Players with the career Grand Slam and those who came close

These are the gamers who’ve gained the profession Grand Slam of all 4 skilled majors, the order they gained them and what number of tries it took earlier than getting the ultimate leg:

x — Performed earlier than Arnold Palmer raised the notion of a contemporary Grand Slam in 1960.

x — Gene Sarazen

• U.S. Open: 1922
• PGA Championship: 1922
• British Open: 1932
• Masters: 1935 (first try)

x — Ben Hogan

• PGA Championship: 1946
• U.S. Open: 1948
• Masters: 1951
• British Open: 1953 (first try)

Gary Participant

• British Open: 1959
• Masters: 1961
• PGA Championship: 1962
• U.S. Open: 1965 (third try)
• Earlier makes an attempt at finishing the Grand Slam:
• 1963: Tie for eighth in 1963 at Brookline
• 1964: Tie for twenty third at Congressional

Jack Nicklaus

• U.S. Open: 1962
• Masters: 1963
• PGA Championship: 1963
• British Open: 1966 (third try)
• Earlier makes an attempt at finishing the Grand Slam:
• 1964: Runner-up at St. Andrews
• 1965: Tie for twelfth at Royal Birkdale

Tiger Woods

• Masters: 1997
• PGA Championship: 1999
• U.S. Open: 2000
• British Open: 2000 (first try)

PLAYERS WITH THREE LEGS OF THE GRAND SLAM

Phil Mickelson

• Masters: 2004
• PGA Championship: 2005
• British Open: 2013
• U.S. Open: 10 makes an attempt:
• 2014: Tie for twenty eighth at Pinehurst No. 2
• 2015: Tie for sixty fourth at Chambers Bay
• 2016: Missed the lower at Oakmont
• 2017: Didn’t play at Erin Hills
• 2018: Tie for forty eighth at Shinnecock Hills
• 2019:Tie for 52nd at Pebble Seashore
• 2020: Missed the lower at Winged Foot
• 2021: Tie for 62nd at Torrey Pines
• 2022: Missed the lower at The Nation Membership
• 2023: Missed the lower at Los Angeles Nation Membership
• 2024: Missed the lower at Pinehurst No. 2

• U.S. Open: 2011
• PGA Championship: 2012
• British Open: 2014
• Masters: Ten makes an attempt:
• 2015: 4th
• 2016: Tie for tenth
• 2017: Tie for seventh
• 2018: Tie for fifth
• 2019: Tie for twenty first
• 2020: Tie for thirty third
• 2021: Missed the lower
• 2022: Runner-up
• 2023: Missed the lower
• 2024: Tie for twenty second

Jordan Spieth

• Masters: 2015
• U.S. Open: 2015
• British Open: 2017
• PGA Championship: Eight makes an attempt:
• 2017: Tied for twenty eighth at Quail Hole
• 2018: Tied for twelfth at Bellerive
• 2019: Tied for third at Bethpage Black
• 2020: Tied for 71st at Harding Park
• 2021: Tied for thirtieth at Kiawah Island
• 2022: Tied for thirty fourth at Southern Hills
• 2023: Tied for twenty ninth at Oak Hill
• 2024: Tied for forty third at Valhalla

INACTIVE PLAYERS WITH THREE LEGS OF THE GRAND SLAM

x-Walter Hagen

• U.S. Open: 1914
• PGA Championship: 1921
• British Open: 1922
• Masters: 4 makes an attempt (Hagen was 41 when the Masters started in 1934)

x-Jim Barnes

• PGA Championship: 1916
• U.S. Open: 1921
• British Open: 1925
• Masters: By no means performed.

x — Tommy Armour

• U.S. Open: 1927
• PGA Championship: 1930
• British Open: 1931
• Masters: Seven makes an attempt (finest end was tie for eighth in 1937)

x — Byron Nelson

• Masters: 1937
• US Open: 1939
• PGA Championship: 1940
• British Open: One try (The Open was not held within the six years resulting in his retirement from full-time golf)

x — Sam Snead

• PGA Championship: 1942
• British Open: 1946
• Masters: 1949
• U.S. Open: 22 makes an attempt (finest end was runner-up in 1953)

Arnold Palmer

• Masters: 1958
• U.S. Open: 1960
• British Open: 1961
• PGA Championship: 34 makes an attempt (finest end was runner-up in 1964, 1968 and 1970)

Lee Trevino

• U.S. Open: 1968
• British Open: 1971
• PGA Championship: 1974
• Masters: 16 makes an attempt (finest end was tie for tenth in 1975 and 1985)

Raymond Floyd

• PGA Championship: 1969
• Masters: 1976
• U.S. Open: 1986
• British Open: 9 makes an attempt (finest end was tie for twelfth in 1992)

Tom Watson

• British Open: 1975
• Masters: 1977
• U.S. Open: 1982
• PGA Championship: 24 makes an attempt (finest end was fifth in 1993).

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