| Facts
& Figures: Professional Highlights: 1962
[ 2001 ]
| [ 1963 ]
| PGA
TOUR Summary |
| Wins: |
3 |
| Money: |
$61,868 |
| Top-10
Finishes: |
16
of 26 events |
|
| The
Majors |
| Tournament |
Score |
Earnings |
Finish |
| Masters |
74-75-70-72-291 |
$1,160 |
T15th |
|
U.S. Open |
72-70-72-69-283 |
$15,000 |
1st |
|
British Open |
80-72-74-79-305 |
£55 |
T32nd |
|
PGA Championship |
71-74-69-67-281 |
$3,450 |
T3rd |
|
| Highlights |
|
Named "Rookie of the Year" |
| Made
first professional start at Los Angeles Open at Rancho Park Golf CLub (Jan 5-8),
winning $33.33 |
| Earned
first professional victory five months later at U.S. Open
via 18-hole playoff with Arnold Palmer at Oakmonst Country
Club |
| PGA
Victories: Seattle, Portland |
| Also
captured the World Series of Golf |
| Three
runner-up finishes: Thunderbird, Houston, Phoenix |
| Third
on money list |
|
| Quotes |
|
As this was stroke play, referee Joe Dey made me put it
back and hole out.
It was over. I was the Open champion
as well as the Amateur champion. At last I had proved
that, playing golf full-time, I could do what I had
done when playing only part-time. In my seventeenth
tournament as a professional, I had won.
- Jack Nicklaus 1962 U.S. Open
Champion |
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