Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus is my benchmark for what sporting greatness should look like in full. The eighteen majors are staggering — a record that has outlasted even Tiger Woods's pursuit — but what I admire more is the architecture of his life after competition. Most champions cling to past glory; Nicklaus channeled his understanding of the game into designing courses around the world, effectively building the stages where future rivals would fight. There is something deeply Midwestern about it: an Ohio State man who treated golf as a craft to be mastered, then taught it through landscape. The Golden Bear earned his nickname twice over.

Name (English)

Jack Nicklaus

Name (Japanese)

ジャック・ニクラス

Reading

じゃっく・にくらす

Born

January 21, 1940 (age 86)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dragon

Origin

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Height

178 cm

Occupation

golfer / golf course designer

High school

Upper Arlington High School

University

Ohio State University

Awards & achievements

• 2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom
• World Golf Hall of Fame

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.nicklaus.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jacknicklaus/
• Xhttps://x.com/jacknicklaus
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Ohio
• golfer
• golf course designer

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.