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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 Masters Tournament, the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open, and The Open Championship, contested annually.

Jack Nicklaus 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 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, 470 majors have been played. A total of 233 different men have won majors and, of these, 89 have won at least two.

By golfer

Men's major championship winning golfers

Rank	Country	Golfer	Winning span	Masters	U.S. Open	The Open	PGA	Total
1	United States	Jack Nicklaus*	1962–1986	6	4	3	5	18
2	United States	Tiger Woods*	1997–2019	5	3	3	4	15
3	United States	Walter Hagen	1914–1929	0	2	4	5	11
4	United States	Ben Hogan*	1946–1953	2	4	1	2	9
4	South Africa	Gary Player*	1959–1978	3	1	3	2	9
6	United States	Tom Watson	1975–1983	2	1	5	0	8
7	Jersey	Harry Vardon	1896–1914	0	1	6	0	7
7	United States	Bobby Jones	1923–1930	0	4	3	0	7
7	United States	Gene Sarazen*	1922–1935	1	2	1	3	7
7	United States	Sam Snead	1942–1954	3	0	1	3	7
7	United States	Arnold Palmer	1958–1964	4	1	2	0	7
12	United States	Lee Trevino	1968–1984	0	2	2	2	6
12	England	Nick Faldo	1987–1996	3	0	3	0	6
12	United States	Phil Mickelson	2004–2021	3	0	1	2	6
15	Scotland	James Braid	1901–1910	0	0	5	0	5
15	England	John Henry Taylor	1894–1913	0	0	5	0	5
15	United States	Byron Nelson	1937–1945	2	1	0	2	5
15	Australia	Peter Thomson	1954–1965	0	0	5	0	5
15	Spain	Seve Ballesteros	1979–1988	2	0	3	0	5
15	United States	Brooks Koepka	2017–2023	0	2	0	3	5
21	Scotland	Tom Morris Sr.	1861–1867	0	0	4	0	4
21	Scotland	Tom Morris Jr.	1868–1872	0	0	4	0	4
21	Scotland	Willie Park Sr.	1860–1875	0	0	4	0	4
21	Scotland	Willie Anderson	1901–1905	0	4	0	0	4
21	England	Jim Barnes	1916–1925	0	1	1	2	4
21	South Africa	Bobby Locke	1949–1957	0	0	4	0	4
21	United States	Raymond Floyd	1969–1986	1	1	0	2	4
21	South Africa	Ernie Els	1994–2012	0	2	2	0	4
21	Northern Ireland	Rory McIlroy	2011–2014	0	1	1	2	4
30	Scotland	James Anderson	1877–1879	0	0	3	0	3
30	Scotland	Bob Ferguson	1880–1882	0	0	3	0	3
30	Scotland	Tommy Armour	1927–1931	0	1	1	1	3
30	United States	Denny Shute	1933–1937	0	0	1	2	3
30	United States	Ralph Guldahl	1937–1939	1	2	0	0	3
30	England	Henry Cotton	1934–1948	0	0	3	0	3
30	United States	Jimmy Demaret	1940–1950	3	0	0	0	3
30	United States	Cary Middlecoff	1949–1956	1	2	0	0	3
30	United States	Julius Boros	1952–1968	0	2	0	1	3
30	United States	Billy Casper	1959–1970	1	2	0	0	3
30	United States	Larry Nelson	1981–1987	0	1	0	2	3
30	United States	Hale Irwin	1974–1990	0	3	0	0	3
30	Zimbabwe	Nick Price	1992–1994	0	0	1	2	3
30	United States	Payne Stewart	1989–1999	0	2	0	1	3
30	Fiji	Vijay Singh	1998–2004	1	0	0	2	3
30	Ireland	Pádraig Harrington	2007–2008	0	0	2	1	3
30	United States	Jordan Spieth	2015–2017	1	1	1	0	3
47	Scotland	Bob Martin	1876–1885	0	0	2	0	2
47	Scotland	Willie Park Jr.	1887–1889	0	0	2	0	2
47	England	Harold Hilton	1892–1897	0	0	2	0	2
47	Scotland	Alex Smith	1906–1910	0	2	0	0	2
47	United States	John McDermott	1911–1912	0	2	0	0	2
47	Jersey	Ted Ray	1912–1920	0	1	1	0	2
47	Scotland	Jock Hutchison	1920–1921	0	0	1	1	2
47	United States	Leo Diegel	1928–1929	0	0	0	2	2
47	United States	Olin Dutra	1932–1934	0	1	0	1	2
47	United States	Horton Smith	1934–1936	2	0	0	0	2
47	United States	Paul Runyan	1934–1938	0	0	0	2	2
47	United States	Henry Picard	1938–1939	1	0	0	1	2
47	United States	Craig Wood	1941	1	1	0	0	2
47	United States	Jack Burke Jr.	1956	1	0	0	1	2
47	United States	Doug Ford	1955–1957	1	0	0	1	2
47	England	Tony Jacklin	1969–1970	0	1	1	0	2
47	United States	Dave Stockton	1970–1976	0	0	0	2	2
47	United States	Johnny Miller	1973–1976	0	1	1	0	2
47	Australia	David Graham	1979–1981	0	1	0	1	2
47	United States	Fuzzy Zoeller	1979–1984	1	1	0	0	2
47	United States	Hubert Green	1977–1985	0	1	0	1	2
47	United States	Andy North	1978–1985	0	2	0	0	2
47	Scotland	Sandy Lyle	1985–1988	1	0	1	0	2
47	United States	Curtis Strange	1988–1989	0	2	0	0	2
47	Germany	Bernhard Langer	1985–1993	2	0	0	0	2
47	Australia	Greg Norman	1986–1993	0	0	2	0	2
47	United States	Ben Crenshaw	1984–1995	2	0	0	0	2
47	United States	John Daly	1991–1995	0	0	1	1	2
47	United States	Lee Janzen	1993–1998	0	2	0	0	2
47	United States	Mark O'Meara	1998	1	0	1	0	2
47	Spain	José María Olazábal	1994–1999	2	0	0	0	2
47	South Africa	Retief Goosen	2001–2004	0	2	0	0	2
