190 golfers have won one of men's golf's four major championships. They are listed here in order of their first win. For a complete list of results in these tournaments see the major championships article.
|
First major
|
| # |
Player |
Year |
Tournament |
No, of majors |
The Masters |
U.S. Open |
Open Championship |
PGA Championship
|
| 1 |
 Willie Park Sr |
1860 |
The Open Championship |
4 |
|
|
1860, 1863, 1866, 1875 |
|
| 2 |
Tom Morris Sr |
1861 |
The Open Championship |
4 |
|
|
1861, 1862, 1864, 1867 |
|
| 3 |
Andrew Strath |
1865 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1865 |
|
| 4 |
Tom Morris Jr |
1868 |
The Open Championship |
4 |
|
|
1868, 1869, 1870, 1872 |
|
| 5 |
Tom Kidd |
1873 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1873 |
|
| 6 |
Mungo Park |
1874 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1874 |
|
| 7 |
Bob Martin |
1876 |
The Open Championship |
2 |
|
|
1876, 1885 |
|
| 8 |
Jamie Anderson |
1877 |
The Open Championship |
3 |
|
|
1877, 1878, 1879 |
|
| 9 |
Bob Ferguson |
1880 |
The Open Championship |
3 |
|
|
1880, 1881, 1882 |
|
| 10 |
Willie Fernie |
1883 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1883 |
|
| 11 |
Jack Simpson |
1884 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1884 |
|
| 12 |
David Brown |
1886 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1886 |
|
| 13 |
Willie Park Jr |
1887 |
The Open Championship |
2 |
|
|
1887, 1889 |
|
| 14 |
Jack Burns |
1888 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1888 |
|
| 15 |
 John Ball |
1890 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1890 |
|
| 16 |
Hugh Kirkaldy |
1891 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1891 |
|
| 17 |
Harold Hilton |
1892 |
The Open Championship |
2 |
|
|
1892, 1897 |
|
| 18 |
William Auchterlonie |
1893 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1893 |
|
| 19 |
John Henry Taylor |
1894 |
The Open Championship |
5 |
|
|
1894, 1895, 1900, 1909, 1913 |
|
| 20 |
Horace Rawlins |
1895 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1895 |
|
|
| 21 |
James Foulis |
1896 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1896 |
|
|
| 22 |
 Harry Vardon |
1896 |
The Open Championship |
7 |
|
1900 |
1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, 1914 |
|
| 23 |
Joe Lloyd |
1897 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1897 |
|
|
| 24 |
Fred Herd |
1898 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1898 |
|
|
| 25 |
Willie Smith |
1899 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1899 |
|
|
| 26 |
Willie Anderson |
1901 |
US Open |
4 |
|
|
1901, 1903, 1904, 1905 |
|
| 27 |
James Braid |
1901 |
The Open Championship |
5 |
|
|
1901, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1910 |
|
| 28 |
Laurie Auchterlonie |
1902 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1902 |
|
|
| 29 |
Alexander Herd |
1902 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1902 |
|
| 30 |
Jack White |
1904 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1904 |
|
| 31 |
Alex Smith |
1906 |
US Open |
2 |
|
1906, 1910 |
|
|
| 32 |
Alec Ross |
1907 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1907 |
|
|
| 33 |
 Arnaud Massy |
1907 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1907 |
|
| 34 |
Fred McLeod |
1908 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1908 |
|
|
| 35 |
George Sargent |
1909 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1909 |
|
|
| 36 |
 John McDermott |
1911 |
US Open |
2 |
|
1911, 1912 |
|
|
| 37 |
Edward Ray |
1912 |
The Open Championship |
2 |
|
1920 |
1912 |
|
| 38 |
Francis Ouimet |
1913 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1913 |
|
|
| 39 |
Walter Hagen |
1914 |
US Open |
11 |
|
1914, 1919 |
1922, 1924,1928, 1929 |
1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927
|
| 40 |
Jerome Travers |
1915 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1915 |
|
|
| 41 |
Chick Evans |
1916 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1916 |
|
|
| 42 |
Jim Barnes |
1916 |
PGA Championship |
4 |
|
1921 |
1925 |
1916, 1919
|
| 43 |
George Duncan |
1920 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1920 |
