Which golfer Jack was nicknamed 'The Golden Bear'?
"incarnation of the game ""Jack Nicklaus 4"" published in 1997. In addition, ""Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge"" by Activision was published in 1999. Nicklaus continues to manage the Memorial Tournament, which he founded in his home state of Ohio. The event is played at Muirfield Village, a course that he co-designed with Desmond Muirhead and opened in 1974. The course was officially dedicated on Memorial Day, May 27, 1974, with an exhibition match between Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf. Nicklaus scored a six-under-par 66, which stood as the course record until 1979. The forerunner to this tournament, the Columbus Pro-Am,"
"by ""Melbourne Age"" writer Don Lawrence, who inquired about the American golf scene. When McCormack described Nicklaus, Lawrence referred to the ""large, strong, and blond"" player as ""the Golden Bear"", a nickname that would become synonymous with Nicklaus throughout his professional life. However, another possible origination of the name derives from the high school that Nicklaus attended in Upper Arlington, Ohio, which uses the mascot the Golden Bears for its sports teams. As mentioned above, Nicklaus played on several Golden Bears athletic teams, including captaining its 1956 state-champion golf squad, suggesting that McCormack may have adopted the name through Nicklaus'"
"ever been named to the No. 1 spot for more than three years. Nicklaus topped the 2009 worldwide list of 35 individuals who were selected by a panel of editors for their ability to influence and impact the business of golf, be it the development of courses and communities, the operation of courses, the equipment used by golfers, or the rules and regulations of the game. ""Golf Inc."" wrote that while the Golden Bear's reign at No. 1 is unprecedented, ""the fact is that he keeps adding to his legend, at the design table and in the business world. Despite"
"the world's most marketable sports figure. This association was the start of the agency that became known as International Management Group, and IMG, after building a base in golf management, eventually expanded into other sports. The Palmer-Nicklaus-Player rivalry developed into the so-called ""Big Three"" of Golf. In the early 1960s, McCormack set up a series of televised golf matches around the world among the three stars, known as Big Three Golf. In the early 1970s, Nicklaus left IMG to set up his own management agency, Golden Bear Inc. Despite winning no majors in 1964 (he had three runner-up finishes), Nicklaus"
"Jack Grout John Frederick ""Jack"" Grout (March 24, 1910 – May 13, 1989) was an American professional golfer who competed on the PGA Tour from 1931 to 1953. Though he taught many Hall of Fame players, he is best known as the 'first and only' golf teacher of Jack Nicklaus. He was inducted into the ""Golf Magazine"" World Golf Teachers Hall of Fame in 2016. Grout was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His golf career began in 1918 as a caddie at the old Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club. In 1927, at the age of seventeen, he was named"
"Furyk (8,9,12,16), Retief Goosen (9,10,13,16), Lee Janzen, Geoff Ogilvy (8,9,16), Tiger Woods (3,4,5,9,12,16) John Kelly (a), Richie Ramsay (a) Zach Johnson (9,11,12,16), Phil Mickelson (5,6,8,9,11,12,16), Mike Weir (8,16) Ben Curtis (9), Todd Hamilton Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel, Vijay Singh (8,9,11,12,16) Allen Doyle Paul Casey (10,16), Luke Donald (9,10,11,16), Kenneth Ferrie, Pádraig Harrington (10,16), Ryuji Imada, Colin Montgomerie (10,16), Nick O'Hern (15,16), Ian Poulter (10,16), Jeff Sluman, Steve Stricker (16) Stephen Ames (16), Stuart Appleby (16), Chad Campbell (16), K. J. Choi (12,16), Stewart Cink (16), Joe Durant (16), Lucas Glover (16), J. J. Henry, Trevor Immelman (16), Davis Love III"
"Joe Sebok Joe Sebok (born March 25, 1977) is a professional poker player from San Francisco, California. His stepfather, Barry Greenstein, is also a professional poker player. He is known as ""The Cub"" because he calls Greenstein ""Bear."" Beginning professional play in 2005, as of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,800,000. Sebok is also the co-founder of PokerRoad.com. PokerRoad is a GreenBok Production, and is a joint venture between Sebok and Greenstein. PokerRoad is a poker multi-media outlet that supplies Poker Radio, Poker TV, Poker in Print, among others. Sebok serves not only as the active President, but"
"with nine. Along with Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus he is often referred to as one of ""The Big Three"" golfers of his era – from the late 1950s through the late 1970s – when golf boomed in the United States and around the world, greatly encouraged by expanded television coverage. Along with Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods, he is one of only five players to win golf’s ""career Grand Slam"". He completed the Grand Slam in 1965 at the age of twenty-nine. Player was the second multiple majors winner from South Africa, following Bobby Locke,"
