 40 Nicklaus Design courses in the United Stated are involved in Audubon International programs.
