There have been many famous people known for their contributions to different sports. A few names that come to mind include, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Venus Williams, Jerry Rice, David Beckham, Lance Armstrong, Cal Ripkin JR., Wayne Gretzky, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, Troy Aikman, Larry Bird, Babe Ruth, Muhammed Ali, and many others.

Some sports professionals are better known than others. Most people recognize famous athletes from the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the Major League Baseball (MLB) because those sports are more popular to watch and people are more familiar with them.

Famous stars from the Major League Soccer (MLS), National Hockey League (NHL), and the World Boxing Association (WBA) are not as easily recognized because those sports just aren’t as popular to watch. But because he is so good in his sport, Jack William Nicklaus is known all over the country as a great American professional golfer.

He was born on January 21, 1940 in Columbus, Ohio and was known as the Golden Bear. Winning eighteen major championships, he ranked as the world’s number one man from 1968 to 1977.

Besides all of those wins, he also won seven professional major titles and several other victories. He always finished in either first or second place thirty-six times in the twenty-five years with one hundred major championship games played.

Along with players such as, Nick Faldo, Tom Kite, Nick Price, Payne Stewart, and Curtis Strange, Jack proved that he was one of the greatest golfers in the sport ever. This time period when he played was the most competitive time in the whole history of the sport.

His final appearances took place in 2005 at the Open Championship and the Masters Tournament. Since then, he has been involved with many other types of activities.

He does a lot of charitable work, book writing, magazine article contributions, video productions, and having his own tournament on the PGA (Professional Golfers’ Association) Tour which is known as the Memorial Tournament. He runs a very successful golf course design company and it has grown to one of the largest in the world.

His writing includes an autobiography called “Golf My Way” and several instructional books on how to play. Born to a pharmacist, he grew up in Arlington.

He got polio as a kid and started golfing when he was only ten years old. He entered the Ohio State Junior Competition when he was twelve years old and won five straight titles.

When he was only sixteen years old, he entered his first United States Amateur Championship where he set an amateur course record. He then won the Ohio Open at the same age where he competed against many other professional players.

He Brand Levitra attended Ohio State University and won a couple amateur titles and a NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) title as well. His professional career began on the PGA tour in 1962 after officially turning professional in 1961.

Competing against Arnold Palmer who was also a great player, Jack Nicklaus defeated him and started the Palmer-Nicklaus rivalry. This caused many people to tune in and watch them in tournaments on the newly invented television.

There was a famous quotation that compared Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. It says, “When God created Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, He turned to Nicklaus and said: ‘You will be the greatest the game has ever seen.’ Then He turned to Palmer, adding: ‘But they will love you more.'”

His grandson Jake had died in early March of 2005 and played with his son Steve as therapy for getting over it. Steve told his dad that he should play on last time in the Masters because at age sixty-five, it was the last year that he could qualify and compete in the tournament.

Jack Nicklaus agreed and made his last appearance in this big tournament that was played at St Andrews on July 15, 2005. He ended his career with a birdie and received a ten minute standing ovation from the crowd at the tournament which ended up being his last competitive tournament he was to play in.

Author Bio: Ronald Pedactor is a professional caddie who writes articles about golfing and golf courses.

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