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Oldest Lived Winners of a Major

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Age *	Golfer (Country)	First Major	Last Major	Majors Won
100 years 355 days	Jack Burke, Jr.	1956	1956	2
97 years 75 days	Gene Sarazen	1922	1935	7
95 years 281 days	Doug Ford	1955	1957	2
94 years 234 days	Byron Nelson	1937	1945	5
94 years 48 days	Roberto de Vicenzo (Argentina)	1967	1967	1
94 years 39 days	Kel Nagle (Australia)	1960	1960	1
94 years 13 days	Fred McLeod (Scotland)	1908	1908	1
93 years 248 days	Paul Runyan	1934	1938	2
93 years 168 days	Don January	1967	1967	1
93 years 114 days	Jock Hutchison	1920	1921	2
93 years 59 days	Dow Finsterwald	1958	1958	1
92 years 311 days	Bob Goalby	1968	1968	1
92 years 152 days	Tommy Bolt	1958	1958	1
92 years 133 days	Jack Fleck	1955	1955	1
91 years 328 days	J. H. Taylor (England)	1894	1913	5
90 years 243 days	Chandler Harper	1950	1950	1
90 years 204 days	Willie Auchterlonie (Scotland)	1893	1893	1
90 years 153 days	Henry Picard	1938	1939	2
90 years 27 days	Gary Player (South Africa) †	1959	1978	9

* Age when they died, or age at 22 December 2025 if still alive
† Indicates still alive | All golfers from the USA unless otherwise stated.
New Zealand's Bob Charles could be celerating his 90th birthday in 2026.

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