Rory McIlroy (born May 4, 1989, Holywood, Northern Ireland) Northern Irish professional golfer whose meteoric rise made headlines in the sport. By age 23 he had already won two of golf’s four major championships—the U.S. Open in 2011 and the…

Jack Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.) is an American professional golfer, a dominating figure in world golf from the 1960s to the ’80s.(Read Jack Nicklaus’s Britannica entry on the U.S. Open.)While a student at Ohio State University,…