Who Has Won All 4 Majors In Golf? - Metro League
Winning all four modern majors has been called a "career grand slam." This achievement was first achieved by Gene Sarazen in 1935, followed by Ben Hogan
www.metroleague.orgShort answer: No one has won all four major golf championships in a single calendar year in the modern era. The closest executions have been Tiger Woods and Ben Hogan, who each won three majors in one season, but never all four in the same year.[2][3][9]
Details and context
- What counts as “all four majors” varies by era. The Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and The Open (British Open) are the four recognized modern majors, with Bobby Jones famously completing a calendar-year Grand Slam in 1930 before The Masters and PGA Championship existed in their current forms.[3][8]
- Notable attempts and near-misses:
- Bobby Jones achieved a calendar-year Grand Slam in 1930 (Open, U.S. Open, British Open, and U.S. Open? effectively the four majors available at that time), but the Masters and PGA Championship were not part of his era’s count in the same way they are now.[8][3]
- Tiger Woods won three majors in a single year on multiple occasions and even held all four majors at once during the 2000-2001 span, a feat sometimes called the Tiger Slam, but he did not win all four in the same calendar year.[7][3]
- Ben Hogan also captured three majors in a single season, coming closest to a calendar-year Grand Slam but missing one major that year.[3]
- Current status: As of the latest reporting and historical records, the feat of winning all four modern majors in one calendar year remains unmatched in the professional men’s game.[9][2]
Illustrative note
- The historic Grand Slam in golf is extremely rare because the majors’ scheduling and course rotations make year-long perfection exceedingly difficult. Only a handful have won three in a year, and only Bobby Jones achieved the calendar-year Grand Slam under the earlier, differently structured major setup.[8][3]
Would you like a concise timeline of all players who won multiple majors in a single year and a quick note on why the calendar-year Grand Slam is considered so elusive? I can pull specific year-by-year breakdowns if you’d like.