"initial group of inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame. His most prestigious medals, including those from his six British Open Championships, are on display in a tribute to him at the Jersey Museum. In the annals of golf, he is considered one of the greats of the game. In 2000, Vardon was ranked as the 13th best golfer of all time by ""Golf Digest"" magazine. Vardon is often called ""The Stylist"", ""Mr. Golf"" and ""The Icon of Golfing""; another nickname attached to him was ""Greyhound"". Vardon was also well known for the Vardon Grip, or overlapping grip, the"
"Impact Zone Golf, which features private lessons, multi-day golf schools, junior camps, and clubfitting. Championship tees Championship tees Sydney's Pub Spa Fitness Center Beach Transportation Club Concierge Tiburón Golf Club Tiburón Golf Club is a golf glub located in Naples, Florida. It has two courses, Gold and Black, both designed by Greg Norman, twice the winner of the Open Championship and formerly the top-ranked player in the world. From Australia, Norman's nickname on the PGA Tour was the ""Great White Shark,"" and tiburón is the Spanish word for shark. The Gold Course hosts the annual QBE Shootout (formerly Franklin Templeton"
"John Jeffrey John Jeffrey (born 25 March 1959 in Kelso in the Scottish Borders) is a Scottish former international rugby union player. His nicknames are ""The Great White Shark"" and ""JJ"", the former widely thought to be because of his blonde ""thatch of hair"", though in a recent book called 'The Grudge' by Tom English, it is a nickname that was given to him because of his very white skin. Richard Bath has described him as ""one of the most galvanising sights in Five Nations rugby throughout the 1980s and early 1990s."" Jeffrey was educated at St. Mary's School, Melrose"
"in 1929. In 1946 he moved to Leicestershire Golf Club. Beck reached the semi-final of the 1929 News of the World Match Play at Wentworth. He won the Dunlop-Midland Professional Championship in 1937 having been runner-up the previous year. Beck played for England in the Llandudno International Golf Trophy in 1938. ""Note: Beck only played in The Open Championship.""<br> NT = No tournament<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> ""T"" indicates a tie for a place Freddie Beck Alfred Gibson Beck (26 January 1904 – August 1987) was an English professional golfer. He was generally known as Freddie. He was"
"Jack Harris (golfer) John Bruce ""Jack"" Harris (8 December 1922 – 22 August 2014) was a leading Australian professional golfer in the 1946–69 period. As a club professional he taught thousands of golfers and as a player he won 91 professional tournaments on the Australian golf circuit. Harris also served 6 years in the Australian Army during the Second World War. Harris won a record six Victorian PGA Championship titles from 1950 to 1963 and the Victorian PGA Championship trophy is named the ""Jack Harris Cup"" in his honour. He became a life member of PGA Australia (2001) in recognition"
"Arnold Palmer Arnold Daniel Palmer (September 10, 1929 – September 25, 2016) was an American professional golfer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Dating back to 1955, he won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and the circuit now known as PGA Tour Champions. Nicknamed The King, he was one of golf's most popular stars and seen as a trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s. Palmer's social impact on behalf of golf was perhaps unrivaled among fellow professionals; his humble"
"George Halas George Stanley Halas Sr. (; February 2, 1895October 31, 1983), nicknamed ""Papa Bear"" and ""Mr. Everything"", was a player, coach, and owner involved with professional American football. He was the founder, owner, and head coach of the National Football League's Chicago Bears. He was also lesser known as a Major League Baseball player. Halas was one of the co-founders of the National Football League (NFL) in 1920, and in 1963 became one of the first 17 inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Halas was born in Chicago, Illinois, into a family of Czech-Bohemian immigrants. His parents"
"Tiburón Golf Club Tiburón Golf Club is a golf glub located in Naples, Florida. It has two courses, Gold and Black, both designed by Greg Norman, twice the winner of the Open Championship and formerly the top-ranked player in the world. From Australia, Norman's nickname on the PGA Tour was the ""Great White Shark,"" and tiburón is the Spanish word for shark. The Gold Course hosts the annual QBE Shootout (formerly Franklin Templeton Shootout), originally the ""Shark Shootout,"" an off-season golf event hosted by Norman that includes members of the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions. The tournament debuted in"
