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The 4 Greatest Golfers Of The Major Championships

Originally posted on Stadium Rant | By Matthew Adams | Last updated Dec 22, 2025 4:26 PM ET

The major golf tournaments feature the best golfers of the PGA Tour. From generation to generation, a few players have played in and won numerous major golf tournaments, including the PGA Championship, the Masters, the US Open, and the Open Championship. These are a few of the great golfers of the major golf championships who have done so.

Tiger Woods

Of the present generation, Woods has been the most successful player on the PGA Tour. In fact, not only this, but with 15 majors, he has won more major titles than almost any other golfer. Woods started playing in the majors during the 1990s, and in 1997 won his first major golf tournament at the US Masters in record-breaking style. In 2000, he began to dominate the major championships, going on to win four major titles in a row and becoming the only player to have held all four major titles. In total, he has won a total of 15 majors during his golfing career.

Jack Nicklaus

The record number of Major wins is held by Nicklaus, who remains the most successful player in major golf tournament history. Nicklaus won a total of 18 major golf titles during his career. Most of these came in the 1960s and 1970s, when he set new golfing records. Nicklaus continued to win major titles into the 1980s when he won a final major at Augusta in his early ’40s. This 18th major title remains a record to this day.

Gary Player

Player holds the record number of major golf tournament wins for a non-American golfer. The South African played at a time when the US golfers were particularly dominant in the sport, and was one of the few non-American golfers who won major titles at the time. His first major title win came in 1959 at the British Open, and from here he won all the major golf tournaments, culminating with a third US Masters title in 1978. Gary Player won nine majors in total and was undoubtedly one of the great golfers of the major championships.

Arnold Palmer

There were a few golfers who won more major golf tournaments, but Palmer played some exhilarating golf and became a pioneer for the sport. He also won a good number of major titles, with seven majors won in total. These included two UK Open titles won in 1961 and 1962, and four Masters golf tournaments were won in a period of six years. Beyond 1964, Palmer could not win further major titles, but always had plenty of fans.

End of My Best Golfers in the Majors Rant

So, those are the greatest golfers in major golf tournament history. They were golfers who broke and set new records in the majors and won multiple titles between them. Those golfers are legends of the game today.

This article first appeared on Stadium Rant and was syndicated with permission.

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