47	Argentina	Ángel Cabrera	2007–2009	1	1	0	0	2
47	United States	Bubba Watson	2012–2014	2	0	0	0	2
47	Germany	Martin Kaymer	2010–2014	0	1	0	1	2
47	United States	Zach Johnson	2007–2015	1	0	1	0	2
47	United States	Dustin Johnson	2016–2020	1	1	0	0	2
47	United States	Collin Morikawa	2020–2021	0	0	1	1	2
47	United States	Justin Thomas	2017–2022	0	0	0	2	2
47	Spain	Jon Rahm	2021–2023	1	1	0	0	2
47	United States	Scottie Scheffler	2022–2024	2	0	0	0	2
47	United States	Bryson DeChambeau	2020–2024	0	2	0	0	2
47	United States	Xander Schauffele	2024	0	0	1	1	2
90	Scotland	Andrew Strath	1865	0	0	1	0	1
90	Scotland	Tom Kidd	1873	0	0	1	0	1
90	Scotland	Mungo Park	1874	0	0	1	0	1
90	Scotland	Willie Fernie	1883	0	0	1	0	1
90	Scotland	Jack Simpson	1884	0	0	1	0	1
90	Scotland	David Brown	1886	0	0	1	0	1
90	Scotland	Jack Burns	1888	0	0	1	0	1
90	England	John Ball	1890	0	0	1	0	1
90	Scotland	Hugh Kirkaldy	1891	0	0	1	0	1
90	Scotland	William Auchterlonie	1893	0	0	1	0	1
90	England	Horace Rawlins	1895	0	1	0	0	1
90	Scotland	James Foulis	1896	0	1	0	0	1
90	England	Joe Lloyd	1897	0	1	0	0	1
90	Scotland	Fred Herd	1898	0	1	0	0	1
90	Scotland	Willie Smith	1899	0	1	0	0	1
90	Scotland	Laurie Auchterlonie	1902	0	1	0	0	1
90	Scotland	Sandy Herd	1902	0	0	1	0	1
90	Scotland	Jack White	1904	0	0	1	0	1
90	Scotland	Alec Ross	1907	0	1	0	0	1
90	France	Arnaud Massy	1907	0	0	1	0	1
90	Scotland	Fred McLeod	1908	0	1	0	0	1
90	England	George Sargent	1909	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Francis Ouimet	1913	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Jerome Travers	1915	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Chick Evans	1916	0	1	0	0	1
90	Scotland	George Duncan	1920	0	0	1	0	1
90	England	Arthur Havers	1923	0	0	1	0	1
90	England	Cyril Walker	1924	0	1	0	0	1
90	Scotland	Willie Macfarlane	1925	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Johnny Farrell	1928	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Billy Burke	1931	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Tom Creavy	1931	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Johnny Goodman	1933	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Sam Parks Jr.	1935	0	1	0	0	1
90	England	Alf Perry	1935	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	Johnny Revolta	1935	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Tony Manero	1936	0	1	0	0	1
90	England	Alf Padgham	1936	0	0	1	0	1
90	England	Reg Whitcombe	1938	0	0	1	0	1
90	England	Dick Burton	1939	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	Lawson Little	1940	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Vic Ghezzi	1941	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Bob Hamilton	1944	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Herman Keiser	1946	1	0	0	0	1
90	United States	Lloyd Mangrum	1946	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Lew Worsham	1947	0	1	0	0	1
90	Northern Ireland	Fred Daly	1947	0	0	1	0	1
90	Australia	Jim Ferrier	1947	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Claude Harmon	1948	1	0	0	0	1
90	United States	Chandler Harper	1950	0	0	0	1	1
90	England	Max Faulkner	1951	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	Jim Turnesa	1952	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Walter Burkemo	1953	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Ed Furgol	1954	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Chick Harbert	1954	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Jack Fleck	1955	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Dick Mayer	1957	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Lionel Hebert	1957	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Tommy Bolt	1958	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Dow Finsterwald	1958	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Art Wall Jr.	1959	1	0	0	0	1
90	United States	Bob Rosburg	1959	0	0	0	1	1
90	Australia	Kel Nagle	1960	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	Jay Hebert	1960	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Gene Littler	1961	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Jerry Barber	1961	0	0	0	1	1
