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Jack Nicklaus
Amateur career
Nicklaus was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of a pharmacist. He grew up in suburban Upper Arlington, and attended Upper Arlington High School. Benin overcome a case of polio in his childhood, he took courses at the age of 10 years, shooting a 51 at Scioto Country Club for his first nine holes ever played.
Nicklaus won the first of five straight titles from Ohio State Junior at the age of 12. At 13, he broke 70 at Scioto Country Club for the first time. Nicklaus won the Tri-State High School Championship (Ohio / Kentucky / Indiana) at the age of 14 with a round of 68 and also recorded his first hole in one in a tournament the same year. At 15, Nicklaus shot a 66 at Scioto Country Club was the amateur course record and qualified for his first Amateur Championship United States. He won the Ohio Open in 1956 at age 16 highlighted by a phenomenal third series of the 64 in competition with professionals. In all, Nicklaus won 27 tournaments in the Ohio area since the age of 10 to 17 years.
In 1957, Nicklaus won the U.S. National Jaycees Championship after losing last year in a playoff. Nicklaus has also participated in his first of 44 consecutive U.S. Opens this year, but missed the cut. In 1958, at age 18, he participated in his first event of the PGA, Akron, Ohio tying for 12th place and made the cut at the U.S. Open before tying for 41st place. Nicklaus also won two Trans-Mississippi Amateur in 1958 at Prairie Dunes Country Club and 1959 at Woodhill Country Club, with wins last match of 9 and 8 and 3 and 2, respectively. Also in 1959, Nicklaus won the North and South Amateur at Pinehurst, North Carolina, which is generally considered the most prestigious amateur event alongside the U.S. Amateur Championship and has competed in three events on the PGA Tour with his best result being a 12th place showing another at the Buick Open.
During his studies at Ohio State University, he won the U.S. Amateur Championship twice (1959, 1961), and a NCAA championship (1961). U.S. Amateur in 1959, Nicklaus defeated two-time winner and defending champion, Charles Coe in the final match 1-up 36 holes with a birdie on the final hole. It is important not only because of the proven ability Coe as an actor, but Nicklaus became the youngest champion, can in the modern era and second only to Robert A. Gardner, who won in 1909. In 1961, Nicklaus became the first player to win the individual title at the NCAA Championship and Amateur in the same year, the United States. It was followed by Phil Mickelson (1990), Tiger Woods (1996) and Ryan Moore (2004). Nicklaus also won the NCAA Big Ten Conference Championship this year with a total of 72 holes of 283, while claiming earlier Western Amateur in New Orleans, Louisiana. American victory in his second and last amateur in 1961, Nicklaus convincingly defeated Dudley Wysong 8 and 6 at Pebble Beach in the championship game of 36 holes.
At the U.S. Open 1960, Nicklaus shot two-under par 282, finishing second by two strokes to Arnold Palmer, who won the tournament with a final round charge from 65 to six under par. This remains the lowest score ever shot by an amateur at the U.S. Open and he did play the last 36 holes with Ben Hogan, who later remarked that he had played 36 holes with a child who should have win by 10 strokes. Over the last 36 holes, Nicklaus was at two under par and never fired a single round above par during the tournament. In 1960, Nicklaus also tied for 13th in the Masters and tied for fourth in the 1961 U.S. Open three shots behind the champion Gene Littler have played the last 54 holes one under par. Each of these three major championship Nicklaus ends designated as low amateur. However, a Nicklaus-under-par 287 and tie for seventh in the 1961 Masters tournament, finished second this year only to put amateur Charles Coe weak when he tied for second with Arnold Palmer at seven under par 281, one shot behind the champion Gary Player.
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