List of winners in major golf tournaments

Tiger Woods - most successful active golfer

The list of winners in major golf tournaments lists all winners of the four major golf tournaments since 1860. According to the current definition, these are The Masters Tournament (US Masters), US Open , The Open Championship (British Open) and PGA Championship . Since other tournaments were previously considered majors, there are also isolated lineups that deviate from this list. A historical outline of the development of the major definition can be found in the article Grand Slam .

In the further part 42 golfers who have won at least three times are listed. 32 other golfers won twice and 120 golfers won once. The period in which the athlete won, the total number of wins and the number of wins in the individual tournaments are indicated. Jack Nicklaus from the United States is the most successful golfer with 18 major wins between 1962 and 1986. With 15 wins since 1997, Tiger Woods is the most successful active golfer and the second most successful in the all-time ranking. Five golfers - Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan , Gary Player and Gene Sarazen  - have so far managed to win each of the four tournaments. To win all four tournaments in one year, the so-called Grand Slam, has not yet been achieved. However, Bobby Jones was able to win the Grand Slam in 1930 according to the original definition (The Open Championship, US Open, The Amateur Championship, US Amateur).

Note: The list can be sorted : By clicking on a column header, the list is sorted according to this column, clicking twice reverses the sorting.

Competitions

year	The Masters Tournament (US Masters)	US Open	The Open Championship (British Open)	PGA Championship
1860	-	-	Willie Park Senior (1/4)	-
1861	-	-	Old Tom Morris (1/4)	-
1862	-	-	Old Tom Morris (2/4)	-
1863	-	-	Willie Park Senior (2/4)	-
1864	-	-	Old Tom Morris (3/4)	-
1865	-	-	Andrew Strath	-
1866	-	-	Willie Park Senior (3/4)	-
1867	-	-	Old Tom Morris (4/4)	-
1868	-	-	Young Tom Morris (1/4)	-
1869	-	-	Young Tom Morris (2/4)	-
1870	-	-	Young Tom Morris (3/4)	-
1871	-	-	Failed	-
1872	-	-	Young Tom Morris (4/4)	-
1873	-	-	Tom Kidd	-
1874	-	-	Mongoose Park	-
1875	-	-	Willie Park Senior (4/4)	-
1876	-	-	Bob Martin (1/2)	-
1877	-	-	Jamie Anderson (1/3)	-
1878	-	-	Jamie Anderson (2/3)	-
1879	-	-	Jamie Anderson (3/3)	-
1880	-	-	Bob Ferguson (1/3)	-
1881	-	-	Bob Ferguson (2/3)	-
1882	-	-	Bob Ferguson (3/3)	-
1883	-	-	Willie Fernie	-
1884	-	-	Jack Simpson	-
1885	-	-	Bob Martin (2/2)	-
1886	-	-	David Brown	-
1887	-	-	Willie Park junior (1/2)	-
1888	-	-	Jack Burns	-
1889	-	-	Willie Park Junior (2/2)	-
1890	-	-	John Ball Jr	-
1891	-	-	Hugh Kirkaldy	-
1892	-	-	Harold Hilton (1/2)	-
1893	-	-	Willie Auchterlonie	-
1894	-	-	John Henry Taylor (1/5)	-
1895	-	Horace Rawlins	John Henry Taylor (2/5)	-