|
| 44 |
Jock Hutchison |
1920 |
PGA Championship |
2 |
|
|
1921 |
1920
|
| 45 |
Gene Sarazen |
1922 |
US Open |
7 |
1935 |
1922, 1932 |
1932 |
1922, 1923, 1933
|
| 46 |
Bobby Jones |
1923 |
US Open |
7 |
|
1923, 1926, 1929, 1930 |
1926, 1927, 1930 |
|
| 47 |
Arthur Havers |
1923 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1923 |
|
| 48 |
Cyril Walker |
1924 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1924 |
|
|
| 49 |
Willie Macfarlane |
1925 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1925 |
|
|
| 50 |
Tommy Armour |
1927 |
US Open |
3 |
|
1927 |
1931 |
1930
|
| 51 |
Johnny Farrell |
1928 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1928 |
|
|
| 52 |
Leo Diegel |
1928 |
PGA Championship |
2 |
|
|
|
1928, 1929
|
| 53 |
Billy Burke |
1931 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1931 |
|
|
| 54 |
Tom Creavy |
1931 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1931
|
| 55 |
Olin Dutra |
1932 |
PGA Championship |
2 |
|
1934 |
|
1932
|
| 56 |
Johnny Goodman |
1933 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1933 |
|
|
| 57 |
Denny Shute |
1933 |
The Open Championship |
3 |
|
|
1933 |
1936, 1937
|
| 58 |
Horton Smith |
1934 |
The Masters Tournament |
2 |
1934, 1936 |
|
|
|
| 59 |
Henry Cotton |
1934 |
The Open Championship |
3 |
|
|
1934, 1937, 1948 |
|
| 60 |
Paul Runyan |
1934 |
PGA Championship |
2 |
|
|
|
1934, 1938
|
| 61 |
Sam Parks |
1935 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1935 |
|
|
| 62 |
Alf Perry |
1935 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1935 |
|
| 63 |
Johnny Revolta |
1935 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1935
|
| 64 |
Tony Manero |
1936 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1936 |
|
|
| 65 |
Alf Padgham |
1936 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1936 |
|
| 66 |
Byron Nelson |
1937 |
The Masters Tournament |
5 |
1937, 1942 |
1939 |
|
1940, 1945
|
| 67 |
Ralph Guldahl |
1937 |
US Open |
3 |
1939 |
1937, 1938 |
|
|
| 68 |
Henry Picard |
1938 |
The Masters Tournament |
2 |
1938 |
|
|
1939
|
| 69 |
Reg Whitcombe |
1938 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1938 |
|
| 70 |
Richard Burton |
1939 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1939 |
|
| 71 |
Jimmy Demaret |
1940 |
The Masters Tournament |
3 |
1940, 1947, 1950 |
|
|
|
| 72 |
Lawson Little |
1940 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1940 |
|
|
| 73 |
Craig Wood |
1941 |
The Masters Tournament |
2 |
1941 |
1941 |
|
|
| 74 |
Vic Ghezzi |
1941 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1941
|
| 75 |
Sam Snead |
1942 |
PGA Championship |
7 |
1949, 1952, 1954 |
|
1946 |
1942, 1949, 1951
|
| 76 |
Bob Hamilton |
1944 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1944
|
| 77 |
Herman Keiser |
1946 |
The Masters Tournament |
1 |
1946 |
|
|
|
| 78 |
Lloyd Mangrum |
1946 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1946 |
|
|
| 79 |
Ben Hogan |
1946 |
PGA Championship |
9 |
1951, 1953 |
1948,1950,1951,1953 |
1953 |
1946, 1948
|
| 80 |
Lew Worsham |
1947 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1947 |
|
|
| 81 |
 Fred Daly |
1947 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1947 |
|
| 82 |
Jim Ferrier |
1947 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1947
|
| 83 |
Claude Harmon |
1948 |
The Masters Tournament |
1 |
1948 |
|
|
|
| 84 |
Cary Middlecoff |
1949 |
US Open |
3 |
1955 |
1949, 1956 |
|
|
| 85 |
 Bobby Locke |
1949 |
The Open Championship |
4 |
|
|
1949, 1950, 1952, 1957 |
|
| 86 |
Chandler Harper |
1950 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1950
|
| 87 |
Max Faulkner |
1951 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1951 |
|
| 88 |
Julius Boros |
1952 |
US Open |
3 |
|
1952, 1963 |
|
1968
|
| 89 |
Jim Turnesa |
1952 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1952
|
| 90 |
Walter Burkemo |
1953 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1953
|
| 91 |
Ed Furgol |
1954 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1954 |
|
|
| 92 |
 Peter Thomson |
1954 |
The Open Championship |
5 |
|
|
