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The Grand Slam in professional golf is winning all of golf's major championships in the same calendar year. The only player who has accomplished a similar feat is Bobby Jones in 1930, winning the four major tournaments of that era open to amateurs: the British Amateur, the British Open, the United States Open, and the United States Amateur. [1]
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.
The PGA Grand Slam of Golf was an annual off-season golf tournament contested from 1979 until 2014 when the tournament was cancelled. It was contested by the year's winners of the four major championships of regular men's golf, which are the Masters Tournament, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship (British Open), and the PGA Championship.
As of the 2024 season, 233 golfers have won one of men's professional golf's four major championships – the modern accepted definition of the majors has only existed since the 1960s but wins in these tournaments have been retrospectively recognized by all the major sanctioning organizations.
Jones is the only player ever to have won the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam, or all four major championships, in the same calendar year (1930). Jones's path to the 1930 Grand Slam title was: The Amateur Championship, Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland (May 31, 1930) The Open Championship, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England (June 20, 1930)
Winners of men's major golf championships (239 P) M. Masters Tournament (101 P) O. ... Grand Slam (golf) M. Masters Tournament; O. The Open Championship; P. PGA ...
A discussion between Palmer and Pittsburgh golf writer Bob Drum led to the concept of the modern Grand Slam of Golf. [ 9 ] In August 2017, after the previous year's edition was scheduled earlier due to golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics , the PGA of America announced that the PGA Championship would be moved to late-May beginning in 2019, in ...
This category includes male professional golfers who have completed a Career Grand Slam by winning each of professional golf's major championships at least once in their career. Pages in category "Men's Career Grand Slam champion golfers"