Major Records

Most wins:

18 Jack Nicklaus

11 Walter Hagen

9 Ben Hogan, Gary Player

8 Tom Watson, Tiger Woods

7 Harry Vardon, Bobby Jones, Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer

6 Lee Trevino, Nick Faldo

Most wins in one major:

6 Harry Vardon (Open), Jack Nicklaus (Masters)

5 James Braid (Open), JH Taylor (Open), Peter Thomson (Open), Tom Watson (Open), Walter Hagen, Jack Nicklaus

Youngest winners:

17 Young Tom Morris (1868 Open)

18 Young Tom Morris (1869 Open)

19 Young Tom Morris (1870 Open), John McDermott (1911 US Open)

20 Francis Ouimet (1913 US Open), Gene Sarazen (1922 US Open), Gene Sarazen (1922 US PGA), Tom Creavy (1931 US PGA), John McDermott (1912 US Open)

Oldest winners:

48 Julius Boros (1968 US PGA)

46 Old Tom Morris (1867 Open), Jack Nicklaus (1986 Masters)

45 Jerry Barber (1961 US PGA), Hale Irwin (1990 US Open)

44 Lee Trevino (1984 US PGA), Roberto de Vicenzo (1967 Open)

Biggest wins:

15 Tiger Woods (2000 US Open)

13 Old Tom Morris (1862 Open)

12 Young Tom Morris (1870 Open), Tiger Woods (1997 Masters)

11 Willie Smith (1899 US Open)

9 Jim Barnes (1921 US Open), Jack Nicklaus (1965 Masters)

Longest gaps between wins:

11 years - Julius Boros (1952-1963 US Open), Henry Cotton (1937-1948 Open), Ben Crenshaw (1984-1995 Masters), Hale Irwin (1979-1990 US Open)

Most runners-up:

19 Jack Nicklaus

10 Arnold Palmer

8 Sam Snead, Greg Norman

7 JH Taylor, Tom Watson

Most top-five finishes:

56 Jack Nicklaus

30 Sam Snead

29 Gene Sarazen

26 Arnold Palmer

25 Walter Hagen, Tom Watson

Lowest scores:

267 Greg Norman (1993 Open), Steve Elkington (1995 US PGA), Colin Montgomerie (1995 US PGA)

268 Tom Watson (1977 Open), Nick Price (1994 Open)

269 Jack Nicklaus (1977 Open), Nick Faldo (1993 Open), Jesper Parnevik (1994 Open), Nick Price (1994 US PGA), Ernie Els (1995 US PGA), Jeff Maggert (1995 US PGA), Davis Love (1997 US PGA), Tiger Woods (2000 Open)

Lowest rounds:

63 - Johnny Miller (1973 US Open), Bruce Crampton (1975 US PGA), Mark Hayes (1977 Open), Jack Nicklaus (1980 US Open), Tom Weiskopf (1980 US Open), Isao Aoki (1980 Open), Ray Floyd (1982 US PGA), Gary Player (1984 US PGA), Nick Price (1986 Masters), Greg Norman (1986 Open), Paul Broadhurst (1990 Open), Jodie Mudd (1991 Open), Nick Faldo (1993 Open), Payne Stewart (1993 Open), Vijay Singh (1993 US PGA), Michael Bradley (1995 US PGA), Brad Faxon (1995 US PGA), Greg Norman (1996 Masters)

Lowest 9 holes:

28 Denis Durnian (1983 Open)

Lowest 36-hole total:

130 Nick Faldo (1992 Open)

131 Ray Floyd (1976 Masters), Hal Sutton (1983 US PGA), Vijay Singh (1993 US PGA), Mark O'Meara (1995 US PGA), Ernie Els (1995 US PGA)

Lowest 54-hole total:

197 Ernie Els (1995 US PGA)

198 Tom Lehman (1996 Open)

199 Nick Faldo (1990 Open)

200 Ray Floyd (1982 US PGA), Mark O'Meara (1995 US PGA), Jeff Maggert (1995 US PGA)

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