There are six men’s golfers who have completed the career Grand Slam, including Rory McIlroy, who joined the exclusive club earlier this year at the Masters.
But what about the players with three of the four legs?
There are 11 of them:
Walter Hagen
Majors won (11): U.S. Open (1914, 1919); PGA Championship (1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927); Open Championship (1922, 1924, 1928, 1929)
Didn’t win: Masters (T-11, 1936)
Tom Watson
Majors won (8): Open Championship (1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983); Masters (1977, 1981); U.S. Open (1982)
Didn’t win: PGA Championship (T-2, 1978)
Sam Snead
Majors won (7): PGA Championship (1942, 1949, 1951); Open Championship (1946); Masters (1949, 1952, 1954)
Didn’t win: U.S. Open (solo second, three times)
Arnold Palmer
Majors won (7): Masters (1958, 1960, 1962, 1964); U.S. Open (1960); Open Championship (1961, 1962)
Didn’t win: PGA Championship (T-2, three times)
Lee Trevino
Majors won (6): U.S. Open (1968, 1971); Open Championship (1971, 1972); PGA Championship (1974, 1984)
Didn’t win: Masters (T-10, twice)
Phil Mickelson
Majors won (6): Masters (2004, 2006, 2010); PGA Championship (2005, 2021); Open Championship (2013)
Hasn’t won: U.S. Open (solo second, three times)
Byron Nelson
Majors won (5): Masters (1937, 1942); U.S. Open (1939); PGA Championship (1940, 1945)
Didn’t win: Open Championship (solo fifth, 1937)
Jim Barnes
Majors won (4): PGA Championship (1916, 1919); U.S. Open (1921); Open Championship (1925)
Didn’t win: Masters (DNP)
Raymond Floyd
Majors won (4): PGA Championship (1969, 1982); Masters (1976); U.S. Open (1986)
Didn’t win: Open Championship (T-2, 1978)
Tommy Armour
Majors won (3): U.S. Open (1927); PGA Championship (1930); Open Championship (1931)
Didn’t win: Masters (T-8, 1937)
Jordan Spieth
Majors won (3): Masters (2015); U.S. Open (2015); Open Championship (2017)
Hasn’t won: PGA Championship (solo second, 2015)
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