1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965 |
|
| 93 |
Chick Harbert |
1954 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1954
|
| 94 |
Jack Fleck |
1955 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1955 |
|
|
| 95 |
Doug Ford |
1955 |
PGA Championship |
2 |
1957 |
|
|
1955
|
| 96 |
Jack Burke |
1956 |
The Masters Tournament |
2 |
1956 |
|
|
1956
|
| 97 |
Dick Mayer |
1957 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1957 |
|
|
| 98 |
Lionel Hebert |
1957 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1957
|
| 99 |
Arnold Palmer |
1958 |
The Masters Tournament |
7 |
1958, 1960, 1962, 1964 |
1960 |
1961, 1962 |
|
| 100 |
Tommy Bolt |
1958 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1958 |
|
|
| 101 |
Dow Finsterwald |
1958 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1958
|
| 102 |
Art Wall |
1959 |
The Masters Tournament |
1 |
1959 |
|
|
|
| 103 |
Billy Casper |
1959 |
US Open |
3 |
1970 |
1959, 1966 |
|
|
| 104 |
Gary Player |
1959 |
The Open Championship |
9 |
1961,1974,1978 |
1965 |
1959, 1968, 1974 |
1962, 1972
|
| 105 |
Bob Rosburg |
1959 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1959
|
| 106 |
Kel Nagle |
1960 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1960 |
|
| 107 |
Jay Hebert |
1960 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1960
|
| 108 |
Gene Littler |
1961 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1961 |
|
|
| 109 |
Jerry Barber |
1961 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1961
|
| 110 |
Jack Nicklaus |
1962 |
US Open |
18 |
1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986 |
1962, 1967 , 1972, 1980 |
1966, 1970, 1978 |
1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980
|
| 111 |
 Bob Charles |
1963 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1963 |
|
| 112 |
Ken Venturi |
1964 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1964 |
|
|
| 113 |
Tony Lema |
1964 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1964 |
|
| 114 |
Bobby Nichols |
1964 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1964
|
| 115 |
Dave Marr |
1965 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1965
|
| 116 |
Al Geiberger |
1966 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1966
|
| 117 |
Gay Brewer |
1967 |
The Masters Tournament |
1 |
1967 |
|
|
|
| 118 |
 Roberto DeVicenzo |
1967 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1967 |
|
| 119 |
Don January |
1967 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1967
|
| 120 |
Bob Goalby |
1968 |
The Masters Tournament |
1 |
1968 |
|
|
|
| 121 |
Lee Trevino |
1968 |
US Open |
6 |
|
1968, 1971 |
1971, 1972 |
1974, 1984
|
| 122 |
George Archer |
1969 |
The Masters Tournament |
1 |
1969 |
|
|
|
| 123 |
Orville Moody |
1969 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1969 |
|
|
| 124 |
Tony Jacklin |
1969 |
The Open Championship |
2 |
|
1970 |
1969 |
|
| 125 |
Raymond Floyd |
1969 |
PGA Championship |
4 |
1976 |
1986 |
|
1969, 1982
|
| 126 |
Dave Stockton |
1970 |
PGA Championship |
2 |
|
|
|
1970, 1976
|
| 127 |
Charles Coody |
1971 |
The Masters Tournament |
1 |
1971 |
|
|
|
| 128 |
Tommy Aaron |
1973 |
The Masters Tournament |
1 |
1973 |
|
|
|
| 129 |
Johnny Miller |
1973 |
US Open |
2 |
|
1973 |
1976 |
|
| 130 |
Tom Weiskopf |
1973 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1973 |
|
| 131 |
Hale Irwin |
1974 |
US Open |
3 |
|
1974, 1979, 1990 |
|
|
| 132 |
Lou Graham |
1975 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1975 |
|
|
| 133 |
Tom Watson |
1975 |
The Open Championship |
8 |
1977, 1981 |
1982 |
1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983 |
|
| 134 |
Jerry Pate |
1976 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1976 |
|
|
| 135 |
Hubert Green |
1977 |
US Open |
2 |
|
1977 |
|
1985
|
| 136 |
Lanny Wadkins |
1977 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1977
|
| 137 |
Andy North |
1978 |
US Open |
2 |
|
1978, 1985 |
|
|
| 138 |
John Mahaffey |
1978 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1978
|
| 139 |
Fuzzy Zoeller |
1979 |
The Masters Tournament |
2 |
1979 |
1984 |
|
|
| 140 |
 Severiano Ballesteros |
1979 |
