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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]
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.
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.
Rory McIlroy enters Augusta National chasing the "Rory Slam" at the 2024 Masters, meaning he needs to win to become golf's sixth "Grand Slam" winner.
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 ...
Rafael Nadal made history on Sunday, winning his record-breaking 21st Grand Slam by beating Daniil Medvedev at the Australian Open. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images) (WILLIAM WEST via ...
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.
This list may not reflect recent changes. ... Chronological list of men's major golf champions; ... Grand Slam (golf) M.