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Harry Vardon holds the record for the most Open Championship victories, winning six times during his career. Five men: Nicklaus, Woods, Hogan, Gary Player and Gene Sarazen are the only golfers to have won all four of the majors during their career, thus achieving the career grand slam.
This is a list of the fifty-three golfers who have won 17 or more official (or later deemed historically significant) money events on the PGA Tour. [1] [2] It is led by Sam Snead and Tiger Woods with 82 each.
RankPlayer [a]LifespanWinsT11912–200282T11975–8231940–7341912–199764Jan 6, 2022 · Tiger Woods has won the second most majors in men's professional golf history with 15. He snapped an 11-year drought to win the 2019 Masters Tournament — his fifth green jacket — to pull ...
Dec 22, 2023 · The Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and Open Championship (also known as the British Open) make up golf’s four majors. They are the pinnacles of achievement in the game and are looked at as the defining factors for greatness amongst the best players to ever pick up a golf club.
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- Jack Nicklaus — 18 Major Wins
- Tiger Woods — 15 Major Wins
- Walter Hagen — 11 Major Wins
- T-4. Ben Hogan — 9 Major Wins
- T-4. Gary Player — 9 Major Wins
- Tom Watson — 8 Major Wins
- T-7. Bobby Jones — 7 Major Wins
- T-7. Gene Sarazen — 7 Major Wins
- T-7. Sam Snead — 7 Major Wins
- T-7. Arnold Palmer — 7 Major Wins
6 Masters(1963, '65, '66, '72, '75, '86) 5 PGA Championships (1963, '71, '73, '75, '80) 4 U.S. Opens (1962, '67, '72, '80) 3 British Opens (1966, '70, '78) Nicklaus brought out greatness in his opponents — Palmer, Player, Watson, Trevino. But more importantly, he made golf a greater game through his physical skill and strength, his mental toughness...
5 Masters (1997, 2001, '02, '05, '19) 4 PGA Championships (1999, 2000, '06, '07) 3 U.S. Opens (2000, '02, '08) 3 British Opens (2000, '05, '06) Tiger's major wins have been equal parts dramatic and dominant. There was his breakthrough 12-shot Masters win in 1997 that announced his arrival to the pinnacle of the sport. There was his epic back-nine d...
5 PGA Championships (1921, '24, '25, '26, '27) 4 British Opens (1922, '24, '28, '29) 2 U.S. Opens (1914, '19) The flamboyant Hagen was the first ultra-successful touring pro and raised the stature of the lowly pro golfer substantially in an era when amateurs like Bobby Jones ruled the sport. Hagen won 11 professional majors — two U.S. Opens, four B...
4 U.S. Opens (1948, '50, '51, '53) 2 PGA Championships (1946, '48) 2 Masters (1951, '53) 1 British Open (1953) Hogan is one of five players (Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Gary Player, and Gene Sarazen) to win all of the Grand Slam events. In 1953, he became the first to win as many as three majors in one year, the Masters and both Opens. He didn't en...
3 British Opens (1959, '68, '74) 3 Masters (1961, '74, '78) 2 PGA Championships (1962, '72) 1 U.S. Open (1965) Using an unprecedented commitment to physical fitness (for golf, anyway) and an unmatched work ethic, Player has fashioned a remarkable career that has seen him win well over 150 tournaments worldwide, including nine major championships. H...
5 British Opens (1975, '77, '80, '82, '83) 2 Masters (1977, '81) 1 U.S. Open (1982) Watson won eight majors and dominated golf's oldest tournament, the British Open, like no one else, winning five times in a nine-year span and coming close to a historic sixth win in 2009 at 59. He won four memorable duels with Jack Nicklaus in major championships, ...
4 U.S. Opens (1923, '26, '29, '30) 3 British Opens (1926, '27, '30) In the Golden Age of sports, nobody shone brighter than Bobby Jones. Not Babe Ruth, not Red Grange, not Jack Dempsey. Obviously, Jones' crowning achievement came in 1930 with his unprecedented and so far unduplicated Grand Slam. That year, Jones, bore the incredible weight of expec...
3 PGA Championships (1922, '23, '33) 2 U.S. Opens (1922, '32) 1 British Open (1932) 1 Masters (1935) Sarazen won his first professional title at 19 and never looked back, winning 37 more times in a career that spanned more than four decades. He became the first member of golf's modern Career Grand Slam club with his legendary 1935 Masters win, whic...
3 PGA Championships (1942, '49, '51) 3 Masters (1949, '52, '54) 1 British Open (1946) If winning is the standard for determining excellence, there is no greater player in golf history than Sam Snead. Using a smooth, syrupy swing that looked as natural and effortless as breathing, Slammin' Sammy won more golf tournaments than any other player — a st...
4 Masters (1958, '60, '62, '64) 2 British Opens (1961, '62) 1 U.S. Open (1960) From 1958 to 1968, Palmer reigned amid the azaleas and pines of Augusta National, where Arnie's Army first mustered. With the lone exception of 1963, he was in contention at every Masters during that epic stretch, winning four times, finishing second twice, third once, a...
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The men's major golf championships, commonly known as the major championships, and often referred to simply as the majors, are the most prestigious tournaments in golf. Historically, the national open and amateur championships of Great Britain and the United States were regarded as the majors.
Apr 4, 2024 · Sam Snead was a steady winner, and is tied with Tiger Woods for the all-time PGA Tour wins mark. He finished second in the U.S. Open four times to just miss out on the career Slam.
