Jack Nicklaus has won the most majors, achieving 18 victories during his career.[2] Second on the list is Tiger Woods, who has won 15 majors to date; his most recent major victory was at the 2019 Masters.[3]Walter Hagen is third with 11 majors;[4] he and Nicklaus have both won the most PGA Championships with five.[5] Nicklaus also holds the record for the most victories in the Masters, winning the tournament six times.[6] Additionally, Nicklaus shares the record for the most U.S. Open victories with Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones and Ben Hogan, each winning four times.[7]Harry Vardon holds the record for the most Open Championship victories, winning six times during his career.[8] 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,[9] thus achieving the career grand slam. Although the U.S. Amateur and The Amateur Championship were once considered to be majors,[10] they are no longer recognized as such, and victories in these competitions are not included in the list.
To date, 466 majors have been played. A total of 232 different men have won majors and, of these, 86 have won at least two.
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October 27, 2023
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The men s major golf championships also known simply as the majors are the four most prestigious events in professional golf 1 The competitions are the Masters Tournament the PGA Championship the U S Open and The Open Championship contested annually Jack Nicklaus won 18 men s major golf championships more than any other man Jack Nicklaus has won the most majors achieving 18 victories during his career 2 Second on the list is Tiger Woods who has won 15 majors to date his most recent major victory was at the 2019 Masters 3 Walter Hagen is third with 11 majors 4 he and Nicklaus have both won the most PGA Championships with five 5 Nicklaus also holds the record for the most victories in the Masters winning the tournament six times 6 Additionally Nicklaus shares the record for the most U S Open victories with Willie Anderson Bobby Jones and Ben Hogan each winning four times 7 Harry Vardon holds the record for the most Open Championship victories winning six times during his career 8 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 9 thus achieving the career grand slam Although the U S Amateur and The Amateur Championship were once considered to be majors 10 they are no longer recognized as such and victories in these competitions are not included in the list To date 466 majors have been played A total of 232 different men have won majors and of these 86 have won at least two Contents 1 By golfer 2 By country 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 ReferencesBy golfer editKey Completed a career Grand SlamMen s major championship winning golfers Rank Country Golfer Winning span Masters U S Open The Open PGA Total1 nbsp United States Jack Nicklaus 1962 1986 6 4 3 5 182 nbsp United States Tiger Woods 1997 2019 5 3 3 4 153 nbsp United States Walter Hagen 1914 1929 0 2 4 5 114 nbsp United States Ben Hogan 1946 1953 2 4 1 2 94 nbsp South Africa Gary Player 1959 1978 3 1 3 2 96 nbsp United States Tom Watson 1975 1983 2 1 5 0 87 nbsp Jersey Harry Vardon 1896 1914 0 1 6 0 77 nbsp United States Bobby Jones 1923 1930 0 4 3 0 77 nbsp United States Gene Sarazen 1922 1935 1 2 1 3 77 nbsp United States Sam Snead 1942 1954 3 0 1 3 77 nbsp United States Arnold Palmer 1958 1964 4 1 2 0 712 nbsp United States Lee Trevino 1968 1984 0 2 2 2 612 nbsp England Nick Faldo 1987 1996 3 0 3 0 612 nbsp United States Phil Mickelson 2004 2021 3 0 1 2 615 nbsp Scotland James Braid 1901 1910 0 0 5 0 515 nbsp England John Henry Taylor 1894 1913 0 0 5 0 515 nbsp United States Byron Nelson 1937 1945 2 1 0 2 515 nbsp Australia Peter Thomson 1954 1965 0 0 5 0 515 nbsp Spain Seve Ballesteros 1979 1988 2 0 3 0 515 nbsp United States Brooks Koepka 2017 2023 0 2 0 3 521 nbsp Scotland Tom Morris Sr 1861 1867 0 0 4 0 421 nbsp Scotland Tom Morris Jr 1868 1872 0 0 4 0 421 nbsp Scotland Willie Park Sr 1860 1875 0 0 4 0 421 nbsp Scotland Willie Anderson 1901 1905 0 4 0 0 421 nbsp England Jim Barnes 1916 1925 0 1 1 2 421 nbsp South Africa Bobby Locke 1949 1957 0 0 4 0 421 nbsp United States Raymond Floyd 1969 1986 1 1 0 2 421 nbsp South Africa Ernie Els 1994 2012 0 2 2 0 421 nbsp Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 2011 2014 0 1 1 2 430 nbsp Scotland James Anderson 1877 1879 0 0 3 0 330 nbsp Scotland Bob Ferguson 1880 1882 0 0 3 0 330 nbsp Scotland Tommy Armour 1927 1931 0 1 1 1 330 nbsp United States Denny Shute 1933 1937 0 0 1 2 330 nbsp United States Ralph Guldahl 1937 1939 1 2 0 0 330 nbsp England Henry Cotton 1934 1948 0 0 3 0 330 nbsp United States Jimmy Demaret 1940 1950 3 0 0 0 330 nbsp United States Cary Middlecoff 1949 1956 1 2 0 0 330 nbsp United States Julius Boros 1952 1968 0 2 0 1 330 nbsp United States Billy Casper 1959 1970 1 2 0 0 330 nbsp United States Larry Nelson 1981 1987 0 1 0 2 330 nbsp United States Hale Irwin 1974 1990 0 3 0 0 330 nbsp Zimbabwe Nick Price 1992 1994 0 0 1 