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Wins	Winner (Country)	Years	Masters	PGA	US Open	British Open
18	Jack Nicklaus	1962-86	6	5	4	3
15	Tiger Woods	1997-2019	5	4	3	3
11	Walter Hagen	1914-29	0	5	2	4
9	Ben Hogan	1946-53	2	2	4	1
9	Gary Player (South Africa)	1959-78	3	2	1	3
8	Tom Watson	1975-83	2	0	1	5
7	Harry Vardon (Jersey)	1896-1914	0	0	1	6
7	Gene Sarazen	1922-35	1	3	2	1
7	Bobby Jones	1923-30	0	0	4	3
7	Sam Snead	1942-54	3	3	0	1
7	Arnold Palmer	1958-64	4	0	1	2
6	Lee Trevino	1968-84	0	2	2	2
6	Nick Faldo (England)	1987-96	3	0	0	3
6	Phil Mickelson	2004-21	3	2	0	1
6	Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland)	2011-26	2	2	1	1

Up to and including 2026 | All winners from the USA unless otherwise stated.

As at 28 July 2026, the only other current player with five Majors is 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 Bobby 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 Ryan Fox (New Zealand), winner of the 2026 British Open.Aaron Rai (England, US PGA) also won his first Major in 2026

Nicklaus, Woods, Hogan, Player, Sarazen, and 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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