Golf | Full History
Four majors a year — the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and The Open Championship — decide golf's biggest champions.
The all-time leaderboard above covers the 10 most-major-winning men in golf history (through Sam Snead's 7 titles); Arnold Palmer is also tied on 7 but sits just outside the 10-slot cap. A full year-by-year record across all 4 majors since the early 1900s is out of scope for this page, so "Notable Winners" instead covers every men's major (Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, The Open Championship) from 2011 through the 2026 U.S. Open — the 2020 Open Championship was cancelled due to COVID-19 (no entry), and the 2026 Open Championship was still underway at the time this was written and is not yet included rather than guessed.
Top 10 Players — Most Titles
Notable Winners | Newest First
62 entries on record
Wire-to-wire win at Shinnecock Hills
Second U.S. Open title.
Won by 3 strokes over Jon Rahm & Alex Smalley
First major title; first English winner of the PGA Championship since 1919.
Won by 1 stroke over Scottie Scheffler
Sixth major title; back-to-back Masters wins, joining Nicklaus, Faldo and Woods as the only repeat champions.
Won at Royal Portrush
Third major title.
Won at Oakmont
First major title.
Won by 5 strokes at Quail Hollow
Second major title.
Playoff win over Justin Rose
Fifth major title; completed the career Grand Slam, only the 6th man in history to do so.
Won by 2 strokes at Royal Troon
Second major title of the season.
Won by 1 stroke at Pinehurst No. 2
Second U.S. Open title.
Won by 1 stroke at Valhalla
First major title; record −21 for a major championship.
Won by 4 strokes
Second Masters title.
Won by 6 strokes at Royal Liverpool
First major title.
Won by 1 stroke at Los Angeles Country Club
First major title.
Won by 2 strokes at Oak Hill
Fifth major title.
Won by 4 strokes over Brooks Koepka & Phil Mickelson
Second major title.
Won by 2 strokes at St Andrews
First major title, at golf's "home of golf" for the 150th Open.
Won by 1 stroke at The Country Club
First major title.
3-hole playoff win over Will Zalatoris
Second major title; rallied from 7 shots back in the final round.
Won by 3 strokes over Rory McIlroy
First major title.
Won by 2 strokes over Jordan Spieth
Second major title, on his Open Championship debut.
Won by 1 stroke over Louis Oosthuizen
First major title; first Spaniard to win the U.S. Open.
Won by 2 strokes at Kiawah Island
Sixth major title; at 50 years old, the oldest major champion in history.
Won by 1 stroke over Will Zalatoris
First major title; first Japanese-born man to win a golf major.
Won by 5 strokes
Second major title; record 72-hole score. Rescheduled to November due to COVID-19.
Won by 6 strokes at Winged Foot
First major title. Rescheduled to September due to COVID-19.
Won by 2 strokes at TPC Harding Park
First major title, on his major debut. Rescheduled to August due to COVID-19.
Won by 6 strokes at Royal Portrush
First major title; first Open in Northern Ireland since 1951.
Won by 3 strokes over Brooks Koepka
First major title, at Pebble Beach.
Won by 2 strokes at Bethpage Black
Fourth major title; first year the PGA Championship moved to May.
Won by 1 stroke
15th major title, his first major since 2008.
Won by 2 strokes over Tiger Woods
Third major title in 14 months.
Won by 2 strokes at Carnoustie
First major title, first Italian to win a men's major.
Won by 1 stroke at Shinnecock Hills
Second consecutive U.S. Open title.
Won by 1 stroke over Rickie Fowler
First major title.
Won by 2 strokes at Quail Hollow
First major title.
Won by 3 strokes over Matt Kuchar
Third major title, at Royal Birkdale.
Won by 4 strokes at Erin Hills
First major title.
Playoff win over Justin Rose
First major title, on his 74th major start.
Won by 1 stroke over Jason Day
First major title.
Won by 3 strokes over Phil Mickelson
First major title; final-round 63 vs. Mickelson's 65 is considered one of the greatest major duels ever.
Won by 3 strokes at Oakmont
First major title.
Won by 3 strokes
First major title; benefited from a late collapse by 54-hole leader Jordan Spieth.
Won by 3 strokes over Jordan Spieth
First major title, recorded lowest major score to par at the time (−20).
4-hole aggregate playoff win over Louis Oosthuizen & Marc Leishman
Second major title, at St Andrews.
Won by 1 stroke at Chambers Bay
Second consecutive major of the year.
Won by 4 strokes over Phil Mickelson & Justin Rose
First major title, tied the tournament's 72-hole scoring record.
Won by 1 stroke over Phil Mickelson
Fourth major title — completed a career Grand Slam.
Won by 2 strokes over Rickie Fowler & Sergio García
Third major title, at Royal Liverpool.
Won by 8 strokes at Pinehurst No. 2
Second major title.
Won by 3 strokes over Jonas Blixt & Jordan Spieth
Second Masters title.
Won by 2 strokes at Oak Hill
First major title.
Won by 3 strokes at Muirfield
Fifth major title, first Open Championship.
Won by 2 strokes at Merion
First major title.
Playoff win over Ángel Cabrera
First Australian to win the Masters.
Won by 8 strokes at Kiawah Island
Second major title, at age 23.
Won by 1 stroke over Adam Scott
Fourth and final major title.
Won by 1 stroke at The Olympic Club
First major title.
Playoff win over Louis Oosthuizen
Famous hooked wedge from the pine straw on the 2nd playoff hole.
3-hole playoff win over Jason Dufner
First major title.
Won by 3 strokes at Royal St George's
First major title, at age 42.
Won by 8 strokes at Congressional
First major title, at age 22.
Won by 2 strokes, birdieing the last 4 holes
First South African to win the Masters.