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Total	Player (Country)	Masters	PGA	US Open	British Open
19	Jack Nicklaus	4	4	4	7
12	Phil Mickelson	2	2	6	2
10	Arnold Palmer	2	3	4	1
8	Greg Norman (Australia)	3	2	2	1
8	Sam Snead	2	2	4	0
8	Tom Watson	3	1	2	2
7	J. H. Taylor (England)	0	0	1	6
7	Tiger Woods	2	3	2	0
6	Ben Hogan	4	0	2	0
6	Byron Nelson	2	3	1	0
6	Gary Player (South Africa)	2	2	2	0
6	Harry Vardon (Jersey)	0	0	2	4
6	Ernie Els (South Africa)	2	0	1	3
6	Louis Oosthuizen (South Afrca)	1	2	2	1

Up to and including 2025 | All golfers from the USA unless otherwise stated

In addition to the players players above, the only other men to finish runner-up in all four Majors are Craig Wood, Dustin Johnson (both USA), and Jason Day (Australia).

Colin Montgomerie (Scotland) has finished runner-up in five Majors, the most by any golfer not to win a title.

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