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Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Golfers with the Most Major Wins
Jack Nicklaus. Still the Most Majors – 18.
There have been about 25 posts on the PGA here at Sports List of the Day, but we’ve yet to look at one of the most basic rankings: golfers with the most majors. Probably because one can find this most everywhere on the Internet.
But for the sake of completion, and in the spirit of the Masters this weekend, here is arguably the most important list in golf: every golfer who has won at least two majors. There are 77 of them.
They are led by Jack Nicklaus with 18. Tiger Woods has resumed his hunt – he’s four away from tying.
Follow @VinGetz| GOLFER | WINS | THE MASTERS | U.S. OPEN | THE OPEN | PGA CHAMPIONSHIP | |
| 1. | Jack Nicklaus | 18 | 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986 | 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 | 1966, 1970, 1978 | 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980 |
| 2. | Tiger Woods | 14 | 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 | 2000, 2002, 2008 | 2000, 2005, 2006 | 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 |
| 3. | Walter Hagen | 11 | 1914, 1919 | 1922, 1924, 1928, 1929 | 1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 | |
| 4. | Ben Hogan | 9 | 1951, 1953 | 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953 | 1953 | 1946, 1948 |
| 4. | Gary Player | 9 | 1961, 1974, 1978 | 1965 | 1959, 1968, 1974 | 1962, 1972 |
| 6. | Tom Watson | 8 | 1977, 1981 | 1982 | 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983 | |
| 7. | Harry Vardon | 7 | 1900 | 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, 1914 | ||
| 7. | Bobby Jones (A) | 7 | 1923, 1926, 1929, 1930 | 1926, 1927, 1930 | Ineligible | |
| 7. | Gene Sarazen | 7 | 1935 | 1922, 1932 | 1932 | 1922, 1923, 1933 |
| 7. | Sam Snead | 7 | 1949, 1952, 1954 | 1946 | 1942, 1949, 1951 | |
| 7. | Arnold Palmer | 7 | 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964 | 1960 | 1961, 1962 | |
| 12. | Lee Trevino | 6 | 1968, 1971 | 1971, 1972 | 1974, 1984 | |
| 12. | Nick Faldo | 6 | 1989, 1990, 1996 | 1987, 1990, 1992 | ||
| 14. | James Braid | 5 | 1901, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1910 | |||
| 14. | JH Taylor | 5 | 1894, 1895, 1900, 1909, 1913 | |||
| 14. | Byron Nelson | 5 | 1937, 1942 | 1939 | 1940, 1945 | |
| 14. | Peter Thomson | 5 | 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965 | |||
| 14. | Seve Ballesteros | 5 | 1980, 1983 | 1979, 1984, 1988 | ||
| 19. | Willie Park Snr | 4 | 1860, 1863, 1866, 1875 | |||
| 19. | Tom Morris Snr | 4 | 1861, 1862, 1864, 1867 | |||
| 19. | Tom Morris Jnr | 4 | 1868, 1869, 1870, 1872 | |||
| 19. | Willie Anderson | 4 | 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905 | |||
| 19. | Jim Barnes | 4 | 1921 | 1916, 1919, 1925 | ||
| 19. | Bobby Locke | 4 | 1949, 1950, 1952, 1957 | |||
| 19. | Raymond Floyd | 4 | 1976 | 1986 | 1969, 1982 | |
| 19. | Phil Mickelson | 4 | 2004, 2006, 2010 | 2005 | ||
| 19. | Ernie Els | 4 | 1994, 1997 | 2002, 2012 | ||
| 28. | Jamie Anderson | 3 | 1877, 1878, 1878 | |||
| 28. | Bob Ferguson | 3 | 1880, 1881, 1882 | |||
| 28. | Tommy Armour | 3 | 1927 | 1931 | 1930 | |
| 28. | Ralph Guldahl | 3 | 1939 | 1937, 1938 | ||
| 28. | Jimmy Demaret | 3 | 1940, 1947, 1950 | |||
