Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Gary Player are the face of the golf. Combine they scored 58 aces. Their total number of victories in major tournaments is 34, all three entitled with hall of fame achievement, they accumulate a sum of 377 professional wins with 167 PGA Tours victories. Their Major winning duration starts from 1958 and ends in 1986. In their prime time, they were unstoppable. They left no stone unturned to be a permanent part of the history. They had been the ideals of different golfers during their career. They claimed for all the previous claims not more than a mythical record in the recordbook of the golf. The Big Three were a constant peril to the fellow golfers. In each tournament, one of them was considered as the top dog.

Gary has the most professional wins; 137, on his resume. He turned professional in 1954 and retired in 2009, last among the Big 3. In 1961 he defeated Arnold Palmer in the final round and started the rivalship with him. In 1962, The PGA tournament he finished first where Jack Nicklaus was chasing him till the last hole. In 1968, Jack fell short of two strokes when Gary won The Open Tournament. 1974 was another year when Gary won The Masters Open with a big margin from Arnold and Jack Nicklaus. Once again he left Nicklaus behind in 1974 and lifted the trophy of The British Open 1974. 1978 was the last year when he won a Major and outpointed Jack with a margin of 4 strokes. Gary is among the only five players to achieve a Career Slam, He did it in 1965.

Arnold Palmer turned pro in 1954 and soon became a golf star. He has 95 professional victories with 7 Major titles. Arnold won his first Masters trophy when he defeated Gary Player after an 18 round playoff with a 4 under par round, in The Masters Open of 64, his victory margin over Jack was 6 strokes. Gary stood 5th in that event. Arnold defeated Jack Nicklaus 6 times on different occasions and did the same with Gary Player many a time. He was crowd favorite and could win any tournament along with his fans at any golf course.

Jack Nicklaus turned professional in 1961 and left the golf in 2005, he has the shortest period among the Big three but has the most victories. His 73 PGA Tour wins are 3rd all-time best and he led the golf with record 18 victories in Major tournaments. His first clash with Arnold happened in 1960 when he finished second, in that event Jack was going to win The US open tournament as an amateur. He defeated Arnold in the same tournament 2 years later in front of a pro-Arnold crowd, in that match, Jack and Arnold were toe-to-toe in the final round and both finished 1 under par. Hundreds of the spectators watched The playoff of 18 holes where Jack took the lead on the very first hole and maintained it till the last one. In his five victories of The Masters Open Gary and Arnold were far behind. Both the rivals battled again in The US Open 1967, Arnold was leader till second round, Jack leveled the score on the third day and in the final round he played 65, a five under par round was enough to win the title. Jack outclassed both the opponents on the different tournaments. This continued until 1986 when Jack won his last Major, The Masters 6th time and it is still a record, Tiger Woods has achieved this for 5 times.

Jack Nicklaus is the best golfer of all time and there is no dispute in this claim, Among the Big three, second and third place is debatable, Gary and Arnold did enough to be ranked second in the Big Three. . Jack’s flags for victories are still unshaken. He spent a little span of time to get victories of the epoch. His records are in engraved on the stone and have left no competitor to break it. His astonishing and spell-bounding tricky nature spares no way to overcome his win. He was such a dynamic and striking figure that left his opponents not being shaken and quivered.