Chronological list of men's major golf champions

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Through the 2008 Masters Tournament, 195 golfers have won one of men's professional golf's four professional major championships. They are listed here in order of their first win. For a complete list of results in these tournaments see the major championships article. (Note that the tournaments were not always played in their current order.)

First major Majors won
# Player Year Tournament Total The Masters U.S. Open The Open Championship PGA Championship
1 Flag of Scotland Willie Park Sr 1860 The Open Championship 4 1860, 1863, 1866, 1875
2 Flag of Scotland Old Tom Morris 1861 The Open Championship 4 1861, 1862, 1864, 1867
3 Flag of Scotland Andrew Strath 1865 The Open Championship 1 1865
4 Flag of Scotland Young Tom Morris 1868 The Open Championship 4 1868, 1869, 1870, 1872
5 Flag of Scotland Tom Kidd 1873 The Open Championship 1 1873
6 Flag of Scotland Mungo Park 1874 The Open Championship 1 1874
7 Flag of Scotland Bob Martin 1876 The Open Championship 2 1876, 1885
8 Flag of Scotland Jamie Anderson 1877 The Open Championship 3 1877, 1878, 1879
9 Flag of Scotland Bob Ferguson 1880 The Open Championship 3 1880, 1881, 1882
10 Flag of Scotland Willie Fernie 1883 The Open Championship 1 1883
11 Flag of Scotland Jack Simpson 1884 The Open Championship 1 1884
12 Flag of Scotland David Brown 1886 The Open Championship 1 1886
13 Flag of Scotland Willie Park Jr 1887 The Open Championship 2 1887, 1889
14 Flag of Scotland Jack Burns 1888 The Open Championship 1 1888
15 Flag of England John Ball 1890 The Open Championship 1 1890
16 Flag of Scotland Hugh Kirkaldy 1891 The Open Championship 1 1891
17 Flag of England Harold Hilton 1892 The Open Championship 2 1892, 1897
18 Flag of Scotland William Auchterlonie 1893 The Open Championship 1 1893
19 Flag of England John Henry Taylor 1894 The Open Championship 5 1894, 1895, 1900, 1909, 1913
20 Flag of England Horace Rawlins 1895 U.S. Open 1 1895
21 Flag of Jersey Harry Vardon 1896 The Open Championship 7 1900 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, 1914
22 Flag of Scotland James Foulis 1896 U.S. Open 1 1896
23 Flag of England Joe Lloyd 1897 U.S. Open 1 1897
24 Flag of Scotland Fred Herd 1898 U.S. Open 1 1898
25 Flag of Scotland Willie Smith 1899 U.S. Open 1 1899
26 Flag of Scotland James Braid 1901 The Open Championship 5 1901, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1910
27 Flag of Scotland Willie Anderson 1901 U.S. Open 4 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905
28 Flag of Scotland Sandy Herd 1902 The Open Championship 1 1902
29 Flag of Scotland Laurie Auchterlonie 1902 U.S. Open 1 1902
30 Flag of Scotland Jack White 1904 The Open Championship 1 1904
31 Flag of Scotland Alex Smith 1906 U.S. Open 2 1906, 1910
32 Flag of Scotland Alec Ross 1907 U.S. Open 1 1907
33 Flag of France Arnaud Massy 1907 The Open Championship 1 1907
34 Flag of Scotland Fred McLeod 1908 U.S. Open 1 1908
35 Flag of England George Sargent 1909 U.S. Open 1 1909
36 Flag of the United States John McDermott 1911 U.S. Open 2 1911, 1912
37 Flag of Jersey Ted Ray 1912 The Open Championship 2 1920 1912
38 Flag of the United States Francis Ouimet 1913 U.S. Open 1 1913
39 Flag of the United States Walter Hagen 1914 U.S. Open 11 1914, 1919 1922, 1924,1928, 1929 1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927
40 Flag of the United States Jerome Travers 1915 U.S. Open 1 1915
41 Flag of the United States Chick Evans 1916 U.S. Open 1 1916
42 Flag of the United States Jim Barnes 1916 PGA Championship 4 1921 1925 1916, 1919
43 Flag of Scotland George Duncan 1920 The Open Championship 1 1920
44 Flag of the United States Jock Hutchison 1920 PGA Championship 2 1921 1920
45 Flag of the United States Gene Sarazen 1922 U.S. Open 7 1935 1922, 1932 1932 1922, 1923, 1933
