THE RAFTERS — GOLF: Complete Major Championship Rolls

8StarSports reference foundation pack. Compiled 19 October 2026 from the championships' published records; every roll cross-checked against a second source as documented in golf-sources-and-notes.md. Gaps are printed as gaps. Scores are the winner's 72-hole total unless the edition was played over fewer holes or at match play, as noted. "(a)" marks an amateur champion. To-par is shown where the championship's records state it cleanly; early championships that predate standardized par are shown with —.

THE MEN'S MAJORS

The Masters — Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia (1934– )

The only men's major played at one course. Founded 1934 as the Augusta National Invitation Tournament; renamed the Masters in 1939. Not held 1943–45 (Second World War). 90 editions through 2026.

U.S. Open — United States Golf Association (1895– )

First played 1895 at Newport over 36 holes; 72 holes from 1898. Not held 1917–18 (First World War) or 1942–45 (Second World War). 126 editions through 2026.

PGA Championship — PGA of America (1916– )

Match play from 1916 through 1957 (the final result and runner-up are given in place of a score); 72-hole stroke play from 1958. Not held 1917–18 (First World War) or 1943 (Second World War). 108 editions through 2026.

The Open Championship — The R&A (1860– )

The oldest major. Played over 36 holes in its earliest decades (three rounds of Prestwick's 12 holes, later two rounds of 18), 54 holes in some 1890s editions, and 72 holes from 1892 onward in its modern form. No championship in 1871 (the Challenge Belt had been won outright by Young Tom Morris and no trophy was available), 1915–19 (First World War), 1940–45 (Second World War), or 2020 (cancelled, COVID-19 pandemic — the only major cancelled that year). 154 editions through 2026.

The war-year and 1871/2020 rows are printed once here for the record; in the year-by-year table above, the sequence simply runs past them, and no champion is invented for a year the championship was not played.

THE WOMEN'S MAJORS

The modern five. Two of the five (U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA) have been majors since their founding; the other three were established tournaments the LPGA later elevated — their full rolls are printed, with the line where major status began marked honestly.

U.S. Women's Open — United States Golf Association (1946– )

The oldest women's major still played. The first edition, 1946 at Spokane, was decided at match play — the only one; Patty Berg beat Betty Jameson 5 & 4 in the final. 72-hole stroke play from 1947 (54 holes in some early editions). Played every year since 1946 without interruption: 81 editions through 2026.

Women's PGA Championship — LPGA / PGA of America (1955– )

Founded 1955 as the LPGA Championship. The inaugural edition had a unique format: 54 holes of stroke play followed by a 36-hole match-play final, in which Beverly Hanson beat Louise Suggs 4 & 3 — the only match-play finish in the championship's history; Hanson's stroke-play score of 220 (−5) is the figure carried in the table. 72 editions through 2026, played every year.

Chevron Championship (1972– ; a major from 1983)

Founded 1972 as the Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle at Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California — the "Dinah Shore." The LPGA designated it a major in 1983 (as the Nabisco Dinah Shore); the winners of 1972–82 are printed below the marker line as the tournament's pre-major roll, and are NOT counted as major champions in the Records tables. Venues: Mission Hills (1972–2022), The Club at Carlton Woods, The Woodlands, Texas (2023–25), Memorial Park Golf Course, Houston (2026– ).

Women's Open (1976– ; a major from 2001)

Founded 1976 as the Women's British Open. A leading Ladies European Tour championship from the start; the LPGA counted it as a major from 2001, replacing the du Maurier Classic. Winners before 2001 are printed in full but are NOT counted as major champions in the Records tables (Karrie Webb's wins of 1995 and 1997, for example, predate major status; her 2002 win counts). Played every year: 51 editions through 2026, 26 of them as a major.

The Evian Championship (a major from 2013)

The youngest major. The Evian Masters was founded in 1994 at Évian-les-Bains, France (a Ladies European Tour event, LPGA co-sanctioned from 2000); in 2013 it was renamed The Evian Championship and designated the LPGA's fifth major. The major-era roll is below; the Evian Masters winners of 1994–2012 are printed as an appendix and are NOT counted as major champions. Not held 2020 (cancelled, COVID-19 pandemic). The 2013 and 2017 editions were shortened to 54 holes by weather. 13 editions played through 2026, all at Evian Resort Golf Club.

Appendix — Evian Masters winners, 1994–2012 (pre-major)

CAREER MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP TOTALS

Men — the modern four (Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, The Open)

Counted from the rolls above. This accounting counts only the modern professional four. Bobby Jones's seven are his U.S. Open (4) and Open Championship (3) titles; his U.S. Amateur and British Amateur titles — majors of the amateur era, and the other half of his 1930 Grand Slam — are not in this table, and no table in this pack prints Jones with 13. The Western Open, treated by many contemporaries as a major in the 1910s–30s, is likewise outside the modern four and is not counted for Hagen, Sarazen, or anyone else.

Full leaderboard, Top 25 with all ties, is in golf-records-leaders.md.

Women — two accountings, printed side by side

The women's game has no single clean ledger, because the set of majors changed across eras. The LPGA's official accounting (left) counts the majors of each player's own era: the Women's Western Open (a major 1930–1967), the Titleholders Championship (1937–1972), and the du Maurier Classic (1979–2000) stand alongside the surviving events. The modern-five accounting (right) counts only wins in the five current majors while those events held major status (Chevron from 1983, Women's Open from 2001, Evian from 2013). Both are printed; neither is hidden inside the other.

Patty Berg's 15 — seven Western Opens, seven Titleholders, one U.S. Women's Open — is the era accounting's summit, and it cannot be reproduced in the modern five because two of her three hunting grounds no longer exist as majors. Annika Sörenstam's 10 is the only total that stands at double figures under both accountings. Full tables in golf-records-leaders.md.

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