 His first win came in 1958 at the newly revamped Denver Open, and his last was at the 1964 Palm Springs Golf Classic.During his career, Jacobs had sole 2nd-place finishes in two major championships.He lost the 1964 U.S. Open to Ken Venturi by four strokes, and was runner-up in a playoff at the Masters Tournament in 1966 that he (72) and Gay Brewer (78) lost to Jack Nicklaus (70).