Career Achievements
During his career on the PGA Tour, Nicklaus holds the record for major championships with a total 18. He has the third most PGA Tour victories with 73, behind both Tiger Woods, with 74 and Sam Snead with a total of 82. Nicklaus also holds the outright record for the most wins at The Masters with six, and The Players Championship with three. He played on six Ryder Cup teams, captained the team twice and the Presidents Cup team four times, and topped the PGA Tour money list and scoring average eight times each. For 24 straight seasons, from 1960 to 1983 inclusive, he made at least one top ten finish in a major championship, and this is a record.
- PGA Tour wins (73)
- Other wins (22)
- Senior Tour wins (10)
- Other senior wins (11)
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