There has already been one entry into the profession Grand Slam membership in 2025, however who will observe Rory McIlroy as the subsequent participant to hitch golf’s most illustrious group of main winners?
McIlroy grew to become simply the sixth participant within the fashionable period to finish the profession Grand Slam along with his dramatic play-off victory at The Masters, defeating Justin Rose in a play-off to finish an 11-year watch for his solely lacking main.
The Northern Irishman grew to become the primary participant to realize the feat since Woods secured The Open at St Andrews in 2000 as a part of the “Tiger Slam”, with Jack Nicklaus, Gary Participant, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen the opposite members of the membership.
Watch highlights of Rory McIlroy’s dramatic last spherical at The Masters, the place play-off victory accomplished the profession Grand Slam!
McIlroy’s success at Augusta follows previous victories on the 2011 US Open, 2012 PGA Championship, 2014 Open Championship and 2014 PGA Championship, making him the primary European to win all 4 males’s main titles.
There are two extra energetic gamers requiring one lacking main, with Jordan Spieth only a PGA Championship victory away and Phil Mickelson needing a US Open win, whereas a bunch of gamers are two legs into their Grand Slam bids.
Jordan Spieth stays with no PGA Tour victory since 2022
Spieth’s finest end on the PGA Championship got here when he ended runner-up to Jason Day in 2015, the yr he gained his first two main titles, with the 2025 version at Quail Hole his eighth try to finish the set.
The previous world No 1 – who gained The Masters and US Open in 2015 earlier than claiming The Open in 2017 – additionally completed tied-third in 2019, though he has ended no greater than twenty ninth in his 5 PGA Championship appearances since.
Jordan Spieth appears to be like to finish the profession Grand Slam on the PGA Championship, with a number of others two legs into becoming a member of golf’s unique membership
Spieth has loads extra possibilities over time forward, whereas time is working out for six-time main winner Mickelson. The left-hander turns 55 throughout this yr’s US Open, having had six profession runner-up finishes at his residence nationwide championship with out victory.
Who’re the others closest to becoming a member of the Grand Slam membership? Have a look at among the different doable gamers in rivalry and have your say on who you suppose might change into the subsequent to win all 4 majors and make historical past…
Xander Schauffele
Majors – Two (PGA Championship 2024; The Open 2024)
Schauffele delivered the bottom 72-hole complete in males’s main historical past to assert a one-shot victory over Bryson DeChambeau at Valhalla in 2024, earlier than lifting the Claret Jug later that summer season with a two-shot victory at The Open.
The American has completed no worse than 18th in his final 12 main appearances, posting high 10s on the US Open in seven of the final eight years, and was additionally a to Tiger Woods at The Masters in 2019.
Highlights of the ultimate spherical from the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Membership, the place Xander Schauffele claimed his main breakthrough
Collin Morikawa
Majors – Two (PGA Championship 2020; The Open 2021)
Morikawa gained the PGA Championship in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, registering a two-shot victory at TPC Harding Park in 2020, then beat Spieth by the identical margin to win The Open at Royal St George’s a yr later.
Collin Morikawa has produced a string of top-16 finishes in his final 5 main begins
The 2-time main champion has been inside the highest 20 5 years working at The Masters and likewise completed tied-fourth on the PGA Championship final yr, additionally ending no worse than 14th in every of his final 4 US Open appearances.
Brooks Koepka
Majors – 5 (PGA Championship 2018, 2019 2023; US Open 2017, 2018)
Koepka gained back-to-back US Open titles from 2017 and claimed successive PGA Championship victories from 2018, earlier than profitable the Wanamaker Trophy once more in 2023 to assert a fifth main title.
Have a look again at Brooks Koepka’s 5 earlier main victories
The previous world No 1 has twice been a runner-up at The Masters, sitting tied-second behind Woods in 2019 and failing to transform a 54-hole lead as Jon Rahm gained in 2023, whereas he has 4 profession high 10s at The Open.
Dustin Johnson
Majors – Two (US Open 2016; The Masters 2020)
The American overturned a four-shot deficit within the last spherical to assert a breakthrough main title with a four-shot US Open win at Oakmont in 2016, then produced a 72-hole scoring report at Augusta Nationwide to win a November version of The Masters in 2020.
Dustin Johnson was introduced with the Inexperienced Jacket by Tiger Woods in 2020
Johnson posted back-to-back seconds on the PGA Championship from 2019, ending two strokes again on each events, with the newest of his 5 high 10s at The Open coming by way of a tied-sixth end at St Andrews in 2022.
Jon Rahm
Majors – Two (US Open 2021; The Masters 2023)
Rahm produced a birdie-birdie end to win the 2021 US Open by a shot over Louis Oosthuizen at Torrey Pines, then got here by way of a marathon Sunday to assert a four-shot victory at The Masters in 2023.
Highlights from the ultimate spherical of The Masters in 2023, the place Jon Rahm claimed a second main victory
The Spaniard missed the lower eventually yr’s PGA Championship and solely has one high 10 in his final six appearances on the occasion in comparison with top-seven finishes in three of the earlier 4 years at The Open.
Scottie Scheffler
Majors – Two (The Masters 2022, 2024)
Scheffler clamed his main breakthrough with a three-shot victory at The Masters in 2022, earlier than profitable by 4 strokes at Augusta Nationwide two years’ later as a part of a run of 5 PGA Tour titles in a six-tournament stretch.
Highlights from the ultimate spherical of The Masters in 2024, as Scottie Scheffler claimed the Inexperienced Jacket at Augusta Nationwide
The world No 1 (as of Might 12) has top-eight finishes in 4 of his final 5 PGA Championship begins – together with a runner-up end to Koepka in 2023 – and likewise runner-up end on the 2022 US Open.
Bryson DeChambeau
Majors – Two (US Open 2020, 2024)
DeChambeau stormed to his maiden main title with a six-shot victory over Matthew Wolff at Winged Foot in 2020, then took benefit of a late slip-up by McIlroy to grab a one-shot win at Pinehurst No 2 in June 2024.
Highlights from an exciting last spherical of the 2024 US Open at Pinehurst No 2, the place Bryson DeChambeau snatched victory from Rory McIlroy
The American has posted top-six finishes in his final two appearances at The Masters, fading to a share of fifth in April regardless of briefly main in the course of the last spherical, whereas he has additionally posted top-four finishes in three of his final 4 PGA Championship appearances.
Justin Thomas
Majors – Two (PGA Championship 2017, 2022)
May Justin Thomas win the PGA Championship for a 3rd time?
The previous world No 1 was the PGA Championship winner the final time it was held at Quail Hole in 2017, claiming a two-shot victory, then overturned a seven-shot deficit on the ultimate day earlier than beating Will Zalatoris in a play-off 5 years later.
Thomas’ finest different main end was a fourth at The Masters in 2020, the identical yr he claimed his finest US Open end with a share of eighth, whereas he has by no means completed greater than eleventh in his eight earlier appearances at The Open.
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