2 330 nbsp United States Payne Stewart 1989 1999 0 2 0 1 330 nbsp Fiji Vijay Singh 1998 2004 1 0 0 2 330 nbsp Ireland Padraig Harrington 2007 2008 0 0 2 1 330 nbsp United States Jordan Spieth 2015 2017 1 1 1 0 347 nbsp Scotland Bob Martin 1876 1885 0 0 2 0 247 nbsp Scotland Willie Park Jr 1887 1889 0 0 2 0 247 nbsp England Harold Hilton 1892 1897 0 0 2 0 247 nbsp Scotland Alex Smith 1906 1910 0 2 0 0 247 nbsp United States John McDermott 1911 1912 0 2 0 0 247 nbsp Jersey Ted Ray 1912 1920 0 1 1 0 247 nbsp Scotland Jock Hutchison 1920 1921 0 0 1 1 247 nbsp United States Leo Diegel 1928 1929 0 0 0 2 247 nbsp United States Olin Dutra 1932 1934 0 1 0 1 247 nbsp United States Horton Smith 1934 1936 2 0 0 0 247 nbsp United States Paul Runyan 1934 1938 0 0 0 2 247 nbsp United States Henry Picard 1938 1939 1 0 0 1 247 nbsp United States Craig Wood 1941 1 1 0 0 247 nbsp United States Jack Burke Jr 1956 1 0 0 1 247 nbsp United States Doug Ford 1955 1957 1 0 0 1 247 nbsp England Tony Jacklin 1969 1970 0 1 1 0 247 nbsp United States Dave Stockton 1970 1976 0 0 0 2 247 nbsp United States Johnny Miller 1973 1976 0 1 1 0 247 nbsp Australia David Graham 1979 1981 0 1 0 1 247 nbsp United States Fuzzy Zoeller 1979 1984 1 1 0 0 247 nbsp United States Hubert Green 1977 1985 0 1 0 1 247 nbsp United States Andy North 1978 1985 0 2 0 0 247 nbsp Scotland Sandy Lyle 1985 1988 1 0 1 0 247 nbsp United States Curtis Strange 1988 1989 0 2 0 0 247 nbsp Germany Bernhard Langer 1985 1993 2 0 0 0 247 nbsp Australia Greg Norman 1986 1993 0 0 2 0 247 nbsp United States Ben Crenshaw 1984 1995 2 0 0 0 247 nbsp United States John Daly 1991 1995 0 0 1 1 247 nbsp United States Lee Janzen 1993 1998 0 2 0 0 247 nbsp United States Mark O Meara 1998 1 0 1 0 247 nbsp Spain Jose Maria Olazabal 1994 1999 2 0 0 0 247 nbsp South Africa Retief Goosen 2001 2004 0 2 0 0 247 nbsp Argentina Angel Cabrera 2007 2009 1 1 0 0 247 nbsp United States Bubba Watson 2012 2014 2 0 0 0 247 nbsp Germany Martin Kaymer 2010 2014 0 1 0 1 247 nbsp United States Zach Johnson 2007 2015 1 0 1 0 247 nbsp United States Dustin Johnson 2016 2020 1 1 0 0 247 nbsp United States Collin Morikawa 2020 2021 0 0 1 1 247 nbsp United States Justin Thomas 2017 2022 0 0 0 2 247 nbsp Spain Jon Rahm 2021 2023 1 1 0 0 287 nbsp Scotland Andrew Strath 1865 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp Scotland Tom Kidd 1873 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp Scotland Mungo Park 1874 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp Scotland Willie Fernie 1883 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp Scotland Jack Simpson 1884 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp Scotland David Brown 1886 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp Scotland Jack Burns 1888 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp England John Ball 1890 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp Scotland Hugh Kirkaldy 1891 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp Scotland William Auchterlonie 1893 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp England Horace Rawlins 1895 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp Scotland James Foulis 1896 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp England Joe Lloyd 1897 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp Scotland Fred Herd 1898 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp Scotland Willie Smith 1899 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp Scotland Laurie Auchterlonie 1902 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp Scotland Sandy Herd 1902 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp Scotland Jack White 1904 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp Scotland Alec Ross 1907 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp France Arnaud Massy 1907 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp Scotland Fred McLeod 1908 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp England George Sargent 1909 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Francis Ouimet 1913 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Jerome Travers 1915 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Chick Evans 1916 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp Scotland George Duncan 1920 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp England Arthur Havers 1923 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp England Cyril Walker 1924 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp Scotland Willie Macfarlane 1925 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Johnny Farrell 1928 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Billy Burke 1931 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Tom Creavy 1931 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Johnny Goodman 1933 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Sam Parks Jr 1935 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp England Alf Perry 1935 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Johnny Revolta 1935 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Tony