Jack Nicklaus Signed 1991 The Tradition at Desert Mountain Winning Scorecard
Jack Nicklaus was the man to beat on the PGA Champions Tour in 1990, just as he had been on the PGA Tour since 1962. Lee Trevino found the recipe for success that first year with the two. “I specifically called Barbara Nicklaus and said, ‘Listen, you keep Jack at home. For every tournament that I play in that he stays home, I’m going to send you a dozen roses.’ And I played 38 tournaments in 1990 and I sent her 30 dozen roses. He only played in eight.”
The 1991 PGA Champions Tour campaign was a different story, as the Golden Bear had just been sharpening its claws in 1990 (one major and two total wins). Jack Nicklaus won his first of three major championships that year at the 1991 Tradition, this signed official contestant scorecard used during that third round. He would do so after trailing by 12 shots after the second round. "I didn't think I could make up that much ground," said Nicklaus, who had a 71 and 73 in the first two rounds. "I never had done that before in 30-something years of playing golf, so why think I could do it now?" Well He did. This scorecard detailed Nicklaus' 3rd round in which he shot a 66 for his best round of the tournament after a scorching hot 5-under 31 front consisting of 5 birdies and three in a row holes 3-5. Nicklaus' cumulative 11-under would be enough for a 1-stroke victory over the field and the runner-up trio of Jim Dent, Phil Rodgers and Jim Colbert. Jack defended his 1990 Tradition major title and gave the field a 2 week break until his next PGA Champions Tour major win. Add his tournament used 66 scorecard in which he turned it all around to win his third Senior Major Championship.
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