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Year Order [a] The Open Championship [1] U.S. Open [2] PGA Championship [3] Masters Tournament [4] 1860: O Willie Park Sr. tournament started in 1895: tournament started in 1916: tournament started in 1934: 1861: O Old Tom Morris : 1862: O Old Tom Morris : 1863: O Willie Park Sr. 1864: O Old Tom Morris : 1865: O Andrew Strath : 1866: O Willie ...
Men's major championship winning golfers by country [11] Country Masters U.S. Open The Open PGA Total United States: 64 88 47 88 287 Scotland: 1 13 41 0 55 England: 4 8 22 2 36 South Africa: 5 5 10 2 22 Australia: 1 2 10 5 18 Spain: 6 1 3 0 10 Jersey: 0 2 7 0 9 Northern Ireland: 0 2 3 2 7 Germany: 2 1 0 1 4 Ireland: 0 0 3 1 4 Zimbabwe: 0 0 1 2 3
The Masters Tournament (sometimes referred to as the U.S. Masters), the season's first major championship, is the only major that is played at the same course every year (Augusta National Golf Club), being the invitational tournament of that club. The Masters invites the smallest field of the majors, generally under 100 players (although, like ...
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 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]
This is the record under par score in all major championships. [4] The PGA Championship has had three wire-to-wire champions: Bobby Nichols in 1964, Raymond Floyd in 1982, and Hal Sutton in 1983. [5] Four others have led wire-to-wire if ties after a round are counted: Floyd in 1969, Nick Price in 1994, Woods in 2000 and Mickelson in 2005. [5]
The Open Championship is an annual golf competition held in the United Kingdom that was established in 1860. [1] It is played on the weekend of the third Friday in July, and is the last of the four major championships to be played each year. [2] In addition, this championship is conducted by The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A).
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.