The most major winners in golf history update till July 20, 2005
Name Country Masters U.S. Open British Open PGA Total
Jack Nicklaus United States 6 4 3 5 18
Walter Hagen United States 0 2 4 5 11
Tiger Woods United States 4 2 2 2 10
Ben Hogan United States 2 4 1 2 9
Gary Player South Africa 3 1 3 2 9
Tom Watson United States 2 1 5 0 8
Harry Vardon United Kingdom 0 1 6 0 7
Gene Sarazen United States 1 2 1 3 7
Bobby Jones United States 0 4 3 0 7
Sam Snead United States 3 0 1 3 7
Arnold Palmer United States 4 1 2 0 7
Nick Faldo United Kingdom 3 0 3 0 6
Lee Trevino United States 0 2 2 2 6
Seve Ballesteros Spain 2 0 3 0 5
James Braid United Kingdom 0 0 5 0 5
Byron Nelson United States 2 1 0 2 5
J.H. Taylor United Kingdom 0 0 5 0 5
Peter Thomson Australia 0 0 5 0 5
Tom Morris Snr United Kingdom 0 0 4 0 4
Tom Morris Jnr United Kingdom 0 0 4 0 4
Willie Park Scotland 0 0 4 0 4
Willie Anderson United States 0 4 0 0 4
Jim Barnes United States 0 1 1 2 4
Bobby Locke South Africa 0 0 4 0 4
Ray Floyd United States 1 1 0 2 4
Jamie Anderson Scotland 0 0 3 0 3
Robert Ferguson Scotland 0 0 3 0 3
Tommy Armour Scotland 0 1 1 1 3
Ralph Guldahi United States 1 2 0 0 3
Denny Shute United States 0 0 1 2 3
Henry Cotton United Kingdom 0 0 3 0 3
Jimmy Demaret United States 3 0 0 0 3
Cary Middlecoff United States 1 2 0 0 3
Julius Boros United States 0 2 0 1 3
Billy Casper United States 1 2 0 0 3
Larry Nelson United States 0 1 2 0 3
Hale Irwin United States 0 3 0 0 3
Nick Price Zimbabwe 0 0 1 2 3
Payne Stewart United States 0 2 0 1 3
Ernie Els South Africa 0 2 1 0 3
Vijay Singh Fiji 1 0 0 2 3