The 5 players who won the career Grand Slam in golf. And the 11 players who missed by one leg
Here are the five players who completed the career Grand Slam in golf and how many tries it took them to get the fourth and final major.
Also included are the 11 players — three active — who won three majors, the one they are lacking and how many attempts when that major was the missing leg of the Grand Slam (x-played before Arnold Palmer brought the modern Grand Slam to the public’s attention in 1960).
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)
—Tie for 8th in 1963 at Brookline
—Tie for 23rd in 1964 at Congressional
Jack Nicklaus
U.S. Open: 1962
Masters: 1963
PGA Championship: 1963
British Open: 1966 (third attempt)
— Runner-up in 1964 at St. Andrews