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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSJack Nicklaus (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2the Decade for the 1970s. 1979: British open champion forthe third time. 1978: Named Sports Illustrated Sportsmanof the Year. 1977: First pga tour player to reach $3 million(5/2/77). 1976: Named pga player of the Year for thefifth time (1967-72-73-75-76). 1975: captured five tourevents, including masters and pga championship. 1974:tied previous year’s career high for wins with seven...Inaugural inductee into World golf Hall of Fame. 1973:First tour player to reach $2 million (12/1/73)...pgachampionship winner, one of career-high seven victorieson the season in only 18 events. 1972: Winner of mastersand u.S. open, and runner-up at British open, one of 19second-place major finishes. 1969: playing in his firstryder cup, showed great sportsmanship by conceding a2-footer to tony Jacklin after making a 4-footer for par onthe last green, resulting in the first tie in ryder cup history.1966: Second consecutive masters victory (and thirdin four years) and first British open win. 1965: 17 top-10sin 20 events...Five victories included second masters win.1964: runner-up finishes at masters, British open andpga...Led tour in official earnings for the first time. 1963:First masters and pga championship victories...posted 17top-10s in 24 events, including five wins. 1962: as a rookie,first professional victory came at u.S. open at oakmont,where he defeated arnold palmer in 18-hole playoff.Amateur: Won two u.S. amateur titles, defeating charlescoe 1-up in 1959 and Dudley Wysong, 8 and 6, in 1961...Finished runner-up to arnold palmer in 1960 u.S. open asan amateur, shooting 282...Won 1961 Ncaa championshipat ohio State.PeRSonAL:Founder and host of the memorial tournament…theNicklaus companies’ global business includes golf coursedesign, development and licensing…Nicklaus Designnamed golf course architect of the Year in asia pacificthree years running (2008-2010)…alma mater, ohio State,opened the Jack Nicklaus museum on campus in may2002…Named 1999 Father of Year by minority golfassociation…With wife Barbara, opened and dedicatedthe Nicklaus childrens Hospital in West palm Beach, FLon Nov. 1, 2004…awarded the presidential medal ofFreedom, the nation’s highest civil award, by presidentgreg NormanBush in November 2005. arnold palmer was honored in2004 and others honored with the award in 2005 includedmuhammad ali and andy griffith…In 2006, was named“most powerful person in golf” for the third consecutiveyear by Golf Inc.PLAYeR StAtiSticSMISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICScareer Low Round/Round: 62–2 times, most recent 1973ohio Kings Island open/3Largest career Paycheck/Finish: $144,000–1986 masters tournament/1MISCELLANEOUS ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICScareer Low Round: 64–2 times, most recent 1990 mazdaSENIor tourNamENt pLaYErS championship/4Largest career Paycheck/Finish: $150,000–3 times,most recent 1996 the tradition/1WoRLD GoLF HALL oF FAMe MeMBeR (inducted 2001)eXeMPt StAtUS: Life memberFULL nAMe: gregory John NormanHeiGHt: 6-0WeiGHt: 180BiRtHDAte: February 10, 1955BiRtHPLAce: mt. Isa, Queensland, australiaReSiDence: Hobe Sound, FLFAMiLY: Wife, Kirsten; morgan-Leigh(10/5/82), gregory (9/19/85)SPeciAL inteReStS: Fishing, hunting, scuba divingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1976JoineD toUR: 1983PGA toUR VictoRieS (20):1984 Kemper open, canadian open. 1986 panasonic LasVegas Invitational, Kemper open, British open. 1988 mcIHeritage golf classic. 1989 the International, greatermilwaukee open. 1990 Doral-ryder open, memorialtournament. 1992 canadian open. 1993 Doral-ryder open,British open. 1994 tHE pLaYErS championship. 1995memorial tournament, canon greater Hartford open, NEcWorld Series of golf. 1996 Doral-ryder open. 1997 FedExSt. Jude classic, NEc World Series of golf.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (70):1976 Westlakes classic [aus]. 1977 martini International[Eur], Kuzuhz International [Jpn]. 1978 New South Walesopen [aus], traralgon classic [aus], caltex Festivalof Sydney open [aus], South Seas classic [Fiji]. 1979traralgon classic [aus], martini International [Eur], HongKong open. 1980 australian open [aus], French open[Eur], Scandinavian open [Eur], Suntory World matchplay championship [Eur], State Express classic, Benson& Hedges International. 