90	New Zealand	Bob Charles	1963	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	Ken Venturi	1964	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Tony Lema	1964	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	Bobby Nichols	1964	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Dave Marr	1965	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Al Geiberger	1966	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Gay Brewer	1967	1	0	0	0	1
90	Argentina	Roberto De Vicenzo	1967	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	Don January	1967	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Bob Goalby	1968	1	0	0	0	1
90	United States	George Archer	1969	1	0	0	0	1
90	United States	Orville Moody	1969	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Charles Coody	1971	1	0	0	0	1
90	United States	Tommy Aaron	1973	1	0	0	0	1
90	United States	Tom Weiskopf	1973	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	Lou Graham	1975	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Jerry Pate	1976	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Lanny Wadkins	1977	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	John Mahaffey	1978	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Bill Rogers	1981	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	Craig Stadler	1982	1	0	0	0	1
90	United States	Hal Sutton	1983	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Bob Tway	1986	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Larry Mize	1987	1	0	0	0	1
90	United States	Scott Simpson	1987	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Jeff Sluman	1988	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Mark Calcavecchia	1989	0	0	1	0	1
90	Australia	Wayne Grady	1990	0	0	0	1	1
90	Wales	Ian Woosnam	1991	1	0	0	0	1
90	Australia	Ian Baker-Finch	1991	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	Fred Couples	1992	1	0	0	0	1
90	United States	Tom Kite	1992	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Paul Azinger	1993	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Corey Pavin	1995	0	1	0	0	1
90	Australia	Steve Elkington	1995	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Steve Jones	1996	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Tom Lehman	1996	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	Mark Brooks	1996	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Justin Leonard	1997	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	Davis Love III	1997	0	0	0	1	1
90	Scotland	Paul Lawrie	1999	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	David Duval	2001	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	David Toms	2001	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Rich Beem	2002	0	0	0	1	1
90	Canada	Mike Weir	2003	1	0	0	0	1
90	United States	Jim Furyk	2003	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Ben Curtis	2003	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	Shaun Micheel	2003	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Todd Hamilton	2004	0	0	1	0	1
90	New Zealand	Michael Campbell	2005	0	1	0	0	1
90	Australia	Geoff Ogilvy	2006	0	1	0	0	1
90	South Africa	Trevor Immelman	2008	1	0	0	0	1
90	United States	Lucas Glover	2009	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Stewart Cink	2009	0	0	1	0	1
90	South Korea	Yang Yong-eun	2009	0	0	0	1	1
90	Northern Ireland	Graeme McDowell	2010	0	1	0	0	1
90	South Africa	Louis Oosthuizen	2010	0	0	1	0	1
90	South Africa	Charl Schwartzel	2011	1	0	0	0	1
90	Northern Ireland	Darren Clarke	2011	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	Keegan Bradley	2011	0	0	0	1	1
90	United States	Webb Simpson	2012	0	1	0	0	1
90	Australia	Adam Scott	2013	1	0	0	0	1
90	England	Justin Rose	2013	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Jason Dufner	2013	0	0	0	1	1
90	Australia	Jason Day	2015	0	0	0	1	1
90	England	Danny Willett	2016	1	0	0	0	1
90	Sweden	Henrik Stenson	2016	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	Jimmy Walker	2016	0	0	0	1	1
90	Spain	Sergio García	2017	1	0	0	0	1
90	United States	Patrick Reed	2018	1	0	0	0	1
90	Italy	Francesco Molinari	2018	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	Gary Woodland	2019	0	1	0	0	1
90	Ireland	Shane Lowry	2019	0	0	1	0	1
90	Japan	Hideki Matsuyama	2021	1	0	0	0	1
90	England	Matt Fitzpatrick	2022	0	1	0	0	1
90	Australia	Cameron Smith	2022	0	0	1	0	1
90	United States	Wyndham Clark	2023	0	1	0	0	1
90	United States	Brian Harman	2023	0	0	1	0	1
Winners	Events			Masters	U.S. Open	The Open	PGA	Total
233	Totals			88	124	152	106	470