"the Scotland youth teams and commentating at rugby games on BBC Radio Scotland's ""Sportsound"" programme. When interviewed he came up with the memorable comment: ""Scoreboards do not lie!"" He has been a member of the International Rugby Board (Now called World Rugby) Council and head of referees since 2010. John Jeffrey John Jeffrey (born 25 March 1959 in Kelso in the Scottish Borders) is a Scottish former international rugby union player. His nicknames are ""The Great White Shark"" and ""JJ"", the former widely thought to be because of his blonde ""thatch of hair"", though in a recent book called 'The"
"instructor at West Point because of his service with ""Buffalo Soldier"" units, was euphemized to ""Black Jack"" by reporters. In the first half of the twentieth century, before Major League Baseball was racially integrated, dark-skinned and dark-complexioned players were nicknamed ""Nig""; examples are: Johnny Beazley (1941–49), Joe Berry (1921–22), Bobby Bragan (1940–48), Nig Clarke (1905–20), Nig Cuppy (1892–1901), Nig Fuller (1902), Johnny Grabowski (1923–31), Nig Lipscomb (1937), Charlie Niebergall (1921–24), Nig Perrine (1907), and Frank Smith (1904–15). The 1930s movie ""The Bowery"" with George Raft and Wallace Beery includes a sports-bar in New York City named ""Nigger Joe's"". In 1960,"
"Jack Burke Jr. John Joseph Burke Jr. (born January 29, 1923) is an American professional golfer who was most prominent in the 1950s. He first rose to fame with two victories in the 1951 Ryder Cup and was subsequently selected for the 1953, 1955, 1957, and 1959 teams, serving as playing captain in 1957. Burke also served as non-playing captain in the 1973 matches, and as special assistant captain to Hal Sutton in 2004. He won two major titles during his career, both in 1956, the Masters and PGA Championship. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Burke started in golf at"
"indicates a tie for a place<br> Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10. Jerry Barber Carl Jerome ""Jerry"" Barber (April 25, 1916 – September 23, 1994) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour. He had seven wins on tour, including a major title, the PGA Championship in 1961. Born in Woodson, Illinois, Barber was one of nine children raised on an Illinois farm near Jacksonville, and turned professional in 1942. Small in stature, he was one of the top putters of his era. Barber was a full-time member of the PGA Tour from 1948 to"
"in North Palm Beach, Florida which provides valuable programs and services to more than 4,000 hospitalized children and their families, free of charge, through Child Life programs, the Pediatric Oncology Support Team, and the Safe Kids program. The Nicklauses established ""The Jake"", a pro-am golf tournament played annually at The Bear's Club in Jupiter, Florida in honor of their 17-month-old grandson who drowned in a hot tub in 2005. It has become the foundation's chief fundraiser. Players like Robert Allenby, Raymond Floyd, Tom Watson, Ian Baker-Finch, Ernie Els, Jay Haas, Johnny Miller, and Gary Player have participated. No one accepts"
"Gene Littler Gene Alec Littler (born July 21, 1930) is an American professional golfer and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Known for a solid temperament and nicknamed ""Gene the Machine"" for his smooth rhythmical swing, he once said that, ""Golf is not a game of great shots. It's a game of the best misses. The people who win make the smallest mistakes."" Littler was born in San Diego, California. He played on the 1953 United States Walker Cup team, and won the U.S. Amateur and the California State Amateur that same year. In 1954, he won"
"the half-way cut<br> ""T"" indicates a tie for a place<br> Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10 Jack Burns (golfer) John ""Jack"" Burns (7 January 1859 – 18 December 1927), a native of St Andrews, was a Scottish professional golfer for part of his life. He was the son of an Irish labourer, and started earning his living as a plasterer. However, there is reference to him being a professional golfer in the minutes of the St Andrews Golf Club in October 1885. Burns moved to Warwick, England in 1887 to become the golf professional and greenskeeper at the"
"worked as a golf commentator on ESPN. He was inducted as a member of the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986. CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> ""T"" indicates a tie for a place Frank Beard (golfer) Joseph Franklin Beard (born May 1, 1939) is an American former professional golfer who was a member of the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. Beard won eleven PGA Tour events. Beard was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended Saint Xavier High School in Louisville, Kentucky, and won the Kentucky state high school golf championship as a senior in 1957. He attended the"
