Latest News About Most Golf Majors All Time

Here’s the latest overview on who has won the most golf majors all time, based on the most recent widely cited tallies.

Answer at a glance

• Jack Nicklaus holds the record with 18 major championships.
• Tiger Woods is second with 15 majors.
• The next leaders are Gary Player with 9, Arnold Palmer with 7, and Ben Hogan with 5 majors.
• The four current majors are The Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and The Open Championship (British Open).

Details

• Jack Nicklaus (18 majors): Masters (6), U.S. Open (4), The Open Championship (3), PGA Championship (5) . [cite ][cite ]
• Tiger Woods (15 majors): Masters (5), U.S. Open (1), The Open Championship (3), PGA Championship (6) with majors spanning 1997–2019, plus a few in the early 2000s. [cite ][cite ][cite ]
• Gary Player (9 majors): Masters (3), The Open Championship (6) across his career (1950s–1960s). [cite ]
• Arnold Palmer (7 majors): Masters (4), The Open Championship (2), U.S. Open (1). [cite ]
• Ben Hogan (5 majors): U.S. Open (2), The Open Championship (2), PGA Championship (1). [cite ]

Notes and context

• The “majors” used to include certain amateur and regional events in earlier eras, but the modern four majors as recognized today are The Masters, The Open Championship (British Open), the U.S. Open, and the PGA Championship. Jack Nicklaus remains the all-time leader under the modern definition. [cite ][cite ]
• Rankings can vary slightly depending on the source due to historical counting, tied results, and whether certain championships count as majors in different periods. The figures above reflect the conventional, widely cited tallies in golf reference sources. [cite ][cite ]

If you’d like, I can pull the latest explicit public sources and provide a compact, fully cited list with each player’s major-by-major breakdown.