Players who have won the career Grand Slam of all four professional majors, the order they won them and how many tries it took before getting the final leg:
x-Gene Sarazen
U.S. Open: 1922
PGA Championship: 1922
British Open: 1932
Masters: 1935 (first attempt)
x-Ben Hogan
PGA Championship: 1946
U.S. Open: 1948
Masters: 1951
British Open: 1953 (first attempt)
Gary Player
British Open: 1959
Masters: 1961
PGA Championship: 1962
U.S. Open: 1965 (third attempt)
Previous attempts at completing the Grand Slam:
1963: Tie for 8th in 1963 at Brookline
1964: Tie for 23rd at Congressional
Jack Nicklaus
U.S. Open: 1962
Masters: 1963
PGA Championship: 1963
British Open: 1966 (third attempt)
Previous attempts at completing the Grand Slam:
1964: Runner-up at St. Andrews
1965: Tie for 12th at Royal Birkdale
Tiger Woods
Masters: 1997
PGA Championship: 1999
U.S. Open: 2000
British Open: 2000 (first attempt)
Rory McIlroy
U.S. Open: 2011
PGA Championship: 2012
British Open: 2014
Masters: 2025 (11th attempt)
Previous attempts at completing the Grand Slam:
2015: 4th
2016: Tie for 10th
2017: Tie for 7th
2018: Tie for 5th
2019: Tie for 21st
2020: Tie for 33rd
2021: Missed the cut
2022: Runner-up
2023: Missed the cut
2024: Tie for 22nd
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PLAYERS WITH THREE LEGS OF THE GRAND SLAM:
Jordan Spieth
Masters: 2015
U.S. Open: 2015
British Open: 2017
PGA Championship: Eight attempts:
2017: Tied for 28th at Quail Hollow
2018: Tied for 12th at Bellerive
2019: Tied for 3rd at Bethpage Black
2020: Tied for 71st at Harding Park
2021: Tied for 30th at Kiawah Island
2022: Tied for 34th at Southern Hills
2023: Tied for 29th at Oak Hill
2024: Tied for 43rd at Valhalla
Phil Mickelson
Masters: 2004
PGA Championship: 2005
British Open: 2013
U.S. Open: 10 attempts:
2014: Tie for 28th at Pinehurst No. 2
2015: Tie for 64th at Chambers Bay
2016: Missed the cut at Oakmont
2017: Did not play at Erin Hills
2018: Tie for 48th at Shinnecock Hills
2019:Tie for 52nd at Pebble Beach
2020: Missed the cut at Winged Foot
2021: Tie for 62nd at Torrey Pines
2022: Missed the cut at The Country Club
2023: Missed the cut at Los Angeles Country Club
2024: Missed the cut at Pinehurst No. 2
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INACTIVE PLAYERS WITH THREE LEGS OF THE GRAND SLAM:
x-Walter Hagen
U.S. Open: 1914
PGA Championship: 1921
British Open: 1922
Masters: Four attempts (Hagen was 41 when the Masters began in 1934)
x-Jim Barnes
PGA Championship: 1916
U.S. Open: 1921
British Open: 1925
Masters: Never played.
x-Tommy Armour
U.S. Open: 1927
PGA Championship: 1930
British Open: 1931
Masters: Seven attempts (best finish was tie for 8th in 1937)
x-Byron Nelson
Masters: 1937
US Open: 1939
PGA Championship: 1940
British Open: One attempt (The Open was not held in the six years leading to his retirement from full-time golf)
x-Sam Snead
PGA Championship: 1942
British Open: 1946
Masters: 1949
U.S. Open: 22 attempts (best finish was runner-up in 1953)
Arnold Palmer
Masters: 1958
U.S. Open: 1960
British Open: 1961
PGA Championship: 34 attempts (best finish was runner-up in 1964, 1968 and 1970)
Lee Trevino
U.S. Open: 1968
British Open: 1971
PGA Championship: 1974
Masters: 16 attempts (best finish was tie for 10th in 1975 and 1985)
Raymond Floyd
PGA Championship: 1969
Masters: 1976
U.S. Open: 1986
British Open: Nine attempts (best finish was tie for 12th in 1992)
Tom Watson
British Open: 1975
Masters: 1977
U.S. Open: 1982
PGA Championship: 24 attempts (best finish was 5th in 1993).
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x-Played before Arnold Palmer raised the notion of a modern Grand Slam in 1960.
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