1981 australian masters [aus],martini International [Eur], Dunlop masters [Eur]. 1982Dunlop masters [Eur], State Express classic [Eur], Benson& Hedges International [Eur]. 1983 australian masters[aus], Stefan Queensland open [aus], National panasonicNew South Wales open [aus], Hong Kong open, cannesInvitational [Eur], Suntory World match play championship[Eur], Kapalua. 1984 Victorian open [aus], australianmasters [aus], australian pga [aus]. 1985 toshibaaustralian pga championship [aus], National panasonicaustralian open [aus], Dunhill cup [Eur]. 1986 StefanQueensland open [aus], National panasonic New SouthWales open [aus], West End Jubilee South australianopen [aus], National panasonic Western australian open[aus], European open [Eur], Suntory World matchplaychampionship [Eur], Dunhill cup [Eur], pga grand Slam ofgolf. 1987 australian masters [aus], National panasonicaustralian open [aus]. 1988 palm meadows cup [aus],ESp open [aus], pga National tournament playerschampionship [aus], panasonic New South Wales open[aus], Lancia Italian open [Eur]. 1989 australian masters[aus], pga National tournament players championship[aus], chunichi crowns [Jpn]. 1990 australian masters[aus]. 1993 taiheyo masters [Jpn], pga grand Slam ofgolf. 1994 Johnnie Walker asian classic [Eur], pga grandSlam of golf. 1995 australian open [aus], Fred meyerchallenge [with Brad Faxon]. 1996 Ford South australianopen [aus], australian open [aus], Fred meyer challenge[with Brad Faxon]. 1997 telus Skins game, Fred meyerchallenge [with Brad Faxon], andersen consulting Worldchampionship. 1998 greg Norman Holden International[aus], Franklin templeton Shootout [with Steve Elkington].2001 Skins game.2010 SeASon:Did not compete in a pga tour event for the first timesince 2007…Named as captain of the International teamfor the 2011 presidents cup in australia. repeats role from2009 presidents cup in San Francisco.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:Has 70 career worldwide victories to go along with his20 career pga tour victories. 2009: played in three pgatour events and captained the International team in thepresidents cup in San Francisco...Finished t70 at the ShellHouston open and missed the cut at the masters andBritish open...the International team lost to the unitedStates team at Harding park in San Francisco in october...Best champions tour finishes in six starts were a t4 at theu.S. Senior open and a t6 at the Senior British open. after54 holes, led the Senior British by one and was one back atthe u.S. Senior open. 2008: Enjoyed a magical ride at theBritish open, carrying a two-stroke lead into the final roundbefore a 7-over 77 left him in a tie for third place—hisbest showing in a major championship since finishing thirdat the 1999 masters. Finished six strokes behind winnerpadraig Harrington. His 30th career top-10 finish in amajor earned a spot in the 2009 masters (top four and tiesqualify)...missed the cut in three other pga tour eventsduring the year, including the at&t pebble Beach Nationalpro-am, where he played with son gregory...came back aweek after his British open performance with a t5 at theSenior British open on the champions tour. also finishedt6 in the Senior pga championship and fourth in the u.S.Senior open...In late February, was named captain of theInternational team for the presidents cup 2009. 2007:Did not make a pga tour start for the first time in hiscareer. also didn’t play on the champions tour...Finished64th in the Dubai Desert classic on the European tour inFebruary. 2006: only official pga tour start he made wasat the INtErNatIoNaL, where he missed the cut, andin the Senior Spanish open (t6). Did not make a start onthe champions tour or the European tour...missed muchof the early part of the year after undergoing surgery inFebruary on his right knee to repair damage to the meniscus...Didnot compete again until august’s telus SkinsPLAYeR StAtiSticSMISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICScareer Low Round/Round: 62–4 times, most recent 1993Doral-ryder open/3Largest career Paycheck/Finish: $509,618–2008 Britishopen/t3MISCELLANEOUS ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICScareer Low Round: 64–2009 Senior British open/3Largest career Paycheck/Finish: $123,794–2008 u.S.Senior open championship/42-134 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com