Nicklaus retires with 18 'majors' to his name.

Tiger Woods has reached 10 majors in just 35 attempts as a professional - six fewer than Jack Nicklaus, whose total of 18 is the ultimate target for the world number one.

Nicklaus was 32 years old when he went into double figures at the 1972 Masters. Woods is not 30 until the end of December.

This is how they compare (figures in brackets indicate the number of majors played as a professional):

JACK NICKLAUS

1 - 1962 US Open (2)

2 - 1963 Masters (5)

3 - 1963 US PGA (8)

4 - 1965 Masters (13)

5 - 1966 Masters (17)

6 - 1966 Open (19)

7 - 1967 US Open (22)

8 - 1970 Open (35)

9 - 1971 US PGA (40)

10 - 1972 Masters (41)

11 - 1972 US Open (42)

12 - 1973 US PGA (48)

13 - 1975 Masters (53)

14 - 1975 US PGA (56)

15 - 1978 Open (67)

16 - 1980 US Open (74)

17 - 1980 US PGA (76)

18 - 1986 Masters (97)

TIGER WOODS

1 - 1997 Masters (1)

2 - 1999 US PGA (12)

3 - 2000 US Open (14)

4 - 2000 Open (15)

5 - 2000 US PGA (16)

6 - 2001 Masters (17)

7 - 2002 Masters (21)

8 - 2002 US Open (22)

9 - 2005 Masters (33)

10 - 2005 Open (35)