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'''Jack Nicklaus''' was one of the "Big Three" [[golf]] players of the sport's "Golden Decade" (1960–1969), which saw the likes of [[Arnold Palmer]], [[Jack Nicklaus]], [[Gary Player]], and [[Lee Masters]] tussle for the sport's top spot. The tanned and handsome Nicklaus (born in 1940) continued to play until 2005, when he retired from the Masters/Open circuit. Nicklaus is the lowest-shooting amateur to have played the [[U.S. Open]] (1960; he shot 282 that year, finishing second to Arnold Palmer).
Nicklaus joined the [[Champions Tour]] in 1990, only one year after it was founded. However, he never managed to win a major tournament on that tour, losing out to such less-famous names as [[Jim Colbert]], [[Chi Chi Rodriguez]], and [[Jay Haas]].
[[Category:Golfers]]