SPORTS

Golf - Player Records
Most Major Tournament Wins
This list features the players with the most Grand Slam major trophy wins in Golf history.
RANK | PLAYERS | TROPHIES | WINS | YEARS |
1 | Jack Nicklaus | 18 | Masters (1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986); U.S. Open (1962, 1967, 1972, 1980); The Open (1966, 1970, 1978); PGA (1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980) | 1962–1986 |
2 | Tiger Woods | 15 | Masters (1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019); U.S. Open (2000, 2002, 2008); The Open (2000, 2005, 2006); PGA (1999, 2000, 2006, 2007) | 1997–2019 |
3 | Walter Hagen | 11 | U.S. Open (1914, 1919); The Open (1922, 1924, 1928, 1929); PGA (1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927) | 1914–1929 |
4 | Ben Hogan | 9 | Masters (1951, 1953); U.S. Open (1948, 1950, 1951, 1953); The Open (1953); PGA (1946, 1948) | 1946–1953 |
5 | Gary Player | 9 | Masters (1961, 1974, 1978); U.S. Open (1965); The Open (1959, 1968, 1974); PGA (1962, 1972) | 1959–1978 |
6 | Tom Watson | 8 | Masters (1977, 1981); U.S. Open (1982); The Open (1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983) | 1975–1983 |
7 | Harry Vardon | 7 | U.S. Open (1900); The Open (1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, 1914) | 1896–1914 |
8 | Bobby Jones | 7 | U.S. Open (1923, 1926, 1929, 1930); The Open (1926, 1927, 1930) | 1923–1930 |
9 | Gene Sarazen | 7 | Masters (1935); U.S. Open (1922, 1932); The Open (1932); PGA (1922, 1923, 1933) | 1922–1935 |
10 | Sam Snead | 7 | Masters (1949, 1952, 1954); The Open (1946); PGA (1942, 1949, 1951) | 1942–1954 |
11 | Arnold Palmer | 7 | Masters (1958, 1960, 1962, 1964); U.S. Open (1960); The Open (1961, 1962) | 1958–1964 |
12 | Lee Trevino | 6 | U.S. Open (1968, 1971); The Open (1971, 1972); PGA (1974, 1984) | 1968–1984 |
13 | Nick Faldo | 6 | Masters (1989, 1990, 1996); The Open (1987, 1990, 1992) | 1987–1996 |
14 | Phil Mickelson | 6 | Masters (2004, 2006, 2010); The Open (2013); PGA (2005, 2021) | 2004–2021 |
15 | James Braid | 5 | The Open (1901, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1910) | 1901–1910 |
16 | J.H. Taylor | 5 | The Open (1894, 1895, 1900, 1909, 1913) | 1894–1913 |
17 | Byron Nelson | 5 | Masters (1937, 1942); U.S. Open (1939); PGA (1940, 1945) | 1937–1945 |
18 | Peter Thomson | 5 | The Open (1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965) | 1954–1965 |
19 | Seve Ballesteros | 5 | Masters (1980, 1983); The Open (1979, 1984, 1988) | 1979–1988 |
20 | Brooks Koepka | 5 | U.S. Open (2017, 2018); PGA (2018, 2019, 2023) | 2017–2023 |
21 | Rory McIlroy | 4 | U.S. Open (2011); The Open (2014); PGA (2012, 2014) | 2011–2014 |
22 | Tom Morris Sr. | 4 | The Open (1861, 1862, 1864, 1867) | 1861–1867 |
23 | Tom Morris Jr. | 4 | The Open (1868, 1869, 1870, 1872) | 1868–1872 |
24 | Willie Park Sr. | 4 | The Open (1860, 1863, 1866, 1875) | 1860–1875 |
25 | Willie Anderson | 4 | U.S. Open (1901, 1903, 1904, 1905) | 1901–1905 |
26 | Jim Barnes | 4 | U.S. Open (1921); The Open (1925); PGA (1916, 1919) | 1916–1925 |
27 | Bobby Locke | 4 | The Open (1949, 1950, 1952, 1957) | 1949–1957 |
28 | Raymond Floyd | 4 | Masters (1976); U.S. Open (1986); PGA (1969, 1982) | 1969–1986 |
29 | Ernie Els | 4 | U.S. Open (1994, 1997); The Open (2002, 2012) | 1994–2012 |
30 | Scottie Scheffler | 2 | Masters (2022, 2024) | 2022–2024 |
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