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Jack Nicklaus has won the most majors, achieving 18 victories during his career. [2] Second on the list is Tiger Woods, who has won 15 majors to date; his most recent major victory was at the 2019 Masters. [3] Walter Hagen is third with 11 majors; [4] he and Nicklaus have both won the most PGA Championships with five. [5]
As of the 2024 season, 233 golfers have won one of men's professional golf's four major championships – the modern accepted definition of the majors has only existed since the 1960s but wins in these tournaments have been retrospectively recognized by all the major sanctioning organizations.
Major championship winners receive the maximum possible allocation of 100 points from the Official World Golf Ranking, which is endorsed by all of the main tours, and major championship prize money is official on the three richest regular (i.e. under-50) golf tours, the PGA Tour, European Tour and Japan Golf Tour.
The Open Championship was first recognized as an official tour event in 1995, and in 2002, all victories in earlier Open Championships were classified as official PGA Tour wins. Accumulating 20 wins is significant, because it is one of the requirements for "life membership" on the PGA Tour.
This is the record under par score in all major championships. [4] The PGA Championship has had three wire-to-wire champions: Bobby Nichols in 1964, Raymond Floyd in 1982, and Hal Sutton in 1983. [5] Four others have led wire-to-wire if ties after a round are counted: Floyd in 1969, Nick Price in 1994, Woods in 2000 and Mickelson in 2005. [5]
This article lists all 140 women who have won major championships on the LPGA Tour, both past and present. [1] They are listed in order of the number of victories, with updates reflecting the 2024 season. Winning span indicates the years from the player's first major win to the last.
Winners of Senior PGA Championships played before December 1979 (from the 1980 to 1983 seasons, and again in the 1985 season, it was the winner of the Senior PGA Championship in December of the previous calendar year) and Senior Opens played before 2003 are not listed here as they were not Champions Tour majors at the time nor retroactively ...
The Masters Tournament is a golf competition that was established in 1934, with Horton Smith winning the inaugural tournament. [1] The Masters is the first of four major championships to be played each year, with the final round of the Masters always being scheduled for the second Sunday in April. [2]