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Author or co-authored several books, including Tom Watson's Strategic Golf. His latest, The Timeless Swing, was released by Atria books in March 2011. Has written a golf instruction column in Golf Digest magazine since the mid-1970s. Was ranked as the 10th greatest golfer of all time in the 2000 Golf Digest magazine list. [48]
Tiger Woods, five-time Masters Champion in 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, and 2019. Tiger is one of three golfers to successfully defend his title Sam Snead , three-time Masters Champion in 1949, 1952, 1954 Gary Player , three-time Masters Champion in 1961, 1974, and 1978, and the first non-American to win the tournament.
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] Nicklaus also holds the record for the most victories in the Masters, winning the tournament six times. [6]
1972: Jack Nicklaus 1972 Masters, 1972 U.S. Open (The 1971 PGA, also won by Nicklaus, was not consecutive due to being played before the Masters in 1971) 1982: Tom Watson 1982 U.S. Open, 1982 Open; 1994: Nick Price 1994 Open, 1994 PGA; 2002: Tiger Woods 2002 Masters, 2002 U.S. Open; 2005–06: Phil Mickelson 2005 PGA, 2006 Masters
The 1977 Masters Tournament was the 41st Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Tom Watson, age 27, won the first of his two green jackets, two strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus. [3] [4] [5] The two were tied after 68 holes, then Watson birdied the par-4 17th. Needing a birdie to tie ...
Most wins: Tom Watson (5) Money list: Tom Watson: PGA Player of the Year: ... Masters Tournament: Georgia: 280,477: Tom Watson (6) Major championship: Apr 10 ...
Most wins: Tom Watson (7) Money list: Tom Watson: PGA Player of the Year: Tom Watson: ... Masters Tournament: Georgia: 360,000: Seve Ballesteros (3) Major ...
Most wins: Denis Watson (3) Tom Watson (3) Money list: Tom Watson: PGA Player of the Year: ... Masters Tournament: Georgia: 600,000: Ben Crenshaw (10) Major ...