46 Flag of England Arthur Havers 1923 The Open Championship 1 1923
47 Flag of the United States Bobby Jones 1923 U.S. Open 7 1923, 1926, 1929, 1930 1926, 1927, 1930
48 Flag of England Cyril Walker 1924 U.S. Open 1 1924
49 Flag of Scotland Willie Macfarlane 1925 U.S. Open 1 1925
50 Flag of the United States Tommy Armour 1927 U.S. Open 3 1927 1931 1930
51 Flag of the United States Johnny Farrell 1928 U.S. Open 1 1928
52 Flag of the United States Leo Diegel 1928 PGA Championship 2 1928, 1929
53 Flag of the United States Billy Burke 1931 U.S. Open 1 1931
54 Flag of the United States Tom Creavy 1931 PGA Championship 1 1931
55 Flag of the United States Olin Dutra 1932 PGA Championship 2 1934 1932
56 Flag of the United States Johnny Goodman 1933 U.S. Open 1 1933
57 Flag of the United States Denny Shute 1933 The Open Championship 3 1933 1936, 1937
58 Flag of the United States Horton Smith 1934 The Masters Tournament 2 1934, 1936
59 Flag of England Henry Cotton 1934 The Open Championship 3 1934, 1937, 1948
60 Flag of the United States Paul Runyan 1934 PGA Championship 2 1934, 1938
61 Flag of the United States Sam Parks, Jr. 1935 U.S. Open 1 1935
62 Flag of England Alf Perry 1935 The Open Championship 1 1935
63 Flag of the United States Johnny Revolta 1935 PGA Championship 1 1935
64 Flag of the United States Tony Manero 1936 U.S. Open 1 1936
65 Flag of England Alf Padgham 1936 The Open Championship 1 1936
66 Flag of the United States Byron Nelson 1937 The Masters Tournament 5 1937, 1942 1939 1940, 1945
67 Flag of the United States Ralph Guldahl 1937 U.S. Open 3 1939 1937, 1938
68 Flag of the United States Henry Picard 1938 The Masters Tournament 2 1938 1939
69 Flag of England Reg Whitcombe 1938 The Open Championship 1 1938
70 Flag of England Richard Burton 1939 The Open Championship 1 1939
71 Flag of the United States Jimmy Demaret 1940 The Masters Tournament 3 1940, 1947, 1950
72 Flag of the United States Lawson Little 1940 U.S. Open 1 1940
73 Flag of the United States Craig Wood 1941 The Masters Tournament 2 1941 1941
74 Flag of the United States Vic Ghezzi 1941 PGA Championship 1 1941
75 Flag of the United States Sam Snead 1942 PGA Championship 7 1949, 1952, 1954 1946 1942, 1949, 1951
76 Flag of the United States Bob Hamilton 1944 PGA Championship 1 1944
77 Flag of the United States Herman Keiser 1946 The Masters Tournament 1 1946
78 Flag of the United States Lloyd Mangrum 1946 U.S. Open 1 1946
79 Flag of the United States Ben Hogan 1946 PGA Championship 9 1951, 1953 1948,1950,1951,1953 1953 1946, 1948
80 Flag of the United States Lew Worsham 1947 U.S. Open 1 1947
81 Flag of the United States Jim Ferrier 1947 PGA Championship 1 1947
82 Flag of Northern Ireland Fred Daly 1947 The Open Championship 1 1947
83 Flag of the United States Claude Harmon 1948 The Masters Tournament 1 1948
84 Flag of the United States Cary Middlecoff 1949 U.S. Open 3 1955 1949, 1956
85 Flag of South Africa Bobby Locke 1949 The Open Championship 4 1949, 1950, 1952, 1957
86 Flag of the United States Chandler Harper 1950 PGA Championship 1 1950
87 Flag of England Max Faulkner 1951 The Open Championship 1 1951
88 Flag of the United States Julius Boros 1952 U.S. Open 3 1952, 1963 1968
89 Flag of the United States Jim Turnesa 1952 PGA Championship 1 1952
90 Flag of the United States Walter Burkemo 1953 PGA Championship 1 1953
91 Flag of the United States Ed Furgol 1954 U.S. Open 1 1954
92 Flag of Australia Peter Thomson 1954 The Open Championship 5 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965
93 Flag of the United States Chick Harbert 1954 PGA Championship 1 1954
94 Flag of the United States Jack Fleck 1955 U.S. Open 1 1955
95 Flag of the United States Doug Ford 1955 PGA Championship 2 1957 1955
96 Flag of the United States Jack Burke, Jr. 1956 The Masters Tournament 2 1956 1956