"Peter Jackson (rugby union) Peter Jackson (22 September 1930, Birmingham – 22 March 2004, Solihull) was a rugby union international who played on the wing for Coventry and Warwickshire for many years. He earned the nickname 'Nijinsky' after the Russian ballet dancer. He was devastating when he had the ball to hand and could sidestep or outpace a defender with equal facility. He scored three tries in the 1957 Five Nations Championship and helped England to their first Grand Slam since the Twenties. In 1958 against at Twickenham, he demonstrated his mastery of the feint to score a dazzling match-winning"
"Jack Oke John Henry ""Jack"" Oke (1 May 1880 – 8 March 1950) was an English professional golfer. He won the first Canadian Open in 1904. His brother, George (1892–1947), was also a professional golfer and was president of the PGA in 1930/31. Oke was born in Northam, Devon near Royal North Devon Golf Club. By 1899 he was an assistant to J. H. Taylor at Mid-Surrey Golf Club. He entered the Open Championship from 1901 to 1903, finishing tied for 15th place in 1901 and tied for 29th in 1903. Oke was the professional at Royal Ottawa Golf Club"
"Did not play<br> ""T"" indicates a tie for a place<br> Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10 Jack Simpson John ""Jack"" Simpson (29 December 1859 – 9 July 1895) was a Scottish professional golfer of the late 19th century. Simpson was born Earlsferry, Fife, and was one of six golfing brothers. He played his golf out of Carnoustie. He was a powerful but erratic player. He won the 1884 Open Championship at Prestwick with a score of 160 for 36 holes, despite taking a nine at his second hole. He did not have any other high finishes at the"
"York Road Country Club. ""this list may be incomplete"" Jack Campbell (golfer) John D. ""Jack"" ""Jock"" Campbell (21 May 1878 – 23 July 1955) was a Scottish professional golfer. Campbell was born in Troon, Scotland and came to the United States in 1900. He became an assistant to brother Alec ""Nipper"" Campbell at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. Campbell placed sixth in the 1903 U.S. Open and won three Philadelphia Open Championships. He was a golf pro at Huntingdon Valley Country Club and Overbrook Golf Club then went to north New Jersey for three years. In 1912, he came"
"John Henry Taylor John Henry ""J.H."" Taylor (19 March 1871 – 10 February 1963) was an English professional golfer and one of the pioneers of the modern game of golf. Taylor is considered to be one of the best golfers of all time. He was also a significant golf course architect. Taylor was born in Northam, Devon. He was a member of the fabled Great Triumvirate of the sport in his day, along with Harry Vardon and James Braid, and he won The Open Championship five times. Born into a working-class family, and orphaned as a boy, he began work"
"after the hospital admitted him on January 24. He was elected to the Connecticut Golf Hall of Fame in 2000. ""this list may be incomplete"" NYF = Tournament not yet founded<br> DNP = Did not play<br> R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play<br> ""T"" indicates a tie for a place<br> Yellow background for top-10 Johnny Golden Johnny Golden (April 2, 1896 – January 27, 1936) was an American professional golfer. Born in Tuxedo, New York, Golden won nine times on the PGA Tour in the 1920s and 1930s. He played on"
"following Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen, and only Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods have performed the feat since. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six decades and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Nicknamed the Black Knight, Mr. Fitness, and the International Ambassador of Golf, Player is also a renowned golf course architect with more than 325 design projects on five continents throughout the world. He has also authored or co-written 36 golf books. His business interests are represented by Black Knight International, which includes Gary Player Design, Player Real Estate, The"
"was still assisting with lessons at the Wattle Park GC into his 90s. Harris died aged 91 in August 2014. ""this list may still be incomplete"" Jack Harris (golfer) John Bruce ""Jack"" Harris (8 December 1922 – 22 August 2014) was a leading Australian professional golfer in the 1946–69 period. As a club professional he taught thousands of golfers and as a player he won 91 professional tournaments on the Australian golf circuit. Harris also served 6 years in the Australian Army during the Second World War. Harris won a record six Victorian PGA Championship titles from 1950 to 1963"
"John Beck (golfer) John Beaumont Beck (13 August 1899 – 20 June 1980) was an English amateur golfer. He played in the 1928 Walker Cup but is best remembered for being the captain in 1938, when Great Britain and Ireland won the Cup for the first time after nine defeats. He was also the non-playing captain in 1947. Beck played in the 1928 Walker Cup at Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois, a match the Americans won 11–1. He played in the foursomes but was not selected for the singles. Beck was selected as captain of the 1938 Walker Cup"