Jack Nicklaus (Born in 1940)
Jack Nicklaus is known by the nickname “The Golden Bear.” He is a retired professional golfer and also a golf course designer. He is considered one of the greatest golfers of all time and has won more major championships than Tiger Woods. He has won 117 golf tournaments during his career.
Today, he owns and heads Nicklaus Design, one of the world’s biggest golf course design companies. He has also written books that vary from autobiographies to instructional golf books. One of his best sellers, “Golf My Way,” published in 1975, is one of the most popular golf instructional books to date.