| 28. | Henry Cotton | 3 | 1934, 1937, 1948 | |||
| 28. | Denny Shute | 3 | 1933 | 1936, 1937 | ||
| 28. | Cary Middlecoff | 3 | 1955 | 1949, 1956 | ||
| 28. | Julius Boros | 3 | 1952, 1963 | 1968 | ||
| 28. | Billy Casper | 3 | 1970 | 1959, 1966 | ||
| 28. | Larry Nelson | 3 | 1983 | 1981, 1987 | ||
| 28. | Hale Irwin | 3 | 1974, 1979, 1990 | |||
| 28. | Nick Price | 3 | 1994 | 1992, 1994 | ||
| 28. | Payne Stewart | 3 | 1991, 1999 | 1989 | ||
| 28. | Vijay Singh | 3 | 2000 | 1998, 2004 | ||
| 28. | Padraig Harrington | 3 | 2007, 2008 | 2008 | ||
| 44. | Bob Martin | 2 | 1876, 1885 | |||
| 44. | Willie Park Jnr | 2 | 1887, 1889 | |||
| 44. | Harold Hilton (A) | 2 | 1892, 1897 | |||
| 44. | Jock Hutchison | 2 | 1921 | 1920 | ||
| 44. | John McDermott | 2 | 1911, 1912 | |||
| 44. | Alex Smith | 2 | 1906, 1910 | |||
| 44. | Ted Ray | 2 | 1920 | 1912 | ||
| 44. | Leo Diegel | 2 | 1928, 1929 | |||
| 44. | Henry Picard | 2 | 1938 | 1939 | ||
| 44. | Olin Dutra | 2 | 1934 | 1932 | ||
| 44. | Horton Smith | 2 | 1934, 1936 | |||
| 44. | Paul Runyan | 2 | 1934, 1938 | |||
| 44. | Craig Wood | 2 | 1941 | 1941 | ||
| 44. | Jack Burke | 2 | 1956 | 1956 | ||
| 44. | Doug Ford | 2 | 1957 | 1955 | ||
| 44. | Tony Jacklin | 2 | 1970 | 1969 | ||
| 44. | Dave Stockton | 2 | 1970, 1976 | |||
| 44. | Johnny Miller | 2 | 1973 | 1976 | ||
| 44. | Hubert Green | 2 | 1977 | 1985 | ||
| 44. | David Graham | 2 | 1981 | 1979 | ||
| 44. | Andy North | 2 | 1978, 1985 | |||
| 44. | Fuzzy Zoeller | 2 | 1979 | 1984 | ||
| 44. | Ben Crenshaw | 2 | 1984, 1995 | |||
| 44. | Bernhard Langer | 2 | 1985, 1993 | |||
| 44. | Sandy Lyle | 2 | 1988 | 1985 | ||
| 44. | Greg Norman | 2 | 1986, 1993 | |||
| 44. | Curtis Strange | 2 | 1988, 1989 | |||
| 44. | Lee Janzen | 2 | 1993, 1998 | |||
| 44. | John Daly | 2 | 1995 | 1991 | ||
| 44. | Mark O’Meara | 2 | 1998 | 1998 | ||
| 44. | JM Olazabal | 2 | 1994, 1999 | |||
| 44. | Retief Goosen | 2 | 2001, 2004 | |||
| 44. | Angel Cabrera | 2 | 2009 | 2007 | ||
| 44. | Rory McIlroy | 2 | 2011 | 2012 |
List courtesy golftoday.co.uk.
Photo: espn.com
PGA: Tiger Woods’ Career Masters Record and Results
Tiger Woods is Looking to Win His Fifth Masters in 2013 and His First Since 2005
Tiger Woods is making his 19th professional appearance at the Masters in 2013. Time flies.
For the first time in a while, he is the favorite to win.
Per the Wall Street Journal, “just in time for the Masters Tournament, golf superstar Tiger Woods is back at the top of the sport’s rankings.”
The BBC asks “is Tiger Woods ready to reign again?”
And Yahoo tells us “the final Masters odds have Tiger Woods well ahead of the rest of the field.”
Boy, it sounds like the guy hasn’t even played golf for a while. But if you look at Woods’ career Masters record, you can see, despite all the controversy and questions surrounding him and his game, that in 2010 and 2011 he finished fourth both times (-11 and then -10).
The bar is understandably very high for Tiger, one of the greatest to ever play the game of golf. If anyone else put up those scores in recent years, fan and media perspective would be the complete opposite. That golfer might be considered “on the cusp” of greatness.
Tiger missed only one cut of the 18 Masters he has played, winning four green jackets, finishing second twice and in the top five 10! times. Simply incredible.