By country

Men's major championship winning golfers by country

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
Fiji	1	0	0	2	3
Argentina	1	1	1	0	3
New Zealand	0	1	1	0	2
France	0	0	1	0	1
Wales	1	0	0	0	1
Canada	1	0	0	0	1
Japan	1	0	0	0	1
South Korea	0	0	0	1	1
Sweden	0	0	1	0	1
Italy	0	0	1	0	1
Total	88	124	152	106	470

Gallery

• Jack Nicklaus won a record 18 majors
• Tiger Woods has won 15 majors
• Walter Hagen won 11 majors
• Ben Hogan won nine majors
• Gary Player won nine majors
• Tom Watson won eight majors
• Bobby Jones won four U.S. Opens and three Open Championships, for a total of seven majors
• Arnold Palmer won seven majors
• Gene Sarazen won seven majors
• Sam Snead won seven majors
• Harry Vardon won The Open Championship a record six times, and won one U.S. Open, for a total of seven majors
• Nick Faldo won six majors
• Phil Mickelson has won six majors
• Seve Ballesteros won five majors
• James Braid won five majors
• John Henry Taylor won five Open Championships
• Willie Anderson won four U.S. Opens
• Tom Morris, Sr. and Tom Morris, Jr. both won four Open Championships
• Willie Park, Sr. won four Open Championships

See also

• Chronological list of men's major golf champions
• List of LPGA major championship winning golfers

References

General

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Specific

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