Career Grand Slam
September 29, 2009 by Admin
photo credit: nsaplayer Five golfers have won the career Grand Slam: Gene Sarazen, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Gary Player and Ben Hogan. What follows are the players who won three legs of the Slam and never got the fourth: Sam Snead, U.S. Open (Snead won 7 Majors). Arnold Palmer, PGA Championship. Palmer finished tied for second in the PGA Championship three times. Tom Watson, PGA Championship. Lost in a PGA playoff in 1973 to John Mahaffey and Jerry Pate. Byron Nelson, British Open. Nelson played only once in a British Open and tied for fifth. Ray Floyd, British Open. Tied for second in 1978. Lee Trevino, Masters. Never came close at Augusta. Walter Hagen, Masters. At forty-one he came in eleventh in 1936 with a winnings of $100.
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