The Open Championship |
5 |
1980, 1983 |
|
1979, 1984, 1988 |
|
| 141 |
David Graham |
1979 |
PGA Championship |
2 |
|
1981 |
|
1979
|
| 142 |
Bill Rogers |
1981 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1981 |
|
| 143 |
Larry Nelson |
1981 |
PGA Championship |
3 |
|
1983 |
|
1981, 1987
|
| 144 |
Craig Stadler |
1982 |
The Masters Tournament |
1 |
1982 |
|
|
|
| 145 |
Hal Sutton |
1983 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1983
|
| 146 |
Ben Crenshaw |
1984 |
The Masters Tournament |
2 |
1984, 1995 |
|
|
|
| 147 |
 Bernhard Langer |
1985 |
The Masters Tournament |
2 |
1985, 1993 |
|
|
|
| 148 |
Sandy Lyle |
1985 |
The Open Championship |
2 |
1988 |
|
1985 |
|
| 149 |
Greg Norman |
1986 |
The Open Championship |
2 |
|
|
1986, 1993 |
|
| 150 |
Bob Tway |
1986 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1986
|
| 151 |
Larry Mize |
1987 |
The Masters Tournament |
1 |
1987 |
|
|
|
| 152 |
Scott Simpson |
1987 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1987 |
|
|
| 153 |
Nick Faldo |
1987 |
The Open Championship |
6 |
1989, 1990, 1996 |
|
1987, 1990, 1992 |
|
| 154 |
Curtis Strange |
1988 |
US Open |
2 |
|
1988, 1989 |
|
|
| 155 |
Jeff Sluman |
1988 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1988
|
| 156 |
Mark Calcavecchia |
1989 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1989 |
|
| 157 |
Payne Stewart |
1989 |
PGA Championship |
3 |
|
1991,1999 |
|
1989
|
| 158 |
Wayne Grady |
1990 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1990
|
| 159 |
 Ian Woosnam |
1991 |
The Masters Tournament |
1 |
1991 |
|
|
|
| 160 |
Ian Baker-Finch |
1991 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1991 |
|
| 161 |
John Daly |
1991 |
PGA Championship |
2 |
|
|
1995 |
1991
|
| 162 |
Fred Couples |
1992 |
The Masters Tournament |
1 |
1992 |
|
|
|
| 163 |
Tom Kite |
1992 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1992 |
|
|
| 164 |
 Nick Price |
1992 |
PGA Championship |
3 |
|
|
1994 |
1992, 1994
|
| 165 |
Lee Janzen |
1993 |
US Open |
2 |
|
1993, 1998 |
|
|
| 166 |
Paul Azinger |
1993 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1993
|
| 167 |
José Maria Olazábal |
1994 |
The Masters Tournament |
2 |
1994, 1999 |
|
|
|
| 168 |
Ernie Els |
1994 |
US Open |
3 |
|
1994, 1997 |
2002 |
|
| 169 |
Corey Pavin |
1995 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1995 |
|
|
| 170 |
Steve Elkington |
1995 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1995
|
| 171 |
Steve Jones |
1996 |
US Open |
1 |
|
1996 |
|
|
| 172 |
Tom Lehman |
1996 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1996 |
|
| 173 |
Mark Brooks |
1996 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1996
|
| 174 |
Tiger Woods |
1997 |
The Masters Tournament |
10 |
1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 |
2000, 2002 |
2000, 2005 |
1999, 2000
|
| 175 |
Justin Leonard |
1997 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1997 |
|
| 176 |
Davis Love III |
1997 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
1997
|
| 177 |
Mark O'Meara |
1998 |
The Masters Tournament |
2 |
1998 |
|
1998 |
|
| 178 |
 Vijay Singh |
1998 |
PGA Championship |
3 |
2000 |
|
|
1998, 2004
|
| 179 |
Paul Lawrie |
1999 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
1999 |
|
| 180 |
Retief Goosen |
2001 |
US Open |
2 |
|
2001, 2004 |
|
|
| 181 |
David Duval |
2001 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
2001 |
|
| 182 |
David Toms |
2001 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
2001
|
| 183 |
Rich Beem |
2002 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
2002
|
| 184 |
 Mike Weir |
2003 |
The Masters Tournament |
1 |
2003 |
|
|
|
| 185 |
Jim Furyk |
2003 |
US Open |
1 |
|
2003 |
|
|
| 186 |
Ben Curtis |
2003 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
2003 |
|
| 187 |
Shaun Micheel |
2003 |
PGA Championship |
1 |
|
|
|
2003
|
| 188 |
Phil Mickelson |
2004 |
The Masters Tournament |
2 |
2004 |
|
|
2005
|
| 189 |
Todd Hamilton |
2004 |
The Open Championship |
1 |
|
|
2004 |
|
| 190 |
Michael Campbell |
2005 |
US Open |
1 |
|
|
2005 |
|
See also
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