| Jack Nicklaus |
| Height: |
5'11" |
Weight: |
190 |
| Birth
Date: |
January
21, 1940 |
Birthplace: |
Columbus,
Ohio |
| Residence: |
North
Palm Beach, Florida |
| Family: |
Wife: Barbara
Children: Jack II (9/23/61), Steve (4/11/63), Nancy
(5/5/65), Gary (1/15/69), Michael (7/24/73)
Grandchildren: 21 (as of February 2008) |
| Honors: |
Most Powerful Person in Golf - Golf Inc. Magazine 2004, ’05, ’06, ’07; 12th Francis Ouimet Award for Lifelong Contributions to Golf - 2007; PGA Professional Hall of Fame Inductee - ; Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun Medal - 2006; Presidential Medal of Freedom - 2005; Old Tom Morris Award - Golf Course Superintendents Association 2005; ASAP Sports/Jim Murray Award - Golf Writers Association of America 2005; World Sports Hall of Fame Inaugural Class - 2004; 1985 Golf Family of the Year presented by National Golf Foundation;
1992 Family of the Year presented by the Metropolitan Golf Writers
Association; 1999 Father of the Year Award presented by Minority
Golf Association of America. |
20th Century /
Millennium Honors: |
Golfer
of the Century/Millennium: Asian Golf Monthly,
Associated Press, British Broadcasting Company, Golf Digest,
GOLF Magazine, Golf Monthly Magazine, Golfweek,
Golf Web, GolfWorld, International Association of Golf
Tour Operators, PGA TOUR.com, Today's Golfer
1888-1988 Golfer of the Century: Centennial
of Golf in America - GOLF Magazine
Best Individual Male Athlete of the 20th Century:
Sports Illustrated
Florida Athlete of the Century: Florida Sports
Awards
2001 ESPY Lifetime Achievement Award: ESPN
2000 Distinguished Service Award: PGA of America
2000 Memorial Tournament Honoree: Captains
Club
2000 Payne Stewart Award: PGA Tour
1974 Inductee World Golf Hall of Fame
1978 Sportsman of the Year: Sports Illustrated
Golfer of the '70s: GOLFMagazine
1970s Athlete of the Decade: National Sports
Writers |
| Barbara: |
1998
First Lady of Golf Award presented by PGA of America (inaugural
winner); 2000 Winnie Palmer Award presented by Metropolitan
Golf Writers Association (inaugural winner); 2004 Woman of Distinction
Award (Palm Beach Atlantic University). |
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