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Who is the greatest career Grand Slam winner in golf?

By YPB Team

Six men have won all four professional majors. The club is small enough to rank end to end.

  1. Jack Nicklaus — ranked #11
    Jack Nicklaus
    Completed the set in 1966 and then did it twice more over, with eighteen majors in total.
    1000pts
  2. Gene Sarazen — ranked #22
    Gene Sarazen
    Completed the set in 1935 and invented the modern sand wedge along the way.
    752pts
  3. Gary Player — ranked #33
    Gary Player
    Completed the set in 1965 at twenty-nine and won nine majors across three decades, from the 1959 Open to the 1978 Masters.
    637pts
  4. Rory McIlroy — ranked #44
    Rory McIlroy
    Completed the set at the 2025 Masters, eleven years after his fourth major and as the first European to do it.
    521pts
  5. Ben Hogan — ranked #55
    Ben Hogan
    Completed the set in 1953, the year he won three of the four majors he entered.
    520pts
  6. Tiger Woods — ranked #66
    Tiger Woods
    Completed the set in 2000 at twenty-four, the youngest of the six.
    0pts

Comments 1

Six players in ninety years have won all four majors, and this list is the entire club, starting with Gene Sarazen in 1935: https://youpick.best/articles/rory-mcilroy-ranked-many-ways

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