1896	-	James Foulis	Harry Vardon (1/7)	-
1897	-	Joe Lloyd	Harold Hilton (2/2)	-
1898	-	Fred Herd	Harry Vardon (2/7)	-
1899	-	Willie Smith	Harry Vardon (3/7)	-
1900	-	Harry Vardon (4/7)	John Henry Taylor (3/5)	-
1901	-	Willie Anderson (1/4)	James Braid (1/5)	-
1902	-	Laurie Auchterlonie	Sandy stove	-
1903	-	Willie Anderson (2/4)	Harry Vardon (5/7)	-
1904	-	Willie Anderson (3/4)	Jack White	-
1905	-	Willie Anderson (4/4)	James Braid (2/5)	-
1906	-	Alex Smith (1/2)	James Braid (3/5)	-
1907	-	Alex Ross	Arnaud Massy	-
1908	-	Fred McLeod	James Braid (4/5)	-
1909	-	George Sargent	John Henry Taylor (4/5)	-
1910	-	Alex Smith (2/2)	James Braid (5/5)	-
1911	-	John McDermott (1/2)	Harry Vardon (6/7)	-
1912	-	John McDermott (2/2)	Ted Ray (1/2)	-
1913	-	Francis Ouimet	John Henry Taylor (5/5)	-
1914	-	Walter Hagen (1/11)	Harry Vardon (7/7)	-
1915	-	Jerome Travers	Unusual, First World War	-
1916	-	Charles Evans, Jr.	Unusual, First World War	James 'Jim' M. Barnes (1/4)
1917	-	Unusual, First World War	Unusual, First World War	Unusual, First World War
1918	-	Unusual, First World War	Unusual, First World War	Unusual, First World War
1919	-	Walter Hagen (2/11)	Unusual, First World War	James 'Jim' M. Barnes (2/4)
1920	-	Ted Ray (2/2)	George Duncan	Jock Hutchison (1/2)
1921	-	James 'Jim' M. Barnes (3/4)	Jock Hutchison (2/2)	Walter Hagen (3/11)
1922	-	Gene Saracen (1/7)	Walter Hagen (4/11)	Gene Saracen (2/7)
1923	-	Bobby Jones (1/7)	Arthur Havers	Gene Saracen (3/7)
1924	-	Cyril Walker	Walter Hagen (5/11)	Walter Hagen (6/11)
1925	-	W. MacFarlane	James 'Jim' M. Barnes (4/4)	Walter Hagen (7/11)
1926	-	Bobby Jones (2/7)	Bobby Jones (3/7)	Walter Hagen (8/11)
1927	-	Tommy Armor (1/3)	Bobby Jones (4/7)	Walter Hagen (9/11)
1928	-	Johnny Farrell	Walter Hagen (10/11)	Leo Diegel (1/2)
1929	-	Bobby Jones (5/7)	Walter Hagen (11/11)	Leo Diegel (2/2)
1930	-	Bobby Jones (6/7)	Bobby Jones (7/7)	Tommy Armor (2/3)
1931	-	Billy Burke	Tommy Armor (3/3)	Tom Creavy
1932	-	Gene Saracen (4/7)	Gene Saracen (5/7)	Olin Dutra (1/2)
1933	-	Johnny Goodman	Densmore 'Denny' Shute (1/3)	Gene Saracen (6/7)
1934	Horton Smith (1/2)	Olin Dutra (2/2)	Henry Cotton (1/3)	Paul Runyan (1/2)
1935	Gene Saracen (7/7)	Sam Parks, Jr.	Alf Perry	Johnny Revolta
1936	Horton Smith (2/2)	Tony Manero	Alf Padgham	Densmore 'Denny' Shute (2/3)
1937	Byron Nelson (1/5)	Ralph Guldahl (1/3)	Henry Cotton (2/3)	Densmore 'Denny' Shute (3/3)
1938	Henry Picard (1/2)	Ralph Guldahl (2/3)	Reg Whitcombe	Paul Runyan (2/2)
1939	Ralph Guldahl (3/3)	Byron Nelson (2/5)	Dick Burton	Henry Picard (2/2)
1940	Jimmy Demaret (1/3)	Lawson Little	Unusual, World War II	Byron Nelson (3/5)
1941	Craig Wood (1/2)	Craig Wood (2/2)	Unusual, World War II	Vic Ghezzi
1942	Byron Nelson (4/5)	Unusual, World War II	Unusual, World War II	Sam Snead (1/7)
1943	Unusual, World War II	Unusual, World War II	Unusual, World War II	Unusual, World War II
