WATCH: Jack Nicklaus' remembers his first major, the 1962 US Open at Oakmont
Last Updated: 16/06/16 9:33pm
Jack Nicklaus won 18 majors and he looks back on the very first which came at Oakmont after a US Open success in 1962.
With the vast majority of the fans cheering for Pennsylvania native Arnold Palmer, a 22-year-old rookie by the name of Jack William Nicklaus announced himself on the world golfing stage as he beat the King in an 18-hole play-off.
Palmer was the bookies', as well as the fans' favourite as he headed into the final round tied for the lead with Bobby Nichols, with Nicklaus and Gary Player were two shots behind.
Nicklaus bogeyed the first, and he soon found himself five shots off the pace when Palmer birdied the second and fourth. But, after Nicklaus birdied seven and nine, Palmer duffed a chip at the long ninth and made bogey.
Nicklaus closed the gap to one with his third birdie in five holes at the 11th, and he was tied for the lead when Palmer failed to get up and down from a bunker at the 13th.
The pair parred in to finish tied at the top on one under, and 10,000 fans turned up for the Sunday play-off to see their local hero fall four shots behind after six holes, but this time it was Palmer who found his game around the turn as three birdies in four holes reduced the arrears to one.
But Palmer then three-putted the 13th, and Nicklaus closed out a level-par 71 against Palmer's 74 to capture the first of his 18 major titles and begin a rivalry with Palmer and Player that would last for the next two decades.
Hit play on the video above to watch Nicklaus remember the first of many!
