The Big Three Golfers Signature Collage

Nicknamed the Big Three, golf legends Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, and Jack Nicklaus shared 34 major wins between them and redefined how golf was played from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. Their storied talent and rivalries helped propel golf into the hearts of fans worldwide. This collage features photographs signed by Arnold Palmer and Gary Player and an Augusta National Golf Club scorecard signed by Jack Nicklaus. 

Nicknamed “The King,” Arnold Palmer was one of golf's most popular stars and seen as a trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s. Palmer's social impact on behalf of golf was perhaps unrivaled among fellow professionals. His humble background and plain-spoken popularity helped change the perception of golf from an elite, upper-class pastime played in private clubs to a more populist sport, accessible to middle and working classes on public courses. 

In a career spanning more than six decades, Palmer won 62 PGA Tour titles from 1955 to 1973. He is fifth on the Tour's all-time victory list. He won seven major titles in a six-plus-year domination from the 1958 Masters to the 1964 Masters. He also won the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998 and in 1974 was one of the 13 original inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Gary Player is a South African professional golfer. During his career, Player won nine major championships on the regular tour and nine major championships on the Champions Tour. At the age of 29, Player won the 1965 U.S. Open and became the only non-American to win all four majors in a career, known as the career Grand Slam. At the time, he was the youngest player to do this. Player became only the third golfer in history to win the Career Grand Slam, following Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen, and only Nicklaus and Woods have performed the feat since. Player has won 163 tournaments on six continents over seven decades and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. 

Nicknamed the Black Knight, Mr. Fitness, and the International Ambassador of Golf, Player is also a renowned golf course architect with more than 400 design projects on five continents throughout the world. He has also authored or co-written 36 golf books.

Over a quarter-century, Nicklaus won a record 18 major championships. Nicklaus focused on the major championships—Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship—and played a selective schedule of regular PGA Tour events. He competed in 164 major tournaments, more than any other player, and finished with 73 PGA Tour victories.  He won the 1986 Masters, his 18th and final major championship at age 46, the tournament's oldest winner.

Author Ken Bowman wrote of Nicklaus, “There have been prettier swingers of the club than Jack Nicklaus. There may have been better ball-strikers than Jack Nicklaus. There have definitely been better short-game exponents than Jack Nicklaus. Other golfers have putted as well as Jack Nicklaus. There may have been golfers as dedicated and fiercely competitive as Jack Nicklaus. But no individual has been able to develop, combine and sustain all of the complex physical skills and the immense mental and emotional resources the game demands at its highest level as well as Jack Nicklaus has for as long as he has.”

Together, Palmer, Nicklaus, and Player were "The Big Three" in golf during the 1960s. They are widely credited with popularizing and commercializing the sport around the world. 

CONDITION:

Glossy photograph of Arnold Palmer golfing with Jackie Gleason, signed in blue felt tip by Palmer. The signature is legible without smudges or fading. In very good condition, with some creasing to the middle of the image. Photograph dimensions: 11" H x 14" W. 

Jack Nicklaus signed Augusta National Golf Club scorecard. The scorecard is cream, with green printing. The card is signed in black felt tip by Nicklaus. The signature is large, with only a little bit of bleed of the ink, still very legible.  

Black and white photograph of Palmer, Player and Nicklaus posing with their golf clubs before a practice round at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on September 6, 1962.  Signed in black felt tipped ink by Player. Good condition, legible signature. Photograph Dimensions: 11" H x 14" W. 

The Palmer and Player signed photographs and Augusta National scorecard signed by Nicklaus are archivally mounted in windows with acid-free black mats, brushed silver spandrels, an olive green linen top mat, custom metal plaque and round Masters patch, UV Conservation Clear glass, and a custom brushed silver wooden frame. 

Framed Dimensions: 44" H x 25" W x 1 5/8" D.

Accompanied by our company's letter of authenticity.