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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.
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.
Major championship winners receive the maximum possible allocation of 100 points from the Official World Golf Ranking, which is endorsed by all of the main tours, and major championship prize money is official on the three richest regular (i.e. under-50) golf tours, the PGA Tour, European Tour and Japan Golf Tour.
The Masters Tournament is a golf competition that was established in 1934, with Horton Smith winning the inaugural tournament. [1] The Masters is the first of four major championships to be played each year, with the final round of the Masters always being scheduled for the second Sunday in April. [2]
In the 1980s, the significance of all historical tournaments was reassessed by golf historians, working together with PGA Tour staff, during the course of a major statistical research project. [3] The Open Championship was first recognized as an official tour event in 1995, and in 2002, all victories in earlier Open Championships were ...
Golfers who have won one of the four men's major golf championships, as designated in the modern era, which are the Masters Tournament, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship and the PGA Championship. Through the 2024 PGA Championship, there are 233 of them.
The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply the Masters, or as the U.S. Masters outside North America) [2] [3] is one of the four men's major golf championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week in April, the Masters is the first major golf tournament of the year.
The PGA Championship (often referred to as the US PGA Championship or USPGA outside the United States [1] [2] [3]) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. The PGA is one of the four men's major golf championships, the others being The Open, the Masters and the U.S. Open.