Chronological list of men's major golf champions
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As of the 2026 Masters Tournament, 475 major championships have been played. 234 golfers have won one of men's professional golf's four major championships – the modern accepted definition of the majors has only existed since the 1960s but wins in these tournaments have been retrospectively recognized by all the major sanctioning organizations.
By year
For details of the flag icons, see: List of National Flags
By player
Players are listed here in order of their first win.
For much of the modern era the four major championships have been played chronologically in the order listed, but this has not always been the case, and starting in 2019 the PGA Championship was rescheduled as the second major of the year. In 2020, a year dramatically affected by COVID-19, The Open Championship was not held, and the Masters was held in November, after the other two majors.
See also
Notes
- Chronological order O – Open Championship, U – U.S. Open, P – PGA Championship, M – Masters Tournament.
- Jock Hutchison was born in Scotland, however on April 1, 1920 he was naturalized as U.S. citizen. His 2 majors are counted to U.S. regarding the 'wins and champions per nationality' accumulation.
- Tommy Armour was born in Scotland and became U.S. citizen thus his wins are listed under the U.S..