Just a few months before the 1972 U.S. Open, Jack Nicklaus had slipped on his fourth green jacket at the Masters. A few months before that he had won the Crosby Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

As we lead up to the Open, we'll be looking back at the best of Pebble Beach Opens past, and we start with Jack Nicklaus' landmark 1972 win. Sometimes, golf comes down to a single swing.

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Golf Association announced Wednesday that it has renamed the U.S. Open championship medal after Jack Nicklaus. Beginning this year, the Jack Nicklaus Medal will be awarded to ...

Nicklaus' 1-iron off the flagstick on the 17th hole of the final round is one of the most iconic shots in golf history. My U.S. Open created in partnership with Rolex.

Consider the final standings of the U.S. Open Golf Championship of 1972, the first played at Pebble Beach and won by Jack Nicklaus by three strokes.

Nicklaus also has the most U.S. Open appearances with 44, 10 more than Hale Irwin at 34. Jack Nicklaus holds the trophy after victory in the 1972 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.

The 18-time major winner recounts his victory at the 1972 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Three-time Open winner Jack Nicklaus on Tuesday will become only the third American to be honored as an honorary citizen of St. Andrews, Scotland. The other Americans who ...