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Tiger Woods is perfect at converting leads at majors; so was Jack Nicklaus when he led outright
We all know that Tiger Woods is 14-for-14 when leading a major championship through 54 holes. The man whose major championship record he is chasing was pretty strong, too.
Jack Nicklaus was 10-for-12 in that situation, but those two setbacks came when he was tied for the lead. When leading outright, Nicklaus was money: 8-for-8.
One of the times Nicklaus didn't win when sharing the lead was the 1977 Duel in the Sun, the British Open at Turnberry, when he shot a 66 in the final round and Tom Watson took the title with a 65. Nobody has done a Watson on Woods yet, though Bob May came close at the 2000 PGA Championship (shooting a 66 in the final round to make up a one-stroke deficit before losing a playoff).
There was one championship that Nicklaus let get away. He was tied with Charles Coody at the 1971 Masters, but managed only an even-par 72 in the final round to lose by two.
Nicklaus also came from behind to win eight majors to account for his total of 18; Woods hasn't come from behind yet.
Woods has led outright through 54 holes in 11 majors, while also converting all three of his shared leads.
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