The Masters Tournament began in 1934, with Horton Smith becoming the first champion. Rory McIlroy joined the club last year, defeating Justin Rose in a playoff at Augusta National and, in the process, ...

Arnold Palmer is famous for sending congratulatory notes to players who have won golf tournaments, great and small. None were bigger than when Jack Nicklaus captured the 1986 Masters at age 46. And, ...

Jack Nicklaus turns 86 today. That’s 86 years of life, 18 major championships, 73 PGA Tour wins, and a lifetime of making the impossible appear easy. Jack Nicklaus was born on January 21, 1940, in ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. – At 7 a.m. ET, the 84 th Masters Tournament officially commenced, 579 days after the conclusion of No. 83. Starters Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus opened the tournament with a pair ...

He took golf very seriously right from the very first minute,' golf pro Jack Grout said of his then-9-year-old student, Jack Nicklaus, then 9.