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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. The competitions are the 
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Masters Tournament
The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply The Masters, or the U.S. Masters outside North America) is one of the four major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week of April, the Masters is the first maj ...
, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship and the PGA Championship, contested annually.
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), nicknamed The Golden Bear, is a retired American professional golfer and List of golf courses designed by Jack Nicklaus, golf course designer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest go ...
has won the most majors, achieving 18 victories during his career. Second on the list is Tiger Woods, who has won 15 majors to date; his most recent major victory was at the 2019 Masters. Walter Hagen is third with 11 majors; he and Nicklaus have both won the most PGA Championships with five. Nicklaus also holds the record for the most victories in the Masters, winning the tournament six times. Additionally, Nicklaus shares the record for the most U.S. Open victories with Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones and Ben Hogan, each winning four times. Harry Vardon holds the record for the most Open Championship victories, winning six times during his career. Five men: Nicklaus, Woods, Hogan, Gary Player and Gene Sarazen
Gene Sarazen (; born Eugenio Saraceni, February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s, and the winner of seven major championships. He is one of five players (along ...
are the only golfers to have won all four of the majors during their career, thus achieving the '' career grand slam''
Although the U.S. Amateur and The Amateur Championship were once considered to be majors, they are no longer recognized as such, and victories in these competitions are not included in the list.
To date, 462 majors have been played. A total of 230 different men have won majors and, of these, 84 have won at least two.
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Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), nicknamed The Golden Bear, is a retired American professional golfer and List of golf courses designed by Jack Nicklaus, golf course designer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest go ...
won a record 18 majors
File:Tiger Woods drives by Allison.jpg, Tiger Woods has won 15 majors
File:Walter Hagen 1914.png, Walter Hagen won 11 majors
File:Ben Hogan NYWTS.jpg, Ben Hogan won nine majors
File:All Black.jpg, Gary Player won nine majors
File:2008 Open Championship - Tom Watson.jpg, Tom Watson won eight majors
File:Bobby Jones c1921.jpg, Bobby Jones won four U.S. Opens and three Open Championships, for a total of seven majors
File:YN3ArnoldPalmer.jpg, Arnold Palmer won seven majors
File:Gene Sarazen.JPG, Gene Sarazen
Gene Sarazen (; born Eugenio Saraceni, February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s, and the winner of seven major championships. He is one of five players (along ...
won seven majors
File:Sam Snead 1967.JPG, Sam Snead won seven majors
File:HarryVardon.jpg, Harry Vardon won The Open Championship a record six times, and won one U.S. Open, for a total of seven majors
File:Nick Faldo.jpg, Nick Faldo
Sir Nicholas Alexander Faldo, (born 18 July 1957) is an English retired professional golfer and television commentator. A top player of his era, renowned for his dedication to the game, he was ranked No. 1 on the Official World Golf Ranking for ...
won six majors
File:PhilMickelsonTPC18thTee.jpg, Phil Mickelson has won six majors
File:Seve Ballesteros 2006-07-19.jpg, Seve Ballesteros
Severiano Ballesteros Sota (; 9 April 1957 – 7 May 2011) was a Spanish professional golfer, a World No. 1 who was one of the sport's leading figures from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. A member of a gifted golfing family, he won 90 inte ...
won five majors
File:James Braid (golfer) 1913.jpg, James Braid won five majors
File:JohnHenryTaylor.jpg, John Henry Taylor
John Henry "J.H." Taylor (19 March 1871 – 10 February 1963) was an English professional golfer and one of the pioneers of the modern game of golf. Taylor is considered to be one of the best golfers of all time. He was a significant golf ...
won five Open Championships
File:WillieAnderson1909.jpg, Willie Anderson won four U.S. Opens
File:Old and Young Tom Morris.jpg, Tom Morris, Sr. and Tom Morris, Jr. both won four Open Championships
File:Willie Park Senior wearing the Championship Belt.jpg, Willie Park, Sr.
William Park Sr. (30 June 1833 – 25 July 1903) was a Scottish professional golfer. He was a 4-time winner of the Open Championship.
Early life
Park was born in Wallyford, East Lothian, Scotland. Like some of the other early professional gol ...
won four Open Championships
See also
*Chronological list of men's major golf champions
As of the 2022 Open Championship, 230 golfers have won one of men's professional golf's four professional major championships – the modern accepted definition of the majors has only existed since the 1960s but wins in these tournaments have bee ...
* List of LPGA major championship winning golfers
This article lists all the women (134) who have won past and present major championships on the LPGA Tour. They are listed in order of the number of victories. The list is updated through the 2022 season.
*Winning span indicates the years from th ...
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