Jack Nicklaus Career Wins

PGA Tour and Champions Tour Wins by Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus 1972
Jack Nicklaus in 1972. Nicklaus won seven PGA Tour events that year. Don Morley / Getty Images

Jack Nicklaus, the golfer many analysts rate as the best ever, won 73 times in PGA Tour tournaments. That's third-best all-time, behind only Sam Snead and Tiger Woods. But Nicklaus' total of 73 wins includes 18 in major championships, which is the record.

Nicklaus won his first PGA Tour tournament in 1962 and his last in 1986. The most tournaments he won in a single PGA Tour season was seven, a number Nicklaus hit several times. Nicklaus won at least once on the tour every year from 1962 through 1978, a 17-year-stretch that shares the tour record for consecutive years with a victory.

Nicklaus' Wins on the PGA Tour (73)

Nicklaus' career wins on the PGA Tour are listed here chronologically, in the order in which they were achieved.

1962
U.S. Open
Seattle World's Fair Open Invitational
Portland Open Invitational

1963
Palm Springs Golf Classic
The Masters
Tournament of Champions
PGA Championship
Sahara Invitational

1964
Phoenix Open Invitational
Tournament of Champions
Whitemarsh Open Invitational
Portland Open Invitational

1965
The Masters
Memphis Open Invitational
Thunderbird Classic
Philadelphia Golf Classic
Portland Open Invitational

1966
The Masters
British Open
Sahara Invitational

1967
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am
U.S. Open
Western Open
Westchester Classic
Sahara Invitational

1968
Western Open
American Golf Classic

1969
Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational
Sahara Invitational
Kaiser International Open Invitational

1970
Byron Nelson Golf Classic
British Open
National Four-Ball Championship (with Arnold Palmer)

1971
PGA Championship
Tournament of Champions
Byron Nelson Golf Classic
National Team Championship (with Arnold Palmer)
Walt Disney World Open Invitational

1972
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am
Doral-Eastern Open
The Masters
U.S. Open
Westchester Classic
U.S. Professional Match Play Championship
Walt Disney World Open Invitational

1973
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am
Greater New Orleans Open
Tournament of Champions
Atlanta Classic
PGA Championship
Ohio Kings Island Open
Walt Disney World Golf Classic

1974
Hawaiian Open
Tournament Players Championship

1975
Doral-Eastern Open
Sea Pines Heritage Classic
The Masters
PGA Championship
World Open Golf Championship

1976
Tournament Players Championship
World Series of Golf

1977
Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic
MONY Tournament of Champions
Memorial Tournament

1978
Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic
Tournament Players Championship
British Open
IVB Philadelphia Golf Classic

1980
U.S. Open
PGA Championship

1982
Colonial National Invitation

1984
Memorial Tournament

1986
The Masters

Nicklaus' Wins on the Champions Tour (10)

Once Nicklaus reached age 50, he began playing on the senior circuit, the Champions Tour. But Nicklaus played sparingly on that tour, which explains why his 10 career wins don't rank very high on the Champions Tour career wins list. Eight of those wins, however, were in senior majors, and for many years that was the record.

  • 1990 The Tradition at Desert Mountain
  • 1990 Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship
  • 1991 The Tradition at Desert Mountain
  • 1991 PGA Seniors' Championship
  • 1991 U.S. Senior Open
  • 1993 U.S. Senior Open
  • 1994 Mercedes Championships
  • 1995 The Tradition
  • 1996 GTE Suncoast Classic
  • 1996 The Tradition