1944	Unusual, World War II	Unusual, World War II	Unusual, World War II	Bob Hamilton
1945	Unusual, World War II	Unusual, World War II	Unusual, World War II	Byron Nelson (5/5)
1946	Herman Keizer	Lloyd Mangrum	Sam Snead (2/7)	Ben Hogan (1/9)
1947	Jimmy Demaret (2/3)	Lew Worsham	Fred Daly	Jim Ferrier
1948	Claude Harmon	Ben Hogan (2/9)	Henry Cotton (3/3)	Ben Hogan (3/9)
1949	Sam Snead (3/7)	Cary Middlecoff (1/3)	Bobby Locke (1/4)	Sam Snead (4/7)
1950	Jimmy Demaret (3/3)	Ben Hogan (4/9)	Bobby Locke (2/4)	Chandler Harper
1951	Ben Hogan (5/9)	Ben Hogan (6/9)	Max Faulkner	Sam Snead (5/7)
1952	Sam Snead (6/7)	Julius Boros (1/3)	Bobby Locke (3/4)	Jim Turnesa
1953	Ben Hogan (7/9)	Ben Hogan (8/9)	Ben Hogan (9/9)	Walter Burkemo
1954	Sam Snead (7/7)	Ed Furgol	Peter Thomson (1/5)	Chick Harbert
1955	Cary Middlecoff (2/3)	Jack Fleck	Peter Thomson (2/5)	Doug Ford (1/2)
1956	Jack Burke Jr. (1/2)	Cary Middlecoff (3/3)	Peter Thomson (3/5)	Jack Burke Jr. (2/2)
1957	Doug Ford (2/2)	Dick Mayer	Bobby Locke (4/4)	Lionel Hebert
1958	Arnold Palmer (1/7)	Tommy Bolt	Peter Thomson (4/5)	Dow Darkwood
1959	Art Wall Jr.	Billy Casper (1/3)	Gary Player (1/9)	Bob Rosburg
1960	Arnold Palmer (2/7)	Arnold Palmer (3/7)	Kel Nagle	Jay Hebert
1961	Gary Player (2/9)	Gene Littler	Arnold Palmer (4/7)	Jerry Barber
1962	Arnold Palmer (5/7)	Jack Nicklaus (1/18)	Arnold Palmer (6/7)	Gary Player (3/9)
1963	Jack Nicklaus (2/18)	Julius Boros (2/3)	Bob Charles	Jack Nicklaus (3/18)
1964	Arnold Palmer (7/7)	Ken Venturi	Tony Lema	Bobby Nichols
1965	Jack Nicklaus (4/18)	Gary Player (4/9)	Peter Thomson (5/5)	Dave Marr
1966	Jack Nicklaus (5/18)	Billy Casper (2/3)	Jack Nicklaus (6/18)	Al Geiberger
1967	Gay brewer	Jack Nicklaus (7/18)	Roberto DeVicenzo	Don January
1968	Bob Goalby	Lee Trevino (1/6)	Gary Player (5/9)	Julius Boros (3/3)
1969	George Archer	Orville Moody	Tony Jacklin (1/2)	Raymond Floyd (1/4)
1970	Billy Casper (3/3)	Tony Jacklin (2/2)	Jack Nicklaus (8/18)	Dave Stockton (1/2)
1971	Charles Coody	Lee Trevino (2/6)	Lee Trevino (3/6)	Jack Nicklaus (9/18)
1972	Jack Nicklaus (10/18)	Jack Nicklaus (11/18)	Lee Trevino (4/6)	Gary Player (6/9)
1973	Tommy Aaron	Johnny Miller (1/2)	Tom Weiskopf	Jack Nicklaus (12/18)
1974	Gary Player (7/9)	Hale Irwin (1/3)	Gary Player (8/9)	Lee Trevino (5/6)
1975	Jack Nicklaus (13/18)	Lou Graham	Tom Watson (1/8)	Jack Nicklaus (14/18)
1976	Raymond Floyd (2/4)	Jerry godfather	Johnny Miller (2/2)	Dave Stockton (2/2)
1977	Tom Watson (2/8)	Hubert Green (1/2)	Tom Watson (3/8)	Lanny Wadkins
1978	Gary Player (9/9)	Andy North (1/2)	Jack Nicklaus (15/18)	John Mahaffey
1979	Fuzzy Zoeller (1/2)	Hale Irwin (2/3)	Severiano Ballesteros (1/5)	David Graham (1/2)
1980	Severiano Ballesteros (2/5)	Jack Nicklaus (16/18)	Tom Watson (4/8)	Jack Nicklaus (17/18)
1981	Tom Watson (5/8)	David Graham (2/2)	Bill Rogers	Larry Nelson (1/3)
