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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.
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]
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 five majors are shown in the order in which they are currently played each year. There is a complete list of results in the senior majors article. [ 1 ] The list is up to date through the 2024 season.
At various times, the PGA Tour has reassessed the status of some tournaments. 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 ...
The Masters is the only one of the four majors to use the same course every year; the Augusta National Golf Club. [3] Masters champions are automatically invited to play in the other three majors (the U.S. Open , the Open Championship (British Open), and the PGA Championship ) for the next five years, and earn a lifetime invitation to the Masters.
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]
2 – Jimmy Powell, 1995 First of America Classic, 1996 Brickyard Crossing Championship. Most Champions Tour major victories; 12 – Bernhard Langer, 2010-2023. Most Senior PGA Championship major victories; 4 – Hale Irwin, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004. Most Senior Players Championship major victories; 3 – Bernhard Langer, 2014, 2015, 2016