The Majors

jack nicklaus 86 mastersVictories: 20
Second Place: 19
Third Place: 9
Top-Three Finishes: 48
Top-Five Finishes: 56
Top-10 Finishes: 73

Played in a record 154 consecutive major championships for which he was eligible from the 1957 U.S. Open to the 1998 U.S. Open.

Major Titles

6 Masters; 5 PGA Championships; 4 United States Opens; 3 British Opens; 2 U.S. Amateur Championships

As An Amateur

1959: Won U.S. Amateur, defeating Charles Coe, 1-up
1960: Runner-up, United States Open
1961: Won U.S. Amateur a second time, defeating Dudley Wysong, 8 and 6

Major Championship Performances
Year Masters U.S. Open British Open PGA Championship
1957* M/C
1958* 41 tie
1959* M/C M/C
1960* 13 tie 2
1961* 7 tie 4 tie
1962 15 tie Won 32 tie 3 tie
1963 Won M/C 3 Won
1964 2 tie 23 tie 2 2 tie
1965 Won 31 tie 12 tie 2 tie
1966 Won 3 Won 22 tie
1967 M/C Won 2 3 tie
1968 5 tie 2 2 tie M/C
1969 24 tie 25 tie 6 tie 11 tie
1970 8 49 tie Won 6 tie
1971 2 tie 2 5 tie Won
1972 Won Won 2 13 tie
1973 3 tie 4 tie 4 Won
1974 4 tie 10 tie 3 2
1975 Won 7 tie 3 tie Won
1976 3 tie 11 tie 2 tie 4 tie
1977 2 10 tie 2 3
1978 7 6 tie Won M/C
1979 4 9 tie 2 tie 65 tie
1980 33 tie Won 4 tie Won
1981 2 tie 6 tie 23 tie 4 tie
1982 15 tie 2 10 tie 16 tie
1983 WD/Injury 43 tie 29 tie 2
1984 18 tie 21 tie 31 tie 25 tie
1985 6 tie M/C M/C 32 tie
1986 Won 8 tie 46 tie 16 tie
1987 7 tie 46 tie 72 tie 24 tie
1988 21 tie M/C 25 tie M/C
1989 18 43 tie 30 tie 27 tie
1990 6 33 tie 63 tie M/C
1991 35 tie 46 tie 44 tie 23 tie
1992 42 tie M/C M/C M/C
1993 27 tie 72 tie M/C M/C
1994 M/C 28 tie M/C M/C
1995 35 tie M/C 79 tie 67 tie
1996 41 tie 27 tie 44 tie M/C
1997 39 tie 52 tie 60 M/C
1998 6 tie 43 tie – –
1999 – M/C – –
2000 54 tie M/C M/C M/C
2001 – M/C – –
2002 – –  –  –
2003 M/C – – –
2004 M/C – – –
2005 M/C – M/C –

* = Amateur
M/C = Missed Cut