Australian Major Winners
From Jim Ferrier, our first major champion, to Cameron Smith, our most recent, Australian golf has a long and proud history of punching above our weight in the game's majors.
Sixteen Australian golfers have claimed 30 major championships between them.
Women's majors
The current women's five major championships are:
ANA Inspiration (formerly Kraft Nabisco Championship)
US Women's Open
KPMG Women's PGA Championship (formerly LPGA Championship)
Evian Championship
AIG Women's British Open.
Karrie Webb sits 7th on the all-time women's list with seven.
While she is one of six female golfers to have claimed the Career Grand Slam, Karrie is recognised by the LPGA as the only player in history to have achieved the Super Career Grand Slam, for winning five events considered majors.
7
Karrie Webb
du Maurier Classic – 1999
Kraft Nabisco Championship – 2000, 2006
US Women's Open – 2000, 2001
LPGA Championship – 2001
Women's British Open – 2002
3
Jan Stephenson
du Maurier Classic – 1981
LPGA Championship – 1982
US Women's Open – 1983
2
Minjee Lee
US Women's Open - 2022
Evian Championship – 2021
1
Hannah Green
KPMG Women's PGA Championship – 2019
Men's majors
The current four men's major championships are:
The Masters
US Open
The Open
PGA Championship
Peter Thomson is 14th on the all-time list of men's major winners, having won the Claret Jug at The Open five times in 12 years from 1954 onwards.
5
Peter Thomson
The Open – 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965
2
Greg Norman
The Open – 1986, 1993
David Graham
PGA Championship – 1979
US Open – 1981
1
Cameron Smith
The Open - 2022
Jason Day
PGA Championship – 2015
Adam Scott
The Masters – 2013
Geoff Ogilvy
US Open – 2006
Steve Elkington
PGA Championship – 1995
Ian Baker-Finch
The Open – 1991
Wayne Grady
PGA Championship – 1990
Kel Nagle
The Open – 1960
Jim Ferrier
PGA Championship – 1947