1982	Craig Stadler	Tom Watson (6/8)	Tom Watson (cropped)	Raymond Floyd (3/4)
1983	Severiano Ballesteros (3/5)	Larry Nelson (2/3)	Tom Watson (8/8)	Hal Sutton
1984	Ben Crenshaw (1/2)	Fuzzy Zoeller (2/2)	Severiano Ballesteros (4/5)	Lee Trevino (6/6)
1985	Bernhard Langer (1/2)	Andy North (2/2)	Sandy Lyle (1/2)	Hubert Green (2/2)
1986	Jack Nicklaus (18/18)	Raymond Floyd (4/4)	Greg Norman (1/2)	Bob Tway
1987	Larry Mize	Scott Simpson	Nick Faldo (1/6)	Larry Nelson (3/3)
1988	Sandy Lyle (2/2)	Curtis Strange (1/2)	Severiano Ballesteros (5/5)	Jeff Sluman
1989	Nick Faldo (2/6)	Curtis Strange (2/2)	Mark Calcavecchia	Payne Stewart (1/3)
1990	Nick Faldo (3/6)	Hale Irwin (3/3)	Nick Faldo (4/6)	Wayne Grady
1991	Ian Woosnam	Payne Stewart (2/3)	Ian Baker-Finch	John Daly (1/2)
1992	Fred Couples	Tom Kite	Nick Faldo (5/6)	Nick Price (1/3)
1993	Bernhard Langer (2/2)	Lee Janzen (1/2)	Greg Norman (2/2)	Paul Azinger
1994	José María Olazábal (1/2)	Ernie Els (1/4)	Nick Price (2/3)	Nick Price (3/3)
1995	Ben Crenshaw (2/2)	Corey Pavin	John Daly (2/2)	Steve Elkington
1996	Nick Faldo (6/6)	Steve Jones	Tom Lehman	Mark Brooks
1997	Tiger Woods (1/15)	Ernie Els (2/4)	Justin Leonard	Davis Love III
1998	Mark O'Meara (1/2)	Lee Janzen (2/2)	Mark O'Meara (2/2)	Vijay Singh (1/3)
1999	José María Olazábal (2/2)	Payne Stewart (3/3)	Paul Lawrie	Tiger Woods (2/15)
2000	Vijay Singh (2/3)	Tiger Woods (3/15)	Tiger Woods (4/15)	Tiger Woods (5/15)
2001	Tiger Woods (6/15)	Retief Goosen (1/2)	David Duval	David Toms
2002	Tiger Woods (7/15)	Tiger Woods (8/15)	Ernie Els (3/4)	Rich beem
2003	Mike Weir	Jim Furyk	Ben Curtis	Shaun Micheel
2004	Phil Mickelson (1/5)	Retief Goosen (2/2)	Todd Hamilton	Vijay Singh (3/3)
2005	Tiger Woods (9/15)	Michael Campbell	Tiger Woods (10/15)	Phil Mickelson (2/5)
2006	Phil Mickelson (3/5)	Geoff Ogilvy	Tiger Woods (11/15)	Tiger Woods (12/15)
2007	Zach Johnson (1/2)	Angel Cabrera (1/2)	Pádraig Harrington (1/3)	Tiger Woods (13/15)
2008	Trevor Immelman	Tiger Woods (14/15)	Pádraig Harrington (2/3)	Pádraig Harrington (3/3)
2009	Angel Cabrera (2/2)	Lucas Glover	Stewart Cink	Yang Yong-eun
2010	Phil Mickelson (4/5)	Graeme McDowell	Louis Oosthuizen	Martin Kaymer (1/2)
2011	Charl Schwartzel	Rory McIlroy (1/4)	Darren Clarke	Keegan Bradley
2012	Bubba Watson (1/2)	Webb Simpson	Ernie Els (4/4)	Rory McIlroy (2/4)
2013	Adam Scott	Justin Rose	Phil Mickelson (5/5)	Jason Dufner
2014	Bubba Watson (2/2)	Martin Kaymer (2/2)	Rory McIlroy (3/4)	Rory McIlroy (4/4)
2015	Jordan Spieth (1/3)	Jordan Spieth (2/3)	Zach Johnson (2/2)	Jason Day
2016	Danny Willett	Dustin Johnson	Henrik Stenson	Jimmy Walker
2017	Sergio García	Brooks Koepka (1/4)	Jordan Spieth (3/3)	Justin Thomas
2018	Patrick Reed	Brooks Koepka (2/4)	Francesco Molinari	Brooks Koepka (3/4)
2019	Tiger Woods (15/15)	Gary Woodland	Shane Lowry	Brooks Koepka (4/4)
2020			Unusual, COVID-19 pandemic	Collin Morikawa

