As at 1 January 2026, the only two other current players with five Majors are Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) and Brooks Koepka.
Only Ben Hogan (1953) and Tiger Woods (2000) have won three professional Majors in one year. Woods also won the 2001 Masters which meant he was the holder of all four Majors simultaneously.
Amateur Boby Jones secured a unique collection of four Majors in a calendar year by winning the amateur and Open titles of both the USA and Great Britain in 1930.
The last man to win back-to-back Majors in one season was Jordan Spieth in 2015 (Masters and US Open).
The last man to win his debut Major was J. J. Spaun, winner of the 2025 US Open.
The five men above (Nicklaus, Woods, Hogan, Player, and Sarazen), along wih Rory McIlroy, are the only golfers to have won ALL FOUR professional Majors.
Active 2026 players with three legs of the Career Grand Slam completed are Phil Mickelson (Masters, PGA, British Open), Scottie Scheffler (Masters, PGA, British Open), and Jordan Spieth (Masters, US Open, British Open).
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