Follow @VinGetzLIST UPDATED: Apr. 14, 2013 to include Tiger’s 2013 finish. That makes three out of the last four years Woods’ has finished fourth.
| YEAR | AGE | FINISH | TO PAR | MASTERS WINNER |
| 1995 | 19 | 41 | +5 | Ben Crenshaw |
| 1996 | 20 | 60* | +6 | Nick Faldo |
| 1997 | 21 | 1 | -18 | Tiger Woods |
| 1998 | 22 | 8 | -3 | Mark O’Meara |
| 1999 | 23 | 18 | +1 | Jose Olazabal |
| 2000 | 24 | 5 | -4 | Vijay Singh |
| 2001 | 25 | 1 | -16 | Tiger Woods |
| 2002 | 26 | 1 | -12 | Tiger Woods |
| 2003 | 27 | 15 | +2 | Mike Weir |
| 2004 | 28 | 22 | +2 | Phil Mickelson |
| 2005 | 29 | 1 | -12 | Tiger Woods |
| 2006 | 30 | 3 | -4 | Phil Mickelson |
| 2007 | 31 | 2 | +3 | Zach Johnson |
| 2008 | 32 | 2 | -5 | Trevor Immelman |
| 2009 | 33 | 6 | -8 | Angel Cabrera |
| 2010 | 34 | 4 | -11 | Phil Mickelson |
| 2011 | 35 | 4 | -10 | Charl Schwartzel |
| 2012 | 36 | 40 | +5 | Bubba Watson |
| 2013 | 37 | 4 | -5 | Adam Scott |
Photo: ibtimes.com
PGA and LPGA Golfers Who Have Scored 59 or Less on Tour
David Duval and Annika Sorenstam After Scoring an Official 59
Ten golfers in PGA and LPGA history have scored a 59 or less in either an official, unofficial or qualifying tournament on tour. They are listed below.
Annika Sorenstam is the lone LPGA representative. She shot a 59 in the 2000 Standard Register PING tournament at Moon Valley Country Club in Phoenix. Sorenstam put “on a display of precision golf that was two strokes better than any woman had ever shot,” said the Associated Press of the achievement.
What about the men, then? There is historical evidence of a handful of professional 55′s and more frequent 56′s and 57′s. These, though, were either not tour-related or occurred on a course less than 6,500 yards, the minimum length required for the men’s record books.
Nine men have shot 59 or less on the PGA Tour – five in an official capacity, three qualifiers and Phil Mickelson at the unofficial Grand Slam of Golf in Hawaii.
There are other pro golfers that have scored either 58 or 59, but on different tours (like the Japan and Canadian). Including those below, that makes 19 golfers total with the ultimate in scorecard bragging rights. See all of them here.
Follow @VinGetz| GOLFER | SCORE | RND | YEAR | TOURNAMENT | COURSE | TYPE | Tour | |
| 1. | Al Geiberger | 59 (-13) | 2/4 | 1977 | Danny Thomas Memphis Classic | Colonial Country Club (Cordova, TN) | Official | PGA |
| 2. | Chip Beck | 59 (-13) | 3/5 | 1991 | Las Vegas Invitational | Sunrise Golf Club (Las Vegas, NV) | Official | PGA |
| 3. | David Duval | 59 (-13) | 5/5 | 1999 | Bob Hope Chrysler Classic | Arnold Palmer West Course (La Quinta, CA) | Official | PGA |
| 4. | Shigeki Maruyama | 58 (-13) | 1/2 | 2000 | U.S. Open qualifying round | Woodmont Country Club South Course (Rockville, MD) | Qualifying | PGA |
| 5. | David Gossett | 59 (-13) | 4/6 | 2000 | Qualifying school tournament | Jack Nicklaus West Course (La Quinta, CA) | Qualifying | PGA |
| 6. | Annika Sörenstam | 59 (-13) | 2/4 | 2001 | Standard Register PING | Moon Valley Country Club (Phoenix, AZ) | Official | LPGA |
| 7. | Phil Mickelson | 59 (-13) | 2/2 | 2004 | PGA Grand Slam of Golf | Poipu Bay Golf Course (Kauai, HI) | Unofficial | PGA |
| 8. | Harrison Frazar | 59 (-13) | 4/6 | 2008 | Qualifying school tournament | Jack Nicklaus West Course (La Qunita, CA) | Qualifying | PGA |
| 9. | Paul Goydos | 59 (-12) | 1/4 | 2010 | John Deere Classic | TPC Deere Run (Silvis, IL) | Official | PGA |
| 10. | Stuart Appleby | 59 (-11) | 4/4 | 2010 | Greenbrier Classic | Greenbrier Old White Course (Springs, WV) | Official | PGA |
Photos: ingolfwetrust.com / atevenpar.blogspot.com
