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Subscribe Today!Born on January 21, 1940, in Columbus Ohio, Jack Nicklaus held a record in professional golf that no one could ever challenge it. Even Tiger Woods still has a long way to go in challenging his record.

Nicklaus shot 51 in his first 9-hole round of golf at the age of 10. By age 12, he was winning the first of 6 straight Ohio State Junior titles. He missed the cut in his first U.S. Open in 1957 at age 17.

Jack Nicklaus turned professional at age 18.

In 1959 and 1961, Jack won the U.S. Amateur Titles while playing for Ohio State.

At age 26, Jack had completed the career grand slam. He won all the majors a second time. And finally, with his 1978 British Open victory, he’d won them all at least three times each. His final major came in 1986, at the age of 46, with his sixth Masters.

By the time he was retiring on his career on 1998, The Golden Bear as they call him played 154 consecutive majors for which he is all qualified, from the 1957 U.S. Open to the 1998 U.S. Open.