The 4 tournaments forming the men’s major golf championships are:
The majors are conducted annually. Any player who has won all four majors in one calendar year is unofficially considered a grand slam winner.
Here is a list of the most golf major wins ever
Player | Major Golf Championships Won |
Jack Nicklaus | 18 |
Tiger Woods | 15 |
Walter Hagen | 11 |
Ben Hogan, Gary Player | 9 |
Tom Watson | 8 |
Jack Nicklaus has the most major wins in golf history. The golden bear of American golf history has 117 wins to his name, including 18 grand slams making him the winner of most major golf championships.
Walter Hagens is the only player to have the most consecutive major wins in golf. He had won the PGA championships 4 times from 1924-27.
Willie Anderson stands second with 3 consecutive major wins in golf. Anderson couldn’t play further due to epilepsy and died at the age of 31. He is the only player to have won the U.S. Open four times in the span of five years.
Do you know the list of active golfers with the most major wins in golf? Here you go:
Player | Masters | U.S. Open | British Open | PGA | Total Wins |
Tiger Woods | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
Phil Mickelson | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Ernie Els | – | 2 | 2 | – | 4 |
Rory McIlroy | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Brooks Koepka | – | 2 | – | 2 | 4 |
Vijay Singh | 1 | – | – | 2 | 3 |
Pádraig Harrington | – | – | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Jordan Spieth | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 |
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