97 Flag of the United States Dick Mayer 1957 U.S. Open 1 1957
98 Flag of the United States Lionel Hebert 1957 PGA Championship 1 1957
99 Flag of the United States Arnold Palmer 1958 The Masters Tournament 7 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964 1960 1961, 1962
100 Flag of the United States Tommy Bolt 1958 U.S. Open 1 1958
101 Flag of the United States Dow Finsterwald 1958 PGA Championship 1 1958
102 Flag of the United States Art Wall, Jr. 1959 The Masters Tournament 1 1959
103 Flag of the United States Billy Casper 1959 U.S. Open 3 1970 1959, 1966
104 Flag of South Africa Gary Player 1959 The Open Championship 9 1961,1974,1978 1965 1959, 1968, 1974 1962, 1972
105 Flag of the United States Bob Rosburg 1959 PGA Championship 1 1959
106 Flag of Australia Kel Nagle 1960 The Open Championship 1 1960
107 Flag of the United States Jay Hebert 1960 PGA Championship 1 1960
108 Flag of the United States Gene Littler 1961 U.S. Open 1 1961
109 Flag of the United States Jerry Barber 1961 PGA Championship 1 1961
110 Flag of the United States Jack Nicklaus 1962 U.S. Open 18 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986 1962, 1967 , 1972, 1980 1966, 1970, 1978 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980
111 Flag of New Zealand Bob Charles 1963 The Open Championship 1 1963
112 Flag of the United States Ken Venturi 1964 U.S. Open 1 1964
113 Flag of the United States Tony Lema 1964 The Open Championship 1 1964
114 Flag of the United States Bobby Nichols 1964 PGA Championship 1 1964
115 Flag of the United States Dave Marr 1965 PGA Championship 1 1965
116 Flag of the United States Al Geiberger 1966 PGA Championship 1 1966
117 Flag of the United States Gay Brewer 1967 The Masters Tournament 1 1967
118 Flag of Argentina Roberto DeVicenzo 1967 The Open Championship 1 1967
119 Flag of the United States Don January 1967 PGA Championship 1 1967
120 Flag of the United States Bob Goalby 1968 The Masters Tournament 1 1968
121 Flag of the United States Lee Trevino 1968 U.S. Open 6 1968, 1971 1971, 1972 1974, 1984
122 Flag of the United States George Archer 1969 The Masters Tournament 1 1969
123 Flag of the United States Orville Moody 1969 U.S. Open 1 1969
124 Flag of England Tony Jacklin 1969 The Open Championship 2 1970 1969
125 Flag of the United States Raymond Floyd 1969 PGA Championship 4 1976 1986 1969, 1982
126 Flag of the United States Dave Stockton 1970 PGA Championship 2 1970, 1976
127 Flag of the United States Charles Coody 1971 The Masters Tournament 1 1971
128 Flag of the United States Tommy Aaron 1973 The Masters Tournament 1 1973
129 Flag of the United States Johnny Miller 1973 U.S. Open 2 1973 1976
130 Flag of the United States Tom Weiskopf 1973 The Open Championship 1 1973
131 Flag of the United States Hale Irwin 1974 U.S. Open 3 1974, 1979, 1990
132 Flag of the United States Lou Graham 1975 U.S. Open 1 1975
133 Flag of the United States Tom Watson 1975 The Open Championship 8 1977, 1981 1982 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983
134 Flag of the United States Jerry Pate 1976 U.S. Open 1 1976
135 Flag of the United States Hubert Green 1977 U.S. Open 2 1977 1985
136 Flag of the United States Lanny Wadkins 1977 PGA Championship 1 1977
137 Flag of the United States Andy North 1978 U.S. Open 2 1978, 1985
138 Flag of the United States John Mahaffey 1978 PGA Championship 1 1978
139 Flag of the United States Fuzzy Zoeller 1979 The Masters Tournament 2 1979 1984
140 Flag of Spain Severiano Ballesteros 1979 The Open Championship 5 1980, 1983 1979, 1984, 1988
141 Flag of Australia David Graham 1979 PGA Championship 2 1981 1979
142 Flag of the United States Bill Rogers 1981 The Open Championship 1 1981
143 Flag of the United States Larry Nelson 1981 PGA Championship 3 1983 1981, 1987
144 Flag of the United States Craig Stadler 1982 The Masters Tournament 1 1982
