Golfers with most wins in men's major championships

From Encyclopedia Jr, free information reference for Kids

The four majors are the most prestigious events in professional golf, and the number of wins that a player accumulates in them greatly influences his stature in the sport. The chart below ranks the 191 men who have won a professional major by their total number of wins in the four events. See the second section for a list that takes into consideration wins in The Amateur Championship (British Amateur) and the U.S. Amateur when those titles were considered majors. See the third section for a list that includes wins in The Amateur Championship and U.S. Amateur for all years. These lists are complete through the final major of 2006 (PGA Championship). An "NA" denotes that the Masters result is not applicable because the player no longer competed after its establishment in 1934.

[edit] List of top winners of professional majors

Name	Country	Masters	U.S. Open	British Open	PGA	Total	Winning span
Jack Nicklaus	United States	6	4	3	5	18	1962-1986
Tiger Woods	United States	4	2	3	3	12	1997-2006
Walter Hagen	United States	NA	2	4	5	11	1914-1929
Ben Hogan	United States	2	4	1	2	9	1946-1953
Gary Player	South Africa	3	1	3	2	9	1959-1978
Tom Watson	United States	2	1	5	0	8	1975-1983
Harry Vardon	England	NA	1	6	0	7	1896-1914
Gene Sarazen	United States	1	2	1	3	7	1922-1935
Bobby Jones	United States	NA	4	3	0	7	1923-1930
Sam Snead	United States	3	0	1	3	7	1942-1954
Arnold Palmer	United States	4	1	2	0	7	1958-1964
Nick Faldo	England	3	0	3	0	6	1987-1996
Lee Trevino	United States	0	2	2	2	6	1968-1984
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	2	0	3	0	5	1979-1988
James Braid	Scotland	NA	0	5	0	5	1901-1910
Byron Nelson	United States	2	1	0	2	5	1937-1945
J.H. Taylor	England	NA	0	5	0	5	1894-1913
Peter Thomson	Australia	0	0	5	0	5	1954-1965

• 4 majors - 7 golfers: Willie Anderson, Jim Barnes, Ray Floyd, Bobby Locke, Old Tom Morris, Young Tom Morris, Willie Park, Sr.
• 3 majors - 17 golfers: Jamie Anderson, Tommy Armour, Julius Boros, Billy Casper, Henry Cotton, Jimmy Demaret, Ernie Els, Bob Ferguson, Ralph Guldahl, Hale Irwin, Phil Mickelson, Cary Middlecoff, Larry Nelson, Nick Price, Denny Shute, Vijay Singh, Payne Stewart.
• 2 majors - 32 golfers: Jack Burke, Jr, Ben Crenshaw, John Daly, Leo Diegel, Olin Dutra, Doug Ford, Retief Goosen, David Graham, Hubert Green, Jock Hutchison, Tony Jacklin, Lee Janzen, Sandy Lyle, Bernhard Langer, John McDermott, Bob Martin, Johnny Miller, Greg Norman, Andy North, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Willie Park, Jr., Henry Picard, Edward Ray, Paul Runyan, Alex Smith, Horton Smith, Dave Stockton, Curtis Strange, Craig Wood, Fuzzy Zoeller.
• 1 major - 117 golfers: Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Laurie Auchterlonie, William Auchterlonie, Paul Azinger, Ian Baker-Finch, Jerry Barber, Rich Beem, Tommy Bolt, Gay Brewer, Mark Brooks, David Brown, Billy Burke, Walter Burkemo, Jack Burns, Richard Burton, Mark Calcavecchia, Michael Campbell, Bob Charles, Charles Coody, Fred Couples, Tom Creavy, Ben Curtis, Fred Daly, Roberto DeVicenzo, George Duncan, David Duval, Steve Elkington, Chick Evans, Johnny Farrell, Max Faulkner, Willie Fernie, Jim Ferrier, Dow Finsterwald, Jack Fleck, James Foulis, Ed Furgol, Jim Furyk, Al Geiberger, Vic Ghezzi, Bob Goalby, Johnny Goodman, Wayne Grady, Lou Graham, Bob Hamilton, Todd Hamilton, Chick Harbert, Claude Harmon, Chandler Harper, Arthur Havers, Jay Hebert, Lionel Hebert, Fred Herd, Sandy Herd, Don January, Steve Jones, Herman Keiser, Tom Kidd, Hugh Kirkaldy, Tom Kite, Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, Tony Lema, Justin Leonard, Lawson Little, Gene Littler, Joe Lloyd, Davis Love III, Willie Macfarlane, Fred McLeod, John Mahaffey, Tony Manero, Lloyd Mangrum, Dave Marr, Arnaud Massy, Dick Mayer, Shaun Micheel, Larry Mize, Orville Moody, Kel Nagle, Bobby Nichols, Geoff Ogilvy, Francis Ouimet, Alf Padgham, Mungo Park, Sam Parks, Jr., Jerry Pate, Corey Pavin, Alf Perry, Horace Rawlins, Johnny Revolta, Bill Rogers, Bob Rosburg, Alec Ross, George Sargent, Jack Simpson, Scott Simpson, Jeff Sluman, Willie Smith, Craig Stadler, Andrew Strath, Hal Sutton, David Toms, Jerome Travers, Jim Turnesa, Bob Tway, Ken Venturi, Lanny Wadkins, Cyril Walker, Art Wall, Jr., Mike Weir, Tom Weiskopf, Reg Whitcombe, Jack White, Ian Woosnam, Lew Worsham

