Nicklaus Design For more than 30 years, Nicklaus courses have blanketed the country and the globe, establishing Jack as one of the world's premier golf course designers. His stature as a designer is on par with his place in golf history as a player. In fact, in 1999 Golf Digest ranked Jack as the world's leading active designer. And he has shown no signs of slowing down - whether it be in his passion for design or his flair for the creative.

Jack's design career closely mirrors the record-setting evolution of his playing career. In 1966, just four years after Jack turned professional, renowned architect Dick Wilson visited Jack's home course of Scioto in Columbus, Ohio. Wilson was there to re-design the course, and Jack volunteered to tag along as his assistant.

Just a few years later, Jack and Pete Dye teamed to design Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, S.C. Harbour Town quickly earned its place among the Top 100 courses in the country, followed closely by Jack's co-design at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. Considered a break-through design in the 70's, Muirfield Village has been a fixture among the Top 50 courses in the world.

Today, Jack and his successful firm, Nicklaus Design, have established themselves as industry leaders. With the addition of his four sons and son-in-law, Nicklaus Design enters a new millennium with momentum and over 230 courses to its credit. Of those, Jack has been involved in 198 of them, and at least 30 of those courses have been ranked in various national and international Top-100 lists over the years. Also, close to a third of Nicklaus Design courses have hosted a professional tournament or amateur championship.

The Nicklaus name long ago earned its place in golf history. But for now and in the future, there are hundreds of golf courses to remind us of another form of excellence attached to the Nicklaus name.