[['year', 'championship', '54 holes', 'winning score', 'margin', 'runner (s) - up'], ['1. 1962', 'us open', '2 shot deficit', '1 (72 + 70 + 72 + 69 = 283)', 'playoff 1', 'arnold palmer'], ['2. 1963', 'masters tournament', '1 shot lead', '2 (74 + 66 + 74 + 72 = 286)', '1 stroke', 'tony lema'], ['3. 1963', 'pga championship', '3 shot deficit', '5 (69 + 73 + 69 + 68 = 279)', '2 strokes', 'dave ragan'], ['4. 1965', 'masters tournament (2)', '5 shot lead', '17 (67 + 71 + 64 + 69 = 271)', '9 strokes', 'arnold palmer , gary player'], ['5. 1966', 'masters tournament (3)', 'tied for lead', 'e (68 + 76 + 72 + 72 = 288)', 'playoff 2', 'gay brewer , tommy jacobs'], ['6. 1966', 'the open championship', '2 shot deficit', '2 (70 + 67 + 75 + 70 = 282)', '1 stroke', 'doug sanders , dave thomas'], ['7. 1967', 'us open (2)', '1 shot deficit', '9 (71 + 67 + 72 + 65 = 275)', '4 strokes', 'arnold palmer'], ['8. 1970', 'the open championship (2)', '2 shot deficit', '5 (68 + 69 + 73 + 73 = 283)', 'playoff 3', 'doug sanders'], ['9. 1971', 'pga championship (2)', '4 shot lead', '7 (69 - 69 + 70 + 73 = 281)', '2 strokes', 'billy casper'], ['10. 1972', 'masters tournament (4)', '1 shot lead', '2 (68 + 71 + 73 + 74 = 286)', '3 strokes', 'bruce crampton , bobby mitchell , tom weiskopf'], ['11. 1972', 'us open (3)', '1 shot lead', '+ 2 (71 + 73 + 72 + 74 = 290)', '3 strokes', 'bruce crampton'], ['12. 1973', 'pga championship (3)', '1 shot lead', '7 (72 + 68 + 68 + 69 = 277)', '4 strokes', 'bruce crampton'], ['13. 1975', 'masters tournament (5)', '1 shot deficit', '12 (68 + 67 + 73 + 68 = 276)', '1 stroke', 'tom weiskopf , johnny miller'], ['14. 1975', 'pga championship (4)', '4 shot lead', '4 (70 + 68 + 67 + 71 = 276)', '2 strokes', 'bruce crampton'], ['16. 1980', 'us open (4)', 'tied for lead', '8 (63 + 71 + 70 + 68 = 272)', '2 strokes', 'isao aoki'], ['17. 1980', 'pga championship (5)', '3 shot lead', '6 (70 + 69 + 66 + 69 = 274)', '7 strokes', 'andy bean']]
the most major Jack Nicklaus won in a decade was 7 , which happened in both the 1960s and 1970s
the most major [ENT] won in a decade was 7 , which happened in both the 1960s and 1970s