Editorial

Most Majors Won: Wins in Men's Professional Golf Events

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Jack Nicklaus, considered by many to be past his prime in 1986, came from behind to win that year's Masters with a stirring back-nine charge. That was the Golden Bear's final major victory and the 18th of his remarkable career. Tiger Woods has won the second most majors in men's professional golf history with 15. He snapped an 11-year drought to win the 2019 Masters Tournament — his fifth green jacket — to pull closer to the all-time majors record. The most recent additions to the list of major champions are 2020 PGA Championship champion Collin Morikawa and 2020 US Open winner Bryson DeChambeau. Here is the complete list of every professional golfer who has won a men's major Jack Nicklaus - 18 Tiger Woods - 15 Walter Hagen -11 Ben Hogan - 9 Gary Player - 9 Tom Watson - 8 Bobby Jones - 7 Arnold Palmer - 7 Sam Snead - 7 Harry Vardon - 7 Gene Sarazen - 7 Nick Faldo - 6 Lee Trevino - 6 Seve Ballesteros - 5 James Braid - 5 Phil Mickelson - 5 Byron Nelson - 5 John H. Taylor - 5 Peter Thomson - 5 Willie Anderson - 4 Jim Barnes - 4 Ernie Els - 4 Raymond Floyd - 4 Brooks Koepka - 4 Bobby Locke - 4 Rory McIlroy - 4 Tom Morris, Sr. - 4 Tom Morris, Jr. - 4 Willie Park - 4 James Anderson - 3 Tommy Armour - 3 Julius Boros - 3 Billy Casper - 3 Henry Cotton - 3 Jimmy Demaret - 3 Robert Ferguson - 3 Ralph Guldahl - 3 Padraig Harrington - 3 Hale Irwin - 3 Cary Middlecoff - 3 Larry Nelson - 3 Nick Price - 3 Denny Shute - 3 Vijay Singh - 3 Jordan Spieth - 3 Payne Stewart - 3 Jack Burke Jr. - 2 Angel Cabrera - 2 Ben Crenshaw - 2 John Daly - 2 Leo Diegel - 2 Olin Dutra - 2 Doug Ford - 2 Retief Goosen - 2 David Graham - 2 Hubert Green - 2 Harold Hilton - 2 Jock Hutchison - 2 Tony Jacklin - 2 Dustin Johnson - 2 Zach Johnson - 2 Martin Kaymer - 2 Bernhard Langer - 2 Sandy Lyle - 2 Bob Martin - 2 John McDermott - 2 Johnny Miller - 2 Greg Norman - 2 Andy North - 2 Jose Maria Olazabal - 2 Mark O’Meara - 2 Willie Park, Jr. - 2 Henry Picard - 2 Ted Ray - 2 Paul Runyan - 2 Alex Smith - 2 Horton Smith - 2 Dave Stockton - 2 Curtis Strange - 2 Bubba Watson - 2 Craig Wood - 2 Fuzzy Zoeller - 2 Tommy Aaron - 1 George Archer - 1 Laurie Auchterlonie - 1 Willie Auchterlonie - 1 Paul Azinger - 1 Ian Baker-Finch - 1 John Ball - 1 Jerry Barber - 1 Rich Beem - 1 Tommy Bolt - 1 Keegan Bradley - 1 Gay Brewer - 1 Mark Brooks - 1 David Brown - 1 Billy Burke - 1 Walter Burkemo - 1 Jack Burns - 1 Dick Burton - 1 Mark Calcavecchia - 1 Michael Campbell - 1 Bob Charles - 1 Stewart Cink - 1 Darren Clarke - 1 Charles Coody - 1 Fred Couples - 1 Tom Creavy - 1 Ben Curtis - 1 Fred Daly - 1 Jason Day - 1 Roberto De Vicenzo - 1 Bryson DeChambeau - 1 Jason Dufner - 1 George Duncan - 1 David Duval - 1 Steve Elkington - 1 Chick Evans - 1 Johnny Farrell - 1 Max Faulkner - 1 Willie Fernie - 1 Jim Ferrier - 1 Dow Finsterwald - 1 Jack Fleck - 1 James Foulis - 1 Ed Furgol - 1 Jim Furyk - 1 Sergio Garcia - 1 Al Geiberger - 1 Vic Ghezzi - 1 Lucas Glover - 1 Bob Goalby - 1 Johnny Goodman - 1 Wayne Grady - 1 Lou Graham - 1 Bob Hamilton - 1 Todd Hamilton - 1 Chick Harbert - 1 Claude Harmon - 1 Chandler Harper - 1 Arthur Havers - 1 Jay Hebert - 1 Lionel Hebert - 1 Fred Herd - 1 Sandy Herd - 1 Trevor Immelman - 1 Don January - 1 Steve Jones - 1 Herman Keiser - 1 Tom Kidd - 1 Hugh Kirkaldy - 1 Tom Kite - 1 Paul Lawrie - 1 Tom Lehman - 1 Tony Lema - 1 Justin Leonard - 1 Lawson Little - 1 Gene Littler - 1 Joe Lloyd - 1 Davis Love III - 1 Shane Lowry - 1 Willie Macfarlane - 1 John Mahaffey - 1 Tony Manero - 1 Lloyd Mangrum - 1 Dave Marr - 1 Arnaud Massy - 1 Dick Mayer - 1 Graeme McDowell - 1 Fred McLeod - 1 Shaun Micheel - 1 Larry Mize - 1 Francesco Molinari - 1 Orville Moody - 1 Collin Morikawa - 1 Kel Nagle - 1 Bobby Nichols - 1 Geoff Ogilvy - 1 Louis Oosthuizen - 1 Francis Ouimet - 1 Alf Padgham - 1 Mungo Park - 1 Sam Parks, Jr. - 1 Jerry Pate - 1 Corey Pavin - 1 Alf Perry - 1 Horace Rawlins - 1 Patrick Reed - 1 Johnny Revolta - 1 Bill Rogers - 1 Bob Rosburg - 1 Justin Rose - 1 Alex Ross - 1 George Sargent - 1 Charl Schwartzel - 1 Adam Scott - 1 Jack Simpson - 1 Scott Simpson - 1 Webb Simpson - 1 Jeff Sluman - 1 Willie Smith - 1 Craig Stadler - 1 Henrik Stenson - 1 Andrew Strath - 1 Hal Sutton - 1 Justin Thomas - 1 David Toms - 1 Jerome Travers - 1 Jim Turnesa - 1 Bob Tway - 1 Ken Venturi - 1 Lanny Wadkins - 1 Cyril Walker - 1 Jimmy Walker - 1 Art Wall - 1 Mike Weir - 1 Tom Weiskopf - 1 Reg Whitcombe - 1 Jack White - 1 Danny Willett - 1 Gary Woodland - 1 Ian Woosnam - 1 Lew Worsham - 1 Y.E. Yang - 1