145 Flag of the United States Hal Sutton 1983 PGA Championship 1 1983
146 Flag of the United States Ben Crenshaw 1984 The Masters Tournament 2 1984, 1995
147 Flag of Germany Bernhard Langer 1985 The Masters Tournament 2 1985, 1993
148 Flag of Scotland Sandy Lyle 1985 The Open Championship 2 1988 1985
149 Flag of Australia Greg Norman 1986 The Open Championship 2 1986, 1993
150 Flag of the United States Bob Tway 1986 PGA Championship 1 1986
151 Flag of the United States Larry Mize 1987 The Masters Tournament 1 1987
152 Flag of the United States Scott Simpson 1987 U.S. Open 1 1987
153 Flag of England Nick Faldo 1987 The Open Championship 6 1989, 1990, 1996 1987, 1990, 1992
154 Flag of the United States Curtis Strange 1988 U.S. Open 2 1988, 1989
155 Flag of the United States Jeff Sluman 1988 PGA Championship 1 1988
156 Flag of the United States Mark Calcavecchia 1989 The Open Championship 1 1989
157 Flag of the United States Payne Stewart 1989 PGA Championship 3 1991,1999 1989
158 Flag of Australia Wayne Grady 1990 PGA Championship 1 1990
159 Flag of Wales Ian Woosnam 1991 The Masters Tournament 1 1991
160 Flag of Australia Ian Baker-Finch 1991 The Open Championship 1 1991
161 Flag of the United States John Daly 1991 PGA Championship 2 1995 1991
162 Flag of the United States Fred Couples 1992 The Masters Tournament 1 1992
163 Flag of the United States Tom Kite 1992 U.S. Open 1 1992
164 Flag of Zimbabwe Nick Price 1992 PGA Championship 3 1994 1992, 1994
165 Flag of the United States Lee Janzen 1993 U.S. Open 2 1993, 1998
166 Flag of the United States Paul Azinger 1993 PGA Championship 1 1993
167 Flag of Spain José María Olazábal 1994 The Masters Tournament 2 1994, 1999
168 Flag of South Africa Ernie Els 1994 U.S. Open 3 1994, 1997 2002
169 Flag of the United States Corey Pavin 1995 U.S. Open 1 1995
170 Flag of Australia Steve Elkington 1995 PGA Championship 1 1995
171 Flag of the United States Steve Jones 1996 U.S. Open 1 1996
172 Flag of the United States Tom Lehman 1996 The Open Championship 1 1996
173 Flag of the United States Mark Brooks 1996 PGA Championship 1 1996
174 Flag of the United States Tiger Woods 1997 The Masters Tournament 13 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 2000, 2002 2000, 2005, 2006 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007
175 Flag of the United States Justin Leonard 1997 The Open Championship 1 1997
176 Flag of the United States Davis Love III 1997 PGA Championship 1 1997
177 Flag of the United States Mark O'Meara 1998 The Masters Tournament 2 1998 1998
178 Flag of Fiji Vijay Singh 1998 PGA Championship 3 2000 1998, 2004
179 Flag of Scotland Paul Lawrie 1999 The Open Championship 1 1999
180 Flag of South Africa Retief Goosen 2001 U.S. Open 2 2001, 2004
181 Flag of the United States David Duval 2001 The Open Championship 1 2001
182 Flag of the United States David Toms 2001 PGA Championship 1 2001
183 Flag of the United States Rich Beem 2002 PGA Championship 1 2002
184 Flag of Canada Mike Weir 2003 The Masters Tournament 1 2003
185 Flag of the United States Jim Furyk 2003 U.S. Open 1 2003
186 Flag of the United States Ben Curtis 2003 The Open Championship 1 2003
187 Flag of the United States Shaun Micheel 2003 PGA Championship 1 2003
188 Flag of the United States Phil Mickelson 2004 The Masters Tournament 3 2004, 2006 2005
189 Flag of the United States Todd Hamilton 2004 The Open Championship 1 2004
190 Flag of New Zealand Michael Campbell 2005 U.S. Open 1 2005
191 Flag of Australia Geoff Ogilvy 2006 U.S. Open 1 2006
192 Flag of the United States Zach Johnson 2007 The Masters Tournament 1 2007
193 Flag of Argentina Angel Cabrera 2007 U.S. Open 1 2007
194 Flag of Ireland Padraig Harrington 2007 The Open Championship 1 2007
195 Flag of South Africa Trevor Immelman 2008 The Masters Tournament 1 2008

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