Manero 1936 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp England Alf Padgham 1936 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp England Reg Whitcombe 1938 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp England Dick Burton 1939 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Lawson Little 1940 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Vic Ghezzi 1941 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Bob Hamilton 1944 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Herman Keiser 1946 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp United States Lloyd Mangrum 1946 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Lew Worsham 1947 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp Northern Ireland Fred Daly 1947 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp Australia Jim Ferrier 1947 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Claude Harmon 1948 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp United States Chandler Harper 1950 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp England Max Faulkner 1951 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Jim Turnesa 1952 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Walter Burkemo 1953 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Ed Furgol 1954 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Chick Harbert 1954 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Jack Fleck 1955 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Dick Mayer 1957 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Lionel Hebert 1957 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Tommy Bolt 1958 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Dow Finsterwald 1958 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Art Wall Jr 1959 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp United States Bob Rosburg 1959 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp Australia Kel Nagle 1960 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Jay Hebert 1960 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Gene Littler 1961 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Jerry Barber 1961 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp New Zealand Bob Charles 1963 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Ken Venturi 1964 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Tony Lema 1964 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Bobby Nichols 1964 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Dave Marr 1965 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Al Geiberger 1966 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Gay Brewer 1967 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo 1967 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Don January 1967 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Bob Goalby 1968 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp United States George Archer 1969 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp United States Orville Moody 1969 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Charles Coody 1971 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp United States Tommy Aaron 1973 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp United States Tom Weiskopf 1973 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Lou Graham 1975 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Jerry Pate 1976 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Lanny Wadkins 1977 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States John Mahaffey 1978 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Bill Rogers 1981 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Craig Stadler 1982 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp United States Hal Sutton 1983 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Bob Tway 1986 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Larry Mize 1987 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp United States Scott Simpson 1987 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Jeff Sluman 1988 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Mark Calcavecchia 1989 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp Australia Wayne Grady 1990 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp Wales Ian Woosnam 1991 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp Australia Ian Baker Finch 1991 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Fred Couples 1992 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp United States Tom Kite 1992 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Paul Azinger 1993 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Corey Pavin 1995 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp Australia Steve Elkington 1995 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Steve Jones 1996 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Tom Lehman 1996 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Mark Brooks 1996 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Justin