What does it take to win a major?
golf’s next legend?
Who could be
Who are the contenders?
How old have recent major winners been?
Two-thirds of major winners since 2000 were under 35 at the time of their victory.
golf major?
What does it take to win a
Under 25
25 to 29
30 to 34
35 to 39
40 and older
12.6%
32.2%
8.0%
11
28
22
19
7
21.8%
25.3%
Winners
Average age of winners by major since 2000:
US Open
Winner
2nd to 5th
6th to 10th
Lower than 10th
7
How much experience does it take to win a major?
29.9
31.7
33.3
32.3
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
The Open Championship
Masters Tournament
7
7
1
Winner
2nd to 5th
6th to 10th
Lower than 10th
7
4
3
5
PGA Championship
Best previous performances at each major by every winner since 2000.
Almost two thirds of Masters winners since 2000 had already finished in the top 5 during their careers.
Like the Masters, over a third of winners since the turn of the century had won it previously.
Winner
2nd to 5th
6th to 10th
Lower than 10th
4
6
3
8
US Open
Over a third of the US Open winners since 2000 had never even finished in the top 10 before.
Winner
2nd to 5th
6th to 10th
Lower than 10th
4
8
5
1
The Open Championship
Only 1 of the 18 winners since the turn of the century hadn’t finished in the top 10 previously.
How many major wins makes you a legend?
There are 19 players in history who have won at least 5 majors.
Major wins
10 or more
Jack Nicklaus (18) Tiger Woods (15) Walter Hagen (11)
Ben Hogan
Gary Player
9
Tom Watson
8
Bobby Jones
Arnold Palmer
Gene Sarazen
Sam Snead
Harry Vardon
7
Golfers
Nick Faldo
Phil Mickelson
Lee Trevino
6
Seve Ballesteros James Braid
Byron Nelson
John Henry Taylor Peter Thomson
5
Who will
become the
20th player to win
at east 5 majors?
There are 9 players who have already won at least one major and will still be under 35 at the end of 2022.
How many majors have they won already?
Who has performed the best in recent majors?
Combined placings in the last three stagings of each major.
Morikawa
Spieth
Rahm
DeChambeau
Thomas
Matsuyama
Koepka
Reed
McIlroy
golfing legend?
Who could be the next
Collin Morikawa
Jon Rahm
Bryson DeChambeau
Jordan Spieth
Justin Thomas
Hideki Matsuyama
Patrick Reed
Brooks Koepka
Rory McIlroy
25 years 1 month 29 days
27 years 4 months 25 days
28 years 6 months 19 days
28 years 8 months 8 days
28 years 11 months 6 days
30 years 1 month 10 days
31 years 7 months 30 days
31 years 11 month 1 days
32 years 11 months 0 days
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Major wins
Golfers
Collin Morikawa
Bryson DeChambeau
Hideki Matsuyama
Jon Rahm
Patrick Reed
Justin Thomas
Brooks Koepka Rory McIlroy
Jordan Spieth
Age at the start of the 2022 Masters Tournament
Koepka
Rahm
McIlroy
Morikawa
Spieth
Reed
DeChambeau
Thomas
Matsuyama
1
5
2
1
3
3
2
4
2
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1st
2nd to 5th
6th to 10th
1
2
5
7
8
14
15
22
25
2,171
2,139
2,003
1,910
1,758
1,594
1,562
1,381
1,291
Rank
Points
Who fared best on the 2021 PGA Tour?