[edit] List of top winners of majors including amateur titles when they were considered majors

Before the establishment of The Masters and PGA Championship as majors, the British Amateur and the U.S. Amateur were regarded as majors [1] [2]. This list considers these titles when they were regarded as majors. For example, Bobby Jones won 5 U.S. Open amateur titles when those titles were considered majors [3] and 4 U.S. Open professional titles (indicated by the parenthetical "4" in his box.). Additionally, he won 1 British Amateur title when that title was considered a major [4], and 3 British Open professional titles (indicated by the parenthetical "3") making his total number of majors 13 [5] [6] [7] [8] [9].

The Masters, which was co-founded by Bobby Jones in 1934 after his retirement from the game, was not universally considered to be a major championship in its earlier years, the quartet of professional majors not being established at the time. In the first half of the twentieth century golf fans in the United States sometimes attributed major status to the Western Open and/or the North and South Open.

An asterisk (*) indicates that a player won the amateur versions of those titles, when the amateurs were considered majors.

Name	Country	Masters	U.S. Open	British Open	PGA	Total	Winning span
Jack Nicklaus	United States	6	4	3	5	18	1962-1986
Bobby Jones	United States	NA	9*(4)	4*(3)	0	13*(7)	1923-1930
Tiger Woods	United States	4	2	3	3	12	1997-2006
Walter Hagen	United States	NA	2	4	5	11	1914-1929
Ben Hogan	United States	2	4	1	2	9	1946-1953
Gary Player	South Africa	3	1	3	2	9	1959-1978
John Ball	England	NA	0	9*(1)	0	9*(1)	1888-1912
Tom Watson	United States	2	1	5	0	8	1975-1983
Harry Vardon	England	NA	1	6	0	7	1896-1914
Gene Sarazen	United States	1	2	1	3	7	1922-1935
Sam Snead	United States	3	0	1	3	7	1942-1954
Arnold Palmer	United States	4	1	2	0	7	1958-1964
Harold Hilton	England	NA	1*	6*(2)	0	7*(2)	1892-1911

[edit] List of top winners of majors including amateur titles for all years

In the chart immediately below, an asterisk (*) indicates that a player won the amateur versions of those titles (the number of such wins shown in parenthesis). For example Bobby Jones won 5 U.S. Amateur Champoinship titles (indicated by the parenthetical "5" in his box). [10] and 4 U.S. Open professional titles . Additionally, he won 1 The Amateur Championship (British Amateur) title (indicated by the parenthetical "1"), [11], and 3 of The Open (British Open) professional titles making his total number of majors 13 [12] [13] [14] [15] [16].

Name	Country	Masters	U.S. Open	British Open	PGA	Total	Winning span
Jack Nicklaus	United States	6	6*(2)	3	5	20*(2)	1962-1986
Tiger Woods	United States	4	5*(3)	3	3	15*(3)	1997-2006
Bobby Jones	United States	NA	9*(5)	4*(1)	0	13*(6)	1923-1930
Walter Hagen	United States	NA	2	4	5	11	1914-1929
Ben Hogan	United States	2	4	1	2	9	1946-1953
Gary Player	South Africa	3	1	3	2	9	1959-1978
John Ball	England	NA	0	9*(8)	0	9*(8)	1888-1912
Arnold Palmer	United States	4	2*(1)	2	0	8*(1)	1958-1964
Tom Watson	United States	2	1	5	0	8	1975-1983
Harry Vardon	England	NA	1	6	0	7	1896-1914
Gene Sarazen	United States	1	2	1	3	7	1922-1935
Sam Snead	United States	3	0	1	3	7	1942-1954
Arnold Palmer	United States	4	1	2	0	7	1958-1964
Harold Hilton	England	NA	1*(1)	6*(4)	0	7*(4)	1892-1911
Nick Faldo	England	3	0	3	0	6	1987-1996
Lee Trevino	United States	0	2	2	2	6	1968-1984
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	2	0	3	0	5	1979-1988
James Braid	Scotland	NA	0	5	0	5	1901-1910
Byron Nelson	United States	2	1	0	2	5	1937-1945
J.H. Taylor	England	NA	0	5	0	5	1894-1913
Peter Thomson	Australia	0	0	5	0	5	1954-1965

[edit] See also

• Grand Slam (golf)
• Chronological list of men's major golf champions
• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins
• Golfers with most LPGA major championship wins