Leonard 1997 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Davis Love III 1997 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp Scotland Paul Lawrie 1999 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States David Duval 2001 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States David Toms 2001 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Rich Beem 2002 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp Canada Mike Weir 2003 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp United States Jim Furyk 2003 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Ben Curtis 2003 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Shaun Micheel 2003 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Todd Hamilton 2004 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp New Zealand Michael Campbell 2005 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp Australia Geoff Ogilvy 2006 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp South Africa Trevor Immelman 2008 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp United States Lucas Glover 2009 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Stewart Cink 2009 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp South Korea Yang Yong eun 2009 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell 2010 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 2010 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp South Africa Charl Schwartzel 2011 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 2011 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Keegan Bradley 2011 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp United States Webb Simpson 2012 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp Australia Adam Scott 2013 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp England Justin Rose 2013 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Jason Dufner 2013 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp Australia Jason Day 2015 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp England Danny Willett 2016 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp Sweden Henrik Stenson 2016 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Jimmy Walker 2016 0 0 0 1 187 nbsp Spain Sergio Garcia 2017 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp United States Patrick Reed 2018 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp Italy Francesco Molinari 2018 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Gary Woodland 2019 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp Ireland Shane Lowry 2019 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Bryson DeChambeau 2020 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp Japan Hideki Matsuyama 2021 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp United States Scottie Scheffler 2022 1 0 0 0 187 nbsp England Matt Fitzpatrick 2022 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp Australia Cameron Smith 2022 0 0 1 0 187 nbsp United States Wyndham Clark 2023 0 1 0 0 187 nbsp United States Brian Harman 2023 0 0 1 0 1Winners Events Masters U S Open The Open PGA Total232 Totals 87 123 151 105 466By country editMen s major championship winning golfers by country 11 Country Masters U S Open The Open PGA Total nbsp United States 63 87 46 87 283 nbsp Scotland 1 13 41 0 55 nbsp England 4 8 22 2 36 nbsp South Africa 5 5 10 2 22 nbsp Australia 1 2 10 5 18 nbsp Spain 6 1 3 0 10 nbsp Jersey 0 2 7 0 9 nbsp Northern Ireland 0 2 3 2 7 nbsp Germany 2 1 0 1 4 nbsp Ireland 0 0 3 1 4 nbsp Zimbabwe 0 0 1 2 3 nbsp Fiji 1 0 0 2 3 nbsp Argentina 1 1 1 0 3 nbsp New Zealand 0 1 1 0 2 nbsp France 0 0 1 0 1 nbsp Wales 1 0 0 0 1 nbsp Canada 1 0 0 0 1 nbsp Japan 1 0 0 0 1 nbsp South Korea 0 0 0 1 1 nbsp Sweden 0 0 1 0 1 nbsp Italy 0 0 1 0 1Total 87 123 151 105 466Gallery edit nbsp Jack Nicklaus won a record 18 majors nbsp Tiger Woods has won 15 majors nbsp Walter Hagen won 11 majors nbsp Ben Hogan won nine majors nbsp Gary Player won nine majors nbsp Tom Watson won eight majors nbsp Bobby Jones won four U S Opens and three Open Championships for a total of seven majors nbsp Arnold Palmer won seven majors nbsp Gene Sarazen won seven majors nbsp Sam Snead won seven majors nbsp Harry Vardon won The Open Championship a record six times and won one U S Open for a total of seven majors nbsp Nick Faldo won six majors nbsp Phil Mickelson has won six majors nbsp Seve Ballesteros won five majors nbsp James Braid won five majors nbsp John Henry Taylor won five Open Championships nbsp Willie Anderson won four U S Opens nbsp Tom Morris Sr and Tom Morris Jr both won four Open Championships nbsp Willie Park Sr won four Open ChampionshipsSee also editChronological list of men s major golf champions List of LPGA major championship winning golfersReferences editGeneral Masters Champions Masters Archived from the original on October 12 2013 Retrieved August 19 2011 Past Champions U S Open Archived from the original on 2 May 2008 Retrieved 26 October 2008 Open Champions 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