<P> The men's major golf championships, also known simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious events in professional golf . The competitions are the Masters Tournament, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship and the PGA Championship, contested annually in that order . Should the same golfer win all four majors in a calendar year, this would be recognized as a grand slam . No one has ever achieved this, although Tiger Woods has held all four major titles at once, having won the US Open, the British Open and the PGA Championship in 2000 and the Masters in 2001; a feat dubbed the Tiger slam . </P> <P> Jack Nicklaus has won the most majors, achieving 18 victories during his career . Second on the list is Tiger Woods, who has won 14 majors to date; his most recent major victory was at the 2008 U.S. Open . Walter Hagen is third with 11 majors; he and Nicklaus have both won the most PGA Championships with five . Nicklaus also holds the record for the most victories in the Masters, winning the tournament six times . Additionally, Nicklaus shares the record for the most U.S. Open victories with Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones and Ben Hogan, each winning four times . Harry Vardon holds the record for the most Open Championship victories, winning six times during his career . Nicklaus, Woods, Hogan, Gary Player and Gene Sarazen are the only golfers to have won all four of the majors during their career, thus achieving the so - called career slam . </P> <P> Although the U.S. Amateur and The Amateur Championship were once considered to be majors, they are no longer recognized as such, and victories in these competitions are not included in the list . </P>

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