Winners list

Jack Nicklaus - most successful golfer since 1860

• Place: Indicates the order of the athletes. This is determined by the number of wins.
• Name: gives the name of the athlete.
• Country: Name the country for which the athlete started.
• By: The year the athlete won for the first time.
• Until: The year in which the athlete won the last time.
• Total: states the number of major tournaments won.
• Masters: The number of victories in The Masters Tournament since 1934.
• US Open: gives the number of wins at the US Open since 1895.
• The Open: The number of victories in The Open Championship since 1860.
• PGA: The number of victories in the PGA Championship since 1916.

Note: Active athletes are shown in bold.

space	Surname	country	From	To	total	Masters	US Open	The Open	PGA
1.	Jack Nicklaus	United States	1962	1986	18th	6th	4th	3	5
2.	Tiger Woods	United States	1997	2019	15th	5	3	3	4th
3.	Walter Hagen	United States	1914	1929	11	0	2	4th	5
4th	Ben Hogan	United States	1946	1953	9	2	4th	1	2
4th	Gary Player	South Africa	1959	1978	9	3	1	3	2
6th	Tom Watson	United States	1975	1983	8th	2	1	5	0
7th	Bobby Jones	United States	1923	1930	7th	0	4th	3	0
7th	Arnold Palmer	United States	1958	1964	7th	4th	1	2	0
7th	Gene Saracen	United States	1922	1935	7th	1	2	1	3
7th	Sam Snead	United States	1942	1954	7th	3	0	1	3
7th	Harry Vardon	England	1896	1914	7th	0	1	6th	0
12.	Nick Faldo	England	1987	1996	6th	3	0	3	0
12.	Lee Trevino	United States	1968	1984	6th	0	2	2	2
14th	Severiano Ballesteros	Spain	1979	1988	5	2	0	3	0
14th	James Braid	Scotland	1901	1910	5	0	0	5	0
14th	Phil Mickelson	United States	2004	2013	5	3	0	1	1
14th	Byron Nelson	United States	1937	1945	5	2	1	0	2
14th	John Henry Taylor	England	1894	1913	5	0	0	5	0
14th	Peter Thomson	Australia	1954	1965	5	0	0	5	0
20th	Willie Anderson	Scotland	1901	1905	4th	0	4th	0	0
20th	James 'Jim' M. Barnes	England	1916	1925	4th	0	1	1	2
20th	Ernie Els	South Africa	1994	2012	4th	0	2	2	0
20th	Raymond Floyd	United States	1969	1986	4th	1	1	0	2
20th	Brooks Koepka	United States	2017	2019	4th	0	2	0	2
20th	Bobby Locke	South Africa	1949	1957	4th	0	0	4th	0
20th	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	2011	2014	4th	0	1	1	2
20th	Old Tom Morris	Scotland	1861	1867	4th	0	0	4th	0
20th	Young Tom Morris	Scotland	1868	1872	4th	0	0	4th	0
20th	Willie Park Senior	Scotland	1860	1875	4th	0	0	4th	0
30th	Jamie Anderson	Scotland	1877	1879	3	0	0	3	0
30th	Tommy Armor	United States	1927	1931	3	0	1	1	1
30th	Julius Boros	United States	1952	1968	3	0	2	0	1
30th	Billy Casper	United States	1959	1970	3	1	2	0	0
30th	Henry Cotton	England	1934	1948	3	0	0	3	0
30th	Jimmy Demaret	United States	1940	1950	3	3	0	0	0
30th	Bob Ferguson	Scotland	1880	1882	3	0	0	3	0
30th	Ralph Guldahl	United States	1937	1939	3	1	2	0	0
30th	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	2007	2008	3	0	0	2	1
30th	Cary Middlecoff	United States	1949	1956	3	1	2	0	0
30th	Larry Nelson	United States	1981	1987	3	0	1	0	2
30th	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	1992	1994	3	0	0	2	1
30th	Densmore 'Denny' Shute	United States	1933	1937	3	0	0	1	2
30th	Vijay Singh	Fiji	1998	2004	3	1	0	0	2
30th	Jordan Spieth	United States	2015	2017	3	1	1	1	0
30th	Payne Stewart	United States	1989	1999	3	0	2	0	1

Nations ranking

space	country	total	Masters	US Open	The Open	PGA
1.	United States	274	61	85	44	84
2.	Scotland	56	1	13	42	0
3.	England	39	4th	8th	27	0
4th	South Africa	22nd	5	5	10	2
5.	Australia	17th	1	2	9	5
6th	Spain	8th	5	0	3	0
7th	Northern Ireland	7th	0	2	3	2
8th.	Germany	4th	2	1	0	1
8th.	Ireland	4th	0	0	3	1
10.	Argentina	3	1	1	1	0
10.	Fiji	3	1	0	0	2
10.	Zimbabwe	3	0	0	1	2
13.	New Zealand	2	0	1	1	0
14th	Canada	1	1	0	0	0
14th	France	1	0	0	1	0
14th	Wales	1	1	0	0	0
14th	South Korea	1	0	0	0	1
14th	Sweden	1	0	0	1	0
14th	Italy	1	0	0	1	0

See also

• List of winners of major golf tournaments (women)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official winners list of the US Masters ( memento of the original from January 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Official list of US Open winners
3. ↑ Official winners list of the British Open ( Memento of the original from September 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Official list of winners of the PGA Championship

Web links

• The Masters Tournament (English)
• US Open (English)
• The Open Championship (English)
• PGA Championship (English)

This version was included in the selection of informative lists and portals on April 23, 2008 .